From the the area of expertise of Institute VPE

• Product Lifecycle Management as a tool for implementation and application of a sustainable economy systems in companies

• Sustainability in the context of virtual product engineering
• Process analysis for revealing of efficiency potentials in the area of energy and resources in the phase of system development
• Prospective Life Cycle Assessment within a Product Lifecycle Management approach

• Concept and validation of computer aided approach for optimization of the processes of a sustainable product development
• Energy efficiency in the life cycle of current and future vehicle concepts
• Resource efficiency in the life cycle of current and future vehicle concepts
• Developing CAD Approach for Ecologic Excavators through the construction features
• Analisys and concept of chosen components in a mobile working machine in regard to possible weight reductions
• LCA Study: Comparison of the energy consumption of commercial vehicles with conventional and alternative drive over the lifecycle
• Investigation of the lifetime of planar fuel cell systems in open air operation
• The product development at the focus of energy and resource efficiency
• The product development process at the focus of energy and resource efficiency Characterization and optimization through a IT supported approach

Professor Dr.-Ing. Martin Eigner
Building 44, Room 314
Gottlieb-Daimler Straße
67663 Kaiserslautern

Tel.: +49 (0)631 / 205 3871
Fax.: +49 (0)631 / 205 3872

Email: eigner[at]mv.uni-kl.de
www: http://vpe.mv.uni-kl.de

Dipl.-Kfm. techn. Patrick Schäfer
Building 44, Room 324
Gottlieb-Daimler Straße
67663 Kaiserslautern

Tel.: +49 (0)631 / 205 4823
Fax.: +49 (0)631 / 205 3872

Email: schaefer[at]mv.uni-kl.de
www: http://vpe.mv.uni-kl.de