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Because of limited natural resources and future challenges of global climate protection, the economical use of raw materials and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions will require intensive efforts. The passenger and freight traffic can distinctly contribute to those efforts by reducing the fuel consumption and thus saving CO₂ emissions. An important step to lower the fuel consumption of cars is to reduce their weight.

That is why the chair of Automotive Lightweight Design develops lightweight construction concepts especially by using high strength steels, hybrid-constructions (e.g. steel-CFRP) and also lightweight materials (e.g. aluminum)...Read more

News

Successful projekt completion "carboHEAT": Development of a hybrid lightweight structure with integrated heating element made of recycled carbon fibres

03/01/2023 | In February, the research project "carboHEAT" funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) was successfully completed over the past 18 months in cooperation with the project partners of Hotset GmbH. In the future, heatable hybrid…

EU Project launch ‘MADE-3D’: multi-material components from a 3D printer

02/20/2023 | 6.7 million euros of funding – Paderborn University is leading a Europe-wide research project

Project launch "Re²Pli": Renewable energies for the efficient operation of press hardening lines

09/23/2022 | Manufacturing vehicles in a more environmentally friendly and efficient way - that is the goal of a new research project led by the "Chair of Automotive Lightweight Design" (LiA) at the University of Paderborn. For this project, LiA has joined forces…

Project launch Climate bOWL

05/03/2022 | The project "Climate neutral Business in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Climate bOWL)" started on 01.04.2022. Over a period of three years, it will be funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North…

Besuch des Staatssekretärs am ILH

03/04/2022 | Am Freitag, den 18.02.2022 hat der Antrittsbesuch des Staatssekretärs des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen - Dr. Dirk Günnewig - an der Universität Paderborn stattgefunden. Nach wissenschaftlichen Vorträgen zu…

Contact

Prof. Dr. Thomas Tröster

Leichtbau im Automobil

Phone:

+49 5251 60-5331

Fax:

+49 5251 60-5333

E-mail:

thomas.troester(at)upb(dot)de

Office:

Y2.116

Student Thesis

Topics:

- Metallic materials

- Fibre Reinforced Plastics / Hybrids

- Additive Manufacturing

For more information please click "Vacancies".

Vacancies

Endowed professorship

Endowed professorship of BENTELER Automobiltechnik GmbH

We would like to thank the Stifterverband for handling the endowed professorship.