Current projects
On-Boarding von Datengebenden und Steigerung der Bekanntheit des Datenraums Factory-X in der Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Das Projekt „DaFoX-OWL“ verfolgt das Ziel Unternehmen, insbesondere KMU, durch entsprechende Kommunikations- und Partizipationsformate als Datengebende zu befähigen und darüber hinaus die Bekanntheit des Datenraums Factory-X in der Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) zu steigern. Im Fokus dabei steht der Transformationsprozess von KMU entlang einer ...
Duration: 04/2025 - 03/2026
Contact: Julian Zerbin, M.A.
Product.intelligence - Data-based product management
How can companies ensure that their products remain successful in the future? This question is the focus of product management, a discipline that deals with the conception, control and monitoring of products or services within a company. Experts often rely on their intuition, as relevant information is often spread across different departments. The ...
Duration: 04/2023 - 10/2025
Contact: Timm Fichtler, M.Sc., Dr. Christian Koldewey
iQBuddy - Intelligent model recommendation system
In view of current developments in the field of digitalization and sustainability, new and demanding challenges arise for the development of Intelligent Technical Systems (ITS). The shift towards a more digitized and sustainable world leads to changing boundary conditions and stakeholders. These shifts necessitate increased interdisciplinary ...
Duration: 12/2022 - 10/2023
Contact: Dr. Christian Koldewey
URANOS-X Investigation of requirements, solution patterns and methods for enabling manufacturing companies for GAIA-X
Initial situationIn manufacturing, data is increasingly advancing to become a strategic resource. Data makes it possible to create digital products and services and thus realize new value propositions. Increasingly, data is being exchanged across company boundaries. This results in so-called data ecosystems in which diverse players contribute their ...
Duration: 10/2022 - 12/2024
Inno.Venture - Innovation management with the help of the venture client model
Cooperation between established companies and start-ups is becoming increasingly significant. Start-ups develop groundbreaking technologies and are characterized by agility and flexibility. For established companies, the focus is on introducing innovations quickly and efficiently through this partnership in order to compete successfully. Previous ...
Duration: 09/2022 - 08/2025
FastGate - Autonomy on the airport apron
The aviation industry faces a challenging task in light of the pressing need for decarbonization. With increasing awareness of the impact of aviation on the environment, it has become imperative to find innovative solutions to reduce CO2 emissions and minimize noise levels. One of the key challenges lies in optimizing overall flight operations, ...
Duration: 06/2022 - 10/2025
Contact: Dr. Christian Koldewey
ZirkuPro - Holistic circular product creation for intelligent technical systems
The manufacturing of mechatronic products, such as semiconductors, is characterized by significant energy consumption, the use of limited and sometimes critical raw materials, and demanding manufacturing conditions. These aspects lead not only to environmental impacts, but also to resource scarcity and economic uncertainty. In view of global ...
Duration: 05/2022 - 04/2025
Contact: Dr. Christian Koldewey
ZuPro - Future-robust product development: Systematic extension of the PGE model - product generation development by adapting methods of strategic product planning
Engineering activities focused on the development of technical solutions to meet human needs in private and social contexts are facing growing challenges. The rapid development of technologies in areas such as mechanics, electronics and information technology has increased the complexity of this process while opening up broader approaches to ...
Duration: 10/2020 - 09/2023
Contact: Dr. Christian Koldewey
AI Marketplace - The digital platform for tomorrow's innovations
Since the beginning of 2020, the research project AI Marketplace, headed by the Heinz Nixdorf Institute, has been working on a digital marketplace for artificial intelligence (AI) in product creation. The result is an innovation ecosystem that brings together users, providers and experts of AI to strengthen the innovative power of German ...
Duration: 01/2020 - 12/2022
Contact: Ruslan Bernijazov, Dr. Christian Koldewey