We are pleased to welcome Felix Vollenkemper as a new member of Prof Iris Gräßler's "Product Creation" workgroup. Felix's research focuses on the project "Design for Capabilities" (DeCap) as part of the DFG Priority Programme, which deals with the development of recyclable and thus sustainable products taking into account human capabilities. Parallel to his studies, he has spent a large part of his free time in the UPBRacing team and also…

Heinz Nixdorf, the German computer pioneer and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG, would have been 100 years old on 9 April 2025. In honour of this special birthday, the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum is organising a varied anniversary programme for the general public. The celebrations will kick off on 11 January 2025, when the extended permanent exhibition will be officially opened. The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum is organising a summer festival on 6…

The Accountability Report is now available online. It informs you about the statistics of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute and the additional activities of our workgroups in the past year. You can access the online version of the Accountability Report 2024 of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute. We hope you enjoy reading it.

As part of the WDR 2 Christmas miracle, our Product Creation department at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute organised an impressive fundraising campaign. In addition to the tantalising aroma of freshly baked waffles, colleagues were invited to linger over barista coffee and hearty sausages and motivated to donate. As you already know, this year's WDR 2 Christmas Miracle will take place from 14-18 December 2024 on Paderborn Cathedral Square. Donations…

The junior research group "Data-Driven Methods in Control Engineering" (DART) at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University has spent four years researching how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used profitably in the field of control engineering. This technology is used to control and regulate systems, e.g. to automate industrial processes such as the operation of machines and systems. Data, for example in the form of measurements,…

Freely accessible computer programmes that users are allowed to download, modify and distribute - this is what so-called "open source software" is all about. Developers make use of this to obtain individual software modules for new applications from a database instead of developing them themselves from scratch. The problem is that vulnerabilities repeatedly occur in the freely accessible content, which increases the risk of malware. In order to…

Nadine Niewöhner successfully completed her doctorate on the topic of "Systematics for the design of ambidextrous innovation management" with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu. Summary: Increasingly, economic, social, political and above all technological transformations offer new potential for innovation. These are increasingly turning entire industries upside down and have an important influence on innovation. To remain competitive in the long…

Yesterday, a Christmas barbecue was held behind the HNI as part of the WDR 2 Christmas Miracle to collect donations. We would like to thank you for coming and hope you enjoyed it! Special thanks go to the "Product Creation" workgroup led by Prof Iris Gräßler for their efforts. As you may have already heard, this year the WDR 2 Christmas Miracle will take place from 14 - 18 December 2024 in front of the Paderborn Cathedral, where donations will…

Daniel Eckertz successfully completed his doctorate on the topic of "Tools for planning and preparing augmented reality-based validation in product development". Summary: The increasing individualization of products in combination with the time and cost pressure on global markets leads to new challenges for product development. For successful product development, an early and continuous validation with the customers is of enormous importance.…

Young research assistants in product engineering from different universities exchange ideas - for this purpose, this year's assistant meeting of the WiGeP group “Virtual Product Engineering (VPE)” took place in Kaiserslautern. At the chair of Prof. Jens Göbel at the RPTU, current research priorities were discussed at the event. Through the cross-university exchange, potentials for the improvement of teaching and research were considered. In a…

What do race cars have to do with sustainability? With this question, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iris Gräßler and Dr.-Ing. Jens Pottebaum from the workgroup of Product Creation at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute started their contribution to the lecture series “UPB for Future”. They provided exciting insights into the engineering of recyclable products as the key to a sustainable future. The outstanding influence that engineers have on the sustainability of a…

Highly accurate, ultra-fast and energy-efficient data handling is essential in many applications, such as in communication systems, artificial intelligence or when working with precision measurement devices. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has now extended funding for the “MINTS” project (MLL-based Integrated THz Frequency Synthesizer) for a further three years with a funding sum of around 415,000 euros. In…

Felix Vollenkemper (left) and Thomas Hesse (right) joined the Chair for Product Creation on October 1st. As part of DFG Priority Program 2443, they are researching the development of recyclable and therefore sustainable products, considering the capabilities of humans and machines. The focus of the two new employees is on the “Design for Capabilities” (DeCap) project and the coordination project belonging to the priority program. We look forward…

Can the use of recycled aluminum reduce a product's CO2 emissions by as much as 85 percent? The new EU project Digi4Circular is starting out ambitiously: the consortium is developing a digital platform that transfers all data across lifecycles into product engineering. The aim is to create optimized concepts for circular economy and manufacturing processes. The goal is to minimize waste and maximize resource utilization. “Digi4Circular” is…

We are pleased to welcome Mahmoud Bazzal as a new research associate in our Advanced Systems Engineering group. His focus is on AI-supported consistency analysis of system models in the automotive industry. In addition to this thematic focus, Mahmoud was also able to gain some experience as a software engineer between his master's degree and his doctorate. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the guitar and hiking. Welcome Mahmoud!