ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research
Michael Pohl is an experienced engineer specializing in measurement technology, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Currently employed at ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research since July 2021, Michael focuses on automating manufacturing processes, programming interfaces, data analysis, and implementing AI algorithms in Python. Previous roles include a diploma thesis at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, where Michael developed an automatic scanning process for CFRP aircraft structures, and multiple internships that encompassed software engineering, manufacturing engineering, and research at the Technical University of Dresden. Michael holds a Diplom-Ingenieur in Mechanical Engineering from Technische Universität Dresden and completed a semester abroad in Aeronautical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.
ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research
ZAL – Hamburg’s Center of Applied Aeronautical Research – is the technological research and development network of the civil aviation industry in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. It functions as an interface between academic & research institutions, the aviation sector, and the City of Hamburg, aimed at securing and continually expanding the world’s third-largest civil aviation location in Hamburg. Working together closely with the aviation cluster, Hamburg Aviation, ZAL bundles the technological competence of the city in a single facility thereby creating synergy. ZAL’s focus is on the integration and industrialization of aviation technologies. To achieve this, ZAL networks industry and science, establishing an application-oriented innovation culture and making the very latest research and development infrastructure available to its partners. Guided by the motto of research and development “under one roof”, ZAL moved into its own home, the TechCenter, in 2016. With a working area of almost 26,000 square meters, the ZAL TechCenter provides space for around 600 workplaces in offices, laboratories, and hangars. Equipped with a high-quality research and test infrastructure for selected aeronautical fields, the facility will drive the industrialization of new technologies. Impressum: https://zal.aero/impressum/