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In 2022, we were able to really clean up in the doctoral prizes. Three dissertations were awarded prestigious prizes. All three are endowed with € 5,000. On 1 July, the first Day of Engineering and Design #DayEDTUM (formerly Faculty Day), the three prize winners were presented with their awards in a ceremony. [read more]

We are very happy to have been at this year's LOIFT in the Mechanical Engineering Building! After a break of three years, it was very nice to get in touch with many students again. The participation of almost 40 chairs and professorships provided a good insight into the diverse research topics of the School of Engineering and Design at TUM. We were able to show at our booth with exhibits and our… [read more]

With a strong participation of a total of 15 runners, utg was able to proudly assert itself at this year's campus run of the Junge Akademie at the GARNIX Festival at the Garching campus. Two teams were formed, so that both the 11 km lap to Dietersheim and the 5.5 km lap across the campus could be covered. The performance could be celebrated with good mood and live music in the GARNIX beer garden… [read more]

Industry Colloquium on SPP2013 on 22.06.2022 at the Science Congress Center, Garching TUM Research Campus The DFG-funded Priority Programme 2013, SPP2013 for short, started in October 2017. The six-year project period of a total of 12 research projects was divided into three sections of two years each. Thirteen universities with a total of 24 institutes are involved. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Volk… [read more]

The summer edition of our newsletter is now available for you to download in German and English. Find out about the latest research and life at utg. [read more]

The Chair of Metal Forming and Casting is also networked in industry and cooperates in the field of research and development with a wide variety of companies in project partnerships. Therefore, five scientific employees of the Chair of Forming and Foundry Technology visited the foundry of the project partner Pinter Guss GmbH in Deggendorf. During the technical presentations by foundry specialist… [read more]

On 22 June 2022 at the SCC at the Garching Research Campus, you will have the opportunity to learn about, discuss and exchange ideas on the promising possibilities of using residual stresses in forming technology. Participation is free of charge, we ask for prior registration. The conference language is German. [read more]

...says Julika Hoyer, the only woman at the chair in the casting area. She is also the one who, together with her foundry colleague Max Erber and former Katja Holzer, organised the Girls' Day at utg and Fraunhofer IGCV on 28.4.2022. In her article, she motivates students who are interested in studying mechanical engineering at TUM. "Don't let it get you down". [read more]

This year, the EFB Project Award for outstanding scientific and technical research projects went to the Chair of Metal Forming and Casting. Dipl.-Ing. Isabella Pätzold was honored for her research on "Reduction of edge crack sensitivity by two-stage shear cutting". [read more]

In the new issue of the magazine "Automobilproduktion" a detailed interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Volk on the subject of aluminium die-casting for large shell components has been published. Wolfram Volk sees gigacasting as an alternative that adds an interesting variant to the technological toolbox in car body construction. [read more]