Doctoral Research Group Engineering

Product and process innovation, business informatics, resource conservation and resource management, industrial engineering: our research questions are geared towards the current and future development of products and production processes. Production systems, intelligent components, hardware-oriented intelligence, production-oriented information systems and networked production are just as much a focus of our research as the planning and management of systems and production processes. Together with a wide range of national and international business partners, university institutions and through EU-funded projects, we conduct targeted research on an interdisciplinary basis, thereby forming a highly qualified scientific foundation.

Areas of Research

The Faculty of Management and Technology offers opportunities to explore topics in the fields of engineering, natural sciences and technology. The focus of previous doctoral research activities at the Institute for Production Technology and Systems (IPTS) can be summarised as follows:

Intelligent systems
Production automation
Industrial manufacturing technologies
Control and drive technology
Robotics, autonomous vehicles
Process and production measurement technology
Sensor and detector development
Hardware-oriented software development
Digital factory
Simulation and modelling
Control technology
Technical optics
Electronics
Micro and nanotechnology
New materials
Bio/medical technology

Other topics related to the Dr. rer. nat. or Dr.-Ing. degrees can be studied in the Technical Sciences programme.

Doctoral degree

Within the context of this doctoral programme, the Faculty of Management and Technology awards the following doctoral degrees depending on the subject-specific focus of the dissertation:

Dr. rer. nat.
Dr.-Ing.

Spokesperson

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arthur Seibel

Doctoral Supervisors

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ghada Bouattour
Prof. Dr. Anthimos Georgiadis
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Heger
Prof. Dr. Ing. Norbert Hort
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Klusemann
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Noomane Ben Khalifa
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paolo Mercorelli
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arthur Seibel
Prof. Dr. Brit-Maren Block

Activities

Recently completed doctoral dissertations

Niklaas Becker: Fatigue life enhancement by residual stress engineering in refill friction stir spot welds: Experimental investigation and industrial application
Camila Caroline de Castro: From Process to Properties: Understanding Texture and Mechanical Behavior in AM50 rods Processed by Constrained Friction Processing
Alexander Rokoss [in german language]: Determining delivery times in order-based factory production using machine learning
Zina Kallien: Investigation of friction surfacing of an Al-Mg alloy in view of solid-state additive manufacturing

Doctoral Courses

As a doctoral candidate at Leuphana, you not only write your dissertation, but also participate in the interdisciplinary doctoral courses to the extent of 30 credit points, which include (inter)disciplinary colloquia (Research Forum I and Research Forum II) and furthermore comprises four interdisciplinary modules on research ethics, research methods, scientific practice and current perspectives on science. Please find more information about Leuphana's doctoral courses here.

Admission

If you wish to pursue your doctorate at Leuphana, you must be enrolled as doctoral student. Information about admission to the doctorate at Leuphana and the application procedure can be found here.

Leuphana Graduate School offers advice and coaching to academics in the qualification phase. The Graduate School's advisor will be happy to support you in questions of decision-making, challenges in the course of your doctorate, and career planning and development. You can find more information about the counselling and coaching services here.