Our fields

The transformation of collective and individual mobility to sustainable mobility is not only a matter of vehicle technology or transportation systems. The research group SEM works at the interface of vehicle technology and various transportation systems in the so-called ecosystems of electromobility in order to contribute to ecological and economic issues of energy generation and supply as well as in the design of public and private charging infrastructure.

In addition, we contribute our expertise in ecological assessment methods to the product development of (electric) vehicles and component concepts. We work together with colleagues specialized in automotive engineering, plastics and wood technology on new materials as well as in component concepts and their life cycle management. Examples  of our activities are the projects e-Moticon and aCar.

The digitalization of value chains and manufacturing processes offers new approaches in energy and materials analyses as well as in the area of material stream analyses increasing the potential of resource efficiency. Technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can be used to implement cyber-physical production systems (CP(P)S) and digital twins (DT), which enable real-time data acquisition.