Student Projects

"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)

"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)

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.

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:

1. Contact the professor responsible for the selected project as soon as possible.
2. 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.

We are Aixtreme Racing - the motorsport team of FH Aachen. We have been developing and building our own Formula Student racing car every year for more than 15 years.

At international competitions, we compete with almost 600 teams from all over the world. It's not just about technology, but also about team spirit, perseverance and the courage to break new ground.

What drives us: the close cooperation across many faculties, the freedom to develop and the common will to be at the forefront.

Aixtreme Racing is more than just a project - we are the largest and most prestigious student initiative at our university.

> Become part of the team > Contact us

A locomotive race - sounds crazy? In 2017, students from the degree programme Rail Vehicle Technology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics at FH Aachen were the first team from a non-British university to take part in the Mechanical Engineers' Railway Challenge in Leicestershire (UK). In this challenge, the competing teams have the task of building a locomotive, which must then pass certain tests. The tests are divided into the following 3 areas:

Track-based Challenge

• Noise (quiet locomotives win)
• Driving comfort
• Acceleration (uphill with a train weight of 1.2 tonnes)
• Energy recovery during braking
• Reliability (no scheduled departure is delayed)

Document-based Challenge:

• Design Award
• Business Case (including presentation)
• Innovation Challenge (scientific paper)

Students developed the Emma park railway, which they entered into the race for the first time in 2017 (see Emma in motion: Railway Challenge 2017).

The locomotive has since been further developed and a new competition concept has been created: FH2Rail. FH2Rail is a team of 23 students from FH Aachen who are currently working together on the third generation of park railway locomotives: After Emma and Molly, we are now working on Carla. Further information at: https://www.eurocircuits.com/student-projects/one-locomotive-many-minds-fh2rail-rethinks-the-system/

See also: https://railwaychallenge.eu/

Team Sonnenwagen Aachen

We don't build concept studies - we build real racing cars. With a top speed of over 120 km/h, fuelled solely by the power of the sun, we are bringing the future of mobility to the road. As a student motorsport team from FH Aachen and RWTH Aachen University, we develop and manufacture our solar racing cars entirely on our own. Here, theory meets rough tarmac: whether electrical engineering, aerodynamics, structure and chassis, software, racing strategy or marketing and sponsorship - students from a wide range of subject areas work hand in hand. The common goal? We compete at world-class level in the most extreme solar races on earth, such as the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 3,000 km across the Australian outback. Apply your knowledge under extreme real-world conditions and become part of a world-class team!

Powered by the sun. Built by students.

Learn more:

• Documentary: https://youtu.be/YtEBT2y6zAA
• Website: www.sonnenwagen.org