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  • 12.11.2025 | events

    Science night 5 to 12: Discover how versatile plastic is!

    Car body – Thermoforming The body you may be holding in your hands right now is produced using the thermoforming process. A polystyrene film (0.8 mm thick) is heated under a ceramic radiator until it is soft enough to be placed around a mold using a

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  • Designing an injection mold for the dream of high-grade foam
    August 29, 2025

    Designing an injection mold for the dream of high-grade foam

    Design a mould that can be used to achieve low densities in thermoplastic foam injection molding.

  • Injecting correctly – optimising the filling phase in injection moulding through geometry-optimised injection
    August 29, 2025

    Injecting correctly – optimising the filling phase in injection moulding through geometry-optimised injection

    In your work, you will investigate how uniform flow front speeds can be achieved during mold filling in injection molding.

  • Strong, stronger, starch. Using biodegradable, starch-based plastics to create more sustainable foam films
    July 31, 2025

    Strong, stronger, starch. Using biodegradable, starch-based plastics to create more sustainable foam films

    As part of your work, you will test various physical blowing agents such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen and blowing agent mixtures based on these in order to produce low-density starch foam films.

  • Life cycle analysis (LCA) as an important component in H2 pressure vessel development
    July 22, 2025

    Life cycle analysis (LCA) as an important component in H2 pressure vessel development

    In your thesis, you will use the LCA method to develop the evaluation of different process routes for the production of type IV hydrogen pressure vessels.

  • Feeding Plasma for a Good Cause: Gas Supply for Sustainable Packaging Coating
    July 15, 2025

    Feeding Plasma for a Good Cause: Gas Supply for Sustainable Packaging Coating

    Topic of the Thesis: Thin barrier layers are applied by means of plasma coating (PECVD or PEALD) to produce fully recyclable plastic packaging. These layers significantly improve the barrier properties (e.g. against oxygen or CO₂) without impairing the recyclability of the packaging.One challenge in this process is the precise, reproducible and reliable feeding of the…

  • Design for recycling: Detachable plastic/metal hybrid components through macroscopic, load-path-compliant form fit
    June 18, 2025

    Design for recycling: Detachable plastic/metal hybrid components through macroscopic, load-path-compliant form fit

    The aim of your work is to use practical tests to evaluate the influence of the structure geometry, arrangement or process control in the back-injection process on the load-path-compatible bond as well as the releasability.

  • Simulation of thermoset direct fittings for technical applications
    June 13, 2025

    Simulation of thermoset direct fittings for technical applications

    The aim of this thesis is to validate and expand design recommendations for thermoset direct screw connections using simulation.

  • PURe modeling – Simulate variable catalysis
    June 10, 2025

    PURe modeling – Simulate variable catalysis

    The aim of this work is the implementation of modelling and simulation of variable catalysis for a polyurethane system

  • Code meets plant engineering: control of a three-component dosing system
    June 10, 2025

    Code meets plant engineering: control of a three-component dosing system

    Programming and validation of a control system for the three-component dosing unit for conveying resin, hardener and catalyst

  • Image processing algorithm for flow analysis through colour change
    June 3, 2025

    Image processing algorithm for flow analysis through colour change

    The aim of your work is to determine the residence time of resin systems during impregnation in the pultrusion process

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