Year: 2025

The consideration of variations and their functional restriction during the design of a product is an important task of tolerance management. Endless-fiber reinforced plastics (FRP), which are increasingly used due to their high lightweight potential, increase the complexity of this task due to the...

The Chair of Design Engineering congratulates Dr. David Scherb on passing his doctoral examination with flying colors. In his dissertation, Mr. Scherb addressed the topic of “Simulative design of wearable support systems using musculoskeletal human models, using the example of an ankle orthosis.” I...

Following the invitation of Prof. Zimmermann, Head of the Laboratory for Product Development and Lightweight Design, the WiGeP Assistants Meeting took place in Munich on October 23-24, 2025. Researchers from across Germany, including Simon Schleifer from the Chair of Engineering Design (KTmfk), gat...

On October 7, the CADFEM Conference 2025 took place in Künzelsau. The focus of this application-oriented conference was on simulation and digital methods in engineering, particularly in the areas of structural mechanics, AI, automation, process integration, and design optimization. The KTmfk partic...

We congratulate PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Jörg Miehling on successfully completing his habilitation in the field of "User-Centered Design" and on being granted the teaching authorization. His research, titled “Integration of Simulation Models and Sensor Data into Human-Centered Engineering”, focused on li...

The KTmfk – Chair of Design Engineering at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg received two awards at the 2025 fall conference of the Scientific Society for Product Development (WiGeP) at Chemnitz University of Technology. Dr. Benedict Rothammer received the Pahl-Beitz Prize for his dissertation “Amorphous carb...

The Chair of Design Engineering congratulates Dr. Christopher Sauer on passing his doctoral examination with very good results. In his dissertation, Mr. Sauer addressed the topic of ‘The use of machine learning for data-driven synthesis and analysis of product properties in the context of linked pr...

The 24th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM24) took place at the University of Delaware from August 4 to 8. The conference not only provided an excellent platform for professional exchange on current developments in the field of composite materials, but was also a special celebra...

The Institute of Engineering Design congratulates Ms. Julia Kröner on successfully passing her doctoral examination with the distinction “very good.” In her dissertation, titled “Green Bearings – Service Life Calculation of Dry-Running, PVD-Coated Deep Groove Ball Bearings,” Ms. Kröner impressively...

On September 23, 2025, the KTmfk – Institute of Engineering Design at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg – hosted its annual summer festival. In a relaxed atmosphere, staff members from all research groups took the opportunity to engage in personal exchange and networking. A special highlight was the warm welcom...