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.
The SmartPro network brings together a wide range of researchers. Here you will find an overview of the participating research institutions at Aalen University of Applied Sciences, their SmartPro researchers and projects, as well as links to further information.
Gießerei Technologie Aalen (GTA)
Institut für Antriebstechnik Aalen (IAA)
Materials Research Institute Aalen (IMFAA)
Ongoing impulse projects
Smart-MAG
Smart-BAT
Smart-LIGHT
Smart-ADD
Smart-DATA
SmartPro Researchers
Dr. Timo Bernthaler
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll
Prof. Dr. Volker Knoblauch
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schneider
LaserApplicationCenter (LAZ)
Ongoing impulse projects
Smart-ADD
Smart-LIGHT
SmartPro Researcher
Prof. Dr. Harald Riegel
Technologiezentrum Leichtbau (TZL)
Zentrum Elektrochemische Oberflächentechnik (ZEO)
Center for Optical Technologies (ZOT)
Ongoing impulse projects
Smart-LIGHT
Smart-ADD
SmartPro Researchers
Prof. Dr. Rainer Börret
Prof. Dr. Anne Harth
Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinrich
Zentrum für Virtuelle Produktentwicklung (ZVP)
Ongoing impulse projects
Smart-ADD
SmartPro Researcher
Prof. Dr. Markus Merkel
Zentrum für Zuverlässige Mechatronische Systeme (ZMS)
Ongoing impulse projects
Smart-MAG
SmartPro Researcher
Prof. Dr. Markus Glaser
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
→ Zentrum für optische Technologien
+49 7361 576-3482
rainer.boerret@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
Smart-ADD
Prof. Dr. Orsolya Csiszár
→ Mathematik und KI-Anwendungen
+49 7361 576-5567
orsolya.csiszar@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
Smart-DATA
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Feldmann
Prof. Dr. Markus Glaser
→ Zentrum für Zuverlässige mechatronische Systeme
+49 7361 576-3308
markus.glaser@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
Smart-MAG
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll
→ Materials Research Institute Aalen (IMFAA)
+49 7361 576-1601
dagmar.goll@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing projects:
Smart-MAG, SmartCycle
Prof. Dr. Anne Harth
→ Zentrum für optische Technologien
+49 7361 576-4586
anne-harth@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
Smart-LIGHT, Smart-ADD
Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinrich
→ Zentrum für optische Technologien
+49 7361 576-3114
andreas.heinrich@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
Smart-ADD
Prof. Dr. Lothar Kallien
+49 7361 576-2252
lothar.kallien@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
Smart-LIGHT
Prof. Dr. Arif Kazi
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Klauck
→ Computer Vision und Maschinelles Lernen
+49 7361 576-5503
ulrich.klauck@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing projects:
Smart-DATA
Prof. Dr. Steffen Kreikemeier
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
+49 7361 576-4365
carsten.lecon@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
SmartCycle
Prof. Dr. Markus Merkel
→ Zentrum für virtuelle Produktentwicklung
+49 7361 576-2133
markus.merkel@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing Project:
Smart-ADD
Prof. Dr. Harald Riegel
+49 7361 576-1006
harald.riegel@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing projects:
Smart-ADD, Smart-LIGHT, SmartCycle
Dr. Wolfgang Rimkus
Prof. Dr. Manfred Rössle
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
→ Angewandte Oberflächen- und Materialwissenschaften
+49 7361 576-2438
silvia.schuhmacher@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
Smart-LIGHT
Prof. Dr. Timo Sörgel
→ Zentrum Elektrochemische Oberflächentechnik
+49 7361 576-1762
timo.soergel@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing projects:
Smart-BAT, SmartCycle
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Steinhart
→ Institut für Antriebstechnik
+49 7361 576-4233
heinrich.steinhart@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
Smart-MAG
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iman Taha
→ Nachhaltige Werkstoffe in der Kunststofftechnik
+49 7361 576-2558
iman.taha@hs-aalen.de
// Ongoing project:
SmartCycle
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.
