PhD Students' Seminary

Ph.D. Student Seminar 2026

• The SixteenthDoctoral Seminar took place April9–10, 2026, at Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions. For more information: Lea Breu, Christian Höß, Marius Engler, Ana Lena Woeste

Ph.D. Student Seminar 2025

• The Fifteenth Doctoral Seminar took place on October 16–17, 2025, at OTH Regensburg. For more information: Lukas Esper
• The FourteenthPh.D. Student Seminar took place from April 3–4, 2025, at TU Ilmenau. For more information: Nurul Amanina Binti Omar, Mathias Fritz

Ph.D. Student Seminar 2024

• The ThirteenthDoctoral Seminar is expected to take place in late October/early November 2024 at TU Ilmenau. For more information: Nurul Amanina Binti Omar, Mathias Fritz
• The twelfth doctoral seminar took place on April 11–12, 2024, at SCHOTT AG in Landshut. For more information: Lukas Grohmann, Nurul Amanina Binti Omar

Ph.D. Student Seminar 2023

• The eleventh doctoral seminartook place on October 19–20, 2023, at the Technical University of Ilmenau. For more information: Mathias Fritz,Nurul Amanina Binti Omar
• The tenth Ph.D. Student Seminar took place on March 30–31, 2023, at SurTecin Zwingenberg. For more information: Birgit Möbius, René Böttcher

Ph.D. Student Seminar 2022

• The ninth doctoral seminar took place on October 27–28, 2022, at the Technical University of Ilmenau. For more information: Martin Leimbach, René Böttcher
   
• The eighth doctoral seminar took place May 19–20, 2022, at Atotech in Berlin as a hybrid event. For more information: René Böttcher, Martin Leimbach.   

Ph.D. Student Seminar 2021

• The seventh doctoral seminar took place on April 16, 2021, at the Technical University of Ilmenau as an online event (WebEx).
  Due to current developments related to the coronavirus and the safety measures implemented as a result, the 7th Ph.D. Student Seminar was held online. For more information: Martin Leimbach, René Böttcher

2020 Doctoral Student Seminar

• The sixth doctoral seminar took place on October 30, 2020, at the Technical University of Ilmenau as a hybrid event (Technical University of Ilmenau + WebEx). Further information: René Böttcher, Martin Leimbach

Ph.D. Student Seminar 2019

• The fifth Ph.D. Student Seminar took place from August 15 to August 17, 2019, at Collini AG in Dübendorf, Switzerland. For more information: Christoph Baumer, Iris Kovácsovics, René Böttcher (more information in German or English)
• The fourth Ph.D. seminar took place from March 14 to 16 in Ilmenau (external link).

Ph.D. Student Seminar 2018

• The third doctoral seminar took place from October 25 to 28, 2018, in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL). The contact persons were Lisa Büker and Lars Lösing. (ZVOreport 2019/1, p. 44)
• The second doctoral seminar took place at the FEM in Schwäbisch Gmünd (external link).

2017 Doctoral Seminar

• The first doctoral seminar took place at the Seminarhotel am Stausee Heyda in Ilmenau. Fourteen doctoral students participated, half of whom are conducting their doctoral research in industry.