SLE - Sustainable Lifecycle Engineering - Sustainability in engineering

In today's world, developers often lack appropriate methods for designing and creating sustainable systems. Decision-making in the product development process, especially with regard to sustainable options, is often characterized by uncertainty. The question of whether, for example, an electric motor should be encapsulated to minimize heat loss, or ...

Duration: 06/2023 - 05/2026

Funded by: MWIKE NRW

Product.intelligence - Data-based product management

How can companies ensure that their products remain successful in the future? This question is the focus of product management, a discipline that deals with the conception, control and monitoring of products or services within a company. Experts often rely on their intuition, as relevant information is often spread across different departments. The ...

Duration: 04/2023 - 10/2025

Funded by: it’s OWL

iQBuddy - Intelligent model recommendation system

In view of current developments in the field of digitalization and sustainability, new and demanding challenges arise for the development of Intelligent Technical Systems (ITS). The shift towards a more digitized and sustainable world leads to changing boundary conditions and stakeholders. These shifts necessitate increased interdisciplinary ...

Duration: 12/2022 - 10/2023

Funded by: it’s OWL

TuWAs - Transformation hub for forming value chains in the powertrain

As a result of decisive factors such as the mobility revolution, the sustainability movement, advancing digitalization and dynamic changes in the working landscape, players in the automotive industry are facing drastic transformation processes. The transition to electromobility in particular poses fundamental challenges for suppliers of forming ...

Duration: 11/2022 - 06/2025

Funded by: BMWK

Contact: Dr. Christian Koldewey

URANOS-X Investigation of requirements, solution patterns and methods for enabling manufacturing companies for GAIA-X

Initial situationIn manufacturing, data is increasingly advancing to become a strategic resource. Data makes it possible to create digital products and services and thus realize new value propositions. Increasingly, data is being exchanged across company boundaries. This results in so-called data ecosystems in which diverse players contribute their ...

Duration: 10/2022 - 09/2024

Funded by: BMBF

Inno.Venture - Innovation management with the help of the venture client model

Cooperation between established companies and start-ups is becoming increasingly significant. Start-ups develop groundbreaking technologies and are characterized by agility and flexibility. For established companies, the focus is on introducing innovations quickly and efficiently through this partnership in order to compete successfully. Previous ...

Duration: 09/2022 - 08/2025

Funded by: it’s OWL, MWIKE NRW

SAIL: SustAInable Life-cycle of Intelligent Socio-Technical Systems

Current systems that incorporate AI technology mainly target the introduction phase, where a core component is training and adaptation of AI models based on given example data. SAIL’s focus on the full life-cycle moves the current emphasis towards sustainable long-term development in real life. The joint project SAIL addresses both basic research ...

Duration: 08/2022 - 07/2026

Funded by: MKW NRW

FastGate - Autonomy on the airport apron

The aviation industry faces a challenging task in light of the pressing need for decarbonization. With increasing awareness of the impact of aviation on the environment, it has become imperative to find innovative solutions to reduce CO2 emissions and minimize noise levels. One of the key challenges lies in optimizing overall flight operations, ...

Duration: 06/2022 - 05/2025

Funded by: MWIKE NRW

ZirkuPro - Holistic circular product creation for intelligent technical systems

The manufacturing of mechatronic products, such as semiconductors, is characterized by significant energy consumption, the use of limited and sometimes critical raw materials, and demanding manufacturing conditions. These aspects lead not only to environmental impacts, but also to resource scarcity and economic uncertainty. In view of global ...

Duration: 05/2022 - 04/2025

Funded by: MWIKE NRW

ZuPro - Future-robust product development: Systematic extension of the PGE model - product generation development by adapting methods of strategic product planning

Engineering activities focused on the development of technical solutions to meet human needs in private and social contexts are facing growing challenges. The rapid development of technologies in areas such as mechanics, electronics and information technology has increased the complexity of this process while opening up broader approaches to ...

Duration: 10/2020 - 09/2023

Funded by: DFG