Noticeable improvement due to increase

The Engineering Sciences III building on Holländischer Platz has one more floor. This has now been inaugurated with a ceremony.

The picture shows Prof. Dr. habil. Timo Braun, Prof. Dr. Camilo Florian Baron , Lothar Dörr, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wenwen Song (Granularity of structural information in materials engineering), Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Robert Refflinghaus , Chancellor Dr. Oliver Fromm, Christian Haldorn and Karl Haase — Happy about the new rooms (from left): Prof. Dr. habil. Timo Braun (Research Group Project Management in Digital Transformation), Prof. Dr. Camilo Florian Baron (Research Group Extreme Light for Material Structures), Lothar Dörr (Construction Department), Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wenwen Song (Research Group Granularity of Material Structure Information), Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Robert Refflinghaus (Research Group Quality and Process Management), Chancellor Dr. Oliver Fromm, Christian Haldorn and Karl Haase (both Construction Department). Photo: University of Kassel.

More space for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FB 15): The northern part of the Engineering Sciences III building on the Holländischer Platz campus on Georg-Forster-Straße has been extended. This has created an additional 900 square meters of usable space for offices, seminar rooms and laboratories, which meet the new legal requirements in terms of energy efficiency. The extension is also equipped with a modern photovoltaic system that generates renewable energy for its own consumption. The following Faculty of Mechanical Engineering departments move into the new premises, which were put into operation as planned:

Granularity of structural information in materials engineering
Extreme light for material structures
Project management in the digital transformation
Quality and process management

The construction project began in spring 2024, with the Department of Construction and Facilities Management assuming full responsibility.

Chancellor Dr. Oliver Fromm is delighted with the successful extension: "The extension is also visually a great success and it's great that our construction department was able to complete it so quickly. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering's departments, which were previously located in the AVZ and the Hansa Houses, will now also be spatially integrated into the Faculty and the conditions for staff and students in research and teaching will be noticeably improved."

Engineering III was already extended by one floor in the southern section between 2014 and 2016.