Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich

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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich
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founding 1868 as mechanical-technical department, since 1979 with today's name
place Garching near Munich
state Bavaria
country Germany
dean Nicholas A. Adams
Students approx. 5,500 (Jul. 2015)
Employee approx. 1,200 (Jul. 2015)
including professors 44 (Jul. 2015)
Website www.mw.tum.de
Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, in the background the research reactors FRM I (Atomei) and FRM II
Interior view of the middle part of the building
Entrance area of ​​the faculty on Boltzmannstraße Garching

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is the only faculty in Bavaria that covers the entire spectrum of mechanical engineering in research and teaching. With currently around 5,500 students, 1,200 employees, 44 professors (32 full professorships, 11 associate professors and 1 professor in joint appointment) and around 50 million euros in third-party funding, it is one of the largest faculties at TUM. Research and teaching focuses on: aerospace, automotive, mechatronics, production technology and energy technology as well as, together with other faculties, medical technology and process engineering.

History of the faculty

The faculty was founded in 1868 as the mechanical-technical department of the Polytechnic School in Munich with the appointment of Carl von Linde to the chair of mechanical engineering, Johann Bauschinger to the chair of technical mechanics and graphic statics, and Heinrich Carl Adolph Ludewig to the chair of mechanical engineering and Friedrich Klingenfeld to the chair of descriptive geometry. Shortly afterwards, in 1875, Egbert Ritter von Hoyer was appointed to the chair for mechanical technology. The faculty grew strongly in the 1950s and 1960s with a differentiation of energy and process engineering and mechanics as well as the establishment of aerospace engineering and production engineering.

In the course of a reorganization of the previous eight departments in six faculties, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was established in 1934 and renamed the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering - Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1949 . With the entry into force of the Bavarian Higher Education Act in 1974, the faculties were replaced by departments, which, however, were renamed faculty again shortly afterwards in 1979 . Since then, the faculty has been operating as the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering .

Garching building and campus

The faculty was based in Munich on Arcisstrasse near Königsplatz until 1997 ( ⊙ ). Today it is located on the TUM campus in Garching near Munich . With its 52,000 m² main usable area, the building accommodates a large part of the faculty's teaching and research facilities as well as a branch library, a cafeteria of the Munich Student Union and three small shops. Four Max Planck Institutes (for astrophysics, extraterrestrial physics, plasma physics and quantum optics), the Walther Meißner Institute for Low Temperature Research , the Walter Schottky Institute and the headquarters of the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) are located in the immediate vicinity of the Garching research campus. The nuclear research facilities of the TUM in Garching include the research reactor in Munich (the “Atomei”) and the Siemens Argonaut reactor (both of which are now out of operation) as well as the new research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz .

research

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is one of the most research-intensive mechanical engineering faculties in Germany. This is reflected in the relevant faculty rankings , e.g. For example, the CHE study “Versatile Excellence”, in which the TUM Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is regularly represented in the top group, the QS World University Ranking (2013: 23rd place worldwide in the “by subject” ranking, 2nd place in Germany after the RWTH Aachen) and the NTU ranking (78th place worldwide, 2nd place in Germany after KIT). The main research areas are: aerospace, automotive, mechatronics, production engineering and energy engineering as well as, together with other faculties, medical engineering and process engineering.

Particularly outstanding individual projects are currently (as of April 2013): Participation in special research areas

  • SFB 768: Cycle Management of Innovation Processes - Interlinked Development of Service Bundles Based on Technical Products (Spokesperson TUM)
  • SFB TR 10: Integration of forming, cutting and joining for the flexible production of lightweight supporting structures
  • SFB TR 40: Technological basics for the design of thermally and mechanically highly stressed components of future space transport systems (TUM speakers)
  • SFB 1032: Nanoagents for spatiotemporal control of molecular and cellular reactions

Many chairs are integrated into the competence clusters (automotive, biotechnology, energy technology, logistics, aerospace, mechatronics and automation, medical technology, new materials), which were created by the Bavarian state government as part of the "Allianz Bayern Innovativ".

courses

In the course of the Bologna process, the previous 8 diploma courses are expiring and can no longer be started. After a transition period, there is now a bachelor's degree with 6 subject semesters and various specialization options as well as 10 master’s degree programs with 4 subject semesters each to choose from.

