People

Dr. Christian Witzgall was appointed by Prof. Sandro Wartzack as a senior engineer and head of the lightweight construction research group at the KTmfk - Chair of Design Engineering at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg on 1 February 2025. He brings many years of experience in the simulation and experimental te...

In the context of digitalised product development, modern concepts such as Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Digital Twin and Digital Engineering appear. However, it is often unclear how these concepts are linked and what role they play in holistic digital engineering. In an interview between ...

On December 1st, a familiar face, Dr.-Ing. Benedict Rothammer, was appointed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sandro Wartzack as Senior Engineer and Manager of the “Machine Elements and Tribology” research team. As a long-standing team member at the KTmfk, he contributes valuable insights, particularly from but no...

The Chair of Design Engineering congratulates Mr. Christian Witzgall on successfully passing the doctoral examination for Dr.-Ing. on 25.10.2024, which he completed with distinction. Mr. Witzgall presented the contents of his dissertation entitled "Consideration of previous fatigue damage in the cra...

The KTmfk welcomes Prof Régis Kovacs Scalice as a visiting professor at the Chair. Mr Scalice is a professor at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Joinville, Brazil. He conducts research in the fields of model-based systems engineering and IoT for product-service systems and is the author...

The Stanford List, published annually by the Elsevier publishing house, presents the names and ranking of the 2% most cited scientists. In the current year, Prof. Sandro Wartzack (H-index according to Scopus.com of 34/555 publications) is gratified to be included in this select group with an improve...

Gwen Spelly joined the user-centred design research group as a research assistant at the beginning of September. Previously, she studied medical engineering, specializing in medical device engineering and prosthetics, at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. As a student assistant and d...

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...

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...

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...