26. February '24
Four men gather around a table, attentively examining a piece of technology. One speaks while others listen closely. A Samsung monitor and technical equipment are visible. A sign with German text on the wall hints at their location in Hochschule Coburg, fostering innovation and collaboration.
Four men gather around a table, attentively examining a piece of technology. One speaks while others listen closely. A Samsung monitor and technical equipment are visible. A sign with German text on the wall hints at their location in Hochschule Coburg, fostering innovation and collaboration.
A group of five men are seated around a conference table with computers in front of them at Hochschule Coburg. One man gestures as they discuss something. Large windows in the background reveal trees outside. The atmosphere appears professional and focused.
A group of five men are seated around a conference table with computers in front of them at Hochschule Coburg. One man gestures as they discuss something. Large windows in the background reveal trees outside. The atmosphere appears professional and focused.
A group of 16 people, composed of men and women in business attire, stands indoors against a plain wall at Hochschule Coburg. The individuals appear to be attending a formal event or meeting. The setting boasts modern architecture with sleek white and gray tones.
A group of 16 people, composed of men and women in business attire, stands indoors against a plain wall at Hochschule Coburg. The individuals appear to be attending a formal event or meeting. The setting boasts modern architecture with sleek white and gray tones.
Electrical engineering and computer science as well as automotive engineering and mechanical engineering: 30 thematic similarities were identified at joint workshops held by Coburg University of Applied Sciences and automotive supplier Brose. The task now is to find cooperation formats to support the regional automotive industry with scientific impetus.
Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Brose want to expand their long-standing and already very close collaboration even further.
And how?
Through matchmaking!
The term comes from the English language and describes the process of networking the right people, for example business and cooperation partners.
That’s why three workshops were held at the Friedrich Streib Campus at the beginning of February.
The aim was to bring together experts from the company and researchers who are working on the same topics.
This was successful in 30 cases.
These are the next steps
The first workshop was about automotive, while the second workshop focused on production, Industry 4.0 and AI.
Finally, the participants exchanged ideas on the key areas of electrical engineering, information technology and computer science.
The topics were first presented at the workshops and then discussed jointly by the professors from the university and the experts from Brose.
The two deans, Prof. Dr. Alexander Rost from the Faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering and Prof. Dr. Jochen Merhof from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, acted as matchmakers: they moderated the workshops and helped to find the right match.
The experts from Brose and the university, between whom there is a match, will explore the joint topics in greater depth and identify suitable cooperation formats.
After the discussion in the Senate Hall, the participants were given a tour of the IT and Media Center and some of the university’s laboratories, including the laboratory for computer measurement technology and the laboratory for microcomputers, on the third day of the workshop.
Some of the workshop participants had studied at the university themselves in the past, reminisced about good times during the tour and discovered a lot of new things.
Many common topics and points of contact
Johannes Schulz, Head of Advanced Engineering at Brose, organized the three workshops together with Verena Blume from the Transfer & Entrepreneurship department and is very satisfied with the results “I am impressed by the large number of new topics and points of contact that we have worked out together,” he said.
Now the aim is to go beyond networking and delve even deeper into the subject matter in order to develop a long-term collaboration.
Verena Blume, who supported the initiation of collaborations between external parties and our university and organized the workshop, also drew a positive balance: “Despite the already very good and long-standing joint contacts, we were able to identify further topics during the workshops that we can now tackle together. It’s a perfect match!”
