@thesis{Schlereth2024, author = {Schlereth, Dunja Veronika}, title = {Die Transformation interner Kreationsprozesse bei der Ideenfindung in Marketing- und Kreativagenturen durch die Verschmelzung von k{\"u}nstlicher und menschlicher Kreativit{\"a}t}, subtitle = {eine Analyse von Best-Practice-Modellen}, publisher = {Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt}, address = {Ingolstadt}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-55632}, pages = {60, XI}, school = {Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Angesichts der dynamischen Fortschritte in der KI-Technologie und den damit einhergehenden neuen M{\"o}glichkeiten in der Kreativwirtschaft, strebt diese Arbeit danach, zu erforschen, wie der Ideenfindungsprozess von Marketingagenturen zwischen KI und menschlicher Kreativit{\"a}t mit Hinblick auf die spezifischen Kreativit{\"a}tsanforderungen verschiedener Teilprozesse gestaltet werden kann. Die methodologische Herangehensweise kombiniert theoretische Forschung, die sich insbesondere auf die Analyse etablierter Modelle fokussiert, mit qualitativen Experteninterviews. Dabei wurde ein Schwerpunkt auf die Analyse von Best- Practice-Modellen gelegt, um bestehende Praktiken und das Potenzial der KI- Integration zu untersuchen. Im Rahmen dieser Studie wurden verschiedene Phasen des Ideenfindungsprozesses und die spezifischen Kreativit{\"a}tsanforderungen an diese Phasen identifiziert, sowie die effektive Integration von KI in diese Prozesse evaluiert. Die zentralen Erkenntnisse zeigen, dass KI insbesondere in den fr{\"u}hen Stadien des Ideenfindungsprozesses effektiv zur Generierung erg{\"a}nzender Impulse und zur Unterst{\"u}tzung menschlicher Kreativit{\"a}t eingesetzt werden kann. Ihre F{\"a}higkeiten in fortgeschrittenen Kreativit{\"a}tsstufen, vor allem in den Bereichen der assoziativen, transformationellen Kreativit{\"a}t, sind jedoch begrenzt. Es wurde deutlich, dass die tiefgreifende kognitive Verarbeitung und emotionale Bewertung, die in den sp{\"a}teren Phasen der Kreation erforderlich sind, sowie eine sorgf{\"a}ltige Abstimmung und menschliche {\"U}berwachung w{\"a}hrend des gesamten Prozesses entscheidend von menschlichen F{\"a}higkeiten abh{\"a}ngen. Die Arbeit entwickelt ein Rahmenwerk, das darlegt, wie KI systematisch in den kreativen Prozess integriert werden kann, um sowohl die Effizienz als auch die kreative Qualit{\"a}t zu verbessern, ohne dabei die wesentliche Rolle menschlicher Intuition und emotionaler Intelligenz zu schm{\"a}lern.}, language = {de} } @article{VolpatodeSouzaPintoPereiraNeumeieretal.2025, author = {Volpato, Guilherme and de Souza Pinto Pereira, Adriano and Neumeier, Steffen and Hotza, Dachamir and G{\"o}ken, Mathias and Tetzlaff, Ulrich and Fredel, M{\´a}rcio Celso}, title = {Influence of a Standard Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Properties of Inconel X-750 Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion}, volume = {27}, pages = {2500306}, journal = {Advanced Engineering Materials}, number = {24}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Weinheim}, issn = {1527-2648}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202500306}, year = {2025}, abstract = {The production of nickel-base superalloys through powder bed fusion using a laser beam (PBF-LB) offers a promising method for reducing the cost of aeronautical components, especially those with complex geometries. However, when these materials are processed using PBF-LB, the standard heat treatments developed for conventional manufacturing routes do not consistently yield predictable microstructures or mechanical properties. Thus, this study analyzes how PBF-LB affects the microstructure and mechanical behavior of Inconel alloy X-750 when compared to a hot-rolled counterpart after undergoing a standard precipitation-hardening heat treatment (solution annealing, stabilization, and precipitation). Microstructure is examined using analytical electron microscopy and high-energy X-ray diffraction, while mechanical behavior is assessed through microhardness. Significant differences between both manufacturing routes are detected, so that PBF-LB processing led to an increase in grain size, anisotropy, fraction of low-angle grain boundaries, mean angle of misorientation, and dislocation density. Moreover, PBF-LB promoted the formation of γ′-Ni3(Al,Ti) and η-Ni3Ti phases during solution annealing and stabilization, respectively. Notably, the formation of γ′ contributes to an anomalous microhardness increase observed between these steps. These findings suggest that PBF-LB may inhibit recrystallization and facilitate precipitation during heat treatment, thereby affecting the performance of components produced using this technology.}, language = {en} } @article{RosbachAmmelingGanzetal.2026, author = {Rosbach, Emely and Ammeling, Jonas and Ganz, Jonathan and Bertram, Christof and Conrad, Thomas and Riener, Andreas and Aubreville, Marc}, title = {Stuck on Suggestions: Automation Bias, the Anchoring Effect, and the Factors That Shape Them in Computational Pathology}, volume = {3}, pages = {2026:007}, journal = {Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging}, number = {MELBA-BVM 2025 Special Issue}, publisher = {Melba editors}, address = {[s. l.]}, issn = {2766-905X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.59275/j.melba.2026-87b1}, pages = {126 -- 147}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven clinical decision support systems (CDSS) hold promise to improve diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in computational pathology. However, collaboration between human experts and AI may give rise to cognitive biases, such as automation and anchoring bias, wherein users may be inclined to blindly adopt system recommendations or be disproportionately influenced by the presence of AI predictions, even when they are inaccurate. These biases may be exacerbated under time pressure, pervasive in routine pathology diagnostics, or shaped by individual user characteristics. To investigate these effects, we conducted a web-based experiment in which trained pathology experts (n = 28) estimated tumor cell percentages twice: once independently and once with the aid of an AI. A subset of the estimates in each condition was performed under time constraints. Our findings indicate that AI integration generally enhances diagnostic performance. However, it also introduced a 7\% automation bias rate, quantified as the number of accepted negative consultations, where a previously correct independent assessment gets overturned by inaccurate AI guidance. While time pressure did not increase the frequency of automation bias occurrence, it appeared to intensify its severity, as evidenced by a performance decline linked to increased automation reliance under cognitive load. A linear mixed-effects model (LMM) analysis, simulating weighted averaging, revealed a statistically significant positive coefficient for AI advice, indicating a moderate degree of anchoring on system output. This effect was further intensified under time pressure, suggesting that anchoring bias may become more pronounced when cognitive resources are limited. A secondary LMM evaluation assessing automation reliance, used as a proxy for both automation and anchoring bias, demonstrated that professional experience and self-efficacy were associated with reduced dependence on system support, whereas higher confidence during AI-assisted decision-making was linked to increased automation reliance. Together, these findings underscore the dual nature of AI integration in clinical workflows, offering performance benefits while also introducing risks of cognitive bias-driven diagnostic errors. As an initial investigation focused on a single medical specialty and diagnostic task, this study aims to lay the groundwork for future research to explore these phenomena across diverse clinical contexts, ultimately supporting the establishment of appropriate reliance on automated systems and the safe, effective integration of human-AI collaboration in medical decision-making.}, language = {en} } @article{RappsilberKruegerRaspeetal.2026, author = {Rappsilber, Tim and Kr{\"u}ger, Simone and Raspe, Tina and Reclo, Rudolf and Schweiger, Hans-Georg}, title = {Toxic gas emission in electric vehicles: What a battery fire means for occupant safety}, volume = {2026}, pages = {104717}, journal = {Fire Safety Journal}, number = {162}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {New York}, issn = {1873-7226}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2026.104717}, year = {2026}, abstract = {This work investigates the ability of occupants to escape from a battery electric vehicle during a thermal runaway of the traction battery initiated by nail penetration. Such events generate intense fires and large amounts of toxic gases, rapidly reducing the time available for safe evacuation. In controlled full-scale outdoor experiments on two identical mid-range battery electric vehicles, the smoke gas composition inside the cabin is examined. Using FTIR spectrometers and an oxygen analyzer, temporal and spatial concentrations of organic carbonates, hydrocarbons, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen cyanide, acetylene, and oxygen are measured. Sampling locations include the driver's breathing zone, the right rear passenger's breathing zone, and the exterior right rear wheel housing. The study further evaluates occupant's escape capability using the fractional effective dose (FED) model in accordance with ISO 13571. Results show that toxic gases can reach harmful concentrations within minutes after smoke enters the cabin, though smoke entry times vary widely with fire progression. Differences in fire development and smoke dispersion strongly affect FED values and thus the time available for self-rescue. Overall, the findings provide an important basis for assessing occupant safety during battery electric vehicle fires and highlight the need for improved mitigation strategies.}, language = {en} } @article{GlaasPhamMuenstermannetal.2026, author = {Glaas, Saskia and Pham, Huong and M{\"u}nstermann, Hannes and Frey, Dieter}, title = {The Search for Meaning at Work: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Cognitive Crafting Intervention}, volume = {11}, pages = {8}, journal = {International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, issn = {2364-5059}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-026-00274-0}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Many employees struggle to experience a sense of meaning in their work, posing a challenge to workplace flourishing. Cognitive crafting—the process of reframing how one interprets their work—can enhance meaningful work and well-being. However, strategies to effectively promote it remain unclear. Building on positive psychology interventions, self-determination theory, and job crafting theory, we developed a brief online intervention using meaning-based reflection and cognitive reframing. Its effectiveness was evaluated in a pre-registered randomized controlled trial ( N = 260) with an active control group, assessing outcomes post-intervention and at one-month follow-up. Compared to the control group, the intervention group reported significantly higher levels of meaningful work, work engagement, and job satisfaction. However, these differences were driven by lower scores in the control group compared to baseline, while the intervention group remained stable. These findings highlight the complexity of designing effective cognitive crafting interventions and underscore the need for further theory-driven research to identify strategies that reliably enhance positive work evaluations and work-related well-being.}, language = {en} } @article{AgricolaBaertlLandesbergeretal.2026, author = {Agricola, Barbara and B{\"a}rtl, Marko and Landesberger, Martin and Zhao, Huan and Palm, Frank and Kerschenlohr, Annegret and J{\"a}gle, Eric A.}, title = {The columnar to bimodal transition of Al-Cr-Mo-Sc-Zr alloys during laser powder bed fusion}, volume = {2026}, pages = {115770}, journal = {Materials \& Design}, number = {264}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0264-1275}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2026.115770}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Aluminium alloys processed via Powder Bed Fusion using a Laser Beam (PBF-LB) enable complex and lightweight components. Especially high-strength and heat-resistant Al alloys are in high demand for aerospace and motorsports applications, but the processability of these alloys remains critical due to hot-cracking along columnar grains. Therefore, the microstructural control of PBF-LB alloys is under increasing consideration. Al-Cr alloys have shown promising high-temperature properties and good processability in previous studies despite having a coarse and fully columnar grain structure. In this study, Al-Cr-Mo-Sc-Zr alloys with different compositions are subjected to phase analysis to understand the transition from fully columnar to bimodal grain structures. Synchrotron diffraction, electron dispersive spectroscopy, and atom probe tomography results have shown that three phases are present, irrespective of the alloys' composition: 𝛼-Al, Al45Cr7, and Al3(Sc,Zr). The introduction of Cr increases the lattice mismatch between 𝛼-Al and Al3(Sc,Zr) and is suspected to hinder grain refinement by Sc and Zr. Various thermodynamic simulations revealed the effect of grain refining elements (Sc+Zr) and Cr on the solidification path. The combination of simulation and experimental investigations led to three hypotheses on the columnar to bimodal transition in Al-Cr alloys. These results will help to further enable the microstructural control of PBF-LB processed alloys.}, language = {en} } @article{NgetunyBaldaufZoerner2026, author = {Ngetuny, Joshua Kiplagat and Baldauf, Tobias and Z{\"o}rner, Wilfried}, title = {Evaluating Feedstock Pretreatment Methods to Unlock Co-Digestion in Small-Scale Biogas Systems: A Multi-Criteria Approach to System Integration and Decision Making}, volume = {19}, pages = {1303}, journal = {Energies}, number = {5}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {1996-1073}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/en19051303}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Small-scale biogas plants in developing countries present a viable alternative to traditional polluting energy sources, particularly in rural and underserved communities. These systems typically rely on locally sourced livestock manure; however, inconsistent supply often results in underfeeding, reduced biogas production, and, in many cases, system abandonment. Co-digestion with crop residues presents a promising strategy to enhance feedstock availability and system resilience. However, the recalcitrant nature of lignocellulosic biomass and limited access to suitable pretreatment technologies have constrained its adoption. This paper evaluates feasible pretreatment methods for integrating crop residues, especially straw, into small-scale biogas systems. Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), pretreatment methods are assessed based on five criteria: (i) technology simplicity, (ii) energy requirements, (iii) capital and operational costs, (iv) effectiveness, and (v) environmental impact. The analysis identifies microbial pretreatment using the liquid fraction of digestate, combined with mechanical size reduction, as the most suitable approach for small-scale implementation, utilizing low-cost, simplified mechanical devices adaptable to various crop residues with minimal energy input. A conceptual design of a demonstration plant is proposed to validate this integrated pretreatment approach and assess its impact on biogas yield, system performance, and technology adoption. The design incorporates an on-site digestate separation unit to supply microbial inoculum and emphasizes simplicity and cost-effectiveness in material handling and energy use. Pilot trials are proposed to evaluate key performance indicators, including specific methane yield (LCH4/gVS added), volatile solids reduction (\%), and methane content increase (\%), ensuring evidence-based adoption and practical applicability of the design.}, language = {en} } @article{MionLozaAdaui2020, author = {Mion, Giorgio and Loza Adaui, Cristian Rolando}, title = {Understanding the purpose of benefit corporations: an empirical study on the Italian case}, volume = {5}, pages = {4}, journal = {International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility}, number = {1}, publisher = {SpringerOpen}, address = {Cham}, issn = {2366-0066}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s40991-020-00050-6}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Rethinking the traditional understanding of organizational purpose appears to be necessary. A teleological paradigm shift seems to be on its way, changing the focus of attention from considering business organizations as instruments used to generate profits toward a more comprehensive understanding of their purpose and of the benefit they can create for society. Recently, new organizational entities have emerged, accompanied by the renewal of institutional frameworks, among them are benefit corporations. Italy was the first European country to introduce a legal framework to define the benefit corporation as a particular legal entity. The Italian law on the benefit corporations proposes the promotion of firms that pursue the generation of benefit in a responsible, sustainable, and transparent way and considering diverse stakeholders. This paper explores and describes the multidimensional understanding of benefit and purpose of Italian benefit corporations, utilizing qualitative and quantitative content analysis of 94 Italian benefit corporations' purpose declarations, and providing a deep insight into the purpose declared by benefit corporations. The research highlights a certain vagueness in public declarations of the purpose of benefit corporations, even though it is clear that they attempt to differentiate themselves from traditional businesses by focusing on social objectives more than on economic ones. Furthermore, normative compliance emerged, but further normative requirements seem to be needed to make more effective the transformative potentiality of benefit corporations and to avoid risks of opportunistic behaviors.}, language = {en} } @article{LozaAdaui2020, author = {Loza Adaui, Cristian Rolando}, title = {Sustainability Reporting Quality of Peruvian Listed Companies and the Impact of Regulatory Requirements of Sustainability Disclosures}, volume = {12}, pages = {1135}, journal = {Sustainability}, number = {3}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2071-1050}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031135}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Regulations establishing mandatory sustainability reporting practices are proliferating around the world. The empirical evidence comparing sustainability reporting quality (SRQ) in the context of mandatory and voluntary institutional frameworks does not show consensus. Similarly, this occurs with studies addressing the effects of regulatory shocks on SRQ. Moreover, empirical evidence addressing SRQ in Latin American countries is scarce. To fill this gap, this study aims to explore the consequences of introducing new regulatory requirements for sustainability disclosure on SRQ of Peruvian companies. To reach that goal, 81 sustainability disclosure documents published between 2014 and 2016 by 27 companies included in the S\&P/BVL Peru General Index of Lima's Stock Exchange were analyzed using qualitative content analysis methods and adopting a multidimensional approach for SRQ evaluation. The findings show a constant improvement of SRQ regardless of the introduction of the new regulatory requirements. Furthermore, after the entry into force of new sustainability reporting obligations, the number of companies providing third-party independent assurance of the information contained in their sustainability disclosure documents decreases, suggesting that for the Peruvian case, regulatory requirements tend to discourage companies to invest in the credibility of their sustainability disclosure documents, and promote a symbolic application of sustainability disclosure standards.}, language = {en} } @article{MionLozaAdaui2019, author = {Mion, Giorgio and Loza Adaui, Cristian Rolando}, title = {Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure and Its Consequences on the Sustainability Reporting Quality of Italian and German Companies}, volume = {11}, pages = {4612}, journal = {Sustainability}, number = {17}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2071-1050}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/su11174612}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Companies disclosing nonfinancial information through sustainability reporting practices provide markets with data on their social, environmental, and governance performance. The quality of sustainability reporting is much discussed in the literature because this quality affects factors such as the credibility of accountability and building stakeholders' trust in the company. Nonetheless, the concept of quality is multidimensional, and empirical evidence relating to the quality of sustainability reporting presents different findings. Regulations on mandatory nonfinancial disclosure (NFD) open new perspectives for research on sustainability reporting quality (SRQ). This study explored the effect of introducing mandatory NFD on SRQ by focusing on the effects of new legislation (Directive 2014/95/EU) introduced in Italy and Germany. The analysis was conducted through qualitative content analysis of the sustainability reporting practices of Italian and German companies in the top lists of stock exchanges. Sustainability reporting practices of one year before (2016) and one year after (2017) the implementation of Directive 2014/95/EU were compared. The results of 132 observations demonstrated that the quality of sustainability reporting increased after implementation of the law on mandatory NFD. Further, the effect of the law seemed to reduce the differences in SRQ of the two countries before the introduction of mandatory NFD. The results suggested that obligatoriness of NFD affects SRQ together with other relevant determinants focused on by previous research (e.g., company size and industry type).}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{GuetleinDjanatliev2020, author = {G{\"u}tlein, Moritz and Djanatliev, Anatoli}, title = {Modeling and Simulation as a Service using Apache Kafka}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications}, editor = {De Rango, Floriano and {\"O}ren, Tuncer and Obaidat, Mohammad S.}, publisher = {SciTePress}, address = {Set{\´u}bal}, isbn = {978-989-758-444-2}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5220/0009780501710180}, pages = {171 -- 180}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Among other requirements, in the field of Modeling and Simulation there is a need to build and run (co-) simulation models on-demand. Setting up, orchestrating and executing simulations should be easy, while additional features such as interaction interfaces open up a variety of applications. Being able to connect external components seamlessly to a running simulation allows for elaborate experiments. This paper describes the architecture and design of a simulation platform that is a part of a broader platform enabling evaluations of future mobility scenarios. Apache's Kafka platform for big data stream processing is used as a communication base in order to enable all these requirements, as well as for the coupling of different simulation tools forming a co-simulation. We give an overview of existing works regarding Modeling and Simulation as a Service, before explaining our own approach. Therefore, the architecture, the interfaces, and the workflow of a simulation run is described. The approach is illustrated by a case study, which is used to measure the service's overhead.}, language = {en} } @article{Bodenschatz2024, author = {Bodenschatz, Anja}, title = {When own interest stands against the "greater good" - Decision randomization in ethical dilemmas of autonomous systems that involve their user's self-interest}, volume = {2}, pages = {100097}, journal = {Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans}, number = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2949-8821}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100097}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Autonomous systems (ASs) decide upon ethical dilemmas and their artificial intelligence as well as situational settings become more and more complex. However, to study common-sense morality concerning ASs abstracted dilemmas on autonomous vehicle (AV) accidents are a common tool. A special case of ethical dilemmas is when the AS's users are affected. Many people want AVs to adhere to utilitarian programming (e.g., to save the larger group), or egalitarian programming (i.e., to treat every person equally). However, they want their own AV to protect them instead of the "greater good". That people reject utilitarian programming as an AS's user while supporting the idea from an impartial perspective has been termed the "social dilemma of AVs". Meanwhile, preferences for another technical capability, which would implement egalitarian programming, have not been elicited for dilemmas involving self-interest: decision randomization. This paper investigates normative and descriptive preferences for a self-protective, self-sacrificial, or randomized choice by an AS in a dilemma where people are the sole passenger of an AV, and their survival stands against the survival of several others. Results suggest that randomization may mitigate the "social dilemma of AVs" by bridging between a societally accepted programming and the urge of ASs' users for self-protection.}, language = {en} } @techreport{SchaefleDoelling2025, author = {Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia and D{\"o}lling, Hanna}, title = {Aktives Lernen in der Hochschullehre planen und f{\"o}rdern mit dem ICAP-Modell}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, issn = {3053-2531}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6690}, pages = {39}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Aktivierende, studierendenzentrierte Lehr- und Lernmethoden k{\"o}nnen lernf{\"o}rderlich sein, doch ist es nicht von vornherein klar, welche Lehrmethoden sich f{\"u}r welches Lernziel am besten eignen und wie die Methoden zu vergleichen sind, so dass Studierende die Lernziele effektiv und effizient erreichen k{\"o}nnen. Mit dem ICAP-Modell (I interaktiv, C konstruktiv, A aktiv, P passiv) k{\"o}nnen die studentischen Lernhandlungen vier Stufen zugeordnet und eine Vorhersage {\"u}ber die Tiefe der zu erwartenden Lernergebnisse getroffen werden (Chi \& Wylie, 2014). Lehrende bekommen mit diesem Modell ein praxistaugliches Werkzeug an die Hand, um den Einsatz von Lernaufgaben zielgerichtet zu planen.}, language = {de} } @article{PandeyMohdVeettiletal.2026, author = {Pandey, Amit and Mohd, Zubair Akhtar and Veettil, Nandana Kappuva and Wunderle, Bernhard and Elger, Gordon}, title = {Quantitative Kernel estimation from traffic signs using slanted edge spatial frequency response as a sharpness metric}, volume = {16}, pages = {7387}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {London}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-40556-w}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Sharpness is a critical optical property of automotive cameras, measured by the spatial frequency response (SFR) within the end-of-line (EOL) test after manufacturing. This work presents a method to estimate the blurring kernel of an automotive camera, which could be the first step toward state monitoring of automotive cameras. To achieve this, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed, using synthetic kernels generated by Zemax. The PCA model was built with approximately 1300 base kernels representing spatially variant point spread functions (PSFs). This model generates kernel samples during the estimation process. Synthetic images were created by convolving the synthetic kernels with reference traffic sign images and compared with real-life data captured by an automotive camera. These synthetic data were utilized for algorithm development, and later on, validation was performed on real-life data. The algorithm extracts two pixels regions of interest (ROIs) containing slanted edges from the blurred image and crops matching ROIs from a reference sharp image. Each candidate kernel was used to blur the reference ROIs, and the resulting SFR was compared with the blurred ROIs' SFR. Differential evolution optimization minimizes the SFR difference, selecting the kernel that best matches the observed blur. The final kernel was evaluated against the true kernel for accuracy. The structural similarity index measure (SSIM) between the original and estimated blurred ROIs ranges from 0.808 to 0.945. For true vs. estimated kernels, SSIM varies from 0.92 to 0.98. Pearson correlation coefficients range from 0.84 to 0.99, Cosine similarity from 0.86 to 0.99, and mean squared error (MSE) from to . Validation on real-life camera images showed that the SSIM between the estimated and blurred ROI was >0.82, showing promising accuracy in kernel estimation, which could be used towards in-field monitoring of camera sharpness degradation.