STEM research as a service

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Various institutes, departments and research groups with a STEM focus offer services and research contracts from the University of Kassel in cooperation with industry.

UniKasselTransfer

Economic utilization of academic research

As a central and interdisciplinary contact point, Innovation Transfer promotes the commercialization of academic research, for example by providing advice on intellectual property rights, funding and arranging research collaborations with companies.

Contact:
Ute Emde
UniKasselTransfer
Phone: +49 561 804-1985
E-mail ute.emde@uni-kassel.de

Civil engineering and environmental sciences

Official Materials Testing Institute (AMPA) at the Institute of Structural Engineering

The Amtliche Materialprüfanstalt (AMPA) of the University of Kassel is a certified test center according to the state building regulations for monitoring the installation of concrete of monitoring classes 2 and 3 (ÜK II / ÜK III). It offers external monitoring in accordance with DIN 1045-3:2012-03 "Structures made of concrete, reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete - Part 3: Construction".

Official Materials Testing Institute (AMPA) at the Institute of Structural Engineering: To the AMPA website

Construction Informatics at the Institute of Construction Management

The services of the Construction Informatics department consist of relational and object-oriented databases, document management, workflow management and cooperation in engineering projects in networked environments.
cooperation in engineering projects in networked environments.

Construction Informatics at the Institute of Construction Management: To the website of the department

Urban Water Management and Water Quality Laboratory at the Institute for Water, Waste and Environment

An annual laboratory training course for sewage treatment plant personnel is offered externally in coordination with the DWA. For private and public clients, individual issues can be dealt with using a comprehensive range of equipment. Analyses of drinking water, water, wastewater and sludge samples are carried out according to standardized procedures.

Urban Water Management and Water Quality Laboratory at the Institute for Water, Waste and Environment: To the website of the laboratory

Resource Management and Waste Technology at the Institute for Water, Waste and Environment

The Department of Resource Management and Waste Technology has a comprehensive range of measuring devices and systems for operational and laboratory measurements, which can also be made available for external services.

Resource Management and Waste Technology at the Institute for Water, Waste and Environment: To the website of the department

Surveying at the Institute of Transportation

The Department of Surveying at the Institute of Transportation develops geometry-oriented spatial information. We are a scientific service provider for many areas within the university as well as for external clients.

Surveying at the Institute of Transportation: To the website of the department

Construction Management at the Institute of Construction Economics

Our services consist of advice and the preparation of expert opinions on construction contract remuneration issues, service changes and contract and execution models. We also provide advice on project organization and management tools for the execution of turnkey construction projects.

Construction Management at the Institute of Construction Economics: To the website of the department

Geotechnics at the Institute of Structural Engineering

As a service provider for public and private clients, the Geotechnical Engineering department carries out soil and rock mechanical laboratory tests, field tests, model tests and numerical simulations.

Geotechnics at the Institute of Structural Engineering: To the website of the department

Solid construction at the Institute of Structural Engineering

The existing good laboratory infrastructure enables the Department of Solid Construction to act as a competent service provider for questions relating to masonry, concrete, reinforced concrete, steel fiber concrete, prestressed concrete or even combinations of these materials.

Solid construction at the Institute of Structural Engineering: To the website of the department
Image: WVI

Transport Planning and Transport Systems at the Institute of Transportation

The Department of Transport Planning and Systems has developed IT-supported tools as part of research projects and made them available to interested users free of charge.

Transport Planning and Transport Systems at the Institute of Transportation: To the website of the department
Image: Paavo Blafield

Testing Institute and Testing Center for Environmental Technology and Hydraulic Engineering (VPUW)

As a state testing body in accordance with the EKVO Hessen, we are responsible for carrying out tests on flow meters at sewage treatment plants and on throttle systems at stormwater overflow basins for plant operators subject to mandatory testing. We are constantly developing our test methods on a scientific basis.

Testing Institute and Testing Center for Environmental Technology and Hydraulic Engineering (VPUW): To the VPUW website

Central test laboratory

The IKI's central laboratory is available to all members of the institute for work in the field of materials research and testing as well as component testing. The facilities can also be used for teaching students. In addition, internal and external clients can benefit from the facilities of the central laboratory.

Central test laboratory: To the website of the laboratory

Electrical engineering/computer science

Digital technology

In direct cooperation with companies or in larger project groups, the Digital Technology department works on targeted development projects. Our topics are hardware implementations in the context of model-based design, hardware/software codesign, algorithm and tool development, circuit optimization and design automation as well as neural networks.

Digital technology: To the website of the department

Institute of Powertrain and Vehicle Technology: Vehicle Systems and Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering

When carrying out our research projects, we value close cooperation with industry and other specialist areas. In addition to theoretical work in the areas of tools, test methods and simulation, our focus is on the experimental validation and parameterization of the models, for which various test benches and test vehicles are available.

Institute of Powertrain and Vehicle Technology: Vehicle Systems and Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering: To the website of the department

Competence Center for Decentralized Electrical Power Supply Technology: Plant and High-Voltage Technology

We are active in an advisory and supportive capacity, and our equipment for services includes laboratories for high-voltage testing and material testing.

Competence Center for Decentralized Electrical Power Supply Technology: Plant and High-Voltage Technology: To the website of the department

Institute for Drive and Vehicle Technology: Electrical Machines and Drives

Electric drive technology is a key technology for energy-saving issues. The Department of Electrical Machines and Drives works on industrial projects as part of the Vehicle Systems Research Network (FAST) and trains interdisciplinary thinking.

