March 2025

5 total

31MAR 2025
Events
Strategy Meeting 2025 of KTmfk in Riederau
For this year’s strategy meeting, the KTmfk – Chair of Design Engineering at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg retired to the Ammersee at the Seminarhotel Riederau from March 26 to 28. The focus was on optimizing internal chair processes, developing new research ideas and strengthening team cohesion. In addition to intensive workshops, the fantastic spring weather provided an […]
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28MAR 2025
Awards
Appointment of Dr.-Ing. Jörg Miehling to Editorial Board of Scientific Reports
Dr. Miehling is now a member of the Editorial Board of the renowned journal Scientific Reports in the field of Biomedical Engineering. Scientific Reports is an interdisciplinary open access journal from Nature Portfolio and the 5th most-cited journal worldwide. The Editorial Board is a crucial component of a rigorous, scientifically robust peer review process of […]
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26MAR 2025
Research
Can VR modeling replace freehand sketching in early-stage product design?
Preliminary design decisions shape a product’s entire lifecycle, yet freehand sketching remains disconnected from digital workflows. Our study explores natural VR modeling as a viable alternative, enabling intuitive, CAD-compatible 3D modeling. A controlled user study compared VR modeling and sketching in terms of usability, efficiency, and creativity. Results show that VR enhances spatial understanding and […]Preliminary design decisions shape a product’s entire lifecycle, yet freehand sketching remains disconnected from digital workflows. Our study explores natural VR modeling as a viable alternative, enabling intuitive, CAD-compatible 3D modeling. A controlled user study compared VR modeling and sketching in terms of usability, efficiency, and creativity. Results show that VR enhances spatial understanding and […]
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25MAR 2025
Awards
Doctorate Benjamin Gerschütz
The Chair of Design Engineering would like to congratulate Mr Benjamin Gerschütz on successfully completing his doctorate in engineering on 21 March 2025. In his dissertation entitled ‘Identification of use cases and integration of data-driven methods in the product development process’, Mr Gerschütz addressed the question of how small and medium-sized companies in particular can […]
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17MAR 2025
People
Doctorate Andreas Winkler
The Chair of Engineering Design congratulates Mr. Andreas Winkler on successfully passing the doctoral examination to become a Dr.-Ing. on March 10, 2025, which he completed with distinction. Mr. Winkler presented the contents of his dissertation entitled “Numerical wear modeling of rolling/sliding contacts in the dry, mixed and boundary lubrication regimes”. In his dissertation, besides […]The Chair of Engineering Design congratulates Mr. Andreas Winkler on successfully passing the doctoral examination to become a Dr.-Ing. on March 10, 2025, which he completed with distinction. Mr. Winkler presented the contents of his dissertation entitled “Numerical wear modeling of rolling/sliding contacts in the dry, mixed and boundary lubrication regimes”. In his dissertation, besides […]
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