Year: 2024

Jan Kopatsch joined the Tolerance Management research group as a research assistant at the beginning of July. He previously studied mechanical engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He also wrote his project and master's thesis on the topics of metamodel-based optimization...

Mr. Marc Gadinger, a graduate of the Mechanical Engineering program, received the Master’s Award from the Diehl foundation for achieving the highest final grade in his class. His master’s thesis, titled "Adaptive Design of Experiments for Cyclic Characterization of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics," was su...

The seventh "Young Tribological Researcher Symposium", organized by the Young Tribologists Working Group of the „Gesellschaft für Tribologie”, was held on July 22 and 23 at the KTmfk. The two days were filled with diverse and informative presentations on current experimental and numerical research i...

Following numerous successful projects, the KTmfk and the Institute for Machine Components and Methods of Development at TU Graz met in Graz for a joint strategy meeting «Vision MBSE 2050», led by Prof. Dr. Hannes Hick and Prof. Dr. Sandro Wartzack. Topics included the future of model-based systems ...

This year's Bearing World Conference took place on June 25-26 in Würzburg, Germany. This time the KTmfk was represented by Mrs. Feile, Mr. Halmos, Dr. Bartz and Prof. Wartzack. In addition to a showcase, where current research work of the KTmfk in the field of rolling bearing technology was presente...

Digital transformation is pervasive in our daily lives, evident in new technologies like smart devices or AI chatbots. This digitalization extends to product development to enhance product quality and reduce development time and costs. However, design data is diverse and phase-dependent. This paper ...

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...

The 29th Congress of the European Society for Biomechanics took place in Edinburgh from July 1 to 3. Our institute participatd with 3 employees and senior engineer Dr.-Ing. Jörg Miehling from the User-Centered Product design group. They presented the current research results of the KTmfk in three po...

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...