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DediGrad Collaborative Research Centre approved
In November 2024, the German Research Foundation (DFG) approved the establishment of the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregional Research Network (SFB/TRR 402) entitled ‘Intelligent production technologies for lightweight plastic structures with load-specific 3D grading of the reinforcement architecture – DediGrad’. The coordinating institution is Chemnitz University of Technology, led by Prof. Dr Lothar Kroll. The research team comprises 27 researchers from Chemnitz University of Technology, Dresden University of Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Vienna University of Technology and the Fraunhofer IWU, who will be conducting research on this highly relevant topic during the first phase of the project, with total funding of 16.4 million euros over 45 months.

An afternoon dedicated to the IWW
The afternoon of 7 November 2024 at Chemnitz University of Technology in Erfenschlag was entirely dedicated to the IWW. The association “Innovative Materials, Institute for Materials Science and Materials Engineering” (InnoMat IWW e.V.) hosted its annual general meeting at the METEOR project centre.

WOT staff member Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Grund receives TUC awards
On 14 November 2024, Chemnitz University of Technology recognised the outstanding achievements of its members and staff in the areas of study, teaching, research and knowledge transfer, as well as in their social engagement. Dr Thomas Grund, habil., has been awarded both a teaching prize and a research prize.

Honorary Doctorate for Dr Klaus Nassenstein
On 6 November 2024, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology awarded an honorary doctorate to Dr.-Ing. Klaus Nassenstein at the suggestion of the IWW.

The “FUNDAM³ENT” research group welcomes a high-profile visitor
On 5 November 2024, the first PhD seminar of DFG Research Group 5380 “FUNDAM³ENT” took place at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW) at Chemnitz University of Technology. It was a half-day hybrid event, with the research group’s PhD students participating either in person or online.

Presentation of the stand at the “REDUCE” project at Vitesco Technologies (part of Schaeffler AG)
To discuss interim findings from the “REDUCE” project with representatives from Vitesco Technologies (VT) and to plan the next steps, staff from the Human-Cyber-Physical Systems (HCPS) visited VT’s production halls in Limbach-Oberfrohna once again on 29 October 2024.

WOT wins a Gold Award at the Open Access Week organised by the University Library of Chemnitz University of Technology
As part of International Open Access Week, which was organised by the University Library of Chemnitz University of Technology from 21 to 25 October, four awards were presented for the first time this year. The WOT Chair received the Gold Award.

First-ever summer school on “Modelling and Simulation in Materials and Surface Engineering” held
This year, for the first time, the WOT Chair organised the summer school ‘Modelling and Simulation in Materials and Surface Engineering’. From 30 September to 2 October 2024, fifteen participants successfully learnt how to generate models from the theories discussed in our lectures and experimentally collected data, and how to apply these models in simulations.

WOT field trip to Scholz Recycling GmbH
On 16 September 2023, staff from the WOT Chair visited Scholz GmbH together at one of its largest processing sites in Espenhain, near Leipzig. We spent three hours on site and gained first-hand insight into the challenges and physical limitations involved in separating and recycling scrap metal. The highlight was the guided tour of the company premises, where we witnessed, in truly impressive fashion, the processes involved in handling and processing several hundred thousand tonnes of scrap metal every year.

Interdisciplinary DFG project “Development of methods and models for simulating coating thickness distributions on complex-shaped components during electroplating”
For just over a year, a project run by the WOT Chair has been working to minimise both costs and the effort involved in experimental testing when optimising real electroplating processes, using numerical process simulation. The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (project number 524933028).