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Our former PhD student Tim Weikert was honored on 25.07.24 with the Innovation Award of the Schaeffler FAG Foundation for his doctoral thesis entitled "Modifications of amorphous carbon coatings to adapt friction conditions and increase wear protection", which he wrote at the KTmfk - Chair of Design...

Research starts at university: FAU student Stefan Gäcklein is already investigating the behaviour of fibre-reinforced plastics under high strain rates in high-speed tensile tests at the KTmfk as part of his project work. The resulting material parameters are an essential basis for precise simulation...

The Chair of Engineering Design congratulates Mr Benedict Rothammer on successfully passing his doctoral examination with distinction to become a Dr.-Ing. on 27.06.2024. Mr Rothammer presented the contents of his dissertation entitled “amorphous carbon coatings for extending the service life of tota...

Kevin Neusser joined the research group for machine elements and tribology as a research assistant at the beginning of July. Previously, he studied medical engineering, specializing in production engineering and prosthetics at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. As a student resea...

Jonathan-Markus Einwag joined the Digital Engineering research group as a research assistant at the beginning of April. He previously studied mechanical engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He also wrote his master's thesis on the development of a process simulation chai...

The 18th International DESIGN Conference was held from May 20-23, 2024 in Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia. 433 participants were able to gain an insight into exciting research results and current hurdles in the field of "DESIGN" through a variety of sessions with a total of 305 contributions, exciting wo...

Yannick Utz joined the Digital Engineering department as a research assistant in the middle of may. Prior to that, he studied in the master’s program in mechanical engineering with a focus on manufacturing engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He also completed his pr...

Felix Pfister joined the research group for machine elements and tribology as a research assistant at the beginning of May. Previously, he studied mechanical engineering, specializing in computer-aided product development, at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. As part of his s...

At this year's CADFEM Conference 2024 in Darmstadt, 700 international representatives from science and industry met for professional exchange and networking. Keynotes and top-class user presentations with topics from everyday engineering and simulation were held in the "Darmstadtium" conference buil...

The Chair of Design Engineering congratulates Mr Sven Wirsching on successfully passing his doctoral examination to become a Dr.-Ing. on 12.04.2024. Mr Wirsching presented the contents of his dissertation entitled "Numerical optimisation of secondary, lubricated point and elliptical contacts for the...