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The International Dresden Lightweight Symposium is a central platform for interdisciplinary exchange between science, industry and policy. Its 28th edition brought together excellent fundamental research and practical applications in key industrial sectors, ranging from automotive engineering to the energy industry.
On this occasion, Prof. Lothar Kroll presented the overall strategy of the newly established Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 402 DediGrad in his talk “Smart production and reproduction processes”. The presentation introduced the strategic direction of the research consortium and placed its approach within current developments in lightweight design and intelligent production technologies.
In addition, Alina Michel, researcher at the Department of Lightweight Structures and Polymer Technology of Chemnitz University of Technology, presented TRR 402 DediGrad in the poster exhibition. Her poster provided insights into the project’s objectives, the consortium structure and the planned work packages.
TRR 402 DediGrad is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with 16.4 million euros for an initial period of three years and nine months. The project is led and coordinated by Chemnitz University of Technology under the direction of Prof. Dr Lothar Kroll. In addition to the three applicant universities — TU Chemnitz, TU Dresden and RWTH Aachen University — TU Wien and the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU in Chemnitz and Dresden are also involved.
The Dresden Lightweight Symposium was opened by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Maik Gude from TU Dresden, who is also actively involved in DediGrad as a subproject leader. The opening was accompanied by a video greeting from Saxony’s Minister President Michael Kretschmer and welcoming remarks by Dr. Beate Baron from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and Prof. Dr. Angela Rösen-Wolff from TU Dresden.
In six sessions on function integration, vitrimers and sustainable matrix systems, large marine structures, metal production technologies, GreenCompas and circular systems, international experts discussed current trends in lightweight construction and strengthened interdisciplinary exchange.
Further information is available at leichtbausymposium.de.