| Title | Type | Semester | Details | Contact person |
| Casting Technology 1 (GTK1) | Lecture and exercise | winter / summer term | GTK1 on StudOn | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Müller Marco Pohl (M. Sc.) |
| Material Characterization in Primary Shaping and Joining Technology (WUF) | Lecture with exercise | winter / summer term | WUF on StudOn | Fabian Teichmann (M. Sc.) |
| Datenverarbeitung und Analyse im Kontext von Fertigungsverfahren und Materialwissenschaften (DMM deutsch) | Lecture with exercise (Online via vhb) | winter / summer term | DMM German (Demo) on StudOn | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Müller |
| Data Acquisition, Processing and Analysis in Manufacturing Engineering and Material Science (DMM English) | Lecture with exercise (Online via vhb) | winter / summer term | DMM English (Demo) on StudOn | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Müller |
| Fundamentals of fluid modelling with OpenFOAM (FMOF) | Seminar | winter / summer term | FMOF on StudOn | Mehran Shahzadeh (M. Sc.) |
| Fundamentals of PYTHON- and MATLAB-based data acquisition and optimization (DACOP) | Seminar | winter / summer term | DACOP on StudOn | Edgard Moreira Minete (M. Sc.) |
| Practical course in Production Technology 1 (FTP1) | Practical Course | winter / summer term | FTP1 organized by LFT | Marco Pohl (M. Sc.) Serouj Djabraian (M.Sc.) Patrick Lipfert (M.Eng.) |
The lecture GTK1 serves as the foundational course, covering the physical, materials science, and design fundamentals of casting.
Students who wish to deepen their understanding of material characterization discussed in GTK1 can attend the WUF lecture. This course focuses on microstructural changes resulting from processes like casting, welding, and additive manufacturing. Numerous case studies facilitate the transfer of knowledge to research and industrial applications.
The VHB lecture DMM (a purely online course offered by the Virtual University of Bavaria) provides fundamental concepts of statistics, probability distributions, and optimization methods, which are practically applied using engineering datasets. Advanced techniques such as cluster and principal component analysis, as well as methods for evaluating measurement results (e.g., ANOVA, digital image correlation), complement the course content. The course explicitly bridges manufacturing processes, the data they generate, and the measurement and testing technologies used, fostering a holistic understanding of the technical processes and their analysis and interpretation.
The seminars (FMOF, DACOP) offer practical knowledge in using powerful open-source software for fluid simulation (OpenFOAM) as well as relevant programming languages and software tools for data collection, analysis, and optimization. These seminars are independent of the lectures and initially do not address foundry-specific issues within the introductory framework. Thus, they also offer a practical entry point into the programs and methods employed throughout your studies.
In the manufacturing technology practical course (FTP1), you actively participate in the production of aluminum cast components and perform destructive testing to characterize the parts. You will learn about the impact of various manufacturing parameters, alloys, and component geometries on the performance of cast components, while simultaneously gaining practical experience with advanced testing technologies.