Research projects in the MINT area

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The University of Kassel is working on current research projects in various STEM fields with different focuses. In addition, the university is networked with numerous non-university partners in order to utilize synergies within research. Some institutes offer research services for public and private clients as well as the opportunity to use laboratory facilities for experiments.

Civil engineering and environmental sciences

Research in the field of civil engineering and environmental sciences

In its five institutes with 20 specialist areas, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering achieves research results that are sure to attract national and international attention. The main research areas are networked with each other in a variety of ways and have great potential for cooperation across institutes.

Research in the field of civil engineering and environmental sciences: To the website of the department

Institute for Structural Analysis and Structural Dynamics (IBSD)

Institute for Structural Analysis and Structural Dynamics (IBSD): To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Structural Analysis and Structural Dynamics

Institute for the Construction Industry (IBW)

The IBW bundles existing research activities of participating Professors and sets new research priorities that cover all areas of the construction industry. In doing so, primarily interdisciplinary research projects are realized.

Institute for the Construction Industry (IBW): To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Construction Management

Institute for Structural Engineering (IKI)

The Institute of Structural Engineering conducts research and work in various specialist areas with experimental research facilities in laboratories and test halls. Among other things, laboratory tests, field tests, model tests and simulations are carried out as a service for public and private clients.

Institute for Structural Engineering (IKI): To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Structural Engineering

Institute for Transportation (IfV)

Institute for Transportation (IfV): To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Transportation

Institute for Water, Waste and Environment (IWAU)

Institute for Water, Waste and Environment (IWAU): To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute for Water, Waste and Environment

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Electrical engineering/computer science

Research in the field of electrical engineering/computer science

For the scientists at the Department of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, research for a sustainable society means working in a wide range of areas. We combine basic research with application-oriented issues.

Research in the field of electrical engineering/computer science: To the website of the department

Institute of Nanostructure Technology and Analytics (INA)

The Institute of Nanostructure Technology and Analytics conducts research into the development of novel nanostructuring processes and their potential applications.

Institute of Nanostructure Technology and Analytics (INA): To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Nanostructure Technology and Analytics

Competence Center for Decentralized Electrical Energy Supply Technology (KDEE)

The Competence Center for Decentralized Electrical Energy Supply Technology deals with device-oriented energy system technology for the use of renewable energies with a particular focus on power converter technology in hybrid systems, in the distribution grid and in decentralized energy conversion as well as in mobile energy supply systems.

Competence Center for Decentralized Electrical Energy Supply Technology (KDEE): To the website of the institute

Research at the Competence Center for Decentralized Electrical Power Supply Technology

Research in specialist areas of electrical engineering/computer science

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Interdisciplinary research facilities

Institute for Analysis and Control of Technical Systems (ISAC)

The ISAC researches and develops systems that can adapt their behavior largely or completely autonomously and purposefully to variable environments and requirements.

Institute for Analysis and Control of Technical Systems (ISAC): To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute for Analysis and Control of Technical Systems

Institute for Drive and Vehicle Technology (IAF)

Institute for Drive and Vehicle Technology (IAF): To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Powertrain and Vehicle Technology

Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG)

The Scientific Center for Information Technology Design is an interdisciplinary research institution at the University of Kassel that focuses on the social responsibility of IT design.

Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG): To the website of the center

Research at the Scientific Center for Information Technology Design

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Mechanical engineering

Research in the field of mechanical engineering

The research profile of the Department of Mechanical Engineering focuses on four key areas: Biologization of technology, decarbonization and resource efficiency, digital transformation of products and processes, and reliability of processes, structures and functions.

Research in the field of mechanical engineering: To the website of the department

Institute for Ergonomics and Process Management

With its interdisciplinary expertise in the fields of work and organizational psychology, ergonomics, human-machine interaction, project management and quality management, the IfA forms an interdisciplinary center at the University of Kassel.

Institute for Ergonomics and Process Management: To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Ergonomics and Process Management

Institute of Mechanics

All classical areas of applied mechanics are covered in research. The approaches are theoretical, analytical/numerical and experimental in nature. The focus is on the analysis of physical processes in solids and fluids as well as the further development of suitable methods of modeling and numerical investigation.

Institute of Mechanics: To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Mechanics

Institute of Production Engineering and Logistics

The institute covers manufacturing processes, machines and machine systems, organization, logistics and the factory as a whole in research and teaching as well as services for industry.

Institute of Production Engineering and Logistics: To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Production Engineering and Logistics

Institute for Thermal Energy Technology

The focus of the Institute of Thermal Energy Technology's specialist areas is chosen to cover a chain from the provision of solar energy to the transfer of heat and mass transfer through to conversion into mechanical and thermal energy.

Institute for Thermal Energy Technology: To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute for Thermal Energy Technology

Institute for Materials Technology

Institute for Materials Technology: To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Materials Engineering

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Mathematics and natural sciences

Research in the field of mathematics and natural sciences

The research fields of the Mathematics and Natural Sciences department focus on four main areas: materials research, organismic and molecular biosystems, modeling and simulation in the natural and technical sciences, and empirical teaching and learning research.

Research in the field of mathematics and natural sciences: To the website of the department

Institute of Biology

The Institute conducts internationally competitive, externally funded research projects in the fields of biochemistry, evolutionary biology, molecular cell and developmental biology, neurophysiology, ecology, structural biology and molecular plant systematics and physiology.

Institute of Biology: To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Biology

Institute of Chemistry

The central research focus of the Institute of Chemistry lies in the highly topical areas of chemistry of mesoscopic systems, macromolecular chemistry, organometallic chemistry and molecular materials. In addition, the research area of didactics of chemistry is represented at the Institute.

Institute of Chemistry: To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Chemistry

Institute of Mathematics

Institute of Mathematics: To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Mathematics

Institute of Physics

The central research focus of the Institute of Physics lies in the highly topical areas of nanostructure science and modern optics, including laboratory astrophysics, quantum optics and optoelectronics. In addition, the research area of didactics of physics is represented at the Institute.

Institute of Physics: To the website of the institute

Research at the Institute of Physics

Research in the field of technology and its didactics

The Department of Technology and its Didactics deals with early technical education and the associated potential in research and teaching. The department includes a wood, ceramics, metal and learning workshop where events and open activities take place.
Various learning environments for technical subject lessons are sorted thematically into workshop boxes, which can be tried out in the learning workshop and also borrowed for use in primary school lessons. As part of the open workshop, there is also the opportunity to realize your own projects.

Research in the field of technology and its didactics: To the website of the department
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Scientific research institutions

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Non-university research institutes in Kassel

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Research at the University of Kassel