On a sunny Friday in the summer semester, students from our "Hazard prevention and emergency management" and "Information management for public safety and security" lectures visited the Dortmund fire brigade. After a warm welcome and an introduction to the Dortmund Fire Brigade, civil protection and their own preparedness for disasters, the students were able to visit the staff room and control centre of the Dortmund Fire Brigade. Another…

At the 17th Science Forum Mobility in Duisburg, Katharina Rohde presented a poster on "Optimising modular products - a classification framework for circular products" and exchanged views with fellow experts on current challenges and innovative approaches to sustainable mobility.

The Digi4Circular project consortium met in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, to discuss the progress made so far in the eight work packages. The face-to-face meeting sponsored lively discussions, valuable impulses and coordinated the next project steps.

Hello everyone, I'm Finn and I'm very happy to be part of the DMB team as a research assistant. Already during my mechanical engineering studies with a focus on engineering informatics and my work as a research assistant at Paderborn University, I was fascinated by the connection between data management, machine learning and product development. During the course of my studies, I worked intensively on data-based approaches in technical…

From 17 to 19 November, Andreas Schultz presented our work on "Knowledge Management in Civil Protection at the Example of Fire Brigades" with a poster at the 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management in Porto, Portugal. Our literature research shows that knowledge management in civil security is not yet a hot topic, but offers a lot of potential. With many presentations on…

Am 4. Dezember 2024 wurde in Paderborn ein neues, von Horizon Europe finanziertes Projekt Digi4Circular gestartet. Dieses Projekt zielt darauf ab, eine umfassende digitale Plattform bereitzustellen, die Prinzipien der Kreislaufwirtschaft in die Produktentwicklung integriert und die Herstellung nachhaltiger und effizienter Automobilkomponenten ermöglicht, indem der Ressourcenverbrauch optimiert, Abfall minimiert und die Verwendung von…

From 25 to 26 September 2024, the 11th International Conference on Mass Customization and Personalization (MCP), which specializes in the personalization of mass products and the associated adapted manufacturing and development processes, took place at the University of Novi Sad (Serbia). Manuel Ott and Niclas Meihöfener had the honor of participating in this event on behalf of our chair. Manuel Ott's presentation dealt with the abstraction of…

In Islands Hauptstadt Reykjavík fand vom 12. – 14. August 2024 die internationale Konferenz NordDesign statt. Für das DMB nahm unsere Mitarbeiterin Laura Müller teil und stellte ihre Publikation über eine Anforderungsanalyse für ein Forschungsdatenmanagement-System in Verbundprojekten vor. Die von einer sehr freundlichen Atmosphäre geprägte Konferenz führte Wissenschaftliche aus 15 Ländern zusammen und ermöglichte einen regen Austausch über…

Hello everyone, I am Osman and I am delighted to be starting a new chapter at the DMB as an Academic Advisor! After studying mechanical engineering at Leibniz Universität Hannover, where I worked for five years as a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Institute for Product Development and Device Engineering, my career path led me to the Paderborn University. During my time in Hannover, I was able to gain valuable experience in…

In July 2024, the 11th International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC) took place at Concordia University in Montreal, focusing on the integration of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience and computational theories in product design. For our chair, Niclas Meihöfener had the honor to participate in this event and present a poster on the current topic of generalization of AI-assisted structural optimization. In…

In our courses "Hazard prevention and emergency management" and "Information management for public safety and security", we not only deal with the topics theoretically at university, but also look at their implementation in real life. The excursion to the Dortmund fire department provided a good opportunity to understand the complex interrelationships and ask the rescuers lots of questions. After being welcomed by Chief Fire Officer Dirk…

The research project "Bionics and AI for Sustainable Integration of Product Development for Resource-Efficient Lightweight Construction" (German akronym: BIKINI), funded by the BMWK and launched in October 2021, was successfully completed after three years of productive collaboration in Bremerhaven with our project partner, the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). The developed software prototypes offer the possibility to make statements about…

Hey, I'm Kathi and I'm very happy to be a new research assistant at the DMB! Already during my studies and even now I am volunteering at the Hochschulgruppe Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (HG-WING e.V.), which is committed to the networking and further education of industrial engineering students. I am also active in ESTIEM, a Europe-wide organization for WING students, as the Local Responsible of the LG Paderborn. This has given me the desire to…

As part of our courses on emergency response, fire protection and information systems, we took the students on an excursion to the 112Rescue trade fair in Dortmund. There we met with Mr. Aschenbrenner for a tour of the trade fair and were able to gain an insight into the various topics of fire protection, rescue services and technical assistance. In particular, innovations in robotics and virtual reality could be tried out and experienced at…

As part of the 21st annual global conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM), we presented our research findings on the current state of knowledge management in German fire departments. During the conference, we were able to discuss and refine our approaches with operators and researchers from all over the world. As a venue, the NRW Fire Service Institute (IdF NRW) provided the ideal conditions for networking…