Professorship for Modelling and Simulation of Technical Systems and Processes
Organisational unit: Professoship
Main research areas
By combining methods from the fields of information technology and operations research, production processes can be designed to be more efficient. The application of algorithms can be developed and tested in our own laboratory through the use of demonstrators.
We can simulate sequence planning and the optimisation of set-up times, as well as maintenance plans or resource allocation. The use of autonomous robots and the development of efficient planning strategies for vehicles can also be evaluated through simulations. Parameter studies and sensitivity analyses are also possible thanks to a range of interfaces.
Machine learning methods such as Gaussian processes & neural networks can predict figures based on system utilisation. Among other things, this enables the dynamic selection of control rules. What’s more, this also enables the evaluation of cause-effect relationships within processes, as well as an evaluation of the correlations between (input) parameters and their effects on the process.
Some examples of typical problems include optimising the installation and maintenance of wind turbines, optimising how high-priority tasks are dealt with in production operations, optimising intralogistics using the example of goods provision in the retail industry, dynamic rule selection in sequence planning and much more.
ZIL-Kontakt: Sustainable information logistics for digital contact tracing of infectious diseases
Drews, P. (Project manager, academic), Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Project manager, academic), Zimmer, M. P. (Coordination), Kortmann, F. (Project staff), Fassmeyer, P. (Project staff) & Usko, N. (Project manager, academic)
21.05.21 → 31.03.23
Project: Research
USIN5G: Usage Scenarios for Innovation Networks in 5G im TIP Innovationspark Nordheide - 5G als Treiber von Innovationskooperationen in smarten Gewerbegebieten
Drews, P. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Xie, L. (Project manager, academic), Luttmann, L. (Project staff), Prüfer, O. C. (Project staff), Richter, K. (Project staff) & Tschoppe, N. J. (Project staff)
Federal Institute for Administrative Services
01.01.22 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Water management
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic) & Hempel, M. C. (Project staff)
01.10.22 → 30.09.27
Project: Research
Manufacturing of combined convex-concave form elements by using active-medium support in incremental sheet forming
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic) & Zein El Abdine, M. (Project staff)
01.01.23 → 30.06.24
Project: Research
Development of a data-driven model for the evaluation and optimization of process robustness in the design of deep-drawing tools
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic) & Wollschläger, L. (Project staff)
01.02.23 → 31.03.26
Project: Research
Herstellung eines Simulationsmodells zur Evaluierung des geplanten Fabriklayouts GT
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, K. (Project staff)
22.03.23 → 30.06.23
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Manufacturing of combined convex-concave form elements by using active-medium support in incremental sheet forming
Ben Khalifa, N. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Thiery, S. (Project staff) & Zein El Abdine, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.23 → 30.09.24
Project: Research
Untersuchung installierter Sensoren 2
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.23 → 31.10.23
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
TrICo Subproject: Community Sustainable Production
Ben Khalifa, N. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Klusemann, B. (Project manager, academic), Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, M. (Project manager, academic), Schulz, J. (Project staff), Stöver, E. (Partner), Dieringa, H. (Partner), Zeise, P. (Project staff), Hendriok, L. (Project staff) & Krämer, R. (Project staff)
01.08.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)