Research Profile
Research at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences is characterized by its application orientation and interdisciplinarity. It is characterized by four research focus areas (FSP):
- Laser Technologies
- Product and Process Development
- Digitalisation in Economy and Society
- Applied Computer Science
FSP1: Laser Technologies
Research profile lines:
- Laser micro and nano processing, UKP processes
- High-rate laser processing, surface processing
- Laser pulse deposition, thin-film systems
- Additive manufacturing processes (3D printing)
- Macrotechnologies, laser process technology Photonics, optical metrology
- Modeling and simulation
Laser technology now has a tradition of over 50 years at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences and is now the number one research focus at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, regularly accounting for more than a third of third-party funding. Six professors and more than 50 employees pool their expertise at the Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida (LHM). Research and development as well as transfer services such as spin-offs, consulting and testing as well as further education are among the primary tasks of the LHM, as is academic training (Physical Engineering degree program). The Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida is one of the leading research institutes in laser technology in Germany with globally recognized research results on innovative processes. More than 60 laser systems of all common wavelengths and power ranges are available in 40 laboratories in a new research building completed in 2016.
Contact person for the FSP1:
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Alexander Horn (Director of the Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida)
FSP1 in the research information system:
VIVO - Laser Technologies
FSP2: Product and Prozess Development
Research profile lines:
- Energy technology and systems
- Resource Management Information and system electronics, embedded systems
- Production technologies, work planning
- Materials & surface technologies
- Drive systems, robotics; automation, Industry 4.0
- Component development and evaluation, fiber composites
- Biological systems and technologies
The research lines of product and process development are shaped by a specific range of engineering and natural sciences with intersections to industrial engineering. The research and transfer services of the research focus regularly comprise more than 30% of the university's third-party funding income and represent an important basis for the generation of product and process innovations. Important competencies in product and process development are bundled in the following institutes: Institute InnArbeit - Centre of innovative Process Planning and Ergonomics , Institute for Energy Management (ifem).
Contact for the FSP2:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Mahn (Vice-Rector Research)
FSP2 in the research information system:
VIVO - Product and Process Development
FSP3: Digitalisation in Economy and Society
Research profile lines:
- Challenges of economic and social change, Open Government
- Working environments, living conditions and quality of life, mobility
- Regional development and entrepreneurship
- Digital education technologies
- Innovative media technologies, applied acoustics
The research profile lines in the context of digitalization in business and society encompass research approaches to tackle the challenges of economic and social change. Intensive research is conducted across faculties in the profile lines on the topics of working environments (up to mobility), living situations and quality of life, as well as regional development and entrepreneurship at all faculties of the university. The research profile line Digital Educational Technologies addresses the promotion of teaching/learning processes in the process of digitalisation of higher education by developing and applying suitable technologies and platforms with the aim of increasing study success and study quality.
Contact person for the FSP3:
Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Meyer (Vice-Rector Education)
FSP3 in the research information system:
VIVO - Digitalisation in Economy and Society
FSP4: Applied Computer Science
Research profile lines:
- ICT, Networks and Distributed Systems
- Machine learning, applied mathematics
- Big data, blockchain/DLT, cryptography
- Software engineering, video visualization
- Web, app, cloud & gaming technologies, IoT
- Virtual reality / augmented reality
- Bioinformatics, digital forensics & IT security
Computer scientists and mathematicians from Mittweida conduct research in a wide range of application areas, from software technology and software engineering, artificial intelligence and network technologies up to distributed and mobile systems with the aim of systematically developing efficient algorithms for practicable solutions. Strong research profiles are found in particular in the areas of big data (e.g. blockchain/DLT), bioinformatics, digital forensics, IT security, mathematics and machine learning/AI. Important research topics in the field of media informatics can be found in the profile lines Web, App, Cloud & Gaming Technologies, IoT and Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality.
Contact person for the FSP4:
Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Marc Ritter (Dean Faculty CB)
FSP4 in the research information system:
VIVO - Applied Computer Science