Here are the latest updates about our research
The fifth assembly of the general body of TRR 402 takes place on February 23rd and 24th at TU Chemnitz.
The 3rd assembly of the general body took place at Fraunhofer IWU with a workshop for the PhD researchers and the meeting of the industrial advisory board.
The next assembly of the general body of TRR 402 will take place at TU Vienna on 14 September 2026.
Dr. Kristina Roder and Nisha Poonia presented their results at Verbund 2026 – Symposium on Composite Materials and Material Systems in Chemnitz.
Prof. Dr Lothar Kroll presented TRR 402 DediGrad at the international RAM’26 conference in Bangkok, strengthening the international visibility of the research consortium.
Prof. Dr Lothar Kroll presented TRR 402 DediGrad at Carbon Korea 2025 in Seoul, highlighting research on intelligent production technologies for sustainable lightweight structures on an international stage.
The second assembly of the general body took place at the Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University, together with the meeting of the Industrial Advisory Board and a summer school for doctoral researchers.
Presentation of TRR 402 DediGrad at the Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems in St. Louis, USA, by Dr. Kenny Pagel.
Prof. Lothar Kroll presented the overall strategy of the newly established Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio "DediGrad".
Two sub-project leaders participated in the workshop to raise awareness of intercultural issues.
Presentation of TRR 402 - DediGrad at TUCtag 2025. Open House and Science Night.
The Polish-German Conference “Future Technologies Across Borders 2025” in Wrocław offered important points of connection for TRR 402 DediGrad, ranging from lightweight design and sustainable production to digitalisation and circular economy.
Start of the TRR 402 and administrative tasks with elections of managing board and further committees.
Learn more through scientific publications, posters, presentations, and open-access papers and gain insights into current research results and developments within the collaborative research center.
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