Topic

Is glass a strong material? Who would sit in a car made of glass? Is it even possible to build strong components with glass? Why is a ship made of steel and an airplane made of aluminum? And is a carbon black piece of fabric the solution to saving energy?

We want to take you into the future! Together we will look at materials that will be built into our cars in the future. Come along and test the possibilities of different materials! Together we will then test and design the components on the computer and you can try them out in reality. And finally, you can design your own component - just like a real engineer!

The workshop is divided into four units: First, we look at what engineers actually do - because there's a lot more to it than meets the eye! Then we have two exercises in which we look at what is important when designing a lightweight component and finally we look at which materials can help us to make these components even lighter.

Next dates and registration

Dates for small groups by arrangement.

If you have any questions, please contact our organization team at leichtbau-workshop∂fast.kit.edu.