Approved Seed Fund Projects 2020
Seed Fund – RWTH Start Up
StUpPD365-20 – Magnetic colloids for reconfigurable ferromagnetic materials
Applicant
Dr. Andrea Scotti
Institute of Physical-Chemistry (IPC)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Walter Richtering
Institute of Physical-Chemistry (IPC)
StUpPD383-20 – Lens Theory in Assessment Centers
Applicant
Dr. Anna M. Claus
Institute of Psychology (IfP)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Bettina S. Wiese
Institute of Psychology (IfP)
StUpPD363-20 – ProtoBiome; In-depth functional analysis of the proteolytic enzymes within the mammalian gut
Applicant
PhD Thomas Hitch
Institute of Medical Microbiology (MIK)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Mathias Hornef
Institute of Medical Microbiology (MIK)
StUpPD371-20 – Evaluation of Chemical Toxicity on Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells by Online Monitoring of the Respiration Activity
Applicant
Dr. Nina Ihling
Chair of Biochemical Engineering (AVT.BioVT)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Jochen Büchs
Chair of Biochemical Engineering (AVT.BioVT)
StUpPD361-20 – Systematische Entwicklung konsistenzsichernder Digitaler Zwillinge
Applicant
Dr. Andreas Wortmann
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 3 (Software Engineering) (SE)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Bernhard Rumpe
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 3 (Software Engineering) (SE)
StUpPD370-20 – SEALASTINS: Surgical elastin-like sealants
Applicant
Dr. Alicia Fernández Colino
Biohybrid & Medical Textiles (BioTex)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Stefan Jockenhoevel
Biohybrid & Medical Textiles (BioTex)
StUpPD373-20 – Development of Pavement Surface Materials with Sensing-Capabilities for Application in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Applicant
Dr. Pengfei Liu
Institute of Highway Engineering (ISAC)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Markus Oeser
Institute of Highway Engineering (ISAC)
StUpPD377-20 – LiTronic - Lithium-Ion Cells with integrated Electronic
Applicant
Dr. Monika Rentemeister
Chair of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems (ISEA - ESS)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Dirk Uwe Sauer
Chair of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems (ISEA - ESS)
StUpPD380-20 – Identification and characterization of components of the mTORC signaling pathway in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes
Applicant
Sandra Bennink
Institute of Zoology (Biology II)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Gabriele Pradel
Institute of Zoology (Biology II)
StUpPD384-20 – Explaining deep neural network based text classifiers
Applicant
Dr. Sandipan Sikdar
Lehrstuhl für Methodik und Theorie computerbasierter Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (CSSH)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Markus Strohmaier
Lehrstuhl für Methodik und Theorie computerbasierter Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (CSSH)
StUpPD385-20 – Towards thermal conductance measurements as a probe for topological states in two-dimensional quantum systems
Applicant
Dr. Christian Volk
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Festkörperphysik) und II. Physikalisches Institut (INST2A)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Christoph Stampfer
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Festkörperphysik) und II. Physikalisches Institut (INST2A)
StUpPD372-20 – The Impact of Predictability on Language Switching
Applicant
PhD Tanja Römbke
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Psychologie (IFP)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professorin Iring Koch
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Psychologie (IFP)
StUpPD362-20 – Assigning sense to the long antisense RNAs of the barley powdery mildew pathogen
Applicant
Dr. Stefan Kusch
Institute for Biology I, Unit of Molecular Plant Cell Biology (lncRNA-TE)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Ralph Panstruga
Institute for Biology I, Unit of Molecular Plant Cell Biology (lncRNA-TE)
StUpJP052-20 – Geschaltete Kaskadenreaktionen mittels Carbentransferreaktionen
Seed Fund – Open Seed Fund 2020
OPSF549 – Estimating accessibility in social networks under uncertainty
Applicant
Prof. Markus Strohmaier
Computational Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
Juniorprof. Michael Schaub
Dept. of Computer Science
OPSF550 – Universal behavior under flow of soft biological and synthetic colloids
Applicants
Dr. Andrea Scotti
Institute of Physical-Chemistry (IPC)
Dr. Carlos G. Lopez
Institute of Physical-Chemistry (IPC)
Prof. M. Pavlik Lettinga
Institute of Complex Systems - Weiche Materie (ICS-3) (ICS-3)
OPSF551 – Investigating the consequences of nuclear deformation during neuronal migration for epigenetic and transcriptional remodeling using microfluidics
Applicants
Prof. Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
Institute for Biology II (FET)
Dr. John Linkhorst
Aachener Verfahrenstechnik (AVT.CVT)
Prof. Ivan Costa
Institute for Computational Genomics
OPSF553 – Neural processing of auditory looming in virtual acoustic environments
Applicants
Prof. Ute Habel
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Dr. Lisa Wagels
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Dr. Han-Gue Jo
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Prof. Michael Vorländer
