Latest News

At this point, we report on current topics, dates and other news directly from the division.

Workshops and Seminars

Practical applied research and method development require constant communication with the world of industrial application. This means know-how transfer from the institute to industry as well as feedback from users and calibration of new methods according to their practical relevance.

Of course, this is done in our cooperation projects. But we decided to establish an additional broad and open instrument: Advanced technology courses for engineers in the industry.

We offer the following events at regular intervals:

Conferences

Chargeable Advanced Training Seminars

Technology Webinars free of charge

Fairs, Conferences and Symposia

The experts of our department regularly attend trade fairs, conferences and meetings and are speakers at the various events.

Here you can find the current dates:

 

Recurring Seminars

Seminars of the Division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« 2024

This year, the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« is once again offering three further training seminars:

 

Kaiserslautern / Conference / 12.03. – 14.03.2024

International Commercial Vehicle Technology Symposium 2024

The conference includes approx. 50 technical papers and poster presentations focusing on international trends and technological developments in the commercial vehicle industry.

 

Hannover / Fair / 18.03. – 21.03.2024

Tire Technology Expo 2024

The Tire Technology Expo is the central European conference and trade fair for tire manufacturing technologies. Our colleagues from the team »Simulation of Tires«, will be on site. Together with the Fraunhofer IIS, they will be providing information about our research at the stand. Our expert Axel Gallrein will be part of one of the courses on March 19, 2024 and explain our product »CDTire«.

 

Magdeburg / Conference / 18.03. – 22.03.2024

GAMM Annual Meeting 2024

The Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM) is an association for the promotion of scientific work. The conference offers an ideal opportunity for international exchange for scientists.

Our colleagues from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« and the department »Transport Processes« will be present with several talks.

 

Udine, Italy / Conference / 14.05. – 16.05.2024

VI-GRADE ZERO PROTOTYPES Summit 2024

We will be at the VI-grade ZERO PROTOTYPES Summit again this year! Our colleagues Dr. Christoph Burkhart, Francesco Calabrese and Alberto Tanzi from our tire team will be on site with a stand and will be presenting the software tool »CD Tire«.

 

Lisbon, Portugal / Congress / 03.06. – 07.06.2024

ECCOMAS Congress 2024

The ECCOMAS Congress provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest developments in the field of scientific computing in engineering.

Experts from our division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« will be on hand to give presentations and offer exciting insights into their research work.

 

Munich and digital / Symposium / 04.06. – 05.06.2024

chassis.tech plus 2024

We will be at the 15th International Munich Chassis Symposium chassis.tech plus 2024. Our colleagues Tim Rothmann, Dr.-Ing. Christoph Burkhart, Dr. Sebastian Emmerich, Dr. Manfred Bäcker and Francesco Calabrese from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« will be on site with their own exhibition stand and a presentation. 

 

Madison, Wisconsin, USA / Conference / 09.06. – 13.06.2024

International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics

The IMSD conference is a biennial series that serves as a meeting place for the international multibody community. Our colleagues from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« will give a presentation at the conference.

News and Press Releases

 

Press Release / 05.03.2024

Digital Twin for All Process Steps in Battery Production

Optimizing batteries is one of the most important tasks for industry and science. The simulation of battery models has been part of our daily business for years.

The Ministry of Science and Health is now supporting a new project that models the entire manufacturing process.

 

Shortnews / October 2023

Article about »EMMA4Drive«

In our »EMMA4Drive« project, we are developing a dynamic human model for use in autonomous vehicles.

The journal »forschung« the magazine of the German Research Society, has now published a technical article about this.

 

Interview / 10.08.2023

Interview with Dr. Christine Biedinger

In the Mathematical Research Data Initiative (MaRDI), we are committed to creating a permanent, freely available and accessible store of knowledge. Our colleague Dr. Christine Biedinger from the division "Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering" is one of the participants. She deals with complex application problems and with a lot of data from the automotive industry. What does that mean in practice and for MaRDI? Answers in the Interview:

 

Short News / 12.09.2022

Fraunhofer ITWM Research in the Annual Report of the ECMI

The European Consortium for Mathematics in the Industry (ECMI) has published its annual report for the year 2021 and our institute is represented here several times. A main contribution is the article on the international KLAIM conference 2021 (page 26). Interesting are also the articles on the event »Mathematics Meets Industry 2022« (page 30) and on the project »THREAD« (page 43), where Fraunhofer ITWM is also involved.

 

Press Release / 27.7.2022

Minister Hands Over Funding Certificate for »MultiskalenBEV«

[only available in German]
In the project »MultiskalenBEV«, researchers are focusing on customized and intelligent solutions in the virtual product development of e-vehicles. The project is funded by the Ministry of Science and Health of Rhineland-Palatinate. Yesterday, Minister Clemens Hoch handed over the funding certificate.

 

Newsletter Article / 14.7.2022

Simulator-Supported Product Development

For more than ten years, Volvo Construction Equipment has been using our interactive driving and operating simulator »RODOS« for simulator-based production development. Our experts Dr.-Ing. Michael Kleer and Dr. Sebastian Emmerich from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Development« report in an article in the newsletter of the »Commercial Vehicle Cluster Südwest« (CVC).

 

Press release / 20.5.2022

»Open Digitalization Alliance« enters second round

The successful collaboration continues: The joint project »Open Digitalization Alliance Palatinate« of the Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences and the Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) enters the second funding phase. 

 

Streuspanne Blog Entry / 20.5.2022

What Helps Mask That Are Barely Worn?

The Corona pandemic seems to be disappearing from our everyday lives and minds, and with it the masks from our faces. It feels like only half of the people still wear a mask in the supermarket. So today our blogging colleagues are asking the question: What good are masks that are hardly worn any more?

Streuspanne – Our Blog and Podcast on Statistics

Our mathematicians and statisticians Sascha Feth and Jochen Fiedler present exciting news, fun facts and interesting background knowledge about statistics, mathematics and our tool Jurojin and their work behind it in the blog and podcast »Streuspanne – Statistik und ihre Kuriositäten«. 

The Jurojin software can be used to plan and statistically evaluate fatigue tests.

 

Podcast and Blog Overview

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