Professorship | Professorship Adaptronics and Lightweight Design in Production | IWP | Mechanical Engineering

Welcome to the Professorship Adaptronics and Lightweight Design (in Production)
	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Welf-Guntram Drossel Head of the Professorship Director of Fraunhofer IWU in the Scientific Field Mechatronics and Lightweight Structures Chairman of the Institute of Mechatronics
In April 2014 at the Institute for Machine Tools and Production Processes (IWP) at the TU Chemnitz was founded a unique in Germany Professorship Adaptronics and Lightweight Design in Production, which focuses on solving technical problems using intelligent adaptronic structures such as piezoceramics or thermal shape memory alloys. The Director of Fraunhofer IWU in the Scientific Field Mechatronics and Lightweight Structures Prof. Dr.-Ing. Welf - Guntram Drossel assumed the management of the professorship with currently 7 scientific, 1 technical, and 2 administrative employees. The professorship with its team considers itself as a competence partner in research, industry and education for application-oriented development of adaptronic systems by spatial and functional integration of smart materials in structures. We warmly invite you to get the information about our teaching and research profile on our website or even to gain an insight into the Professorship for Adaptronics and Lightweight Design in Production by visiting us.
	Research Area: Biomechatronics Examination of specific requirements at the human-technology interface Design, specification, implementation, and testing of mechatronic systems and system components for use on humans Research into adaptive mechanisms and intelligent structural elements Investigation of the integration potential of various sensor principles Collaboration with clinical partners to strengthen medical and biological expertise Contact: Alina Carabello, M.Sc. Alina Carabello, M.Sc. Koordination Forschungsmanagement / Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin +49 (0)371 531-38240 alina.carabello@mb.tu-chemnitz.de FhG/IWU
	Research Area: Adaptive Structures and Systems Research into highly flexible adaptive structures Development of manufacturing technologies to produce custom reversibly deformable components through both material-based and structural design Development of collapsible structures to achieve high volume changes Development of actuators and sensors Application of smart materials Contact: Dr.-Ing. Immanuel Voigt Dr.-Ing. Immanuel Voigt Koordination Forschungsmanagement / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter +49 (0)351 4772-2132 immanuel.voigt@mb.tu-chemnitz.de FhG/IWU
	Research Area: High-Frequency and Vibration Systems Optimization of vibrating systems Signal transmission and process monitoring Electromechanical energy conversion High-frequency control and modulation methods Contact: Jonas Maximilian Werner, M.Sc. Jonas Maximilian Werner, M.Sc. Koordination Lehrstuhl / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter +49 (0)371 531-32203 jonas-maximilian.werner@mb.tu-chemnitz.de 2/M204a