Industry meets Science: Rail technology manufacturer ALSTOM visits BTU

Behind the visit of the railroad technology manufacturer ALSTOM to the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is the desire for joint projects and long-term cooperation, which strengthen the close networking of science and industry and serve the future planning and securing of skilled workers in the region.

Program

At 10 a.m., the BTU's Principal Vice President for Research and Transfer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Michael Hübner, will welcome the ALSTOM company delegation. After a visit to the BTU's showroom – the modern Science Gallery – a series of short impulse lectures from selected departments and institutes will start.

Impulse lectures:

• Department of Power Distribution and High Voltage Technology; Dipl.-Ing. Dirk Lehmann
• Chair of Power Electronics and Drive Systems; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Möhlenkamp
• Department of Thermal Power Engineering; Prof. Dr. Lars Röntzsch
• Chair of Automotive Engineering and Drives; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Burghard Voß, komm. Head
• Chair of Engineering Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics; Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dieter Bestle
• Chair of Structural Mechanics and Vehicle Vibrations; Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Bernd Beirow, komm. Head
• Chair of Automation Technology; Jacob Böhnke, M.Sc.
• Chair of Joining and Welding Technology; Christian Kehm, M.Sc.
• Department of Polymer-based Lightweight Construction; Christian Kehm, M.Sc.
• Department of Hybrid Manufacturing; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Härtel
• Lusatian Center for Artificial Intelligence (LZKI)

Subsequently, interests and joint project ideas can be deepened at topic tables on energy, vehicles, lightweight construction and automation and AI. After lunch, the afternoon will be spent visiting modern research laboratories at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.