Welcome to the ILH

Lightweight design is a key technology with great potential for saving resources. Less material is used in lightweight design products and light vehicles need less fuel or lighter electric vehicles have a longer range. But beyond the automotive and transport industry, there are numerous other applications for lightweight design, for example in medical technology, the construction industry or the leisure sector.
At the Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems (ILH), we focus on hybrid lightweight structures. They are characterized by the fact that the interaction of different materials gives them special properties, e.g. in terms of stiffness or strength. Through the resource-efficient fusion of new materials and smart structures, they meet a wide range of requirements with maximum weight savings.
However, new materials and material combinations also create new challenges in terms of maintenance, repair and reuse of lightweight products. This is why research in this field is so important. Therefore we practice intensive knowledge transfer between engineering and natural sciences at the ILH and address research questions in the field of basic and applied research in interdisciplinary project teams.
Take a look at this YouTube video to see where we work and what ideas we pursue.

Your contact persons

Dr. Silvia Dohmeier-Fischer

Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Tröster

Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Guido Grundmeier

Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems

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News

15.02.2024

At the ILH research building, we warmly welcome Prof Dr Alexander Schlüter!

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30.11.2023

KTP employee Dr. Michael Kröker receives the Brose Award of the WAK

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25.08.2023

LiA technical papers at the 23rd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23)

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28.08.2023

30 million euros for the New Mobility. Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection promotes the NeMo.bil project

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23.05.2023

A warm welcome to Prof. Dr. Iryna Mozgova and her team as new members of ILH

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At a Glance

Organisation

The ILH currently has eleven research groups in mechanical engineering (MB) and the natural sciences (NW) of chemistry and physics.

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Research

The research topics covered by the ILH are grouped into the research areas of Materials and Interfaces, Production Technologies and Processes, and Methods and Models.

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Equipment

The Technical Centre, located in the Lightweight Design Research Building, offers some 2000 square metres of state-of-the-art equipment for the manufacture and testing of components.

How to find us

The ILH is located on campus in the Y building, Mersinweg 7.

Dr. Silvia Dohmeier-Fischer

Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems
Room Y2.101
Paderborn University
Mersinweg 7
33100 Paderborn

Office hours

Mon. to Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.