The 6th international conference "Progress on Polymer and Composite Products and Manufacturing Technologies" (Polcom) of the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitell" and the University Politehnica of Bucharest was held in Bucarest, Romania, from November 23 -25, 2022. The event offered informative insights into current research subjects

The KAt was represented as part of the DMRC booth at the trade fair "Formnext" in Frankfurt which took place from Nov. 15-18, 2022. Interesting conversations with materials manufacturers, plant engineers, operators and software producers in the field of additive manufacturing led to making new contacts and expanding existing ones.

We congratulate Lars Blumenthal to the successful completion of his doctoral studies. In his work "Multidomain-based optimization of axial-dynamic switching performance of spring-applied brakes", Lars Blumenthal researched the multidomain-simulation of spring-applied brakes

Traditions should be cultivated. This is easier with everyone benefitting. The FERCHAU Advancement Award at the Chair of Design and Drive Engineering (KAt) at Paderborn University was granted by the FERCHAU branch Paderborn for the 17th time this year, thus clearly qualifying

After more than 20 years at Paderborn University, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detmar Zimmer went into his well-deserved retirement on December 31, 2020. The entire team of the Chair wishes you all the best!

Emphasizing and rewarding exceptional achievements – true to this motto, the FERCHAU GmbH, in close cooperation with the Chair of Design and Drive Technology (KAt) at Paderborn University, has been granting the FERCHAU Advancement Award since 2005.

We congratulate Christoph Hübner on the successful completion of his doctoral studies on „ A contribution to the evaluation of the functional safety of spring-applied brakes“. Given the ongoing Corona pandemic, his PhD oral exam was held on Dec. 03, 2020 with a reduced number of in-person participants. Other interested persons could follow the exam via

Emphasizing and rewarding exceptional achievements – true to this motto, the FERCHAU GmbH, in close cooperation with the Chair of Design and Drive Technology (KAt) at Paderborn University, has been granting the FERCHAU Advancement Award since 2005. Mechanical engineering students

For the tenth time now, the university administration of Paderborn University awarded the Teaching Award for Junior Scientists 2019. The award honors exceptional commitment to teaching as well as counseling and supervising students. The applications for the Teaching Award 2019 demonstrated the enormous commitment of junior scientists and their exceptional achievements in academic teaching. The award commitee, headed by the vice president for…

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports the project “Intelligent-controlled additive manufacturing process chain using simulative and experimentally determined component, material and process data”. The overall budget, in a consortium led by Robert Bosch GmbH, is approximately 13.3 Mio. Euro. The Paderborn University is represented by the Chair of Design and Drive Technology (KAt)

We congratulate Johannes Tominski to the successful completion of his doctoral studies. Due to the particular circumstances of the Corona pandemic, his doctoral examination was held on May 20, 2020 in the presence of the examination committee only. Interested listeners were able to watch it via video. His dissertation is titled "Design of a simulation model for evaluating and influencing the dynamic operating behavior of a spindle stroke drive…

Congratulations! On September 19, 2019, Nils-Peter Kriegel successfully completed his doctoral studies on "Design of an energy-efficient actuator and holding system in a spring-applied brake". Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gunter Kullmer, chair of Applied Mechanics at Paderborn University was his co-advisor. Mr. Kriegel was a member of the scientific staff at KAt from February 2006 to April 2014, the last one and a half years in the position of academic…

Highlighting and honoring special achievements - in keeping with this motto, FERCHAU has been awarding the FERCHAU Advancement Award in close cooperation with the Chair of Design and Drive Technology (KAt), Paderborn University, since 2005.

Paderborn University receives additional funding für "KitkAdd" from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).