Julius Petrausch is a Doctoral Researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Stommel. His fields of research are focusing on the injection stretch blow molding process with special regard to sustainable materials and the numerical simulation of the process.

NextPack – Project

• July 2020 – June 2024
• Industry project in collaboration with Nestlé Waters, France

NextPack 2.0 – Project

• July 2024 – June 2026
• Industry project in collaboration with Nestlé Waters, France

• Experimental characterization of packaging materials, including PET and rPET, for stretch blow molding applications
• Modeling of the material behaviors in the stretch blow molding process
• Development of testing equipment for the mechanical characterization of biopolymers, with a focus on PHAs