Third-party funded research
The majority of our research projects are funded by public funding organisations.
- The German Research Foundation (DFG) is an interdisciplinary institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germany.
- The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is a supreme federal authority of the Federal Republic of Germany and promotes education and research with major funding programmes.
- The Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) is a supreme federal authority of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its central concern is to breathe new life into the social market economy, ensure sustainable progress and strengthen social cohesion in Germany.
- The Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW.NRW) is one of twelve ministries in the state administration of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Ministry shapes the framework conditions for cultural diversity and scientific excellence in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MWIKE.NRW) is one of twelve ministries in the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia. The ministry's tasks range from location and structural policy, manufacturing industry, services and start-up promotion to foreign trade and general economic policy.
- The Karl Vossloh Foundation is one of around 670 foundations managed by the German Foundation Centre in the Stifterverband. The foundation has placed mobility research on its agenda and aims to provide support on a broad (and interdisciplinary) basis.
Our current DFG projects:
SPP 2314: INtegrated TERahErtz sySTems Enabling Novel Functionality (INTEREST)
The vision of the INTEREST SPP is to establish a well-defined terahertz community by following a holistic ‘integration’ approach in a dedicated coordinated initiative. The theme ‘Integrated Terahertz Systems’ will enable unseen functionalities and applications in the field of terahertz science and technologies. To accomplish this aim, effective ...
Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2026
Photonic Quantum Systems Network (PhoQSNET) - Quantum communication infrastructure
Data security is critical to modern society. From personal data and identity fraud to cyber-attacks threatening the integrity of sovereign nations, the need for secure communication and data processing has never been greater. While quantum networks address some of these issues, in that they can be provably secure for many cryptographic ...
Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2027
Technically Enabled Explaining of Speaker Traits
The speech signal is a rich source of information that conveys linguistic but also what is termed para- or extralinguistic content, revealing a speaker’s identity, gender, emotional or cognitive state, age, and health. These traits have been the subject of many investigations in phonetics, but due to the high complexity of the underlying ...
Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2025
Our current BMBF projects:
WestAI - AI Service Center West
Förderprogramm KI7_Aufbau von KI-Servicezentren
Duration: 11/2022 - 12/2025
Contact: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schmalenströer
PhoQuant: Photonic Quantum Computing - Quantum computing evaluation platform
When a sufficient number of quantum particles are interconnected, quantum computers can handle tasks that are unsolvable for classical computers. This – among other unique selling points – is a major advantage of photonic platforms: Integrated architectures and sophisticated manufacturing processes offer an enormous scaling potential. The aim of ...
Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2026
Contact: Dr. Benjamin Brecht, Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn
Sustainability-Optimized Life Cycle Assessment of Technologically Highly Complex Products Using the Example of Automotive Lighting
In the NALYSES project, a sustainability-optimized life cycle of highly complex technological products is to be realized. Already in the development process, reparability and reusability after the product's end of life (through material recovery and reuse of entire assemblies) are to be taken into account, which requires the development of novel ...
Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2025
Our current BMWK projects:
TuWAs - Transformation hub for forming value chains in the powertrain
As a result of decisive factors such as the mobility revolution, the sustainability movement, advancing digitalization and dynamic changes in the working landscape, players in the automotive industry are facing drastic transformation processes. The transition to electromobility in particular poses fundamental challenges for suppliers of forming ...
Duration: 11/2022 - 12/2025
Contact: Dr. Christian Koldewey
Our current MKW.NRW projects:
SAIL: SustAInable Life-cycle of Intelligent Socio-Technical Systems
Current systems that incorporate AI technology mainly target the introduction phase, where a core component is training and adaptation of AI models based on given example data. SAIL’s focus on the full life-cycle moves the current emphasis towards sustainable long-term development in real life. The joint project SAIL addresses both basic research ...
Duration: 08/2022 - 07/2026
Our current MWIKE.NRW projects:
Gestaltung von integrierten Produktentstehungssystemen als Enabler für Zero Emissions
Duration: 01/2025 - 12/2027
Contact: Anja Rasor, M.Sc.
SLE - Sustainable Lifecycle Engineering - Sustainability in engineering
In today's world, developers often lack appropriate methods for designing and creating sustainable systems. Decision-making in the product development process, especially with regard to sustainable options, is often characterized by uncertainty. The question of whether, for example, an electric motor should be encapsulated to minimize heat loss, or ...
Duration: 06/2023 - 05/2026
Contact: Dr. Christian Koldewey
DualStrat: Strategisches Management der Dualen Transformation
Wissenschaft und Industrie arbeiten im Rahmen des Projekts gemeinsam daran, wie eine ganzheitliche Implementierung von Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung Unternehmen langfristig zum Erfolg führen kann. In individuellen Projekten werden die Unternehmen Böllhoff, Hanning, Schmitz Cargobull und Weidmüller bei der dualen Transformation ihrer ...
Duration: 04/2023 - 04/2026