Current Collaborative Research Centers
In 2012, the German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a total of five Collaborative Research Centers and eight Transregio SFBs at RWTH Aachen University. The lists below provides an overview of these research centers.
Collaborative Research Centers and Transregio SFBs at RWTH Aachen University
| No. | Designation | Spokesperson |
|---|---|---|
| SFB 985 | Functional Microgels and Microgel Systems | Prof. Dr. Richtering |
| SFB 917 | Nanoswitches - Resistively Switching Chalcogenides for Future Electronics | Prof. Dr. Wuttig |
| SFB 761 | Steel Ab Initio: Designing Novel Ferric Materials Using Quantum Mechanics | Prof. Dr. Bleck |
| SFB 686 | Model-Based Control of Homogenized Low-Temperature Combustion | Prof. Dr. Abel |
| SFB 532 | Textile Reinforced Concrete (Transfer Phase) | Prof. Dr. Hegger |
| TRR 57 | Organ Fibrosis: From Mechanisms of Injury to Modulation of Disease | Prof. Dr. Trautwein |
| TRR 9 | Computational Particle Physics | Prof. Dr. Kraemer |
Collaborative Research Centers and Transregio SFBs with Participation from RWTH Researchers
| No. | Designation | Coordinating University | Spokesperson RWTH |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFB 1029 | TU Berlin | Prof. Dr. Pitsch | |
| SFB 806 | Our Way To Europe: Culture-Environment Interaction and Human Mobility in the Late Quaternary | Cologne | Prof. Dr. Lehmkuhl |
| TRR 96 | Thermo-Energetic Design of Machine Tools | Dresden | Prof. Dr. Brecher |
| TRR 87 | Pulsed High-Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructural Functional Layers | Bochum | Prof. Dr. Bobzin |
| TRR 40 | Technological Foundations for the Design of Thermally and Mechanically Highly Loaded Components for Future Space Transportation Systems | TU München | Prof. Dr. Schröder |
| TRR 37 | Micro- and Nanosystems in Medicine – Reconstruction of Biological Functions | Med. HS Hannover | Prof. Dr. Möller |
| TRR 32 | Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Systems: Monitoring, Modelling and Data Assimilation | Bonn | Prof. Dr. Clauser |
| TRR 4 | Process Chains for the Replication of Complex Optical Elements | Bremen | Prof. Dr. Klocke |