Systems Engineering, Development Methology, Virtual Product Development
- description, analysis and optimisation of need-based development processes and procedural models for the holistic and stakeholder-focused development of complex products (from need and requirement definition to verification and validation)
- development and application of goal-oriented development methods as well as purposeful modelling of technical products (from sketches, over semi-formal models such as principle solutions or system models using SysML (MBSE) up to CAx and simulation models)
- development of approaches for continuous virtual product development, tracking of decisions as well as consistency of information in product development
- use of audio-visual Virtual Reality technologies for immersive, interactive and multi-modal analysis of product properties (https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/forschung/forschungsaktivitaeten/institute-und-technologische-zentren/i3tc-ilmenau-interactive-immersive-technologies-center/)
Robust design, fault-tolerant design and adjustment of precision engineering products
- systematic analysis, evaluation and elimination of errors on technical products, conception of robust solutions, tolerance representation and analysis
Design for X, development/design guidelines
- systematic conception and design of products for different objectives and required properties (e.g. function, reliability, accuracy, safety, manufacturing and assembly effort, etc.)
- application of innovative technologies and materials in product development as well as finding new fields of application for existing technologies
Cost estimation in product development
- cost forecasting/estimation and cost reduction in the development process
Information systems/repositories for product development
- design and development of solutions for digital information systems, such as digital libraries, digital museums or digital archives (https://www.dmg-lib.org)
