Project overview

Prof. Dr. Katrin Giller has occupied the professorship for Molecular Nutritional Sciences at the University of Hohenheim since October 1, 2023. Previously, she conducted research at ETH Zurich.

Prof. Dr. Anastasia Athanasiou has taken up her position as Professor of Natural Hazards and Structural Resilience at Bauhaus University Weimar on July 3, 2023. Previously, she conducted research at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Prof. Dr. Florian Schill, Professor of Engineering Surveying at Mainz University of Applied Sciences, wants to use profile scanning (PLS) to monitor infrastructures efficiently and without contact and to collect information for the maintenance of existing traffic infrastructures.

Prof. Frank Bauer, Professor of Digital Fabrication at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, is researching the potential of robotic construction fabrication in the use of weak timber. The focus is on the digital chain of recording, simulation, prefabrication and assembly.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Wirtz, assistant professor for manufacturing technology and virtual process design at Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, develops milling tools for the production of wear-resistant, highly smooth convex surfaces for tool and mold making.

The project team is researching programmable materials that make interfaces between organic and inorganic or animate and inanimate matter specifically switchable. They might be used as intelligent wound dressings, for example.

Optical elements such as mirrors or lenses are typically made of glass. This leads to significant limitations of wavelength and power of the light. SOPHIMA aims to use ultrasonic waves in gases for contactless and low-loss manipulation of light.

Prof. Dr. Christian Rödel, a professor at Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, plans to develop a compact EUV source and optimize components for EUV mask inspection and lithography that can be used in the latest chip fabrication machines in the EUV-4-LITHO project.

Prof. Dr. Lena Barra holds the professorship for Systemic Chemical Biology at the University of Konstanz since May 1, 2022. Previously, she conducted research at the University of Tokyo.