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{MuellerStrobelFaigletal.2024, author = {M{\"u}ller, Simon Nikolaus and Strobel, Rainer and Faigl, Markus and Schrag, Tobias}, title = {Analysis of Industrial 5GDHC System in Ingolstadt}, booktitle = {International Sustainable Energy Conference - Proceedings}, subtitle = {A Step Towards CO2-Neutral Industry}, editor = {Fink, Christian and Brunner, Christoph}, publisher = {TIB Open Publishing}, address = {Hannover}, issn = {2976-2030}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.52825/isec.v1i.1152}, year = {2024}, abstract = {This study comprehensively examines the technical manifestation and planning process for a shared thermal energy network at a 75-hectare industrial area in Ingolstadt. Unlike traditional systems, this (5GDHC) network showcases a smart integration of energy flows across 70 buildings with a yearly heating demand of around 17 GWh and a yearly cooling demand of around 35 GWh. The network spans over 9,100 meters of piping with diameters up to 800 mm. With thermal power from various sources including 1.8 MW waste heat from a data centre and potential for 10 MW from the Danube River, the system epitomizes a dynamic balance of heating and cooling demands. The paper itself examines the planning process of the system and encompasses topics such as defining energy requirements and load profiles, assessing potential energy sources and sinks for enhanced system efficiency, and analysing pipe and network design. Through this investigation, the study provides valuable insights towards a methodology to facilitate the successful implementation of future industrial 5GDHC systems, furthering the cause of sustainable energy.}, language = {en} } @article{MayrKnollmeyerJeknicetal.2026, author = {Mayr, Thomas and Knollmeyer, Simon and Jeknic, Isidora and Fink, Leon and Hensel, Ralph and Huber, Marco F. and Großmann, Daniel}, title = {Enhancing Process Planning in the Automotive Industry: Extracting Procedural Knowledge from Assembly Operation Descriptions using Large Language Models}, volume = {2026}, journal = {Procedia CIRP}, number = {138}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2212-8271}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.137}, pages = {797 -- 802}, year = {2026}, abstract = {The non-standardized, human-written assembly descriptions have been a long-standing obstacle in the automotive assembly industry, making it difficult to use these data in the planning stage. The paper presents a standardization method based on Large Language Models (LLMs), focusing on consistency and clarity. This approach does not only streamline the planning processes but also facilitates the benchmarking of productivity and process quality across different individual parts and assembly lines, thus enabling comprehensive efficiency analysis and ultimately leading to more informed decision-making. Our method was evaluated at a German OEM in the automotive sector, demonstrating its practical applicability and effectiveness.}, language = {en} } @article{DaSilvaJuniorMuellerBirkneretal.2026, author = {Da Silva Junior, Amauri and M{\"u}ller, Steffen and Birkner, Christian and Jazar, Reza and Marzbani, Hormoz}, title = {Fault Tolerant Control With Reinforcement Learning for Evasive Maneuvers Using a Scaled Vehicle}, volume = {14}, journal = {IEEE Access}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {New York}, issn = {2169-3536}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3661179}, pages = {21353 -- 21383}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Autonomous vehicle controllers are responsible for handling the vehicle at all times in any situation, including emergency conditions. An emergency might arise from, e.g., adverse weather conditions, short-time detection, and system faults. In this paper, we develop a fault-tolerant controller to handle actuator faults for an over-actuated autonomous vehicle based on reinforcement learning. A worst-case scenario is selected for the controller development, involving short-time detection of the preceding objects, high velocity, and dry to wet road conditions. The design of the vehicle controller is performed in three steps. First, a robust controller based on sliding mode control with lateral and longitudinal coupled strategy was built to ensure stability in emergency scenarios. Secondly, a strategy was proposed to identify the most critical vehicle faults that might lead to a crash. Building on these foundations, this study extends the vehicle controller to handle vehicle faults with a reinforcement learning strategy, enabling adaptive and robust fault handling in complex fault scenarios. The vehicle controller is designed and optimized in IPG-Carmaker®, and proof of concept is carried out in a scaled 1:3.33 test vehicle. The results demonstrate the robustness of the proposed controller in an emergency single-lane change with a velocity of up to 130 km/h. Tests in the scaled vehicle demonstrate the vehicle controller's accuracy against simulation, with the application of reinforcement learning strategy in real-case scenarios.}, language = {en} } @article{SalamatMatternOlzemetal.2026, author = {Salamat, Babak and Mattern, Dominik and Olzem, Sebastian-Sven and Elsbacher, Gerhard and Seidel, Christian and Tonello, Andrea M.}, title = {GMP3: Learning-Driven, Bellman-Guided Trajectory Planning for AAVs in Real-Time on SE(3)}, volume = {14}, journal = {IEEE Access}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {New York}, issn = {2169-3536}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3661193}, pages = {22720 -- 22733}, year = {2026}, abstract = {We propose GMP3, a multiphase global path planning framework that generates dynamically feasible three-dimensional trajectories for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in cluttered environments. The framework extends traditional path planning from Euclidean position spaces to the Lie group SE(3), allowing joint learning of translational motion and rotational dynamics. A modified Bellman-based operator is introduced to support reinforcement learning (RL) policy updates while leveraging prior trajectory information for improved convergence. GMP3 is designed as a distributed framework in which agents influence each other and share policy information along the trajectory: each agent refines its assigned segment and shares with its neighbors via a consensus-based scheme, enabling cooperative policy updates and convergence toward a path shaped globally even under kinematic constraints.We also propose DroneManager, a modular ground control software that interfaces the planner with real UAVs platforms via the Micro Air Vehicle Link (MAVLink) protocol, supporting real-time deployment and feedback. Simulation studies and indoor flight experiments validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in constrained 3D environments, demonstrating reliable obstacle avoidance and smooth, feasible trajectories across both position and orientation.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{JimenezReyesdelosMozosPereaPanosetal.2025, author = {Jimenez, Victor and Reyes de los Mozos, Mario and Perea Pa{\~n}os, Pau and Fritzsche, Paula Cecilia and Mayer, Kevin and Volkersdorfer, Tina and Hof, Hans-Joachim and Couturier, Christophe and Ernst, Thierry and Zhang, Miao and Saied Mohamed, Mohamed and Rodr{\´i}guez-Arozamena, Mario and Aranguren-Mendieta, I{\~n}igo and P{\´e}rez, Joshu{\´e} and Jousse, Adrien and Murguia, Carlos and van de Wouw, Nathan and Bellessort, Romain and Salami, Behzad and Jevtić, Aleksandar and Bannour, Boutheina and Rodr{\´i}guez Recasens, Manel and Ropero, Isaac and Ozbay, Burcu and Eren, Ali and Bektas, Mustafa and Tezcan, Deryanur and Pilz, Christoph and Haas, Sarah and Lenz, Gernot}, title = {SELFY - Self Assessment, Protection and Healing Tools for a Trustworthy and Resilient CCAM}, booktitle = {Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility, Proceedings of the 10th TRA Conference, 2024 Dublin, Ireland - Volume 6: Connected Mobility Ecosy}, editor = {McNally, Ciaran and Carroll, P{\´a}raic and Martinez-Pastor, Beatriz and Ghosh, Bidisha and Efthymiou, Marina and Valantasis-Kanellos, Nikolaos}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-032-06763-0}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06763-0_106}, pages = {745 -- 751}, year = {2025}, abstract = {SELFY envisions an agnostic toolbox for the self-management of security and resilience of the CCAM (Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility) ecosystem, which can be easily deployed to extend the current Operational Design Domain (ODD), providing self-awareness, self-resilience and self-healing mechanisms and enhancing trust between stakeholders. SELFY is based on four pillars: Situational awareness, Resilience, Secure Data Sharing and Trust and provides three groups of tools. SACP (Situational Awareness and Collaborative Perception) tools aim at providing all CCAM actors with a comprehensive understanding of their environment, i.e., the perception of objects, such as other traffic participants and stationary objects. CRHS (Cooperative Resilience and Healing System) tools enable self-protection actions whenever a compromising situation is detected in relation to assets, vehicles, operations, or the system itself. TDMS (Trust and Data Management System) tools establish a secure and trusted environment for data in a collaborative and cooperative context, both for infrastructure and assets, as well as for citizen's data, such as drivers or pedestrians with special attention to privacy considerations. By defining a collaborative environment between the different tools to respond to new threats, risks and attacks SELFY facilitates the comprehension of new challenges in the cybersecurity aspect of CCAMs.}, language = {en} } @article{KreilingerZottHemmertetal.2026, author = {Kreilinger, Laurens and Zott, Stefan and Hemmert, Werner and Karg, Sonja}, title = {Dry electrode impedance: a new approach towards improved characterization}, volume = {12}, pages = {025005}, journal = {Biomedical Physics \& Engineering Express}, number = {2}, publisher = {IOP Publishing}, address = {Bristol}, issn = {2057-1976}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/ae3e9c}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Electrode-skin impedance plays a crucial role in electrophysiological signal acquisition, influencing signal quality and measurement reliability. We designed a reproducibility measurement setup, using a membrane with a saline solution and a three-electrode Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy measurement setup (range 1 Hz-20 kHz), to mimic the electrode-skin impedance. The system allowed controlled application of pressure to the working electrode (WE) and measurement of all setup parameters. With this setup, reproducible results were achieved, with a standard deviation of 5.5\% of the mean impedance across three builds. Potentiostatic and impedance analyzer measurements with six types of dry electrodes produced comparable results, with an average error of 10\%. The six dry electrode types exhibited impedance variations of up to a factor of 10,000 at low frequencies, depending on material and geometry. Ag/AgCl-coated electrodes exhibited an impedance reduction by a factor of 100 at 1 Hz compared to their uncoated counterparts. The proposed setup provides a standardized and reproducible approach for characterizing electrode impedance across different materials, coatings, and geometries.}, language = {en} } @article{BechtholdRosendahlHuberEddleston2026, author = {Bechthold, Laura and Rosendahl Huber, Laura and Eddleston, Kimberly A.}, title = {Debiasing entrepreneurial careers: A field experiment on female role model effects on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and early-stage career choices}, volume = {41}, pages = {106582}, journal = {Journal of Business Venturing}, number = {3}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {New York}, issn = {1873-2003}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2026.106582}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Women remain underrepresented not only as founders but also as employees - or "joiners" - in young and small firms, limiting their exposure to entrepreneurial environments that often serve as critical pathways to venture creation. To address this gap, we investigate whether introducing female entrepreneur role models in educational settings can shape young women's entrepreneurial self-efficacy and early career choices. Drawing on role congruity theory and social cognitive career theory (SCCT), we conducted a field experiment involving over 430 university students and 98 early-stage entrepreneurs. Using a pre-test/post-test design and longitudinal tracking of early career choices, we explore the causal effects of exogenously assigned female role models on students' decisions to join a young or small firm. We find that exposure to social interactions with female entrepreneurs significantly boosts female students' entrepreneurial self-efficacy. More importantly, women who were paired with a female entrepreneur were over 10\% more likely to join a young firm after graduation compared to those assigned to a male entrepreneur. Mediation analysis confirms that entrepreneurial self-efficacy is a key mechanism linking exposure to same-sex role models with women's decision to join a young firm. These findings highlight the potential of targeted role model interventions to reduce gender disparities in entrepreneurial entry pathways and expand the diversity of entrepreneurial ecosystems.