Institut für Technische Akustik
Lukas Aspöck
Institut für Technische Akustik
OPSF554 – Prozessentwicklung zur Herstellung von Fasermatten aus szintillierenden lichtleitenden Fasern für einen hochpräzisen Spurdetektor (SciFi Tracker)
Applicants
Prof. Thomas Gries
Lehrstuhl für Textilmaschinenbau und Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA)
Prof. Stefan Schael
I. Physikalisches Institut B (I.PI)
OPSF555 – Entwicklung künstlicher Tumormodelle zur quantitativen Analyse des Pharmaka-Targetings mittels magnetischer Nanopartikel
Applicants
Dr. Arnold Gillner
Chair of Laser Technology / Fraunhofer ILT ()
Dr. Ioana Slabu
Applied Medical Engineering (AME)
OPSF557 – Development and Testing of a High Temperature Superconducting Magnet for Space Applications
Applicants
Prof. Kai-Uwe Schröder
Institut für Strukturmechanik und Leichtbau
Prof. Stefan Schael
I. Physikalisches Institut B (I.PI)
OPSF560 – Entwicklung von Methoden zur Lebenszyklusanalyse leistungselektronischer Komponenten
Applicants
Juniorprof. Aaron Praktiknjo
Energieressourcen- und Innovationsökonomik (JERI)
Prof. Rik De Doncker
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Stromrichtertechnik und Elektrische Antriebe
OPSF563 – Two photon imaging strategies for investigation of cortical connectivity and plasticity in human cortical networks
Applicants
Prof. Yvonne Weber
Department of Epileptology, Neurology (NE)
Prof. Björn Kampa
Molecular and Systemic Neurophysiology
Juniorprof. Moritz Helias
Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine 6 (INM-6)
OPSF570 – The Automatic Retrieval Account (ARA): Making Learning Better by Testing
Applicants
PhD Tanja Roembke
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Psychologie (IFP)
Prof. Iring Koch
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Psychologie (IFP)
PD Dr. Malte Persike
Centre for Learning and Teaching Services (CLS)
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heribert Nacken
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Ingenieurhydrologie
OPSF573 – Organic Liquid Time Projection Chamber
Applicants
Prof. Stefan Roth
III. Physikalisches Institut B (Physik 3B)
Dr. David Schug
Helmholtz-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Bildgebung (PMI)
Juniorprof. Malte Göttsche
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik III B (Physik 3B)
OPSF580 – Casein microparticles for sustained drug delivery in regenerative materials
Applicants
Prof. Ronald Gebhardt
Soft Matter Process Engineering (AVT.SMP)
PhD Yang Shi
Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging (ExMI)
Prof. Laura De Laporte
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Polymere Biomaterialien (BioMat)
OPSF581 – G-quadruplex enabled Two-dimensional Neuromorphic Bioelectronics
Applicants
Dr. Vivek Pachauri
Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1 (IWE1)
PhD Sophia Eiden
Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)
Prof. Elmar Weinhold
Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)
OPSF585 – "Pathomics" - Novel Approach to Unbiased Automated Quantitative Analysis in Digital Pathology
Applicants
Prof. Dorit Merhof
Lehrstuhl für Bildverarbeitung
Dr. Barbara Klinkhammer
Institute of Pathology (PAT)
OPSF587 – CEASELESS: Chunk Learning and the Development of Speaking and Listening Fluency: Integrating Experimental and Computational Approaches
Applicants
PD Dr. Elma Kerz
Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Romanistik (ifaar)
Dr. rer. nat. Ralf Schlüter
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 6
OPSF589 – Rainwater Living Lab Aachen - Wasser in der Stadt gemeinsam denken
Applicants
Prof. Holger Schüttrumpf
Department and Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management
Dr. Jacqueline Lemm
Institut für Soziologie (STO)
Prof. Tobias Kuhnimhof
Institute of Urban and Transport Planning (ISB)
Prof. Michael Leuchner
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Physische Geographie und Klimatologie (PGK)
PD Dr. Thomas Wintgens
Lehrstuhl für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Wassergütewirtschaft und Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft (ISA)
OPSF593 – Predicting Elementary Plastic Events in a Zachariasen glass
Applicants
Dr. Franz Bamer
Institute of General Mechanics (IAM)
Prof. Benjamin Stamm
Center for Computational Engineering Science (CCES)
OPSF596 – Additive Fertigung und Optimierung einer Mikrodurchflusszelle zur elektrochemi-schen Korrosionsprüfung
Applicants
Prof. Daniela Zander
Lehrstuhl für Korrosion und Korrosionsschutz / Gießerei Institut
Prof. Matthias Wessling
Chair of Chemical Process Engineering
OPSF597 – Personalized absorbable metallic implants to minimize physical disability
Applicants
Maximilian Voshage
Digital Additive Production (DAP)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum
Digital Additive Production (DAP)
Prof. Kai-Uwe Schröder
Institut für Strukturmechanik und Leichtbau
Prof. Thomas Pufe
Lehrstuhl Anatomie & Zellbiologie
Dr. Holger Jahr
Lehrstuhl Anatomie & Zellbiologie
PD Dr. Mahtab Nourbakhsh
Lehrstuhl für Geriatrie und Altersmedizin
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Cornelius Bollheimer
Lehrstuhl für Geriatrie und Altersmedizin
OPSF598 – Signers Mask
Applicants
Dr. Klaudia Grote
Kompetenzzentrum für Gebärdensprache und Gestik (SignGes)
Isaac Lim
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 8 (Computergraphik und Multimedia) (I8)