Precison Engineering

Would you like a little challenge? You can have it. Even in the first semester! Officially as part of your study plan: the construction competition.

We set you a task, such as "Everyone can get down, but who can get back up?" or "Get there fast without wheels! You form teams of three students and develop a small mechanical system to complete this task. The best is crowned in a live presentation in front of a large audience.

We recently successfully completed our second student space mission. Our students are developing a micro-aircraft for atmospheric research that was launched at an altitude of 83 km - wait a minute? 83 km altitude? And how did the plane get there? - on board a Swedish sounding rocket as part of the REXUS programme of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the European Space Agency (ESA).

The video shows the REXUS mission RX25. Our experiment "GAME" was part of this launch. The little yellow plane is us.

An interdisciplinary project of the departments of Electrical Engineering/Information Technology and SciTec

Nothing works without electronics. But not without mechanics either! With our racing cars, we bring students from electrical engineering and precision engineering together at a workbench. The task: to drive a small vehicle as fast as possible over a 70-metre circuit, guided by guidelines on the race track. We are taking part in an international competition that takes place annually in Nuremberg.

An interdisciplinary project of the departments of Electrical Engineering/Information Technology and SciTec

From Hamburg to Scotland and back - a crunchy task. We can't do it yet, but we're working on it. Our students are developing a ship that is controlled via data link and is supposed to carry out various missions. The ship is about 3 metres long and can accommodate a variety of modules (the photo shows a 1:10 scale model). Our first goal is to sail from the island of Usedom to the island of Rügen. Currently, the hull of the ship, the on-board electronics and the first control and communication systems are being built.

An interdisciplinary project of the departments of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering/information technology, industrial engineering and SciTec.

Engineering only works as a team sport and you simply have to practise it. Logical! Modern engineering teams are almost always international teams. Well then, let's practise "international team sport" :-) Our colleagues in the Department of Electrical Engineering/Information Technology cooperate with a Chinese university. Their students visit us and we form - together with students from our department - small teams that have to solve a technical task. Last year it was "Once straight across the lake" - it was harder than expected, but highly entertaining and instructive for all.

An interdisciplinary project of the departments of Electrical Engineering/Information Technology and SciTec

Design a website and use it to remotely control a few experiments - sounds simple, but it's not. Never mind! Our students are building it anyway. We want to build a small experimental zoo that can be used via the internet - a wonderful combination of mechanics, electronics and computer science. Something for everyone.

An interdisciplinary project of the SciTec and Industrial Engineering departments

A few years ago, two students ambushed us: "We want our own workshop!" The result: today our university has a workshop for all students - the Makerspace. Here you'll find 3D printers, a CNC mill, drill press and much more. You want to realise your own technology projects? Come on in. Or just adjust the gears on your bike and have a coffee. There's room for that in the Makerspace.