The Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ) is a research-oriented university for applied sciences with strong national and international networks. In her research, she takes up current and forward-looking issues and challenges from society, business, technology and the environment and implements them in innovative concepts.
The great importance of research at the THM is reflected in the research structures and cooperations that have existed for many years, the large number of researching professors and the strong young scientific talent.
Research in numbers
Centres of Competence
In order to sharpen its research profile, the THM has set up interdisciplinary Centres of Competence in its main research areas, the strength of which lies in particular in application-oriented research. The working groups in the Centres of Competence offer young scientists excellent research opportunities and cooperate with other scientists in Germany and abroad as well as with industry.
The organizational framework for the Centres of Competence was created in 2008 Center for Research and Transfer (ZFT). It is responsible for the joint research strategy, fund management and research marketing.
Centre of Competence for Automotive, Mobility and Materials Research (AutoM)
AutoM brings together the expertise of the civil engineering departments (BUILDING), Information Technology-Electrical Engineering-Mechatronics (I.E.M), mechanical engineering, mechatronics, materials technology (M), Mechanical and Energy Engineering (ME) and mathematics, science and computing (MND).
Centre of Competence for Energy Technology and Energy Management (etem.THM)
etem.THM combines the interdisciplinary competences for energy conversion, energy distribution and energy application from the departments Mechanical and Energy Engineering (ME), Electrical and Computer Engineering (EGG) as well as information technology, electrical engineering and mechatronics (I.E.M).
Centre of Competence for Laser, Optics, optical Technology and Systems (LOTuS)
at Lotus all R&D work from the field of optics and optical technologies in the departments of information technology, electrical engineering and mechatronics (I.E.M) and mathematics, science and computing (MND) and the Optics Center Wetzlar, which conducts application-oriented research on optics technologies with cooperating regional optics companies.
Centre of Competence for Nanotechnology and Photonics (NanoP)
NanoP includes electrotechnical research across the entire spectrum from nanoelectronics to aerospace electronics and combines expertise from the fields of electrical engineering and information technology (EGG), Information Technology-Electrical Engineering-Mechatronics (I.E.M), and Mechanical and Energy Engineering (ME).
Centre of Competence for Sustainable Engineering and Environmental Systems (ZEuUS)
ZEUS examines the technical and systemic connections between the fields of competence energy and environment as a coalition of professors and engineers from the fields of civil engineering (BUILDING), Life Science Engineering (LSE) as well as mechanical engineering, mechatronics, materials technology (M).
In addition to the research activities in the Centres of Competence , the research work in the departments and institutes also makes a major contribution to the research profile of the THM .
focus areas
The main research areas of the THM occupy important social and technological future topics:
- digitalization
- Industry 4.0
- Artificial intelligence
- 3D printing
- sustainability