Research priorities
Profile-defining for the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
The research focuses illustrated here contribute significantly to the national perception and thus to the profile definition of the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. They do not represent the entire research landscape of the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences whose research strength is based on the commitment of a number of scientists and scholars in many disciplines. But still. The above-mentioned areas give a deep insight into the research work at the university as an example. You'll come across three core elements over and over again: Interdisciplinarity in the research, a pronounced transfer of ideas - that impacts the research of the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, i.e. through by the high practical relevance to society and economy- and the promotion of young scientific talent.
Our four research areas are noted on the HRK research map.
It is a mammoth task to establish a sustainable energy supply by means of renewable energy sources. The need for research is correspondingly large. The diversity of the areas of expertise involved is also an expression of the complexity of the energy revolution. What basically feasible storage options for electrical energy exist? Are the existing information, control and consultation procedures suited to increasing the acceptance of the transfer network expansion when regional authorities are concerned?
How well do you use locally available energy? How can an intelligent interplay between electricity and heat energy producers as well as its consumers and storage look like? And how is privacy arranged in a smart grid? This is only a small part of the questions which researchers of the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences pursue.
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High-performance materials are used in many areas such as mechanical and plant engineering, the automotive industry, aerospace, but also in medical technology or electronics. Depending on the field of application they must have an especially high hardness, strength or toughness, optimal density and corrosion resistance. Researchers at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences here have expertise developed over the decades. The need of industry for innovations and well trained young professional talent is great – not least because there are many points of contact for the energy revolution in this field of research. To give an example: In the "OptiHeat" research focus, scientists from the fields of material design and material reliability, vehicle engineering and information technology all work together. Their aim: Optimizing deforming and heat treatment processes for high-performance materials.
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The major themes of health and healthcare are of high social relevance. At the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, these have been researched for decades in practice and effectively. The first professor for nursing and midwifery science in Germany was at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. An expression of the research strength, but also the often groundbreaking expertise at this location. Researchers are active in areas such as Business Administration and Information Technology in Healthcare, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Physiotherapy and also Musicians' Health. The Verbund Hebammenforschung [Midwife Research Association], the cooperative Forschungskolleg FamiLe (research on family health during the lifetime) or the "Deutsches Netzwerk für die Qualitätsentwicklung in der Pflege" [German Network for Quality Development in Nursing] (DNQP), are examples of how greatly the university is involved in this research field.
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Self-propelled field robots, field trials in Western Siberia against the background of climate change or the collaboration in the development of a low energy house: The scientists at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences research in many areas relating to the future of agriculture in the broadest sense. What technical options exist, but also, what notions of a powerful and, at the same time, responsible agriculture will be shaped in the future? The university is one of the leading research institutions in the field of agricultural technology. The "Competence Center of Applied Agricultural Engineering" (COALA) combines Agricultural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering in application-oriented research and transfer projects. Last but not least, the university is also a pioneer in this field of research paving the way for numerous start-up companies.
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