Network // Researchers at Aalen University

SmartPro – Key to Smart Products!

The SmartPro partnership currently involves more than 60 partners from business, research, and transfer and 21 working groups at Aalen University. For general questions, please contact the SmartPro management team.

Below you will find the researchers from Aalen University involved in SmartPro projects, divided into 5 areas – 3 application fields and 2 cross-sectional technologies.

Dr. Timo Berthaler
Dr. Timo Bernthaler

Materials Research Institute Aalen (IMFAA)

+49 7361 576-1600
timo.bernthaler­@hs-aalen.de

// Ongoing projects:
Smart-MAG, Smart-BAT, Smart-ADD, Smart-DATA, SmartCycle

Prof. Dr. Rainer Börret
Prof. Dr. Rainer Börret
Prof. Dr. Orsolya Csiszár
Prof. Dr. Orsolya Csiszár
Prof. Dr. Markus Glaser
Prof. Dr. Markus Glaser
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll
Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinrich
Prof. Dr. Anne Harth
Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinrich
Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinrich
Prof. Dr. Volker Knoblauch
Prof. Dr. Volker Knoblauch

Materials Research Institute Aalen (IMFAA)

+49 7361 576-1602
volker.knoblauch­@hs-aalen.de

//  Ongoing projects:
Smart-BAT, Smart-LIGHT, SmartCycle

Prof. Dr. Carsten Lecon
Prof. Dr. Carsten Lecon
Prof. Dr. Markus Merkel
Prof. Dr. Markus Merkel
Prof. Dr. Harald Riegel
Prof. Dr. Harald Riegel

LaserApplicationCenter

+49 7361 576-1006
harald.riegel@hs-aalen.de

//  Ongoing projects:
Smart-ADD, Smart-LIGHT, SmartCycle

Prof. Dr. Manfred Rössle
Prof. Dr. Manfred Rössle
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schneider
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schneider

Materials Research Institute Aalen (IMFAA)

+49 7361 576-2101
gerhard.schneider­@hs-aalen.de

//  Ongoing projects:
Smart-MAG, Smart-BAT, Smart-ADD, Smart-DATA, SmartCycle

Prof. Dr. Silvia Schuhmacher
Prof. Dr. Silvia Schuhmacher
Prof. Dr. Timo Sörgel
Prof. Dr. Timo Sörgel
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Steinhart
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Steinhart
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iman Taha
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iman Taha
SmartPro // FH-Impuls:
Strong universities of applied sciences - impulses for the region

With SmartPro, Aalen University of Applied Sciences has positioned itself in the top group of universities of applied sciences nationwide. SmartPro is one of ten partnerships funded through the “FH-Impuls” program of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research with around 10 million euros from 2017 until 2025. Core objectives are the sustainable expansion of the regional transfer and cooperation network as well as strengthening the research profile and innovative power. SmartPro contributes to the advancement of climate protection and digitalization, two key social challenges.