Institute for Drive and Vehicle Technology: Electrical Machines and Drives: To the website of the department

Institute for Nanostructure Technology and Analytics: Technical Electronics / Nanophotonics

Our institute has a modern clean room infrastructure with 400 square meters of clean room up to clean room class 1. We work with molecular beam epitaxy, deposition and etching processes, focussed ion beam (FIB) technology, nanoimprint technology, optical lithography and electron beam lithography. The clean room infrastructure is flanked by metrology laboratories and other technology laboratories.

Institute for Nanostructure Technology and Analytics: Technical Electronics / Nanophotonics: To the website of the department

Scientific Center for Information Technology Design: Knowledge Processing

Mechanical engineering

Computational Engineering Center (CEC)

During the lecture-free period, the CEC offers training courses for both internal and external interested parties. The premises can be rented during this time.

Computational Engineering Center (CEC): To the website of the department

Institute of Mechanics: Services and contract research

One focus of industrial contract research at the Department of Technical Mechanics/Continuum Mechanics is experimental fatigue strength analysis. Several servo-hydraulic test rigs on vibration-isolated clamping fields are available for this purpose, which enable long-term testing under operating load collectives and multi-axis loading.

Institute of Mechanics: Services and contract research: To the website of the department

Institute of Thermal Energy Technology: Technical Thermodynamics - Services

We offer various services for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as large companies. The possibilities range from short-term consulting projects and various forms of contract research to long-term research and development cooperations. We are also happy to develop customized solutions for your requirements.

Institute of Thermal Energy Technology: Technical Thermodynamics - Services: To the website of the department

Institute of Materials Engineering: Metallic Materials - Center for Surface Layer Analysis and Technology (ZerTech)

The DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 accredited part of the institute was founded in order to be able to react as a service provider within the university, from the pure determination of measured values to component optimization for industrial partners. Customers benefit from the synergy effect of the proximity to the university and the engineering disciplines.

Institute of Materials Engineering: Metallic Materials - Center for Surface Layer Analysis and Technology (ZerTech): To the website of the department

Institute of Mechanics: Dynamics Laboratory

The department's laboratory has extensive equipment for investigating issues relating to technical dynamics. A particular focus is on structural vibrations, machine and rotor dynamics, systems with multi-physical interactions and electro-mechanical systems.

Institute of Mechanics: Dynamics Laboratory: To the website of the department

Institute of Materials Technology: Plastics Technology - Services

We offer you extensive options for material preparation, processing and analysis. In addition to standard methods such as mechanical or thermoanalytical tests, we also carry out special tests such as gas chromatography or µ-CT.

Institute of Materials Technology: Plastics Technology - Services: To the website of the department

Cutting and joining manufacturing processes at the Institute of Production Engineering and Logistics

The specialist area for cutting and joining manufacturing processes (tff) offers services in the fields of adhesive bonding technology, welding technology, machining technology and non-destructive testing.

Cutting and joining manufacturing processes at the Institute of Production Engineering and Logistics: To the website of the department

environmentally friendly products and processes (upp) at the Institute of Production Engineering and Logistics

The upp supports publicly funded research collaborations with companies in the field of energy and resource efficiency, decentralized and renewable energies as well as climate protection and climate neutrality strategies. Independent of public funding, the upp is the point of contact for contract research financed by companies.

environmentally friendly products and processes (upp) at the Institute of Production Engineering and Logistics: To the upp website

Mathematics and natural sciences

Animal house at the Institute of Biology

The animal house is used for biological research and also provides student teachers with small animals for the design of lively biology lessons and trains them in the didactic and species-appropriate handling of animals.

Animal house at the Institute of Biology: To the website of the animal house

Mass spectrometry at the Institute of Chemistry

The Department of Mass Spectrometry offers all scientists at the University of Kassel the analysis of samples using various mass spectrometric methods as a service.

Mass spectrometry at the Institute of Chemistry: To the website of the department

Elemental analysis at the Institute of Chemistry

For elemental analysis to determine the elements C, H, N, S, an elemental analyzer of the type Euro EA-CHNS from HEKAtech is available in the service facility.

Elemental analysis at the Institute of Chemistry: To the website of the department

ULTRA research seminar at the Institute of Physics

ULTRA is a research seminar in which lectures are mainly given by external speakers. In addition to the members of the participating working groups, other interested students and guests are always welcome.

ULTRA research seminar at the Institute of Physics: To the website of the research seminar

Service for schools in the field of developmental genetics at the Institute of Biology

The Department of Developmental Genetics provides various Drosophila melanogaster strains for genetic experiments in schools.

Service for schools in the field of developmental genetics at the Institute of Biology: To the website of the department

NMR spectroscopy at the Institute of Chemistry

Our services include routine contract measurements, planning and execution of special measurements, provision of software for spectrum processing (MNova)
and assistance with spectrum interpretation.

NMR spectroscopy at the Institute of Chemistry: To the website of the department

Crystal structure analysis at the Institute of Chemistry

Our department has two modern X-ray diffractometers from Stoe & Cie. in Darmstadt. The devices are designed for single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments, but can also be used for powder samples with low resolution.

Crystal structure analysis at the Institute of Chemistry: To the website of the department

Virtual physics laboratory at the Institute of Physics

The Virtual Physics Lab is a collection of computer programs for visualizing physical phenomena. It is designed so that students and pupils can work with the programs themselves and discover, investigate and quantify the various effects while playing with individual phenomena.

Virtual physics laboratory at the Institute of Physics: To the website of the laboratory