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Tolksdorf2026, author = {Tolksdorf, Leon}, title = {Risk-Based Motion Planning in Automated Vehicles}, publisher = {Eindhoven University of Technology}, address = {Eindhoven}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-65845}, pages = {xv, 175}, school = {Eindhoven University of Technology}, year = {2026}, abstract = {It is anticipated that there will be a long period where automated vehicles (AVs) and human road users share the same road network, with limited communication between them. As a result, AVs often operate with uncertain knowledge of their surroundings due to limitations in both sensing and estimation of the traffic scenario's current and future states. These limitations can be caused by factors such as noisy sensor data or lack of information about the intentions of other road users. Accounting for this uncertainty while designing motion planning and control algorithms for AVs is critical, as an AV may display hazardous behavior if it is overly confident in falsely estimated environment states or, contrarily, may act too cautiously when considering unnecessarily large safety margins in estimated states. Although safety regulations call for taking uncertainty into account, the right means to integrate uncertainty in motion planning has yet to be agreed upon. A promising way to account for uncertainty is through the concept of risk. Risk accounts for uncertainty in assessing safety by considering both the likelihood and severity of unsafe events, such as collisions. Research has shown that human drivers navigate traffic by trading off subjectively perceived risk against the potential rewards of reaching their destinations. Additionally, studies indicate that subjective risk tends to correlate with objective risk measures, while ethicists argue that risk can be used as a means to facilitate ethicality in road traffic by distributing risk fairly among road users. These relationships highlight the benefits of incorporating risk as a proxy for generating AV behavior in motion planning algorithms, by accounting for uncertainty in unsafe events. Incorporating risk in AV motion planning presents two main challenges. The first challenge is to develop a notion of risk that correctly incorporates an AV's uncertainty about the future motion of other road users, and that can be computed fast (and precisely) enough to be used in online (i.e., real-time) motion-planning algorithms. The second challenge is to develop an appropriate AV motion planning algorithm that incorporates risk and generates the desired AV behavior, facilitating ethicality. This dissertation addresses both challenges by making six main contributions. First, we introduce a suitable risk metric: the expected severity of a collision event. This metric, thus, is constituted of two terms, one accounting for the likelihood of a collision and another term considering the severity of a collision. Second, we investigate the AV behavior given different optimization-based motion planning strategies that accommodate our risk metric. We find that a stochastic model predictive control (SMPC)-based motion planner adequately balances risk with travel efficiency in the presence of varying uncertainty. \\Third, to compute risk, we provide an computationally efficient (i.e., real-time computable) algorithm to estimate risk. Here, the focus lies on estimating the probability of collision (POC), as our risk metric reduces to a POC metric when the severity term is considered constant. Based on multi-circular shape approximations of the geometries of the AV and other road users, we present an algorithm that estimates the POC with good precision, and that is guaranteed not to under-approximate it. The algorithm is shown to execute significantly faster than standard Monte Carlo sampling, while being tailored for optimization-based motion planning strategies. In our SMPC-based motion planning strategy, it is shown to generate smooth, reproducible trajectories under varying levels of uncertainty. Fourth, we extend our POC algorithm to risk estimation. Here, we propose a severity estimation method that allows us to consider different collision constellations, as literature shows that those are associated with different levels of harm to the passengers of vehicles. The resulting risk estimation algorithm leverages the advantages of the POC estimation algorithm, i.e., its particular suitability for optimization-based motion planning strategies, while allowing for the flexible integration of severity functions to represent different collision types. Furthermore, we provide an extension of our risk metric to estimate the risk from the perspective of each road user in the driving scene, as we argue that risk is asymmetric between pairs of road users, i.e., dependent on the perspective. Fifth, given our proposed SMPC-based motion planning strategy, the AVs behavior can be tuned such that it minimizes its own risk (egoistic perspective), the risk other road users face (altruistic perspective), and a balance of both (collective perspective). To evaluate safety and driving behavior for each of these risk metrics, we performed simulations on a database containing a wide variety of real-world and artificial traffic scenarios. The results show that a collective perspective balances the overall risk of all road users with the AV's driving behavior in a favorable manner, and constitutes a suitable approach to facilitate ethicality in road traffic. Lastly, we use our proposed risk metric as part of the decision-making process on emergency maneuvers, i.e., emergency steering and emergency braking, for an AV designed to evade collisions with late-detected pedestrians. In simulations, we show that this metric outperforms deterministic risk estimation by choosing the appropriate evasive maneuver more frequently. In experimental testing, we verified the real-world applicability of this metric in an AV testbed designed for collision avoidance by having a pedestrian dummy walk out from a sight obstruction when the AV approaches. We find that risk is beneficial in deciding on accident avoidance maneuvers. The contributions introduced in this thesis show that risk, and thus uncertainty, can be systematically incorporated in AV algorithms for motion planning and decision-making. We demonstrate that our risk metric is beneficial to the avoidance capabilities of low-automation safety systems. Furthermore, the proposed algorithms are computationally efficient, allowing for real-time optimization-based motion planning, which allows highly automated vehicles to navigate smoothly through road traffic. We show that risk-based AV behavior generation enables balancing the AV's interests in safety and travel efficiency for all road users, and thus, facilitates ethicality.}, language = {en} } @article{AmanciodeMoraesCristofoliDuarteSilvaTancredietal.2024, author = {Am{\^a}ncio de Moraes, Andr{\´e} and Crist{\´o}foli Duarte Silva, Let{\´i}cia and Tancredi, Thiago Pontin and Vasconcellos Ferreira, Cristiano}, title = {Support methodology to the informational and conceptual design of small recreational powerboats}, volume = {13}, journal = {Human Factors in Design}, number = {25}, publisher = {Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina}, address = {Florian{\´o}polis}, issn = {2316-7963}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5965/2316796313252024165}, pages = {165 -- 186}, year = {2024}, abstract = {This article proposes a methodology for the design of motor recreational boats which are a crucial part of the Brazilian nautical industry. Despite the high demand for these boats, design methodologies for small leisure vessels are not well explored in the literature, leading to not mapped aspects as design information treatment, requirements engineering, and trade-off conflicts. The proposed methodology aims to systematize the obtaining of design specifications, generation and evaluation of solution concepts, employing de- sign support tools. The methodology was evaluated by applying it on a small recreational motorboat, and the results were positively evaluated by nautical industry and academic specialists, leading to acceptation of the methodology and some suggestions for improvement.}, language = {en} } @article{EmbergerNairLichteneggeretal.2025, author = {Emberger, Lukas and Nair, Gireesh and Lichtenegger, Klaus and Moser, Maria and Summ, Thorsten and Natiesta, Thomas and Fan, Jianhua and Wang, Pengcheng and Unterberger, Viktor and Ohnewein, Philip}, title = {Open data in the solar thermal community: Status, barriers, and opportunities}, volume = {2025}, pages = {100114}, journal = {Solar Energy Advances}, number = {5}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2667-1131}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seja.2025.100114}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Open data in the renewable energy sector could contribute to a greener future and reduce carbon emissions. This study investigates existing open datasets in the solar thermal domain, challenges in publishing and using open data and its potential impact. The results support the common belief that open data is useful, offering considerable benefits for data re-users and the solar thermal community. While substantial open data in the solar thermal domain already exists, some datasets like plant statistics and cost data are hard to utilize due to licensing, accessibility, and quality issues. The study shows that data owners benefit less from publishing data compared to data re-users and service providers. While data sharing seems appealing to data owners, several barriers discourage data sharing. Suggestions to promote the use and publications of open data in solar thermal domain are discussed.}, language = {en} } @article{SchimpfLausterSchwarzetal.2026, author = {Schimpf, Sven and Lauster, Michael and Schwarz, Jan Oliver and John, Marcus}, title = {Science fiction and innovation: A literature analysis on science fiction-related methods mapped into the innovation process}, volume = {2026}, pages = {103770}, journal = {Futures}, number = {177}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1873-6378}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103770}, year = {2026}, abstract = {In the development of innovations over the past decades, data-driven methods have become commonplace. Alongside advantages in effectiveness and efficiency comes the danger of relying on data describing past rather than future developments which can result in a loss of imagination and creativity. In parallel, a growing awareness of the interface between innovation and science fiction can be observed in academia and among practitioners. This awareness is most often based on the hypothesis that taking inspiration from science fiction can create value in the development of innovations. Despite numerous case studies in the literature describing this interface, a major part of methods applied seem to have been chosen in an unstructured, almost random way. This study investigates the literature in search of science fiction-related methods able to support the development of innovations. With around 60.000 publications considered based on a high-level search, a refined search combined with a manual search led to 17 science fiction-related methods to support the development of innovations. Using a six-phase generic innovation process, the methods identified were mapped into the process based on semantic similarities between the objectives of each method and the objectives of innovation process phases. This mapping is understood as an overview and conceptualization offering a baseline for future academic research and guidance for practitioners on choosing the most appropriate science fiction-related methods for developing innovations.}, language = {en} } @article{HussenetherRufinoJuniorSelaibePiresetal.2026, author = {Hußenether, Thomas and Rufino J{\´u}nior, Carlos Ant{\^o}nio and Selaibe Pires, Tom{\´a}s and Mishra, Tarani and Nahar, Jinesh and Vaghani, Akash and Polzer, Richard and Diel, Sergej and Schweiger, Hans-Georg}, title = {Analysis of the Measurement Uncertainties in the Characterization Tests of Lithium-Ion Cells}, volume = {19}, pages = {825}, journal = {Energies}, number = {3}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {1996-1073}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/en19030825}, year = {2026}, abstract = {The transition to renewable energy systems and electric mobility depends on the effectiveness, reliability, and durability of lithium-ion battery technology. Accurate modeling and control of battery systems are essential to ensure safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in electric vehicles and grid storage. In engineering and materials science, battery models depend on physical parameters such as capacity, energy, state of charge (SOC), internal resistance, power, and self-discharge rate. These parameters are affected by measurement uncertainty. Despite the widespread use of lithium-ion cells, few studies quantify how measurement uncertainty propagates to derived battery parameters and affects predictive modeling. This study quantifies how uncertainty in voltage, current, and temperature measurements reduces the accuracy of derived parameters used for simulation and control. This work presents a comprehensive uncertainty analysis of 18650 format lithium-ion cells with nickel cobalt aluminum oxide (NCA), nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC), and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathodes. It applies the law of error propagation to quantify uncertainty in key battery parameters. The main result shows that small variations in voltage, current, and temperature measurements can produce measurable deviations in internal resistance and SOC. These findings challenge the common assumption that such uncertainties are negligible in practice. The results also highlight a risk for battery management systems that rely on these parameters for control and diagnostics. The results show that propagated uncertainty depends on chemistry because of differences in voltage profiles, kinetic limitations, and temperature sensitivity. This observation informs cell selection and testing for specific applications. Improved quantification and control of measurement uncertainty can improve model calibration and reduce lifetime and cost risks in battery systems. These results support more robust diagnostic strategies and more defensible warranty thresholds. This study shows that battery testing and modeling should report and propagate measurement uncertainty explicitly. This is important for data-driven and physics-informed models used in industry and research.}, language = {en} } @article{JamesKillingerMutangaetal.2025, author = {James, Stuart Daniel and Killinger, Markus and Mutanga, Chiedza Ngonidzashe and Pirard, Romain and Einax, Mario and Huber, Matthias and Bader, Tobias}, title = {The hybrid renewable energy community approach (HyRECA): Synergising electricity access with bush encroachment mitigation in rural Southern Africa}, volume = {2026}, pages = {100136}, journal = {Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition}, number = {9}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2667-095X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2025.100136}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Rural electrification and bush encroachment in Southern Africa have long been studied separately. Research shows that hybrid renewable energy systems (HRES) offer viable solutions for off-grid communities, and bush encroachment mitigation is widely recognised as an ecological priority. Using Jamataka, Botswana, as a case study, this study integrates both, asking under which conditions encroacher bush-based HRES are economically viable, which electricity access levels local populations can afford, and whether biomass utilisation contributes to mitigation. Findings indicate strong potential for bush-based HRES in off-grid areas, but competitiveness declines where low-cost grid electricity is available. Economic viability is examined through levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) across alternative HRES configurations. HOMER Pro® simulations indicate PV/biomass/battery systems are most cost-effective off-grid, achieving 100 \% renewable fractions, near zero CO₂ emissions, and LCOE of 0.246 \$/kWh. In grid-connected contexts without feed-in, PV/diesel/grid combinations dominate (LCOE 0.117 \$/kWh) due to low tariffs, but with higher emissions. A novel affordability analysis using household willingness to pay and the World Bank Multi-Tier Framework indicates that all households reach at least Tier 3 electricity access under grid-connected systems and >70 \% off-grid, supporting household-use of medium-power appliances. Sustainable biomass extraction clears ∼12 ha annually (∼120 t) in Jamataka, aiding bush encroachment mitigation. Upscaling indicates potential to electrify 1.35 million people in >900 bush-encroached villages across Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa, using <1 \% of encroached land - highlighting significant untapped potential. Future research should validate findings through geospatial modelling with high-resolution biomass data and spatially sensitive biomass cost models for region-wide planning.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{DoenmezTejerodelaPiedraKloseetal.2026, author = {D{\"o}nmez, {\"O}mer and Tejero de la Piedra, Ricardo and Klose, Simona and Riolet, Matthieu and Rozek, Lukas and Vaculin, Ondrej and Hach, Christian}, title = {Approach for Passive Safety Assessment of Rearward-Sitting Occupants}, publisher = {Zenodo}, address = {Genf}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18338626}, year = {2026}, abstract = {The introduction of highly automated vehicles (HAVs) will allow vehicle occupants to take advantage of new seating configurations, such as sitting rearward in the first row. One critical aspect of assessing occupant safety during high-speed impacts is the lack of a dedicated safety framework for rearward-facing passengers in the first row. This paper introduces a method to develop new assessment criteria for these novel seat configurations. Thus, this research presents some preliminary results of rearward-facing occupant injury biomechanics analyses carried out employing a variety of anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) and the VIVA+ 50M human body model (HBM), restrained with different belt configurations and considering different seat typologies. It reviews the suitability of 50th percentile male ATDs to capture a biofidelic engagement with the seat structure and belt system and evaluates the reaction loads on the occupant, along with the energy management resulting from seat back rotational stiffness and energy-absorbing foams layered behind the seat cushion. Based on the results, the THOR-AV-50M is a suitable candidate for further biofidelity analysis. Torso occupant loads can be effectively reduced utilizing seat back rotation but pelvis load management requires further studies.}, language = {en} } @article{MohanSchoen2026, author = {Mohan, Adithya and Sch{\"o}n, Torsten}, title = {Toward Robust Agents: A Survey of Adversarial Attacks and Defenses in Deep Reinforcement Learning}, volume = {14}, journal = {IEEE Access}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {New York}, issn = {2169-3536}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3657855}, pages = {14481 -- 14497}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has demonstrated remarkable success in autonomous decision-making across diverse domains, including robotics, autonomous driving, and game playing. However, recent studies have uncovered a critical vulnerability: DRL agents are highly susceptible to adversarial attacks that can significantly degrade their performance or lead to catastrophic failure. These attacks exploit different components of the learning pipeline observations, actions, rewards, and policies exposing new challenges unique to DRL compared to supervised learning. This survey provides a comprehensive examination of adversarial threats and corresponding defense mechanisms within the DRL paradigm. This also aims to serve as a foundational reference for researchers and practitioners seeking to understand and mitigate adversarial vulnerabilities in DRL.}, language = {en} } @article{AmmelingGanzRosbachetal.2026, author = {Ammeling, Jonas and Ganz, Jonathan and Rosbach, Emely and Lausser, Ludwig and Bertram, Christof and Breininger, Katharina and Aubreville, Marc}, title = {Benchmarking Foundation Models for Mitotic Figure Classification}, volume = {3}, pages = {2026:003}, journal = {Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging}, number = {MELBA-BVM 2025 Special Issue}, publisher = {Melba editors}, address = {[s. l.]}, issn = {2766-905X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.59275/j.melba.2026-a3eb}, pages = {38 -- 55}, year = {2026}, abstract = {The performance of deep learning models is known to scale with data quantity and diversity. In pathology, as in many other medical imaging domains, the availability of labeled images for a specific task is often limited. Self-supervised learning techniques have enabled the use of vast amounts of unlabeled data to train large-scale neural networks, i.e., foundation models, that can address the limited data problem by providing semantically rich feature vectors that can generalize well to new tasks with minimal training effort increasing model performance and robustness. In this work, we investigate the use of foundation models for mitotic figure classification. The mitotic count, which can be derived from this classification task, is an independent prognostic marker for specific tumors and part of certain tumor grading systems. In particular, we investigate the data scaling laws on multiple current foundation models and evaluate their robustness to unseen tumor domains. Next to the commonly used linear probing paradigm, we also adapt the models using low-rank adaptation (LoRA) of their attention mechanisms. We compare all models against end-to-end-trained baselines, both CNNs and Vision Transformers. Our results demonstrate that LoRA-adapted foundation models provide superior performance to those adapted with standard linear probing, reaching performance levels close to 100 \% data availability with only 10 \% of training data. Furthermore, LoRA-adaptation of the most recent foundation models almost closes the out-of-domain performance gap when evaluated on unseen tumor domains. However, full fine-tuning of traditional architectures still yields competitive performance.}, language = {en} } @article{BaumFinkFischeretal.2025, author = {Baum, Heinz-Georg and Fink, Christian and Fischer, Thomas M. and G{\"u}nther, Edeltraud and G{\"u}nther, Thomas and Haller, Axel and Kafadar, Kalina and Marten, Kai-Uwe and Schultze, Wolfgang and Wittmann, Robert}, title = {„Konnektivit{\"a}t" als Strukturprinzip akademischen Wirkens von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Adolf G. Coenenberg - Ein Nachruf}, volume = {5}, journal = {Schmalenbach Impulse}, publisher = {Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft fur Betriebswirtschaft}, address = {Frechen}, issn = {2749-9804}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.54585/JAEY3059}, year = {2025}, language = {de} } @article{RaisuddinHolmbladHaghighietal.2026, author = {Raisuddin, Abu Mohammed and Holmblad, Jesper and Haghighi, Hamed and Poledna, Yuri and Funk Drechsler, Maikol and Donzella, Valentina and Aksoy, Eren Erdal}, title = {REHEARSE-3D: A Multi-Modal Emulated Rain Dataset for 3D Point Cloud De-Raining}, volume = {26}, pages = {728}, journal = {Sensors}, number = {2}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {1424-8220}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/s26020728}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Sensor degradation poses a significant challenge in autonomous driving. During heavy rainfall, interference from raindrops can adversely affect the quality of LiDAR point clouds, resulting in, for instance, inaccurate point measurements. This, in turn, can potentially lead to safety concerns if autonomous driving systems are not weather-aware, i.e., if they are unable to discern such changes. In this study, we release a new, large-scale, multi-modal emulated rain dataset, REHEARSE-3D, to promote research advancements in 3D point cloud de-raining. Distinct from the most relevant competitors, our dataset is unique in several respects. First, it is the largest point-wise annotated dataset (9.2 billion annotated points), and second, it is the only one with high-resolution LiDAR data (LiDAR-256) enriched with 4D RADAR point clouds logged in both daytime and nighttime conditions in a controlled weather environment. Furthermore, REHEARSE-3D involves rain-characteristic information, which is of significant value not only for sensor noise modeling but also for analyzing the impact of weather at the point level. Leveraging REHEARSE-3D, we benchmark raindrop detection and removal in fused LiDAR and 4D RADAR point clouds. Our comprehensive study further evaluates the performance of various statistical and deep learning models, where SalsaNext and 3D-OutDet achieve above 94\% IoU for raindrop detection.}, language = {en} } @article{MaksimovskiFestagFacchi2026, author = {Maksimovski, Daniel and Festag, Andreas and Facchi, Christian}, title = {Adaptive Message Generation Rules for V2X Maneuver Coordination Service}, volume = {14}, journal = {IEEE Access}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {New York}, issn = {2169-3536}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3652364}, pages = {6417 -- 6437}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Maneuver coordination enables connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) to collaboratively plan, negotiate, and execute driving maneuvers, aiming to enhance safety, traffic flow, and energy efficiency. As part of the Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication system, it operates as a dedicated service that relies on detailed, bidirectional interactions between vehicles, unlike traditional broadcast-based V2X services. While maneuver coordination is the focus of ongoing research and standardization, the rules that govern when and how vehicles generate Maneuver Coordination Messages (MCMs) within the Maneuver Coordination Service (MCS) are still not fully defined. These rules are essential for ensuring timely and reliable coordination. This paper proposes three adaptive MCM generation strategies based on the operation mode of the MCS, maneuver priority, and current channel load. The first approach defines MCM rules for intent sharing, maneuver negotiation, and execution phases, factoring in maneuver importance. The second adjusts the frequency of intent MCMs when a negotiation message is received from another vehicle. The third adapts frequency based on real-time channel load during intent sharing. For comparison, two baseline strategies are also evaluated. The proposed rules are tested for highway merging and lane change use cases in traffic scenarios with increasing vehicle density and high channel loads. A comprehensive evaluation is conducted using metrics related to the network, message generation frequency, congestion control, and maneuver coordination. The results demonstrate significantly enhanced channel efficiency and communication reliability across all metrics. For example, under the final approach, maneuver negotiation time is reduced by a factor of five in congested V2X environments.}, language = {en} } @article{SchoenhoferKomonenSchwarzetal.2026, author = {Sch{\"o}nhofer, Gerhard and Komonen, Pauli and Schwarz, Jan Oliver and Bechthold, Laura}, title = {Futures of Everyday Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Future Personas in Scenarios}, volume = {8}, pages = {e70030}, journal = {Futures \& Foresight Science}, number = {1}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {2573-5152}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.70030}, year = {2026}, abstract = {Scenario reports, holding a long-standing tradition in foresight and futures studies, act as an essential document for organizations to prepare for possible, plausible, and alternative futures. Focusing on descriptions and representations of everyday life, we examined 29 future persona narratives from six publications—covering a wide field from public to private sector—through qualitative content analysis. Our guiding question is: How can anthropological perspectives such as cultural relativism or postcolonial discourses contribute to an in-depth, qualitative interpretation depictions of future everyday life? Acknowledging anthropology's colonial origins and its growing commitment to the interests of indigenous and other marginalized groups, we offer alternative readings of prominent scenario reports. Our findings suggest that scenario reports, in addition to anticipating possible futures, construct certain futures based on a systematic analysis of empirical data but also speculative interpretation. The results of these interpretative acts often appear elitist, stereotypical, and technocratic, often replicating dominant societal narratives rather than fostering substantive shifts in how the future is imagined. We therefore call for a more polyphonic representation of futures in scenario writing and foresight work that can produce more discontinuous and transformative images of the future. We understand polyphonic representations as coined by various independent, predominant as well as subaltern perspectives on the same issue at stake while being offered the same amount of space. Therefore, as we will indicate in our analysis, most of the reports referred to are rather monophonic and do not offer discuptive perspectives on the future of everyday life. As an avenue of methodological development, we propose a more nuanced and comprehensive perception of culture and social structures in scenario narrative writing. In addition, ethnographic methods could increase our understanding of how futures are collaboratively constructed and produced by different actors and their respective backgrounds and knowledge in scenario processes.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SchwerdSchulte2023, author = {Schwerd, Simon and Schulte, Axel}, title = {Interaction-based Implicit Calibration of Eye-Tracking in an Aircraft Cockpit}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2}, editor = {Paljic, Alexis and Ziat, Mounia and Bouatouch, Kadi}, publisher = {SciTePress}, address = {Set{\´u}bal}, isbn = {978-989-758-634-7}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5220/0011657200003417}, pages = {55 -- 62}, year = {2023}, abstract = {We present a method to calibrate an eye-tracking system based on cockpit interactions of a pilot. Many studies show the feasibility of implicit calibration with specific interactions such as mouse clicks or smooth pursuit eye movements. In real-world applications, different types of interactions often co-exist in the "natural" operation of a system. Therefore, we developed a method that combines different types of interaction to enable implicit calibration in operational work environments. Based on a preselection of calibration candidates, we use an algorithm to select suitable samples and targets to perform implicit calibration. We evaluated our approach in an aircraft cockpit simulator with seven pilot candidates. Our approach reached a median accuracy between 2° to 4° on different cockpit displays dependent on the number of interactions. Differences between participants indicated that the correlation between gaze and interaction position is influenced by individual factors such as experience.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SchwerdSchulte2024, author = {Schwerd, Simon and Schulte, Axel}, title = {Evaluating Blink Rate as a Dynamic Indicator of Mental Workload in a Flight Simulator}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1}, editor = {Bashford-Rogers, Thomas and Meneveaux, Daniel and Ziat, Mounia and Ammi, Mehdi and J{\"a}nicke, Stefan and Purchase, Helen and Bouatouch, Kadi and Sousa, A. Augusto}, publisher = {SciTePress}, address = {Set{\´u}bal}, isbn = {978-989-758-679-8}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5220/0012319100003660}, pages = {362 -- 368}, year = {2024}, abstract = {This study assesses blink rate as a potential indicator for mental workload (MWL) in a dual task scenario in a flight simulator. Prior research indicated that blink rate decreases as mental workload increases across various tasks and domains. In our study, we aimed to determine if these findings are consistent in a dual task environment within a fast jet simulator. Furthermore, we evaluated blink rate fluctuations caused by the dynamic shifts in MWL as tasks are executed, switched, or completed. To investigate this, we executed a flight simulator experiment involving ten participants. They were tasked with two distinct activities: first, classifying air and ground targets, and second, maintaining a specific flight altitude. The results validated that blink rate decreases with increasing task difficulty. However, when a secondary task imposes significant workload, blink rates did not reliably indicate the primary task's difficulty. We also found that the timing of spontaneous blinks w as influenced by task completion and switches. Specifically, blink rates surged immediately after decision-making points and during transitions between tasks.}, language = {en} } @article{SchwerdSchulte2024, author = {Schwerd, Simon and Schulte, Axel}, title = {Triggering Cockpit Alerts Using an Eye-Tracking-Based Measure of Monitoring Performance}, volume = {14}, journal = {Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors}, number = {1}, publisher = {Hogrefe}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {2192-0931}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1027/2192-0923/a000263}, pages = {22 -- 37}, year = {2024}, abstract = {This study explored the potential for enhancing pilot performance via an alerting system that adapts according to an eye-tracking-based measure of monitoring. The novel measure combines gaze analysis with system state assessment to estimate the pilot's understanding of the current system state. On this basis, an alerting system was developed to direct pilot attention to unnoticed system state changes, thereby improving system state monitoring. In a flight simulator study involving 10 participants in a generic jet cockpit, we compared the adaptive alerting system with a no-assistance condition. Although alerting improved the participants' performance in two tracking tasks, it adversely impacted performance in a third task. Nonetheless, alerting resulted in a decrease in both variance and mean detection time of critical changes. Participants' subjective ratings were generally positive, yet they criticized the lack of transparency of the alerting mechanism. Alerts triggered based on eye-tracking and system state show potential for improving operator task performance. Nonetheless, for the system to reach its full performance potential, it is critical that the operator understand the principles underlying the alert triggers. False positives and alert design were identified as key areas for improvement to maintain user trust and task flow.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{RodriguezArozamenaMatutePerezetal.2025, author = {Rodr{\´i}guez-Arozamena, Mario and Matute, Jose and P{\´e}rez, Joshu{\´e} and Ozbay, Burcu and Tezcan, Deryanur and Begecarslan, Enes and Mutlukaya, Irem and Mayer, Kevin and Volkersdorfer, Tina and Hof, Hans-Joachim}, title = {A Fail-Safe Decision Architecture for CCAM Applications}, booktitle = {Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility, Proceedings of the 10th TRA Conference, 2024 Dublin, Ireland - Volume 6: Connected Mobility Ecosystems}, editor = {McNally, Ciaran and Carroll, P{\´a}raic and Martinez-Pastor, Beatriz and Ghosh, Bidisha and Efthymiou, Marina and Valantasis-Kanellos, Nikolaos}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-032-06763-0}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06763-0_104}, pages = {731 -- 737}, year = {2025}, abstract = {In the context of Connected, Cooperative, and Automated Mobility (CCAM), precise ego-vehicle positioning and environmental status assessment are crucial. However, these tasks can be susceptible to sensor failures, misuse, and cyberattacks. Automation disengagements and system redundancy are common strategies to achieve Minimum Risk Conditions when failures occur. This paper presents a Fail-Safe decision architecture formulated within the framework of the SELFY project (https://selfy-project.eu/). The main aim is to reduce inaccuracies in GNSS-derived positioning through the incorporation of sensor fusion, AI-guided situational assessment, trajectory planning, and mode decision components. Additionally, the architecture has been designed to enable real-time updates and communication with external entities, including the Vehicle Security Operations Centre.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{StenzelKuepperRauschetal.2025, author = {Stenzel, Frauke and K{\"u}pper, Steffen and Rausch, Andreas and Schiering, Ina and Bikker, Gert}, title = {Projektbasierte Lehre in der Informatik zur Entwicklung von Zukunftskompetenzen}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6376}, pages = {170 -- 177}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Das Studienprogramm „Digital Technologies" ist ein praxisorientiertes Informatik-Studium. Das zugrundeliegende Konzept sieht einen starken Anwendungsbezug unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung der Nachhaltigkeit vor. Herzst{\"u}ck des Studienprogramms ist die projektbasierte Lehre. Im Umfang von einem Drittel der Studienzeit lernen die Studierenden in Projekten an realen Aufgabenstellungen aus Forschung oder Industrie. F{\"u}r die Umsetzung der projektbasierten Lehre wird die agile Projektmanagementmethode Scrum verwandt; ein inkrementelles und iteratives Vorgehensmodell, basierend auf empirischer Prozesskontrolle. Die Studierendenteams lernen in kurzen, gut planbaren Sprints selbstorganisiert und eigenverantwortlich. Im Rahmen dieser Projekte erwerben die Studierenden neben der F{\"a}higkeit, erlerntes Wissen praxisnah umzusetzen, Kompetenzen im Bereich der Future Skills, wie agiles Arbeiten, Kommunikationsf{\"a}higkeit, Teamarbeit, Reflexionsf{\"a}higkeit, Selbstorganisation und Probleml{\"o}sekompetenz.}, language = {de} } @article{ReuthlingerSinha2025, author = {Reuthlinger, Eva and Sinha, Tanja}, title = {Impact Investing from an European Perspective - Do Good and Earn Money?}, volume = {14}, journal = {Copernican Journal of Finance \& Accounting}, number = {1}, publisher = {Nicolaus Copernicus University}, address = {Toruń}, issn = {2300-3065}, doi = {http://dx.doi. org/10.12775/CJFA.2025.005}, pages = {87 -- 109}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Impact Investing provides a promising way to fund sustainable development while balancing financial, social, and environmental goals. This study compares the performance of Impact, Conventional, and ESG Portfolios in the European stock market over more than 10 years, using Markowitz Optimization and Naive Diversification. The findings show that Impact Portfolios yield the highest returns, without sacrificing financial performance when integrating sustainability criteria that go beyond the classical ESG investing.}, language = {en} } @article{SchmidtZehAndersetal.2020, author = {Schmidt, Sebastian-Manuel and Zeh, Stefan and Anders, Karina and Hirschmann, Katrin and Stieg, Volker}, title = {Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung neu bewertet}, volume = {2020}, journal = {Zeitschrift Hochschule und Weiterbildung}, subtitle = {Das Spannungsverh{\"a}ltnis von Bildungsauftrag und Nachfrageorientierung als strukturgebendes Element f{\"u}r bayerische Hochschulen}, number = {1}, publisher = {DGWF}, address = {Kassel}, issn = {2567-2673}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4119/zhwb-3136}, pages = {44 -- 54}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Die Interpretation der Hochschule als Institution des lebenslangen Lernens und das {\"O}ffnen f{\"u}r neue Zielgruppen stellt die staatlichen Bildungseinrichtungen vor erhebliche Herausforderungen, die Aktualisierungshandeln erforderlich machen. Hierdurch begeben sich die staatlichen Einrichtungen auf einen bereits etablierten Bildungsmarkt, der sich vom bekannten Handlungsfeld unterscheidet, da er unentwegt ein agiles Handeln und eine schnelle Adaptionsf{\"a}higkeit auf neue Bildungsanforderungen ben{\"o}tigt. Immer {\"o}fter ist aber die Einrichtung Universit{\"a}t in einer unentwegten Grundsatzdebatte gefangen, die sich immer durch zwei Extrema auszeichnet: arbeitet man marktzentriert oder beharrt man auf seiner vorhandenen Rolle als staatliche Einrichtung mit eindeutigem Bildungsauftrag und wie setzt man nun wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung gem{\"a}ß dessen um? Kontr{\"a}r zur allgegenw{\"a}rtigen Interpretation „Bildungsauftrag vs. / oder Cash Cow" und einem notwendigen Kl{\"a}rungsbedarf der Situationslage ist genau dieses Spannungsverh{\"a}ltnis zwischen den beiden Dimensionen f{\"u}r die Umsetzung der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung an (bayerischen) Hochschulen notwendig. Das Spannungsfeld Bildungsauftrag und Nachfrageorientierung ist die beispiellose Triebkraft f{\"u}r Existenz, erfolgreiche Durchf{\"u}hrung und Weiterentwicklung der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung und des (Weiter-)Bildungsmarkts.}, language = {de} } @article{PanzerLandesbergerLuzinetal.2025, author = {Panzer, Hannes and Landesberger, Martin and Luzin, Vladimir and Rauner, Dominik and Wolf, Daniel and Zaeh, Michael}, title = {Evaluating the predictive capabilities of part-scale residual stress simulations of PBF-LB/M up to crack formation by a comparison to neutron diffraction}, volume = {2026}, pages = {111713}, journal = {Engineering Fracture Mechanics}, number = {331}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Kidlington}, issn = {0013-7944}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2025.111713}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Additive manufacturing technologies have proven to be an excellent alternative to conventional production methods, especially when geometrically complex parts and low production quantities are aimed at. Specifically, powder bed fusion of metals using a laser beam (PBF-LB/M) additionally allows for the manufacturing of mechanically highly stressable parts. However, the heat input through the laser beam into the material and an irregular cooling during the processing result in the formation of high residual stresses. These lead to form deviations outside the specified tolerances and may accumulate to an extent, at which stress-induced cracking occurs. This emphasizes the need for an accurate prediction of the residual stresses during the PBF-LB/M process with the goal of a first-time-right additive manufacturing. In this study, three specimens exhibiting high residual stress formations during PBF-LB/M were manufactured from the nickel-based superalloy Inconel 718. Afterwards, the stresses were measured by means of neutron diffraction. The results provided the validation data for a subsequent finite element simulation, representing the build-up process on a part-scale, in which the data evaluation was conducted in accordance with the measurements for a high comparability. A comparison between the simulation and the neutron diffraction results of all three specimens showed a very good agreement of the normal stresses in all three coordinate directions, both for tensile and compressive stresses. The obtained results highlight the validity of the applied simplified part-scale simulation. The latter can, therefore, be utilized to increase the process understanding of residual stress and crack formations. It can also be used to enable process parameter modifications or geometry adaptions, aiming at a first-time-right additive manufacturing.}, language = {en} } @book{ElstermannFleischmannMoseretal.2026, author = {Elstermann, Matthes and Fleischmann, Albert and Moser, Christoph and Oppl, Stefan and Schmidt, Werner and Stary, Christian}, title = {Contextual Process Digitalization}, subtitle = {Changing Perspectives - Design Thinking - Value-Led Design}, edition = {Second Edition}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-032-06901-6}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06901-6}, pages = {XII, 343}, year = {2026}, abstract = {This open access book presents an overview and step-by-step explanation of process management. It starts with the individual participants' perspectives on their work in a process and its structuring and harmonization, and then moves on to its specification in a model and how it is embedded in the organizational and IT environment of the company. Lastly, the book examines the joint processing of instances in the resulting socio-technical systems. A corresponding illustration, which expands with the overview, enables readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of business process management. The book presents various facets of business process management from the perspective of the participants, and introduces a selection of models that have proved useful in practice. The design of such models supports the transition from a more-or-less unstructured or unsatisfactory way of working to a structured process that corresponds to the ideas of the company and its customers. For this second edition, several new sections dealing with the integration of IoT processes, artificial intelligence, and social behavior patterns in process mining, a whole chapter on implementation and operation, and three new case studies were added. The book is intended for professionals in industry as well as students in the field of business information systems who are looking for guidelines on how to discover, create and implement real-world processes.}, language = {en} } @article{BienertRegnet2025, author = {Bienert, J{\"o}rg and Regnet, Simon}, title = {Stability Analysis for an Ultra-Lightweight Glider Airplane with Electric Driven Two-Blade Propeller}, volume = {9}, pages = {3}, journal = {Vibration}, number = {1}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2571-631X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/vibration9010003}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Safety is the most important requirement in flight operations. This also affects the application for an extreme lightweight glider in this paper. Essential properties are the target weight below 120 kgand the electric propulsion. The unsymmetric inertia from the two-blade propeller at the rear in combination with the light and flexible aluminium tube support makes it necessary to investigate the risk of mechanical instability. Starting from the equations of motion, the time-variant system matrices are set up. The simulation of Floquet multiplier and Hill's hyper-eigenvalue problem provide the necessary information about the system stability. The conclusion is that the potential instability due to structural damping in the observed system can be avoided in the range of operation. The damping, experimentally determined by approximately 2\%, is sufficient.}, language = {en} } @article{GregorBauderKirstenVidaldeOliveiraetal.2025, author = {Gregor, Markus and Bauder, Maximilian and Kirsten Vidal de Oliveira, Aline and Mast, Pascal and R{\"u}ther, Ricardo and Schweiger, Hans-Georg}, title = {Approaches for Lifetime Prediction of Vehicle Traction Battery Systems During a Technical Inspection: A Systematic Review}, volume = {17}, pages = {3}, journal = {World Electric Vehicle Journal}, number = {1}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2032-6653}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj17010003}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Creating trust in society for new technologies, such as a new types of powertrains, and making them marketable requires transparent, neutral, and independent technical verification. This is crucial for the acceptance and success of electrified vehicles in the used car markets. A key component of electric vehicles is the traction battery, whose current and future condition, particularly regarding aging, determines its residual value and safe operation. This review aims to identify and evaluate methods for predicting the lifetime of onboard traction batteries, focusing on their applicability in technical inspections. A systematic literature and patent review was conducted using targeted keywords, yielding 22 patents and 633 publications. From these, 150 distinct lifetime prediction methods were extracted and categorized into a four-level mind map. These methods are summarized, cited, and structured in detailed tables. The relationships between approaches are explained to clarify the current research landscape. Long Short-Term Memory, Convolutional Neural Networks, and Particle Filters were identified as the most frequently used techniques. However, no methods were found suitable for predicting the lifetime of traction batteries during technical vehicle inspections, which operate under short test durations, limited data access, and diverse real-world operating conditions. Most studies focused on cell-level testing and did not address complete battery systems in operational vehicles. This gap highlights the need for applied research and the development of practical methods to support battery assessment in real-world conditions. Advancing this field is essential to foster confidence in battery systems and enable a sustainable transition to electromobility.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{GriesbeckAllesTeistler2025, author = {Griesbeck, Michael and Alles, Martina and Teistler, Anja}, title = {Hybrid \& kollaborativ: zukunftsorientiertes Lernen in einem lernf{\"o}rderlichen Lehr-Experimentierraum}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6359}, pages = {106 -- 114}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Im Projekt HigHRoQ an der Technischen Hochschule Rosenheim wurde mit dem „Labor f{\"u}r hybride Gruppenarbeit" ein innovativer Lehr-Experimentierraum geschaffen, der physische und virtuelle Lernumgebungen zu einer „Neuen Pr{\"a}senz" verbindet. Teams aus vor Ort anwesenden und online teilnehmenden Studierenden arbeiten synchron und interaktiv zusammen. Digitale Whiteboards, Kameras und hochwertige Audiotechnik erm{\"o}glichen weitestgehend gleichwertige Interaktionen. Spezielle Aufgabenstellungen f{\"o}rdern dabei ein konstruktives Lernen sowie Schl{\"u}sselkompetenzen wie Teamarbeit und technologische F{\"a}higkeiten. Die Lernumgebung wurde durch Befragungen und Unterrichtsbeobachtungen evaluiert und mithilfe des ICAP-Frameworks analysiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass passives Lernen minimiert und interaktive Prozesse durch audiovisuelle Kommunikationskan{\"a}le gef{\"o}rdert werden. Der Beitrag illustriert, wie hybride Lernr{\"a}ume eine inklusive und zukunftsorientierte Hochschulbildung unterst{\"u}tzen k{\"o}nnen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{KrapfHeldt2025, author = {Krapf, Regula and Heldt, Victoria Krystin}, title = {Das eLearning-Praktikum: Mathematiklehramtsstudierende gestalten die Lehre von morgen}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6377}, pages = {178 -- 185}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Seit dem Sommersemester 2022 wird an der Universit{\"a}t Bonn das Modul „eLearning-Praktikum" f{\"u}r Mathematiklehramtsstudierende angeboten. In diesem Modul lernen die Teilnehmenden, mithilfe von digitalen Tools eigenst{\"a}ndig Lernmaterialien f{\"u}r die Hochschullehre zu entwickeln. Sie experimentieren mit verschiedenen Videoformaten wie Lightboardvideos, Screencasts und Animationsvideos, setzen die Software h5p f{\"u}r interaktive Inhalte ein, gestalten Online-Tests mit STACK-Aufgaben und entwerfen digitale Lernmodule. Diese Materialien werden im Rahmen eines Peer Review {\"u}berarbeitet und anschließend in der Lehre eingesetzt. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die Ziele, die Rahmenbedingungen und die Umsetzung des eLearning-Praktikums anhand eines Best-Practice-Beispiels. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus werden Ergebnisse einer Befragung der Teilnehmenden vorgestellt, die Einblicke in deren Einstellungen und Lernergebnisse bieten.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{GlondysZauner2025, author = {Glondys, Manuel and Zauner, Amelie}, title = {Didaktische Impulse durch Instructional Design f{\"u}r zuk{\"u}nftige Lehr- und Lernr{\"a}ume}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6354}, pages = {65 -- 71}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Dieser Beitrag behandelt das in der deutschen Hochschullandschaft relativ neue Berufsfeld des Instructional Designs, einem lern- und kognitionspsychologisch orientierten Ansatz, der auf eine optimale Erstellung von Lehr- und Lernr{\"a}umen abzielt und eine wertvolle Ressource f{\"u}r den MINT-Bereich sein kann. Neben einer Darstellung der Genese dieses Berufszweigs wird auch aufgezeigt, warum das Instructional Design in einer hochtechnologisierten Hochschullandschaft immer mehr an Bedeutung gewinnt. Um dieses Konzept an bayerischen Hochschulen zu etablieren, f{\"o}rdert die Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern (vhb) im Rahmen des Pilotprojekts „Instructional Designer@vhb" 20 Stellen, die durch ihre Expertise und Know-how die Lehrenden bei der Erstellung virtueller Lehr- und Lernr{\"a}ume innerhalb der F{\"o}rderlinien der vhb unterst{\"u}tzen und beraten sollen.}, language = {de} } @thesis{Salaj2025, author = {Salaj, Ina}, title = {Integrating cross-modality fusion for joint audio-visual quality assessment}, publisher = {Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt}, address = {Ingolstadt}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-65575}, pages = {67 Seiten in verschiedenen Z{\"a}hlungen}, school = {Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Assessing the quality of audio-visual (AV) content is essential for understanding how users perceive the overall experience of combined audio and video in the modern multimedia applications. Even though there has been a lot of work in assessing the quality of audio and video separately, the integration of these channels has not been well explored especially using advanced deep learning techniques. Current literature tends to use non-industry-standard datasets and simple fusion strategies, thus hindering the real-world relevance and advancement of the field. To address these gaps, this work conducts a series of experiments starting from simple approaches and baseline models, progressively advancing to more sophisticated methods such as integrating cross-modality fusion via cross and self-attention. Our method incorporates a deep neural network based audio model along with a dedicated video quality model where the features of both modalities are fused using attention mechanisms. We extend the feature set of one modality when needed in order to preserve temporal correspondence and relevance. One of the novelties of the proposed approach is the usage of the Concordance Correlation Coefficient (CCC) loss, which is a measure that has been employed in emotion recognition but not in AV quality modeling before. This loss function increases the stability of our quality estimations since it forces the model to output quality scores that are closer to the actual human ratings. We also make a unique contribution by using an AV dataset that is closer to the industry practices, which contains high quality audio and video content with realistic distortions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work that employs cross-attention for AV feature fusion in an intrusive AV quality assessment setting. The experimental results show that this approach can enhance the prediction performance and yield high Pearson and Spearman correlations as well as low RMSE. This work sets a new baseline for AV quality assessment and demonstrates how cross-modal fusion can be useful in real-life multimedia applications.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SchlagowskiHergetHeimerletal.2024, author = {Schlagowski, Ruben and Herget, Frederick and Heimerl, Niklas and Hammerl, Maximilian and Huber, Tobias and Zwolsky, Pamina and Gruca, Jan and Andr{\´e}, Elisabeth}, title = {From a Social POV: The Impact of Point of View on Player Behavior, Engagement, and Experience in a Serious Social Simulation Game}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2024}, editor = {Smith, Gillian and Whitehead, Jim and Samuel, Ben and Spiel, Katta and van Rozen, Riemer}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {New York}, isbn = {979-8-4007-0955-5}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3649921.3649936}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Multiplayer games with social aspects vary widely regarding client design, e.g., point of view or camera perspective. While design paradigms usually arise from gold standards that are set by previously successful games in the industry, the impact of such paradigms is under-researched for games that serve as scientific instruments, e.g., to research social behavior. Intending to investigate how such games should be designed, we built two multiplayer clients with the same game logic, one using a first-person point of view, while the other includes a top-down camera perspective. Then, we conducted an online user study in which players tested these game clients in extensive multiplayer sessions. Analyzing speech time, in-game logs, questionnaires, and qualitative feedback, we look at the perspectives' impact on player behavior, engagement, and game experience in a scientific or "serious games" context. In addition, we have made our designed game UNISON and both clients available as open source to facilitate future empirical social science research.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SalayCzarneckiAlvarezetal.2020, author = {Salay, Rick and Czarnecki, Krzysztof and Alvarez, Ignacio and Elli, Maria and Sedwards, Sean and Weast, Jack}, title = {PURSS: Towards Perceptual Uncertainty Aware Responsibility Sensitive Safety with ML}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Safety (SafeAI 2020), co-located with 34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2020)}, editor = {Espinoza, Hu{\´a}scar and Hern{\´a}ndez-Orallo, Jos{\´e} and Chen, Xin Cynthia and {\´O}h{\´E}igeartaigh, Se{\´a}n S. and Huang, Xiaowei and Castillo-Effen, Mauricio and Mallah, Richard and McDermid, John}, publisher = {RWTH Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, url = {https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2560/}, pages = {91 -- 95}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Automated driving is an ML-intensive problem and its safety depends on the integrity of perception as well as planning and control. Responsibility Sensitive Safety (RSS) is a recent approach to promote safe planning and control that relies on perfect perception; however, perceptual uncertainty is always present, and this causes the possibility of misperceptions that can lead an autonomous vehicle to allow unsafe actions. In this position paper, we sketch a novel proposal for a formal model of perception coupled with RSS to help mitigate the impact of misperception by using information about perceptual uncertainty. The approach expresses uncertainty as imprecise perceptions that are consumed by RSS and cause it to limit actions to those that support safe behaviour given the perceptual uncertainty. We illustrate our approach using examples and discuss its implications and limitations.}, language = {en} } @article{HaryantoVaculin2025, author = {Haryanto, Aditya and Vaculin, Ondrej}, title = {YoFlow Method for Scenario Based Automatic Accident Detection}, volume = {7}, journal = {IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {New York}, issn = {2687-7813}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/OJITS.2025.3639557}, pages = {61 -- 73}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Recent advances in sensor and computing technologies have enabled road side units (RSUs) to not only monitor traffic flow but also process data in real time to improve road safety. However, leveraging RSUs for proactive accident detection remains a challenging and underexplored task, partly due to the lack of diverse accident data. To address this, this study proposes two key contributions: (i) a scenario-based synthetic data generation framework, and (ii) YoFlow, a novel system for vehicle-tovehicle accident detection from a simulated RSU camera perspective. The proposed framework leverages the PEGASUS method for scenario generation strategy and BeamNG.tech for generating synthetic traffic videos. This approach led to the development of the SB-SIF dataset, which includes five representative intersection crash scenarios derived from German accident data. The SB-SIF dataset contains 914 crash videos, 123 near-miss events, and 924 normal traffic instances and is publicly available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15267252. The proposed YoFlow system identifies accidents by analyzing temporal variations in vehicle speed vectors, using YOLO for vehicle classification and CUDA-accelerated dense optical flow to capture abrupt motion changes. The extracted features are processed and classified using an XGBoost model, achieving 94\% recall and 90\% precision in accident detection.