Collaborative Research Centres and Transregios at TU Darmstadt

The DFG funds ambitious interdisciplinary projects within the framework of Collaborative Research Centres. Photo: Katrin Binner

In the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB or CRC) programme, the German Research Foundation (DFG) promotes academically challenging, long-term interdisciplinary projects that contribute to building the profiles of the universities involved. A traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally run by the scientists and researchers at one university, while Transregios are applied for and implemented in contrast by multiple universities together.

You will find all of the Collaborative Research Centres and Transregios that are being coordinated by the scientists and researchers at TU Darmstadt or in which TU Darmstadt is participating, as well as the completed projects at TU Darmstadt or those with TU Darmstadt participation, in the list below.

Information about the application process and about the funding programme Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio can be found on the DFG website.

Collaborative Research Centres and Transregios

Number	Title	Coordinator
Collaborative Research Centres
1245	Nuclei: From Fundamental Interactions to Structure and Stars	Prof. Dr. Achim Schwenk Theory Center Department of Physics
1194	Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Stephan Technical Thermodynamics Department of Mechanical Engineering
1119	CROSSING – Cryptography-Based Security Solutions: Enabling Trust in New and Next Generation Computing Environment	Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchmann Working Group Theoretical Computer Science Department of Computer Science
1053	MAKI – Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Steinmetz Multimedia Communications Lab Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
805	Control of Uncertainties in Load-Carrying Structures in Mechanical Engineering	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Pelz Working Group Fluid Systems Department of Mechanical Engineering
666	Integral sheet metal design with higher order bifurcations – Development, Production, Evaluation	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Peter Groche Institute for Production Engineering and Forming Machines Department of Mechanical Engineering
Transregios
TRR 154	Mathematical Modelling, Simulation and Optimization using the Example of Gas Networks	Prof. Dr. Alexander Martin Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Representative for TU Darmstadt: Prof. Dr. Jens Lang Department of Mathematics
TRR 150	Turbulent chemisch reagierende Mehrphasenströmungen in Wandnähe	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Janicka Working Group Energy and Power Plant Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering Representative: Prof. Dr. Andreas Dreizler Department of Mechanical Engineering
TRR 146	Multiscale Simulation Methods for Soft Matter Systems	Prof. Dr. Friederike Schmid, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Representative for TU Darmstadt: Prof. Dr. Nico van der Vegt Department of Chemistry
TRR 129	Oxyflame – Development of methods and models to describe solid fuel reactions within an oxy-fuel atmosphere	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhold Kneer RWTH Aachen Representative for TU Darmstadt: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Janicka, Department of Mechanical Engineering
TRR 75	Droplet Dynamics Under Extreme Ambient Conditions	Prof. Dr. Bernhard Weigand University of Stuttgart Representative for TU Darmstadt: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Cameron Tropea Department of Mechanical Engineering

Completed Collaborative Research Centres and Transregios

Number	Title	Coordinator
Completed Collaborative Research Centres
634	Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Astrophysics and Fundamental Experiments at Low Momentum Transfer at the Superconducting Darmstadt Accelerator (S-DALINAC)	Prof. Dr. Norbert Pietralla, Institute for Nuclear Physics Department of Physics
595	Electric Fatigue in Functional Materials	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Rödel Research Group Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials Department of Materials and Earth Sciences
568	Flow and Combustion in Future Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Janicka Research Group Energy and Power Plant Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering
392	Design for Environment	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reiner Anderl Research Group Computer Integrated Design Department of Mechanical Engineering
298	Deformation and failure in metallic and granular structures	Prof. Kolumban Hutter Ph.D. Research Group Fluid Mechanics Department of Mechanical Engineering
241	Innovative Mechatronic Systems (IMES)	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Rolf Isermann Institute for Control Systems and Process Automation Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
199	Molecular Ecophysiology of Plants	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ernst Lüttge Institute for Botany Department of Biology