Prof. Dr. Thomas Tröster

Automotive Lightweight Design

Head of Research Group

Contact and Affiliations

E-Mail:
thomas.troester@uni-paderborn.de
Phone:
+49 5251 60-5331
ORCID:
0000-0003-3488-5575
Web:
Homepage
Office Address:
Mersinweg 7
33100 Paderborn
Room:
Y2.116
Executive Board
Professor
Vice-President for Research and Academic Careers
E-Mail:
thomas.troester@uni-paderborn.de
silvia.dohmeier.fischer@uni-paderborn.de
Phone:
+49 5251 60-5331
Web:
Homepage
Social Media:
Office Address:
Mersinweg 7
33100 Paderborn
Room:
Y2.116
Automotive Lightweight Design
Head of Research Group - Professor
Head of Chair
Key research area Sustainable Materials, Processes and Products
Chairperson of the Board - Professor
Chairman of the Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems (ILH)
Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems
Chairperson of the Board - Professor
ILH Board
E-Mail:
thomas.troester@uni-paderborn.de
Phone:
+49 5251 60-5331
ORCID:
0000-0003-3488-5575
Web:
Homepage
Office Address:
Mersinweg 7
33100 Paderborn
Room:
Y2.116
Direct Manufacturing Research Center (DMRC) (until 2022)
Professor
Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 285
Member - Professor
Teilprojekt B01

About Thomas Tröster

Curriculum Vitae

Since 01.04.2025: Vice-President for Research and Academic Careers

Since 2007: Professor of Automotive Lightweight Design, Paderborn University

2014 - 2015: Research visit, Nelson Mandela University, Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

2005 - 2007: Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics, Faculty of Automotive Systems and Production, TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences),

2004 - 2005: Team Leader Materials Technology, Research and Development, Benteler Automotive, Paderborn

2003: Optical Studies of Non-Metallic Compounds under Pressure, Habilitation in Experimental Physics, Prof. Dr. Wilfried Holzapfel, Paderborn University

2000 - 2002: Development Engineer Research and Development, Benteler Automotive, Paderborn, Germany

1995 - 2000: Research Assistant, Chair of High-Pressure Physics, Paderborn University,

1994 - 1995: Visiting Scientist, Group of Optical Properties of Matter, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

03/1994: Doctorate under supervision of Prof. Dr. Wilfried Holzapfel, High Pressure Physics, Paderborn University

1989 - 1994: Research Assistant, Chair of High-Pressure Physics, Paderborn University

1983 - 1989: Physics studies at Paderborn University

Research

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Teaching


Current Courses

  • Nachhaltigkeit in Mobilitätssystemen (Übung)
  • Nachhaltigkeit in Mobilitätssystemen
  • Messtechnik (Praktikum)
  • Messtechnik (Praktikum)
  • Messtechnik (Maschinenbau)
  • Messtechnik
  • Materialauswahl (Übung)
  • Materialauswahl (Übung)
  • Materialauswahl
  • Materialauswahl
  • Industrienahe Forschungsthemen
  • Industrienahe Forschungsthemen
  • Herstellung von Leichtbaustrukturen (Übung)
  • Herstellung von Leichtbaustrukturen (Übung)
  • Herstellung von Leichtbaustrukturen
  • Herstellung von Leichtbaustrukturen
  • Herstellung und Validierung eines elektrisch betriebenen und autonom fahrenden Rennfahrzeugs
  • Herstellung und Validierung eines elektrisch betriebenen und autonom fahrenden Rennfahrzeugs
  • Fahrzeugaerodynamik (Übung)
  • Fahrzeugaerodynamik (Übung)
  • Fahrzeugaerodynamik
  • Fahrzeugaerodynamik
  • Basics of Automotive Engineering (Exercises)
  • Basics of Automotive Engineering (Exercise)
  • Basics of Automotive Engineering
  • Basics of Automotive Engineering

Scientific Engagement

Since 2012  |  Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems, Interdisciplinary research institute of Paderborn University


2014 - 2022  |  Spokesman of the NRW Research College "Light - Efficient - Mobile", funded by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany