Main research areas

Offers from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for joint research and development projects

 

Institute for Surface Technology (ZIRKON)

  • Coating technology (ND and AD plasma)

  • Fracture mechanics, crack propagation

  • Bonding technology, plastic modification

  • Surface analysis/material testing

Prof. Fulland

Prof. Hentschel

Prof. Bellair

Prof. Sturm

Dr. Reinhold

Institute for Process Engineering, Process Automation and Measurement Technology (IPM)

  • Power plant, steam generator and combustion technology

  • Two-phase thermohydraulics and particle-laden flows

  • Latent heat storage for decentralized energy systems

  • Reactor and plant safety

Prof. Zschunke

DI Alt

GWT Invention Center Dresden

  • Material processing systems

  • Processing of non-metallic goods

Prof. Schmidt

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU) Plastics Center Oberlausitz

  • Lightweight construction with fiber composite components

  • Additive polymer technologies

Prof. Scholz

Design/CAD

  • Consulting and services for CAD and machine design

  • Strength calculations (FEM)

Prof. Hentschel

Prof. Bellair

Polymer technologies and lightweight construction

  • Fiber-reinforced plastics

Prof. Scholz

Prof. Hentschel

Prof. Klaubert

Structural Dynamics

  • Machine Dynamics

  • Mechanism technology

Prof. Schmidt

Production engineering systems

  • Simulation and optimization of manufacturing systems

  • CNC and CAD-CAM programming

Prof. Kretschmar

Manufacturing technology, manufacturing metrology and QM

  • Optimization of manufacturing processes

  • Optical and tactile 3D coordinate measuring technology

  • Cooperation and services for QM systems

Prof. Sturm

Thermodynamic material data of working fluids in energy technology

  • Cooperation in the calculation of material data

  • Provision of material value calculation software

Prof. Kretzschmar

Fluid mechanics and fluid energy machines

  • Numerical flow simulation with CFD (OpenFOAM, Ansys-Fluent)
  • Experimental investigation of flow processes (2D laser Doppler anemometry, 2D hot-wire anemometry, pneumatic multi-hole probes)
  • Experimental flow acoustics (sound intensity measurement)
  • Renewable energies (wind and hydropower utilization, solar thermal energy and photovoltaics)
  • Analytical modeling of flow-related energy conversion processes (Python, Matlab)

Prof. Frana

Energetic use of biomass and combined heat and power generation

  • Energetic utilization of bioenergy

  • Fuel analysis

  • Evaluation of energy technology systems including flue gas analysis

Prof. Zschunke

Energetic and material utilization of plant biomass

  • Fixed-bed fermentation with integrated CO2 conversion

Prof. Hentschel

Heat storage and energy efficiency technologies

  • Latent heat storage for decentralized CHP and heat supply systems

  • Multi-zone hybrid heat storage for building energy systems

  • Investigation of the thermophysical material data and the cycle stability and corrosiveness of phase change materials

  • Optimization of the energy efficiency of thermal industrial processes

  • Near-contour temperature control systems for tools

  • Modeling of complex flow, heat and mass transfer phenomena

Prof. Meinert

Radiation technology, radiation protection

  • Substance and material identification with neutron technology

  • Measurement and evaluation of radon and thoron

Prof. Schönmuth