In addition to the technological development of materials and processes, the College has provided the doctoral students with a broader perspective, in particular by enabling them to place technologies in a broader sociological context.

RC "Light-Ef­fi­cient-Mo­bile" 2014-2022

On 30 June 2022, after eight years of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research work, the official funding phase of the NRW Research College "Leicht-Effizient-Mobil: Energie- und kosteneffizienter Extremleichtbau mit Hybridwerkstoffen" ended. At the end of May, a joint event was held with all partners in order to appropriately review and present the progress made and the results of the research work. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Lauter from the PHWT (Private University of Applied Sciences Vechta/Diepholz) opened the event with a keynote speech on "Gone with the wind: rotor blades for wind turbines as an example of efficient, highly stressed lightweight structures at the interface between technology and society".

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