Master’s course (4 semesters):

  1. Energy-and process technic
  2. development and construction
  3. Vehicle and engine technology
  4. Aerospace
  5. Mechanical engineering and management
  6. Mechanical engineering
  7. Medical technology
  8. Mechatronics and information technology
  9. Nuclear technology
  10. production and logistics

Teaching and research units (professorships)

Currently (as of June 2016) there are 44 professorships at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering:

  • Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Nikolaus A. Adams
  • Chair for Acoustics of Mobile Systems, Steffen Marburg
  • Applied Mechanics, Daniel Rixen
  • Chair for Plant and Process Technology, Harald Klein
  • Chair for Automation and Information Systems, Birgit Vogel-Heuser
  • Chair of Business Administration and Assembly Technology, Gunther Reinhart
  • Department of Biomechanics, Oliver Lieleg
  • Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Dirk Weuster-Botz
  • Chair for Carbon Composites, Klaus Drechsler
  • Chair for Energy Systems, Hartmut Spliethoff
  • Chair of Ergonomics, Klaus Bengler
  • Chair of Vehicle Technology, Markus Lienkamp
  • Chair for Flight System Dynamics, Florian Holzapfel
  • Chair for Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics / Chair for Technical Logistics, Johannes Fottner and Willibald A. Günthner
  • Chair of Helicopter Technology, Manfred Hajek
  • Department of Continuum Mechanics, Phaedeon-Stelios Koutsourelakis
  • Chair of Lightweight Construction, come on. Head: Mirko Hornung (formerly Horst Baier)
  • Chair of Aviation Systems, Mirko Hornung
  • Department of Mechanics on Supercomputers, Michael W. Gee
  • Chair for machine elements, Karsten Stahl
  • Chair of Medical Technology, come. Head: Tim Christian Lüth (formerly Erich Wintermantel )
  • Chair of Microtechnology and Medical Device Technology, Tim Christian Lüth
  • Nuclear Engineering Chair, Rafael Macián-Juan
  • Chair of Numerical Mechanics, Wolfgang A. Wall
  • Department of Plasma-Material Interaction, Rudolf Neu
  • Chair of Product Development, come. Head: Wolfram Volk (formerly Udo Lindemann )
  • Chair for Production and Technology in the Media Industry, Birgit Spanner-Ulmer (Joint Appointment)
  • Department of Space Propulsion, Oskar J. Haidn
  • Chair of Space Technology, Ulrich Walter
  • Chair of Control Engineering, Boris Lohmann
  • Department of Selective Separation Technology, Sonja Berensmeier
  • Assistant Professorship for Secure Embedded Systems, Julien Provost
  • Department for sports equipment and sports materials, Veit Senner
  • Department of Flow Control and Aeroacoustics, Hans-Jakob Kaltenbach
  • Systems Biotechnology, Andreas Kremling
  • Chair for Turbomachinery and Aircraft Propulsion, Volker Gümmer
  • Chair of Thermodynamics, Thomas Sattelmayer
  • Professorship for thermal fluid dynamics, Wolfgang Polifke
  • Chair for Forming Technology and Foundry, Wolfram Volk
  • Chair for Internal Combustion Engines, Georg Wachtmeister
  • Chair of Materials Science and Mechanics, Ewald Werner
  • Chair for machine tools and manufacturing technology, Michael Zäh
  • Chair of Wind Energy, Carlo Bottasso
  • Chair for Non-Destructive Testing, Christian Große (Joint Appointment)

former chairs:

  • Chair of Flight Propulsion, Hans-Peter Kau
  • Chair of Fluid Mechanics, Rudolf Schilling (retired)

Faculty Graduate Center

The “Faculty Graduate Center Mechanical Engineering” (FGZ MW) was officially opened as one of the first TUM Graduate Centers on February 25, 2010 as part of the TUM Graduate School. The aim of the Faculty Graduate Center is the advanced training and networking of the doctoral students, as far as this cannot be done directly by the supervising professors.

Personalities and alumni

Honorary doctorates (Dr.-Ing. E. h.)

