Research at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
We aim to establish a high-quality and attractive research environment for mechanical and materials engineering.
Materials engineering research focuses on creating a sustainable future through materials and technologies for energy, health and industry applications. Our approaches range from multi-scale atomistic simulations, data science and AI to experimental research.
Mechanical engineering research comprises smart systems, laser-based manufacturing processes, thermofluids and energy technology, computational engineering, product development and design.
Industrial Engineering and Management research focuses on sustainable development and sustainability over business lifecycles.
Research at our department
Industrial Engineering and Management
Automation Engineering
Newest publications
Electronic and thermal properties of the phase-change memory material, Ge2Sb2Te5, and results from spatially resolved transport calculations (2026)
Solid State Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Demonstrating the Performance of Aspartic‐Acid Functionalized Naphthalene Diimide in a Near‐Neutral Flow Battery (2026)
Batteries & Supercaps
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
High-Resolution Synchrotron μXRD and μXRF for Local Phase and Elemental Analysis in Suspension Plasma Sprayed Environmental Barrier Coatings (2026)
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
A review on deep learning for vision-based hand detection, hand segmentation and hand gesture recognition in human-robot interaction (2026)
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
In Situ EC-EPR Spectroscopy and DFT Analysis of HUPD on Polycrystalline Pt (2026)
ChemSusChem
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Call for papers: Circular economy in project management (2026)
International Journal of Project Management
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)
TheMeCat: Dataset of Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Methanol (2026)
Scientific Data
(A1 Refereed data article in a scientific journal)
Exploring real-time monitoring of laser-induced recrystallization using acoustic emissions (2026)
Optics and Laser Technology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effect of urea as a chaotropic agent on self-association of organic molecules in aqueous flow batteries (2026)
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)