Labor­at­ory for ma­ter­i­al and join­ing tech­no­logy (LWF)

The Laboratory of Materials and Joining Technology (LWF) is a nationally and internationally recognized research institute with a focus on the field of joining technology, especially mechanical and thermal joining, adhesive bonding and hybrid joining. It is also occupied with data measurement and simulation.

The spectrum of the research and development work at LWF covers publicly funded basic and application-oriented research projects, bilateral industry cooperation and contract work. Special importance is attached to the training of young engineers and to knowledge transfer in industry and science.

As a partner to SMEs, large companies and sponsor organizations, we generate process-related, material-specific and constructive research results in material and joining technology, and develop them to a state of industrial maturity and production, especially with resource-efficient lightweight structures.

In the successful 40-year history of LWF, our results have found their way into numerous innovative product applications and have received many national and international awards.

09.05.2025

EFB Col­loqui­um 2025 in Würzburg

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02.05.2025

Re­treat 2025 in Ed­in­burgh

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28.04.2025

SheMet 2025 in Pader­born

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22.04.2025

LWF-Team at the 77th Pader­borner Os­ter­lauf 2025

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19.03.2025

Doc­tor­ate of Dr.-Ing. Mor­itz Ros­sel

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17.03.2025

LWF at the GAK doc­tor­al col­loqui­um at IFAM in Bre­men

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12.03.2025

SheMet 2025

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10.03.2025

Teil­nahme des LWF am 25. Kolloqui­um "Ge­mein­same Forschung in der Kleb­tech­nik" -

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12.02.2025

13th status meet­ing of the TRR285 ‘Meth­od de­vel­op­ment for mech­an­ic­al join­ab­il­ity in ver­sat­ile pro­cess chain­s’

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16.01.2025

In­ter­act­ive white pa­per “So­ci­o­tech­nic­al sys­tems for re­source-ef­fi­cient light­weight tech­no­lo­gies” pub­lished as part of the “KORESIL”…

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13.01.2025

Pro­mo­tion von Her­rn Dr.-Ing. To­bi­as Au­bel in Kas­sel

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20.12.2024

Christ­mas greet­ings from the LWF

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04.12.2024

Pro­mo­tion von Her­rn Dr.-Ing. Fa­bi­an Kappe

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04.12.2024

Die mech­an­is­che Fügeszene zu Gast in Pader­born

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21.11.2024

Das LWF auf der EuroB­LECH in Han­nov­er ver­tre­ten

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Job offers

The Laboratory for material and joining technology is looking for research assistants in all fields of research!

Study­ing and work­ing at the LWF

Students and research assistants talk about how they came to the LWF. This clearly illustrates what the LWF stands for, why it is important to get involved in research while still a student, and what successful team spirit looks like.

Interested? Feel free to contact us at: bewerbung@lwf.upb.de

Ap­proach

Pohlweg 47-49

33098 Paderborn

05251 - 60 3031