Das LWF-Team wünscht allen Studierenden, den Partnern in Forschung und Industrie frohe Weihnachten, erholsame Feiertage und einen guten Start in das Jahr 2026!
The LWF team congratulates Dr.-Ing. Max Böhnke on successfully passing his oral doctoral examination on 23 October 2025 with his dissertation on the topic of ‘Method development for characterising and modelling friction and damage behaviour in clinching processes’.
Examination board: Prof. Dr. Volker Schöppner, Prof. Dr. Marion Merklein, Prof. Dr. Gerson Meschut, Dr. Wilhelm Lappe
The LWF team congratulates Dr Felix Beule on successfully passing his oral doctoral examination on 23 September 2025 with his dissertation on the topic of ‘Method development for predicting direction-dependent property changes in adhesive bonds due to relative displacement during curing’.
Examination board: Prof. Thomas Tröster, Prof. Julia Riese, Prof. Gerson Meschut, Dr. David Hein
The LWF team congratulates Dr.-Ing. Jan Wippermann on successfully passing his oral doctoral examination on 11 August 2025 with his dissertation on the topic of ‘Method development for the prediction of direct screw connections with plastic nuts’.
Examination board: Prof. Dr. Volker Schöppner, Prof. Dr. Gerson Meschut, Prof. Dr. Maik Gude and Dr. Mathias Bobbert.
The LWF team congratulates Dr.-Ing. Karina Tews on successfully passing her oral doctoral examination on 6 August 2025 with her dissertation on the topic of ‘Life expectancy prediction of structural adhesive bonds using a stress-based failure criterion’.
Examination board: Prof. Dr. Volker Schöppner, Prof. Dr. Gunter Kullmer, Prof. Dr. Gerson Meschut, Dr. David Hein
The LWF was represented at the 78th IIW Annual Meeting and International Conference in Genoa, Italy, from 22 to 27 June 2025.
Organised by the International Institute of Welding (IIW), the event is one of the world's most important forums for scientific and technical exchange in the field of welding technology and brought together nearly 2,000 experts from 53 countries.
Keke Yang presented the LWF's latest research findings and their…
Pia Holtkamp represented the LWF at the International Deep Drawing Research Group (IDDRG) Conference 2025 in Lisbon.
Surrounded by international experts in forming technology, she presented her latest research findings on ‘Integration of multiple-linear and tumbling kinematics into self-piercing riveting’ and gained valuable insights for her work at the LWF.
As the world's leading platform for exchange in sheet metal forming, the IDDRG offers…
The EFB Mechanical Joining Working Group met at our LWF premises in Paderborn with strong participation from industry. New project outlines were discussed and evaluated in detail.
On 12 June, students enrolled in the course ‘Joining Lightweight Structures’ had the opportunity to visit Heggemann AG in Büren as part of an excursion. After an introduction by Dr Alexander Reitz, they were given fascinating insights into the company's manufacturing processes and development departments.
Of particular interest was a current project in the field of aircraft construction: Heggemann is currently using the additive manufacturing…
Under the motto ‘We program and tinker and dive into the world of technology together’, a children's holiday camp for children of students and employees of Paderborn University took place during the Easter holidays 2025. It was organised by the SFB/Transregio 285 and the Equal Opportunities Officer of Paderborn University as well as ITQ GmbH, a long-standing partner of the LWF. In the workshop, the children were taught basic knowledge of…
We look back on an inspiring and insightful participation in ESAFORM 2025, which took place this year in historic Paestum (Italy).
The LWF was represented with four exciting contributions and was able to present current research results on all aspects of mechanical joining technology.
In addition to the professional exchange, the conference programme - especially the festive gala dinner - also offered the opportunity to further expand our…
