Student Projects
Project 1 (pro8)
"pro8" is a project of the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences that runs during the semester. Students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics work on real problems from working life - providing thus useful input for companies.
Students of a whole academic year (starting from the 2nd or 4th semester) work in competing teams on the same task. They are confronted with a problem from an industrial company, which also assesses the results itself and gives feedback to the students.
The student teams are supported by students in advanced semesters and "specific coaches". If required, professors give support as well, but they always intend to stay in the background. | more details (in German)
Project 2
"After the project is before the project"
pro8-2 in the Bachelor's degree programs Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Rail Vehicle Technology
After the successful completion of pro8-1 in the 2nd semester, students in the Bachelor's programs Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Rail Vehicle Technology are required to carry out another project in a team of three to six team members. The composition of the teams can be done by the students themselves. There are no separate requirements for this.
The project can be carried out as an industrial or university project. As a rule, it is carried out in the summer semester. In justified exceptional cases, it is also possible to carry out the project in the winter semester. | More details (in German)
Sales Project
The Sales Project is offered in the 6th semester as a compulsory course for students of the Engineering and Management program who have chosen the specialization Sales Engineer.
In this module, students learn about the practical tasks, activities and results associated with the distribution of a specific package of industrial goods and services. They will be confronted with the specific success factors and challenges of the sales process as well as interactions of different stakeholders. The project participants develop their analytical and communication skills individually as well as in a team. They learn to apply the basic and advanced knowledge they have gained so far to an unfamiliar task and independently acquire new technical and sales-oriented expertise in order to jointly master the task.
Mechatronic Project
The Mechatronic Project is an integrated part of the study program for the Master of Science in Mechatronics. Each project is to be performed in groups of 5 - 6 students and is running during the complete 2nd and 3rd semester. Each project team will be supervised by the professor that contributed the project topic.
Master Mechatronics students are asked to form teams and select a project topic that suits their interests. Of course each project can be only performed by one team.
Please keep the following sequence for project registration:
- Contact the professor responsible for the selected project as soon as possible.
- After a positive reply from this professor for team membership -> send an email to Prof. Kämper.
Let him know the name of the selected project + the names of the members of your team + their email addresses.
Please note: Before Prof. Kämper has not received this email you are not registered for the project!
The projects can start immediately or at least directly at the beginning of the summer semester.
A large selection of different mechatronic projects is listed here as download.
Extracurricular projects
FH Aachen | Aixtreme Racing
FH Aachen | R. Pfaff
FH Aachen | N. J. Delavictoire
Locomotive Emma
A locomotive race - sounds crazy? In 2017, students from the Rail Vehicle Technology program of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics at Aachen University of Applied Sciences became the first team from a non-British university to take part in the Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Challenge locomotive race in Leicestershire (UK). In this challenge, the competing teams have the task to build a locomotive with which certain tests have to be passed. The tests are divided into the following 2 areas:
Track-based Challenge
- Noise (quiet locomotives win)
- Ride comfort
- Acceleration (uphill with 1.2 tons train weight)
- Energy recovery during braking
- Reliability (no scheduled departure delays)
Document-based Challenge:
- Design Award
- Business Case (including presentation)
- Innovation Challenge (scientific paper)
Under the guidance of the head of the program Prof. Dr. Raphael Pfaff M.Sc., the students developed the parking streetcar Emma and used her to enter the race for the first time in 2017. In addition to ninth place, there was the Special Award for Teamwork!
Emma in motion:
Aixtreme Racing
Aixtreme Racing
During the summer semester 2007 a handful of students got together to establish a Formula Student Team at the University of Applied Sciences Aachen. After all organizational requirements were met, the student project was founded on 22.03.2007, which received its name one week later: Aixtreme Racing.
Low-Cost Augmented Reality for the plant model
Low-Cost Augmented Reality for the factory model
Augmented Reality (AR) offers a variety of possibilities to present information in a user-friendly way. In this project, AR applications for the Industrie 4.0 model factory based on tablet computers will be developed by an international team of bachelor and master students. The project includes the visual representation of assembly steps, the display of production data on machines and the creation of training courses for maintenance and commissioning processes.