Steinbeis Transfer Center Smart Products and Advanced Materials

Services

  • Textile testing
  • Material testing and development in the fields of fiber-based materials and fiber composites
  • Synthesis of special stimulus-responsive materials
  • Damage analysis
  • Surface functionalization and analysis
  • Consulting on technical fabrics, advanced materials, and corrosion protection

Key Areas

  • Smart/intelligent surfaces and solid bodies
  • Fiber-based materials, fiber-based systems, and hybrid materials
  • Surface functionalization and analysis
  • Corrosion protection, especially for particularly useful metals
  • Technical textiles and advanced materials

Project Examples

  • RespothermTex – development and manufacturing of smart fabrics with controlled moisture and thermal transportation. A three-year project sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research finishing at the end of 2018 with the aim of attaching new kinds of thermo-responsive polymers to suitable textile substrates (e.g., weaves). The hygrothermal properties of thermo-responsive polymers should help optimize thermophysiological comfort.
  • Welcome to Science: A teaching concept at Albstadt-Sigmaringen University titled “Activation in Early Phase of Studies” conducted after October 2012 to look into six technically oriented bachelor degrees. The three-year project was sponsored by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry for Science, Research and The Arts. The aim of the project was to introduce students to scientific methods and boost their motivation to study. The project entailed looking at three key aspects of the new combined teaching concept: teamwork, agile ways to organize degrees, and supervised self-learning.
  • Corrosion protection of silver-plated surfaces: Corrosion inflicts major damage on the economy. Accidents caused by rusty metal, malfunctioning electronic parts, or visual impairments to buildings or works of art are not just the matter of legal disputes. Silver corrosion is also an internationally known phenomenon. Development and research into a new kind of molecular technology was sponsored through a bilateral exchange program offered through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Erasmus+ Training Mobility Charter. Work is still being carried out on optimizing solutions.
  • Smart Textiles. This degree in material and process engineering at Albstadt-Sigmaringen University revolves around two key areas relating to the development, characterization, and identification of materials and processes: Technical Textiles and Advanced Materials. Access is provided to the very latest manufacturing processes (e.g., additive manufacturing), surface functionalization (e.g., plasma technology), and characterization (e.g., molecular spectroscopy and scanning probe microscopy. One innovative research project for the last six years has involved combining IT with fiber-based materials to create smart fabrics.
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Contact

Poststraße 6, D-72458 Albstadt
Phone: +49 163 8977097
E-mail: SU2115@stw.de
Management: Prof. Dr. Jörn Lübben
(Stand: 03/29/2024)

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