The School of Mechanical Engineering is engaged in a wide range of research topics with practical relevance.
Your contact is Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norman Fuchs, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering’s representative on the Rectorate’s Research Commission.
Key research areas at the Faculty
- Automotive Engineering
- Biogas Intelligence
- Bioresorbable magnesium alloys as implant materials
- Additive Manufacturing in Medical Technology
- Energy Technology and Renewable Energy
- Lightweight metallic alloys
- Multiphase flows in biological media and model fluids
- Production 4.0 – Cleanroom technology
- Forming-based joining of, for example, FRP in combination with high-strength wrought aluminium alloys
- Modern materials in technical systems
- Economic aspects of technology
Projects
Applied research plays a crucial role for most of the faculty’s professors. This enables innovations to be incorporated into teaching in a timely manner. All research projects are practice-oriented and carried out in collaboration with companies from a wide range of sectors, whilst also having an international focus.
Listed below are some current projects at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering:
- Additive manufacturing of biocompatible acrylate-based materials
- Bio-magnesium: mechanical properties and corrosion behaviour
- Selective laser melting of structural components made from lightweight metallic alloys
- Biogas Intelligence
- Emissions-controlled engine management system for biogas-fired combined heat and power plants
- Substitute fuels
- Productive 4.0
Further details on ongoing and completed projects can also be found in the Research & Transfer section!
Institutes
The university has central research facilities where institutionalised research is carried out in collaboration with colleagues from other faculties and in partnership with leading companies:
Institute for Applied Computer Science (IACS)
IFEU – Institute for Energy and the Environment e.V.
IRES – Institute for Renewable Energy Systems
In addition, there are a number of affiliated institutes with which the university has concluded cooperation agreements:
Institute for Applied Computer Science e.V.
Steinbeis Transfer Centre for Image Processing and Medical Informatics
Steinbeis Transfer Centre for Network Design and Evaluation
