Research and development
Focus on energy
At universities of applied sciences (HAW, formerly universities of applied sciences), application-oriented research takes place first and foremost. In addition to gaining knowledge, applicability and economic efficiency are therefore always important. In recent years, this approach has become increasingly attractive to companies, which have since approached HAWs in particular with problems and questions.
The Faculty of Energy Technology at FH Aachen is one of the most successful and strongest research faculties in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energies in Germany. In the past five years alone, the Faculty of Energy Technology, the Energy and Environment Competence Platform, the NOWUM Energy Institute and numerous scientists from the faculty have acquired third-party funding totalling over 2.8 million euros. The research priorities include Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics as well as the new research cluster "Mobility", in which research projects are carried out together with the Faculties of Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics and Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
FH Aachen has built up a large, solid network of strong partners in order to sustainably teach and conduct research at the top level. In addition to links with renowned large companies, FH Aachen attaches particular importance to close co-operation with small and medium-sized business partners, research institutes and universities in Germany and abroad.
For many years now, the faculty has been working closely with the Solar Institute Jülich (SIJ), a large Institute of FH Aachen and co-initiator of the large-scale project "Solar Thermal Demonstration Power Plant Jülich". Some of the faculty's professors conduct research at the SIJ in the Faculty of Energy Technology, and numerous students write their final theses as part of SIJ research projects.
As our degree programmes are particularly application-oriented, as a student at the Faculty of Energy Technology you will be involved in research from the first semester onwards. You will immediately put what you have learnt in theory into practice in practical trainings and exercises and get to know the laboratories and their equipment intensively. Their close involvement in ongoing research operations and the faculty's numerous collaborations with companies and scientific institutions give students the opportunity to undertake interesting practical trainings and exciting topics for their final thesis.
Institute NOWUM-Energy
NOWUM stands for "Sustainable Economic Developmentof Environmentally FriendlySystems".
The team headed by Prof Dr Isabel Kuperjans researches and develops concepts, processes and technologies in the areas of "Sustainable Energy Systems" and "Bioenergy & Bioresource Management".
The scientists are working on specific solutions to minimiseCO2 emissions, reduce energy costs, as well as the use of residual materials and the recovery of raw materials.