Advances in Automotive Production Technology – Theory and Application

Dr. Philipp Weißgraeber is a research coordinator at the research campus ARENA2036 and lecturer at University of Stuttgart. He has conducted research on mechanics of high-performance materials at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, where he received his doctorate in 2014, and at Bosch Corporate Research.Dr. Frieder Heieck is a research coordinator at the research campus ARENA2036. He worked as a researcher at the Institute of Aircraft Design, University of Stuttgart, in the field of composite materials and lightweight design. Here, from 2017 to 2018, he built up and headed the research group “Additive Manufacturing”. In 2019, he received his doctorate from the University of Stuttgart.Dr. Clemens Ackermann is a research coordinator at and responsible for the internationalization of the research campus ARENA2036. He received his doctorate from Northwestern University in 2017, taught at the University of Oregon,Northwestern University, the University of Tübingen, the University of Stuttgart, and the University of Applied Sciences in Reutlingen. Before joining ARENA2036, he worked as program coordinator at the University of Tübingen.

• PART A: New Approaches for Efficient Production and Assembly Planning.- PART B: Smart Production Systems and Data Services.- PART C: Advances in Manufacturing Processes and Materials.- PART D: New Concepts for Autonomous, Collaborative Intralogistics.