Tobias Reichenstein joined the research sector Automated Productionsystems as a research assistant on May 1st 2020. After his bachelor’s degree (B.Eng.) at the Albstadt-Sigmaringen University he graduated in mechanical engineering (M.Sc.) at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. ...

For the Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems the year 2019 was full of fascinating and insightful highlights. A variety of new research projects, interesting partnerships, young spin-off companies as well as deserved awards accompanied us throughout the year. With our annual re...

The FAPS chair is involved in the production of protective equipment for the university hospital by providing personnel and technical support. The project of the Faculty of Technology and the University Hospital is dedicated to providing medical staff with protective goggles, which are important for...

Mario Sprenger joined the Electronics Production research team as a research assistant on April 1, 2020. He completed the bachelor's and master's degree in materials science at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Within his master thesis he dealt with process simulations of ...

For the third year in a row, students of the institute participated in the "Smart Green Island Makeathon" on Gran Canaria, as part of the FAPS-Fellowship-Program. The international team, consisting of members from Tunisia, Iran and Germany, comprised five students, four students from the FAPS and on...

Starting on 01.03.2020, Daniel Utsch has joined the Research Department of Electronics Production as a Research Assistant. He completed his Bachelor and Master studies in Mechanical Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. His Master Thesis included a System for Virtu...

Starting on 15.02.2020, Duc Pham has joined the research department of Biomechatronics as a research assistant. He completed his master degree in medical engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. The topic of his master thesis was „Power electronics and the supportive, ha...

The publication "Smart Manufacturing Traceability for Automotive E/E Systems enabled by Event-Driven Microservice Architecture" by Marlene Kuhn and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Franke was awarded the Best Presentation Award in the session Mechanical Design and Vehicle Engineering, which took place within the...

The publication "Evaluation of Deep Learning for Semantic Image Segmentation in Tool Condition Monitoring" by Benjamin Lutz, Dominik Kisskalt, Daniel Regulin, Raven Reisch, Prof. Dr. Andreas Schiffler and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Franke was awarded with the Best Paper Award of the Special Session Advance...

On January 16, 2020, the Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems invites its former and current employees and cooperation partners from research and industry to the annual FAPS Academic Award Night (FAAN) at the Merks Motor Museum. Prof. Jörg Franke will review the successful FAPS ye...