The TH Mittelhessen has been involved since the premiere of the high-tech trade fair "W3+ Fair/Convention" in Wetzlar in 2014. The university presented current research projects at the sixth edition in the Rittal Arena.
The project "Knowledge and technology transfer to the economy" on the subject of "3D printing in individualized medicine" is brand new. Dr. Ulf Mäder from the Institute for Medical Physics and Radiation Protection explains how this technology can be used in quality assurance in radiology, for example in mammography. "Three-dimensional anthropomorphic test specimens, which are produced using radiological images in 3D printing, can be used in the future to determine image quality parameters." This can be used to determine whether the X-ray machines and image display devices used in mammography meet the prescribed requirements.
The student working group MAMUT (Mobile Autonomous Modular Universal Technology) also relies on the possibilities of 3D printing. The students are currently working on a large mobile robot that plants desert areas fully automatically. They had the prototype in a handy format with them. "It takes about half a year of work, with planning, calculation, printing of the components and assembly," say Maik Kadias, Kathrin Seidler and Sebastian Schwiertz. Soon, the group will focus on the full-size prototype.
Doctoral students Jonathan Bier and Malte Nickel from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology presented research projects that are based at the Competence Center for Nanotechnology and Photonics. Bier is developing a standardized process for quality assurance of components that are attached to one another with the help of nanowires. In a cooperation project with the University of Marburg, Malte Nickel is working on the development of an electro-optical measuring system to quantitatively record biological markers such as antibodies in blood samples.
For Prof. Dr. For Klaus Behler from the Friedberg Department of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Data Processing, it is not just the presentation of the research work that is of great importance. For him, the networking potential that the trade fair offers is also an important factor. “Our students have the opportunity to get to know top global companies as potential employers and to apply.”
The THM was also active in the "Training Talk" as part of the Student Day at the W3+. The professors Dr. Markus Degunther and Dr. Pia Robinson presented THM 's industry- Degree Courses . For the first time, all three Central Hessian universities took part in this format. The Student Day was moderated by the Regionalmanagement Mittelhessen and organized in the form of short presentations. It started with five trade fair exhibitors who introduced themselves as employers. This gave the junior staff an overview of the training and career opportunities in Central Hesse.