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Category: Events
Category: Events

Prof. Frank Mantwill (Chair of Machine Elements and Computer Aided Product Design at Helmut-Schmidt University Hamburg) invited the research assistants of the WiGeP specialist group "Virtual Product Development" to meet in Hamburg from June 25 to 26. In addition to the exchange on topics from teachi...

Category: Research
Category: Research

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has extended its funding for the Transregional Collaborative Research Center TRR285 "Method development for mechanical joinability in versatile process chains" for another four years. The focus of the research group is on the development of scientific methods and...

Category: Research
Category: Research

While the functionality of a product is often taken for granted nowadays, good usability (i.e. simple, effective and efficient product use) and emotionally appealing product design (i.e. satisfaction, aesthetics and emotional fulfilment) are important components of the user experience. However, usab...

Category: Research
Category: Research

The aim of the research association was to research customized digital engineering methods for the development of the electric powertrain, especially in Bavarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In cooperation with the Institute for Engineering Design and CAD at the University of Bayreuth ...

Category: Research
Category: Research

In the context of resource minimization and the development of energy-efficient and wear-resistant technical products, the reduction of friction losses in lubricated contacts of machine elements is of great importance. These losses mainly depend on the lubrication condition, the component geometry a...

Category: Research
Category: Research

The individualization of medical aids - in particular orthoses - is becoming increasingly important due to growing market trends. With the help of additive manufacturing processes, patient-specific properties can be taken into account quickly and flexibly. In particular, the combination of fiber-rei...

Category: Events
Category: Events

On May 2, the opening of the Research Centre for the Engineering of Smarter Product Service Systems (ZESS) took place in Bochum. In addition to a tour of the facilities and a number of demonstrations, presentations from academia and industry provided important impulses on how sustainability can be i...

Category: Research
Category: Research

In the recently published article, which resulted from the great cooperation of KTmfk with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile as well as with Optimol Instruments Prüftechnik GmbH and Carl Bechem GmbH, a topic on everyday tribology is examined in more detail. As part of a student thesis, Ma...

Category: Education, People
Category: Education, People

Prof. Sandro Wartzack (KTmfk, FAU) visited Prof. Simon Bickerton at the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials and Prof. Jörg Diegel at the Centre Creative Design and Additive Manufacturing at the University of Auckland, NZ. Prof Wartzack was invited as a presenter for a seminar on "Lightweight Des...

Category: Awards, Education
Category: Awards, Education

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sandro Wartzack (KTmfk, FAU) is delighted to have been awarded the Erskine Visiting Fellowship from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Within the framework of this fellowship, Prof. Wartzack will teach students in the transition from Bachelor's to Master's studie...

Category: Research
Category: Research

The established paradigm of virtual product development transforms to digital engineering. However, optimizing processes by integrating data-driven methods poses challenges for small and medium-sized companies, as approaches for targeted process analysis and method identification are missing. In the...

Category: Awards, People
Category: Awards, People

According to the citation database Scopus, Prof. Sandro Wartzack, as author and co-author of 472 peer-reviewed publications, achieves an h-index of 30 with a total of 3,678 citations. "I am pleased that we reach so many readers with our publications, who then cite us in their scientific articles. Th...

Category: Education, People
Category: Education, People

Last year, filming was in progress at KTmfk for the exciting video series "2 Minuten Wissen (2 Minutes of Knowledge)". The series presents interesting projects and research areas from the field of engineering in which students and researchers work hand in hand. In the recently released episode, B. R...

Category: Awards
Category: Awards

With the Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg pursues the goal of recognizing and promoting excellent young scientists at an early stage. The funding serves to support the independent advancement of an innovative project and the development of scientific independence. In the last...

Category: Research
Category: Research

In the simulation of short-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics, material parameters are usually used that originate from material testing on new specimens. In order to get closer to the condition on the road, where not only new vehicles are on the road, the influence of service loads on crash safety has...

Category: Research
Category: Research

Usability and emotionality are fundamental aspects of user experience. However, creating a product design that is both usable and emotional is a challenge for product developers, particularly due to the competing goals of both aspects. In order to make a user-oriented decision between a more usable ...