  • Herbert Kraibühler , 2015, in recognition of his extraordinary achievements and ideas for research and development of innovative machines for plastics processing and additive manufacturing
  • Reimund Neugebauer , 2012, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in researching and developing resource-efficient large-scale production technologies and innovative mechatronic manufacturing systems
  • Norbert Reithofer , 2011, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in researching, developing and realizing new production technologies and innovative, future-oriented forms of organization for production
  • Bernhard Fischer , 2009, in recognition of his exceptional achievements in research, development and implementation of efficient and environmentally friendly power plant technologies
  • Manfred Wittenstein , 2008, in recognition of his extraordinary achievements and ideas in research and development of innovative drive systems and in pioneering corporate management
  • Dieter Spath , 2007, in recognition of his extraordinary achievements in research and development to link technological competence, ergonomics and management
  • Frank E. Talke , 2005, in recognition of his exceptional achievements in research and development of the mechanics and tribology of magnetic storage systems and international cooperation in the field of engineering education
  • Burkhard Göschel , 2004, in recognition of his extraordinary achievements and ideas in research and development in the field of mechatronics in the automotive industry
  • Volker Kronseder , 2003, in recognition of his extraordinary achievements and ideas in research and development of innovative filling systems and plastic machines and in company management
  • Ali Hasan Nayfeh , 1999, in recognition of his outstanding and globally recognized scientific contributions in the field of nonlinear dynamics and its application in engineering
  • Bernd Pischetsrieder , 1997, in recognition of his outstanding achievements and innovative ideas in the field of holistic system technology and system integration in production and corporate management
  • Rudolf Rupprecht , 1995, in recognition of his exceptional engineering achievements in the field of corporate management to maintain Germany as a business location
  • Raymond Viskanta , 1994, in recognition of his exceptional engineering and technical achievements in the fields of radiation energy transfer and heat and material transport
  • Wolfgang Bürgel , 1993, in recognition of his outstanding engineering and technical achievements in the field of material flow and production logistics
  • Hans Jürgen Matthies , 1991, in recognition of his outstanding scientific, technical and scientific-organizational achievements in the field of agricultural engineering and in recognition of special services to the scientific penetration of oil hydraulics
  • Gerhard Pahl , 1990, in recognition of his scientific achievements in the field of design theory and its connection with the fields of machine elements and computer-aided design
  • Rudolf Quack , 1990, in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of combustion and control technology
  • Eberhard von Kuenheim , 1988, in recognition of his outstanding technical achievements in the field of automotive technology, production technology and corporate management
  • Hans Dinger , 1987, in recognition of his outstanding engineering-scientific-creative achievements in the field of internal combustion engine construction
  • Hans-C. Koch , 1986, in recognition of his outstanding technical and scientific achievements in the entire field of production technology in automotive engineering
  • Helmuth Glaser , 1981, in recognition of his fundamental scientific work in the field of thermodynamics, in particular refrigeration and process engineering, and his successful work as an academic teacher and editor of scientific literature
  • Erwin Sick , 1980, in recognition of his contribution to the scientific and constructive development of optical devices with electronic signal evaluation
  • Ernst Gassner , 1979, in recognition of his great contribution to theoretical and experimental research into operational stability

students

Professors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chairs at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering . Accessed: April 29, 2013
  2. ↑ [1] . Accessed: March 18, 2018
  3. ^ Technical University of Munich, 1868–1968, R. Oldenbourg-Verlag, Munich
  4. ↑ Wolfgang A. Herrmann (ed.), Technical University of Munich - The history of a scientific enterprise, Metropol-Verlag, Berlin, 2006
  5. ^ Portal.mytum.de: Technical University of Munich - Garching future campus . Accessed: March 19, 2010
  6. ↑ [2] . Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 29, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw
  8. ↑ Homepage of the CRC 768 . Accessed: March 19, 2010
  9. ↑ homepage of the SFB-TR10 ( Memento of 30 April 2007 at the Internet Archive ). Accessed: March 19, 2010
  10. ↑ Homepage of the SFB-TR40 . Accessed: March 19, 2010
  11. ↑ [3] . Retrieved April 29, 2013
  12. ↑ Overview of the competence clusters with the participation of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering . Accessed: March 19, 2010
  13. ↑ Bachelor / Master courses at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering . Accessed: Apr. 29, 2013
  14. ↑ TUM Graduate School / Graduate Center overview . Accessed: March 19, 2010

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