Research

Research at Ostfalia distinguishes itself through its
• Focus on real world applications
• Interdisciplinary Research approaches, with Focuses on 7 research fields at 5
research centers
• Societal relevance
• Open ended, independent, and responsible research execution
• Reliable partnerships
• Powerful regional connections
• Strong alignment towards international research fields.


At Ostfalia University of Applied Science’s Faculty of Automotive Engineering, there are
4 fields of research, described here


Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency
Research approaches focus on increasing the efficiency of technical systems in buildings
and industrial facilities, as well as in energy and fuel generation plants. Ostfalia is home
to the NiFaR (Niedersächsischen Lernfabrik für Ressourceneffizienz) which roughly
translates to: Learning Facility for Resource Optimisation of Lower Saxony, which
supports the use of industrial biomass and biotechnical processes.
Read more about NiFaR (External link to German site here)


Intelligent Systems for Energy and Mobility
Intelligent Systems to manage integrated system components in power grids (smart
grids), storage technologies, renewable energy grids, electric mobility, and car-to-x
communication systems.

Some of the many ongoing research projects relating to Intelligent Systems for Energy
and Mobility across Ostfalia’s faculties include:

Technology
- 5G Wireless
technology
- Augmented Reality
- Big Data
- Cloud Computing
- Data Governance
- Data Mining
- Energy management
systems
- IoT: Industrial Internet
of Things
- Artificial Intelligence
- M2M Machine to
Machine
communication
- User Machine
Interaction
- User Robot Interaction
- Robotics as a Service
- SDN Software Defined
Networking
- TSN Time Sensitive
Networking
- Virtual Reality
- Virtual Development

Society
- Digital Transformation
- Smart City
- Smart Country
- Redefining the
workplace


Economy
- Business Models
- Managed Services
- Sharing Economy

Applications
- Ambient Assisted
Living
- E-Health
- Robotics as a service
- Smart Forestry


Transfer Activities
- Entrepreneurship/Intra
preneurship
- Industrial Internet of
Things/Industry 4.0
Startups
- Know how transfer to
regional and
international
economies
- Cooperation with
research and
development
organisations


Digitalization and Industry 4.0
The Internet has become crucial to modernizing virtually all industries. Research at
Ostfalia’s faculty of Automotive Engineering focuses on discovering innovative, costefficient
methods for transitioning to modern, digital technologies. Ostfalia has partnered
with several interdisciplinary research projects and companies, to give students a chance
to participate in and learn about this industrial revolution.

Automotive Production, Plastics and Material Sciences
This research field is dedicated to the Future of Automotive Production. Important
aspects are sustainability and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions resulting from
production. Other topics include developing lighter material structures, increasing
implementation of natural plastic alternatives, recycling and Simulations using the Finite
Element Method.