With the joint Research Campus „DLR@UniST“ Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)(German Aerospace Centre) and the University of Stuttgart are strengthening their cooperation in research and teaching. The cooperation was officially confirmed by both facilities on 25th January 2011. With this the non-university research facility DLR and the University of Stuttgart are moving even closer together in order to form synergies in science and research and to make an optimal education possible for young scientists.
Minister Frankenberg, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-Württemberg says: „
The Ministry of Science is funding the cooperation with around 1.4 million Euros. DLR@UniST is
combining the competences of the DLR location Stuttgart and the University of Stuttgart in
aeronautics, space travel and energy. The interaction between non-university and university
research in these seminal fields is not only an asset for the science location Stuttgart but also
strengthens the innovative and economic power of the region.“
„The tool DLR@Uni already established in the DLR at individual locations in Germany creates a
framework for cooperations characterised by contents – from joint activities in teaching and
research to further education right up to joint initiatives in starting up new businesses. As a
result of the direct, institutional cooperation we are taking a further step together with the
University of Stuttgart in the direction of the efficient use of resources“, explained Prof. Dr.
Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the Management Board at DLR. Economics Minister Ernst Pfister
explained to mark this cooperation: „The State Government greatly welcomes this cooperation. We are
truly convinced that the intensification of the cooperation between our research institutes in the
states, but above all also the close exchanges with the economy will have a beneficial effect on
all involved partners.“ For this reason the Ministry of Economy has for many years been using funds
from the Baden-Württemberg Foundation to support joint key projects of DLR Stuttgart, the
University of Stuttgart and the economy on the topic of transportation. „In the year 2010 alone
projects with an overall volume of over one million Euros were approved“, according to Ernst
Pfister.
„We are delighted that the cooperation between DLR and the University of Stuttgart will be
intensified and given a firm institutional footing with the establishment of the Research Campus
DLR@Uni. This cooperation between the University and a non-university research institute is an
important building block in view of the future concept „Cooperative Research Campus Stuttgart –
science for the people”with which the University is applying to the Excellence Initiative“,
according to Prof. Dr. Wolfram Ressel, Rector of the University of Stuttgart.
The office of the Research Campus DLR@UniST is managed by Prof. Dr. Heinz Voggenreiter,
Director of DLR-Institut für Bauweisen- und Konstruktionsforschung (Institute of Structures and
Design) and Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth, Manager of Institut für Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik
(Institute of Interfacial Engineering) at the University of Stuttgart. DLR@UniST is beginning with
three start-up projects from the project houses aeronatautics (virtual approved routes and the
design of aero structures), space travel (retrieval technology for high energy trajectories) and
energy (using renewable raw materials for decentralised power supply) with 14 employees from both
facilities. All three projects are closely connected with the Excellence Initiative of the
Universtiy of Stuttgart. The current projects will later be supplemented by the field of
transportation.
The aeronautics project is aiming to set up a continuous route to the virtual design and to
the virtual certification of aeronautical structures. Through computer-aided design methods and
virtual testing and certifying the development times and costs of aernautical structures and cabin
resp. equipment components can be considerably reduced. The focal point in the space travel project
lies in the development of a retrieval technology for high energy trajectories. Upon the
atmospheric entry of spacecraft from high energy trajectories, efficient thermal protection systems
are required which are able to resist extreme heat stream densities. The focal point of the energy
project is the development and realisation of an integrated, process engineering concept to prepare
and convert biomasses to manufacture gaseous fuels and their conversion into fuel cells and gas
turbine systems.
The Research Campus DLR@UniST is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts in
Baden-Württemberg and by Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (Heimholtz Association
of German Research Centres) as well as the Minstry of Economy Baden-Württemberg and by
Baden-Württemberg Stiftung gGmbH. In this way jobs are jointly made available for research
assistants and postgraduates as well as materials for the projects.
Contact:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Voggenreiter (Heinz.Voggenreiter@dlr.de)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Stuttgart
Director of DLR-Institut für Bauweisen- und Konstruktionsforschung
Telephone: 0711-6862-444, Telefax: 0711-6862-227
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Hirth, (Thomas.Hirth@igvt.uni-stuttgart.de)
University of Stuttgart
Manager of Institut für Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik (IGVT)
Telephone: 0711-970-4400, Telefax: 0711-970-4200
Links:
Research Campus DLR@UniST:
http://www.dlr.de/DLR@UniST
DLR location Stuttgart:
http://www.dlr.de/stuttgart
University
of Stuttgart
:
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de
