Institutes

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Aachen

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT)

  • Prof. Thomas Bergs
  • Prof. Christian Brecher
  • Prof. Fritz Klocke
  • Prof. Robert Schmitt
  • Prof. Günther Schuh

Institute of Metal Forming (IBF)

  • Prof. Gerhard Hirt
  • Prof. Reiner Kopp

Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)

  • Prof. Christian Brecher
  • Prof. Fritz Klocke
  • Prof. Robert Schmitt
  • Prof. Günther Schuh

Manufacturing Technology Institute (MTI)

  • Prof. Thomas Bergs

Surface Engineering Institute (IOT)

Augsburg

Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology (IGCV)

  • Prof. Wolfram Volk

Berlin

Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK)

  • Prof. Holger Kohl
  • Prof. Eckart Uhlmann

Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management (IWF)

  • Prof. Jörg Krüger
  • Prof. Günther Seliger
  • Prof. Eckart Uhlmann

Bochum

Chair for Production Systems (LPS)

  • Prof. Bernd Kuhlenkötter
  • Prof. Wolfgang Maßberg
  • Prof. Horst Meier

Braunschweig

Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST)

  • Prof. Christoph Herrmann

Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF)

  • Prof. Klaus Dröder
  • Prof. Christoph Herrmann
  • Prof. Jürgen Hesselbach

Bremen

Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics GmbH (BIBA) – Planning and Control of Production and Logistics Systems (PSPS)

  • Prof. Bernd Scholz-Reiter

Institute for Metrology, Automation and Quality Science (BIMAQ)

  • Prof. Andreas Fischer
  • Prof. Gert Goch

Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering (IWT), Research Group Production Processes

  • Prof. Ekkard Brinksmeier
  • Prof. Bernhard Karpuschewski

Chemnitz

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU)

  • Prof. Welf-Guntram Drossel
  • Prof. Steffen Ihlenfeldt

Institute for Maschine Tools and Production Processes (IWP)

  • Prof. Welf-Guntram Drossel
  • Prof. Reimund Neugebauer

Darmstadt

Institute for Production Engineering and Forming Machines (PtU)

  • Prof. Peter Groche

Institute of Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools (PTW)

  • Prof. Eberhard Abele
  • Prof. Joachim Metternich
  • Prof. Matthias Weigold

Dortmund

Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction (IUL)

  • Prof. Matthias Kleiner
  • Prof. Erman Tekkaya

Institute of Machining Technology (ISF)

  • Prof. Dirk Biermann
  • Prof. Klaus Weinert

Dresden

Institute of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (IF), Chair of Forming Processes (FF)

  • Prof. Alexander Brosius

Institute of Mechatronic Engineering (IMD), Chair of Machine Tools Development and Adaptive Controls

  • Prof. Steffen Ihlenfeldt

Erlangen

Chair of Manufacturing Technology (LFT)

  • Prof. Manfred Geiger
  • Prof. Marion Merklein

Institute for Manufacturing Automation and Production Systems (FAPS)

  • Prof. Klaus Feldmann
  • Prof. Jörg Ernst Franke

Institute of Photonic Technologies (LPT)

  • Prof. Michael Schmidt

Hamburg

Institute of Production Management and Technology (IPMT)

  • Prof. Wolfgang Hintze
  • Prof. Hermann Lödding

Laboratorium for Manufacturing Technology (LaFT)

  • Prof. Arno Behrens
  • Prof. Jens Peter Wulfsberg

Hannover

Institute of Assembly Technology (match)

  • Prof. Annika Raatz

Institute of Forming Technology and Machines (IFUM)

  • Prof. Bernd-Arno Behrens

Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools (IFW)

  • Prof. Berend Denkena
  • Prof. Hans Kurt Tönshoff

Institute of Production Systems and Logistics (IFA)

  • Prof. Peter Nyhuis

Institute of Transport and Automation Technology (ITA)

  • Prof. Ludger Overmeyer

Kaiserslautern

Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Production Systems (FBK)

  • Prof. Jan C. Aurich

Institute for Measurement and Sensor-Technology (MTS)

  • Prof. Jörg Seewig

Karlsruhe

Institute of Production Science (wbk)

  • Prof. Jürgen Fleischer
  • Prof. Gisela Lanza
  • Prof. Volker Schulze
  • Prof. Hartmut Weule

Magdeburg

Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Quality Assurance (IfQ)

  • Prof. Friedhelm Lierath

München

Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb)

  • Prof. Joachim Milberg
  • Prof. Gunther Reinhart
  • Prof. Michael F. Zäh

Institute of Metal Forming and Casting (utg)

  • Prof. Hartmut Hoffmann
  • Prof. Wolfram Volk

Saarbrücken

Institute of Produktion Engineering University Saarland (LFT)

  • Prof. Helmut Bley

Stuttgart

Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO)

  • Prof. Dieter Spath

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA)

  • Prof. Thomas Bauernhansl
  • Prof. Engelbert Westkämper

Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW)

  • Prof. Alexander Verl

Institute for Machine Tools (IfW)

  • Prof. Hans-Christian Möhring

Institute for Metal Forming Technology (IFU)

  • Prof. Mathias Liewald

Institute of Human Factors and Technology Management (IAT)

  • Prof. Dieter Spath

Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management (IFF)

  • Prof. Thomas Bauernhansl
  • Prof. Engelbert Westkämper
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