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The next Mechanical Engineering Forum will take place on 24 September. This time there will not only be an exciting presentation from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, but also five short presentations from faculty members and partners. All of them will focus on research funding, especially with regard to the important topic of sustainability. Experience a varied presentation with concrete examples. This autumn, the forum is part of a…

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Foto (Thorsten Hennig): Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Homberg (links) und Preisträger Ivo Kletetzka (rechts)

Das DMRC - Academic freut sich, bekannt zu geben, dass unserem Mitarbeiter Ivo Kletetzka der Faculty Best Paper Award verliehen wurde.

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Wir hatten eine tolle Generalversammlung beim VDMA Additive Manufacturing und freuen uns, auf der Rapid.Tech 3D dabei gewesen zu sein!

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Gruppenfoto Abschied Prof. Dr. Mahnken

With mixed feelings Professor Mahnken was sent into his well deserved retirement on 29th February 2024, after an impressive career. Because of his long time dedication and outstanding performance he inspired and shaped many students. His engagement for education and his tireless efforts for science have built a solid base for countless academic successes. His entire scientiffic work includes three textbooks on technical mechanics and more than…

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The DMRC in Paderborn fosters the education of engineers in the field of Design for Additive Manufacturing. We emphasize the critical role of designing parts specifically for AM for the successful implementation of the technology and are proud to actively contribute to transferring this essential knowledge to the industry.

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Last week, we had the pleasure of showcasing our own booth at the AM Forum in Berlin (https://www.am-forum.de/)!

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Alexander Schlüter has been a new lecturer at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering since January 2024. The newly established endowed professorship was created in collaboration with the Bette family business from Delbrück. Prof. Schlüter's Chair of Sustainable Industrialisation and Resilient Infrastructure conducts interdisciplinary research into the holistic approach to energy supply, production processes and products over their entire life…

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Weidinger, Dr. M. Kröker und Prof. E. Moritzer stehen vor einem Roll-Up des WAK
Award ceremony for Dr. M. Kröker. The "Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis Kunststofftechnik" (WAK) annually awards prizes for the best theses in the field of plastics technology.

Michael Kröker was awarded the Brose Prize by the "Wisssenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis Kunststofftechnik, WAK" (Scientific Working Group Plastics Technology) for his doctoral thesis on "Experimental and model-based investigations into the process behavior of semi-crystalline materials in the special injection molding process GITBlow", supervised by Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Moritzer. The Brose Prize is awarded for the development and research of new…

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Erneut fand das Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposiums in Austin, Texas, statt und unterstrich damit erneut seine Bedeutung als renommierte Konferenz für additive Fertigung in den Vereinigten Staaten. Das DMRC beteiligte sich mit insgesamt 8 Vorträgen zu den folgenden Themen: Influence of Substrate Temperature on the Formation of Individual Weld Paths during Laser Cladding (LMD) when Processing 316L: Stefan Gnaase Assessing the Impact of the…

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Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): In the "NeMo.bil" project, so-called cabs are intended for last-mile transport.

The NeMo.bil (New Mobility) project consortium has reached an important milestone: The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection is funding the NeMo.bil project to the tune of € 30 million. The aim of the project is to create an innovative, swarm-capable mobility system that will serve as a beacon for the whole of Germany and enable a new form of sustainable and demand-driven passenger and freight transport in rural areas. The…

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Zwei Personen stehen vor einem Brandingdisplay der „International Conference on Composite Materials“ in Belfast
Die Mitarbeitenden des LiA Julian Lückenkötter und Shuang Wu (v.l.) auf der 23rd „International Conference on Composite Materials“ in Belfast.

The International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM) is the leading international research conference on fibre-reinforced plastics and has been held every two years since 1975. The international conference brings together representatives from academia and industry to present the results of research and development projects. In addition to the optimisation of material and component properties, a particular focus is on the sustainability and…

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Photo by Prof. Iryna Mozgova

A new chair enriches the ILH consortium. In August 2022, Prof. Dr. Iryna Mozgova succeeded Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Koch as head of Data Management in Mechanical Engineering (DMB), which focuses on additive manufacturing and data analysis / public safety. The research areas include a number of important cross-cutting issues such as design, product development and quality management. Data management is a central and connecting topic that plays an…

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The heart of the technical centre in the ILH research building at the Paderborn University is being installed! The 11 m high hydraulic double-column forming press, manufactured by Schuler Pressen GmbH, was delivered on 16 May and is now being installed in the centre of the experimental areas for materials technology, plastics technology and FRP processing. With a nominal force of 10,000 kN, it is the largest press available to the ILH. Funded by…

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Am 21.02.2023 fand am Institut für Leichtbau mit Hybridsystemen (ILH) die erste Sitzung der Ende 2022 eingerichteten neuen Beiräte vom ILH und Paderborner Institut für Additive Fertigung (PIAF) statt.

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In February, the research project "carboHEAT" funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) was successfully completed over the past 18 months in cooperation with the project partners of Hotset GmbH. In the future, heatable hybrid structures based on recycled carbon fibre fleeces (rCF) can be produced for a variety of further applications in addition to the project's focus on use as a heated floor panel in camping vehicles.…

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Con­tact

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Tröster

Key research area Sustainable Materials, Processes and Products

Chairman of the Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems (ILH)

Write email +49 5251 60-5331
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Schmid

Key research area Sustainable Materials, Processes and Products

Chairman of the Paderborn Institute for Additive Fabrication (PIAF)

Write email +49 5251 60-2404
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eugeny Kenig

Key research area Sustainable Materials, Processes and Products

Chairman Competence Center for Sustainable Energy Technology (KET)

Write email +49 5251 60-2164

General information on the disciplines involved can be found on the corresponding websites:

Mechanical Engineering   Chemistry    Physics

 

Large-scale absorption-desorption plant at FVT

Outdoor PV laboratory at EET

Power Electronics Lab with emphasis on Wide-Bandgap applications at LEA

Being part of a network offers many advantages and opens up new perspectives. Technology transfer and industrial cooperation have a high priority at the University of Paderborn. In the ILH and the PIAF, there are long-standing contacts to companies of different sizes, regionally and nationwide.

ILH partners from research and industry

DMRC industry partners

KET industry partners