Fiducia/AOK Marathon in Karlsruhe
On September 20, 2015, the Fiducia/AOK Marathon took place in Karlsruhe. The team was to be made up of employees from the Mobile Machinery department at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and KIT students. During the race, the team was to wear T-shirts representing the Mobile Machinery department.
The aim was to promote communication between students and employees (team building) and to encourage potential young talent to take an interest in mobile machinery.
The race takes place every year throughout Karlsruhe. KIT students are represented both as participants and spectators.
Furthermore, the Fiducia/AOK Marathon is known for the fact that companies from the Karlsruhe area (as far as Pforzheim, approx. 30 km) take part in the marathon. This was an opportunity to make the Mobile Machinery Division known to potential project partners.
The team representing the field of mobile machinery was represented by the following persons:
- Isabelle Ays
- Danilo Engelmann
- Hagen Neurath (former student of the Mobile Machinery Department)
Mobile Machines 2015
The 4th symposium "Mobile Machines - Safety and Driver Assistance for Mobile Machinery" took place in Karlsruhe from May 5 to 6, 2015. This conference is jointly organized by Hanser-Verlag and the Chair of Mobile Machinery at KIT.
Over 100 participants attended the presentations on trends in the increasing automation of agricultural, construction and municipal vehicles as well as industrial trucks. The conference concluded with a tour of the Herrenknecht company, which demonstrated tunnel boring technology and the construction of the machines. The conference was accompanied by a trade exhibition presenting practical solutions.
Under the following link you will find furthernformation on the website of Hanser-Verlag.
10 years of research for mobile machinery
On March 20, 2015, the Chair of Mobile Machinery (Mobima) at KIT and the MOBIMA e.V. support association celebrated the 10th anniversary of the endowed chair with a festive colloquium. Around 70 people took part in the event.
On April 1, 2005, the endowed chair initially began its work in rooms at the Fasanengarten of the former University of Karlsruhe (TH), which has now merged with the Karlsruhe Research Center to form the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Rapid growth was possible with the support of the founders, so that after 10 years the chair with more than 10 employees has now become a recognized research center in the field of drive and control technology.
Today, Mobima uses extensive research facilities together with other colleagues from the Institute of Automotive Systems Technology (FAST) on Campus East. Research work can be carried out in the field of systems technology as well as investigations of entire vehicles. Last but not least, the acoustic all-wheel roller test bench at Mobima provides a globally unique research infrastructure for the machines.
Under the following link you will find a detailed report on the colloquium, which was published in the trade journal Mobile Maschinen.
by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Geimer
