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:
CROSSING - Cryptography-Based Security Solutions: Enabling Trust in New and Next Generation Computing Environments
As part of the DFG Collaborative Research Center 1119, CROSSING, we lead the Secure Integration of Cryptographic Software project. Together with Mira Mezini's Software Technology Group, we are exploring means to support developers in the secure integration of cryptographic libraries.
Duration: 07/2018 - 06/2026
SPP 2111: Electronic-Photonic Integrated Systems for Ultrafast Signal Processing
The Priority Programme “Electronic-Photonic Integrated Systems for Ultrafast Signal Processing” (SPP 2111) is a recently installed programme in the emerging field of integrated electronic-photonic systems using novel nanophotonic/nanoelectronic semiconductor technologies. The programme is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and ...
Duration: 01/2018 - 12/2025
Contact: Christian Kress, M.Sc.
Transregional Collaborative Research Center TRR 142 - Tailored Nonlinear Photonics: From Fundamental Concepts to Functional Structures
The central goal of this CRC is the exploration, development, and engineering of future nonlinear photonics, which uses state-of-the-art technological capabilities for the exploration of new physics and devices based on tailored strong nonlinearities and genuine quantum effects. Our research harnesses tailored solid-state systems and bridges the ...
Duration: 04/2014 - 12/2025
Our current BMBF projects:
Scale4Edge: Scalable infrastructure for edge computing
Scale4Edge is a joint project funded by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), which aims to significantly reduce the currently relatively long development times and high development costs of application-specific edge components (platform concept). The approach pursued in the project is based on providing a commercial ecosystem for ...
Duration: 05/2020 - 12/2025
Contact: apl. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Müller
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