Research Partners

The Cluster of Excellence “Integrative Production Technology for High Wage Countries” involves more then 20 research institutes from material and production technology of the RWTH Aachen.





ACCESS e.V.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Bührig-Polaczek
www.access.rwth-aachen.de

Research Institute for Industrial Management (FIR)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Günther Schuh
www.fir.rwth-aachen.de/
Foundry Institute (GI)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Bührig-Polaczek
www.gi.rwth-aachen.de

Surface Engineering Institute (IOT)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Bobzin
www.iot.rwth-aachen.de

Institute of Metal Forming (IBF)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Hirt
www.ibf.rwth-aachen.de

Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann
www.ikv-aachen.de

Department of Ferrous Metallurgy (IEHK)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Bleck
www.iehk.rwth-aachen.de
Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics (IAW)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Christopher Schlick
www.iaw.rwth-aachen.de

Welding and Joining Institute (ISF)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Reisgen
www.isf-aachen.de
Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Thomas Gries
www.ita.rwth-aachen.de

Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems (CATS)
Prof. Marek Behr
www.cats.rwth-aachen.de

Department of Mechanism Theory and Dynamics of Machines (IGM)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Corves
www.igm.rwth-aachen.de
IMA/ZLW & IfU
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sabina Jeschke
www.ima-zlw-ifu.rwth-aachen.de
Institut for Scientific Computing (SC)
Prof. Christian Bischof, Ph.D.
www.sc.rwth-aachen.de
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) / www.ipt.fraunhofer.de
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fritz Klocke, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Brecher, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Schmitt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Günther Schuh

Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) / www.ilt.fraunhofer.de
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Reinhart Poprawe M. A, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peter Loosen, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Schulz

HumTec
Prof. Dr. phil. Martina Ziefle
www.humtec.rwth-aachen.de

Engineering Design (IKT)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Feldhusen
www.ikt.rwth-aachen.de
Chair for Technology of Optical Systems (TOS)
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peter Loosen
www.tos.rwth-aachen.de
Chair for Laser Technology (LLT)
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Reinhart Poprawe M. A
www.llt.rwth-aachen.de

Department Nonlinear Dynamics of Laser Processing (NLD)
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Schulz
www.nld.rwth-aachen.de

WZL Forum
Kirstin Marso, M.A.
http://www.wzlforum.rwth-aachen.de/
Geometry And Pracital Mathematics (IGPM)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dahmen
http://www.igpm.rwth-aachen.de/

Institute for Automatic Control (IRT)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Abel
http://www.irt.rwth-aachen.de/

Virtual Reality Center Aachen (VRCA)
Prof. Dr. Torsten Kuhlen
www.vrca.rwth-aachen.de/
Technology and innovation management group (TIM)
Prof. Dr. Frank T. Piller
http://www.tim.rwth-aachen.de/
Aachen Entrepreneurship
Prof. Dr. Brettel
http://www.gruenderzentrum.rwth-aachen.de/
Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Brecher
www.wzl.rwth-aachen.de