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KoliosGohAhmed2022, author = {Kolios, Alexandros and Goh, Wei Jiah and Ahmed, Awais}, title = {Analysis and forecasting of financial risks of German enterprises in the context of unpredictable price dynamics of energy resources}, booktitle = {Culegere de articole: Conferinţa știinţifică internaţională, "Paradigme moderne {\^i}n dezvoltarea economiei naţionale {\c{s}}i mondiale"}, publisher = {CEP USM}, address = {Chișinău}, isbn = {978-9975-62-488-6}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7543630}, pages = {133 -- 136}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The relevance of this topic is due to the fact that at present in Germany there is an unpredictable price dynamics of energy resources, changes in interest rates, the dynamics of the euro exchange rate, and is also due to such factors as the instability of the political situation and the changing principles of state influence in the financial sector. Purpose of the work: to study the economic impact of financial risk on the German financial system, to explore methods for measuring, identifying and managing financial risks at the company level. Research methodology: In the course of the study, such modern methods of studying economic phenomena and processes as a dialectical approach, system analysis, formal logic, statistical research techniques were used.}, language = {en} } @article{MehtaLwakatareZoerneretal.2025, author = {Mehta, Kedar and Lwakatare, Bertha and Z{\"o}rner, Wilfried and Ehrenwirth, Mathias}, title = {Mini-grid performance in Sub-Saharan Africa: case studies from Tsumkwe and Gam, Namibia}, volume = {12}, pages = {30}, journal = {Sustainable Energy Research}, number = {1}, publisher = {SpringerOpen}, address = {Singapore}, issn = {2731-9237}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s40807-025-00174-y}, year = {2025}, abstract = {This paper investigates the performance analysis and operational challenges of mini-grids in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the Tsumkwe and Gam mini-grids, the only officially recognized mini-grids in Namibia. The study addresses a critical gap in understanding mini-grid efficiency, technical difficulties, and future potential. The key research questions focus on assessing mini-grid performance, identifying technical and operational challenges, quantifying the relationship between electricity demand and supply, and providing recommendations for enhancing rural electrification through mini-grids. These insights are crucial for evaluating the effectiveness of mini-grids in the African context and understanding their role in advancing rural electrification. By using a mixed-method approach, the research combines quantitative and qualitative data to offer a comprehensive analysis of these two mini-grid systems of Namibia. The data collected from 2017 to 2022 include metrics on energy supply, consumption, photovoltaic generation, community load, and meteorological conditions. Qualitative insights were gathered through field visits, surveys, and interviews with mini-grid operators, allowing for a thorough examination of community perspectives, operational issues, and technical performance. The findings reveal that the Tsumkwe mini-grid has seen a decline in efficiency due to maintenance problems and battery overheating, while the Gam mini-grid, initially oversized, now struggles with increased demand and new connections. This study provides the first detailed technical insights, identifies consumer archetypes, and evaluates the energy dynamics of mini-grids in Namibia. Recommendations include improved maintenance protocols, advanced battery management, and enhanced data monitoring. By analyzing Tsumkwe and Gam, this paper offers valuable lessons for mini-grid development in Sub-Saharan Africa, stressing the need for continuous evaluation and strategic improvements to achieve sustainable rural electrification.}, language = {en} } @article{MehtaJainZoerner2025, author = {Mehta, Kedar and Jain, Rushabh Bansilal and Z{\"o}rner, Wilfried}, title = {Agrivoltaics Around the World: Potential, Technology, Crops and Policies to Address the Energy-Agriculture Nexus for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Land Use}, volume = {18}, pages = {6417}, journal = {Energies}, number = {24}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {1996-1073}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/en18246417}, year = {2025}, abstract = {The urgent pursuit of climate-resilient agriculture and clean energy systems, central to the Energy-Agriculture Nexus and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, has accelerated global interest in agrivoltaic (Agri-PV) technologies. This paper presents a global systematic review and meta-analysis of 160 peer-reviewed studies, structured through a five-stage thematic synthesis: (1) mapping global and regional Agri-PV deployment and potential, (2) analyzing system design and modeling methodologies, (3) evaluating crop suitability under partial shading, (4) reviewing enabling policies and regulatory frameworks, and (5) assessing techno-economic feasibility and investment barriers. Results reveal that Europe and Asia lead Agri-PV development, driven by incentive-based policies and national tenders, while limited regulatory clarity and high capital costs constrain wider adoption. Despite technological progress, no integrated model fully captures the coupled energy, water, and crop dynamics essential for holistic assessment. Strengthening economic valuation, policy coherence, and standardized modeling approaches will be critical to scale Agri-PV systems as a cornerstone of sustainable and climate-resilient land use.}, language = {en} } @article{MeintrupSinger2025, author = {Meintrup, David and Singer, Peter}, title = {A Friendly Guide to the Real Exponential Function}, volume = {132}, journal = {The American Mathematical Monthly}, number = {10}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, issn = {1930-0972}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2025.2554556}, pages = {1043 -- 1047}, year = {2025}, abstract = {We propose an elementary introduction to the real exponential function of Leonhard Euler that combines ideas of Felix Klein and Adolf Hurwitz and uses an approximation of the primitive of the hyperbola. In this way, we can avoid the difficulties of common approaches yet still obtain classical results.}, language = {en} } @article{SchwanMohanSchmidetal.2025, author = {Schwan, Hannes and Mohan, Nihesh and Schmid, Maximilian and Saha, Rocky Kumar and Klassen, Holger and M{\"u}ller, Klaus and Elger, Gordon}, title = {Sintering for High Power Optoelectronic Devices}, volume = {16}, pages = {1164}, journal = {Micromachines}, number = {10}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2072-666X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/mi16101164}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Residual-free eutectic Au80Sn20 soldering is still the dominant assembly technology for optoelectronic devices such as high-power lasers, LEDs, and photodiodes. Due to the high cost of gold, alternatives are desirable. This paper investigates the thermal performance of copper-based sintering for optoelectronic submodules on first and second level to obtain thermally efficient thin bondlines. Sintered interconnects obtained by a new particle-free copper ink, based on complexed copper salt, are compared with copper flake and silver nanoparticle sintered interconnects and benchmarked against AuSn solder interconnects. The copper ink is dispensed and predried at 130 °C to facilitate in situ generation of Cu nanoparticles by thermal decomposition of the metal salt before sintering. Submounts are then sintered at 275 °C for 15 min under nitrogen with 30 MPa pressure, forming uniform 2-5 µm copper layers achieving shear strengths above 31 MPa. Unpackaged LEDs are bonded on first level using the copper ink but applying only 10 MPa to avoid damaging the semiconductor dies. Thermal performance is evaluated via transient thermal analysis. Results show that copper ink interfaces approach the performance of thin AuSn joints and match silver interconnects at second level. However, at first level, AuSn and sintered interconnects of commercial silver and copper pastes remained superior due to the relative inhomogeneous thickness of the thin Cu copper layer after predrying, requiring higher bonding pressure to equalize surface inhomogeneities.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Bilal2025, author = {Bilal, M{\"u}henad}, title = {Entwicklung eines reflexionsmindernden Bildgebungsverfahrens mit homogener Ausleuchtung und konvolutionalen neuronalen Netzen zur Verschleißerkennung und Klassifizierung komplexer, spiegelnder Zerspanungswerkzeuge}, publisher = {Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt}, address = {Ingolstadt}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-64997}, pages = {8, 120, XVI}, school = {Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Im Zuge der Digitalisierung stehen Unternehmen, insbesondere Klein- und Mittelst{\"a}ndische Unternehmen (KMUs), bei der Etablierung von K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz (KI) in industriellen Fertigungsprozessen zunehmend vor großen Herausforderungen. Im letzten Jahrhundert hat die klassische Automatisierung in der Fertigung maßgeblich zur Produktivit{\"a}tssteigerung und damit auch zur Wettbewerbsf{\"a}higkeit von Unternehmen beigetragen. Die Entwicklung und Etablierung von KIgest{\"u}tzter Automatisierung in Unternehmen stellen die n{\"a}chste Stufe der Produktivit{\"a}tssteigerung dar und werden die bisherige regelbasierte, klassische Automatisierung zunehmend abl{\"o}sen. Der Bedarf nach KI-gest{\"u}tzter Automatisierung in der Zerspanungsindustrie, insbesondere in den Bereichen der Werkzeugfertigung und -instandsetzung, gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung. Das liegt an den steigenden Kundenanforderungen und am demografischen Wandel, aber auch am Fachkr{\"a}ftemangel, an kostenintensiven Messverfahren sowie an zeit- und ressourcenaufwendigen Schulungen, die zur Bedienung komplexer Messverfahren relevant sind. Das stellt eine Gefahr f{\"u}r die Wettbewerbsf{\"a}higkeit der KMUs dar. Klassische Messverfahren wie die Fokusvariation oder triangulationsbasierte Messtechniken liefern zwar eine hohe Genauigkeit, sind jedoch mit erheblichem Zeit- und Kostenaufwand verbunden. Daher eignen sie sich nur bedingt f{\"u}r den Serieneinsatz in der Qualit{\"a}tskontrolle, insbesondere bei der Vermessung von Schneidwerkzeugen im Rahmen stichprobenbasierter Pr{\"u}fungen. Um diese Herausforderungen entgegenzuwirken, wurde im Rahmen dieser Dissertation ein vollst{\"a}ndiges KI-gest{\"u}tztes System zur automatisierten Werkzeuginspektion und -Klassifizierung entwickelt und fundierte Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)-basierte Forschung betrieben. Eine der zentralen Kerninnovationen dieser Arbeit liegt in der Entwicklung einer werkzeugspezifischen Lichtquelle, die gezielt auf die optischen Eigenschaften der zylindrischen Schneidwerkzeuge wie Schaftfr{\"a}ser abgestimmt ist und neue M{\"o}glichkeiten in der bildbasierten Qualit{\"a}tskontrolle von gl{\"a}nzenden Oberfl{\"a}chen er{\"o}ffnet. Die dabei erzeugten hochaufl{\"o}senden Aufnahmen zeichnen sich durch eine hohe Tiefensch{\"a}rfe, Farbtreue und gleichm{\"a}ßige Ausleuchtung aus und erm{\"o}glichen eine zuverl{\"a}ssige Verschleißanalyse. Um die Funktionalit{\"a}t dieses neuen Bildgebungsverfahrens zu demonstrieren, wurde zun{\"a}chst mit regelbasierten Verfahren wie adaptiver Schwellenwertbildung ein Verschleißdetektionsalgorithmus entwickelt und in Gegen{\"u}berstellung mit standardisierten Bildaufnahmen aus der Fertigung erforscht. Die ersten vielversprechenden Ergebnisse f{\"u}hrten zur Anwendung bestehender Architekturen wie Mask Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network (Mask R-CNN). Diese wurden f{\"u}r die Lokalisierung und Detektion von Verschleiß anhand weniger Bilder genutzt. Außerdem wurde ein CNN-basiertes Verfahren f{\"u}r die semantische Segmentierung entwickelt, das in der Lage ist, normalen und abnormalen Verschleiß an hochreflektierenden Schaftfr{\"a}sern mit komplexen Freiformfl{\"a}chen zu detektieren und mit hoher Genauigkeit trennscharf voneinander zu unterscheiden. Bei der semantischen Segmentierung wurden unterschiedliche Ans{\"a}tze f{\"u}r die Modelloptimierung verfolgt, darunter Variationen der Ankerboxen und des Intersection over Union (IoU)-Schwellenwerts bei Mask R-CNN, um die bestm{\"o}gliche Modellperformance zu erhalten. Weitere CNN-basierte Ans{\"a}tze folgten. Hierbei wurden bew{\"a}hrte Architekturen wie U-Net Architecture (UNet) f{\"u}r die Verschleißdetektion modifiziert, aber auch eine kompakte, dimensionsreduzierte Form entwickelt, um normalen von abnormalem Verschleiß mit hoher Genauigkeit zu detektieren und Aussagen {\"u}ber das Verschleißverhalten zu treffen. Dabei wurden unterschiedliche Regularisierungstechniken und Hyperparameteroptimierung angewandt, um die beste Modellleistung an zwei unterschiedlichen hochreflektierenden Werkzeugtypen zu erreichen. Es wurden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit auch die State of the Art (SOTA) CNNs-Architekturen f{\"u}r die Klassifizierung von Werkzeugen erforscht. Hierbei wurde die Auswirkung unterschiedlicher Beleuchtungsbedingungen, der Bildqualit{\"a}t sowie der unterschiedlichen Trainingsstrategien untersucht, um die am besten geeignete Architektur und Trainingsstrategie f{\"u}r eine KI-basierte Werkzeugklassifizierung zu identifizieren.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{MulicCepragaGavlitchii2022, author = {Mulic, Andrei and Cepraga, Marcel and Gavlitchii, Daniil}, title = {Aplicarea inovațiilor {\^i}n optimizarea gestiunii investițiilor la nivelul micro și macroeconomic}, booktitle = {Culegere de articole: Conferinţa știinţifică internaţională, "Paradigme moderne {\^i}n dezvoltarea economiei naţionale {\c{s}}i mondiale"}, publisher = {CEP USM}, address = {Chișinău}, isbn = {978-9975-62-488-6}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7543601}, pages = {129 -- 132}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Actuality of the research topic is conditioned by the importance of investment management in the financial management of economic entities. Maintaining the dominant positions in the top of the best performing enterprises at national and international level can be achieved by applying innovations in improving investment management. The research topic aims are to define the models and principles of directing existing investments in world theory and practice and to implement innovations in investment management at the micro-economic level. The purpose and objectives of the research are to the concept of investment and their classification as well as to study the world practice of training and management of portfolio and capital investments. Determine the particularities of the formation of the optimal portfolio structure, the cost-effectiveness-risk relationship and the method of combating the risk of an investment portfolio. And applying innovations in solving the problems of training, management and combating investment risk. In order to achieve the purpose and objectives of the research, the methods of analysis and research that we have used: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, observation, generalization, the complex and systemic methodological approach of contemporary economic concepts. An important contribution was made by the experts Ulrike B. And Radeke J. From the German Economic team Moldova and the economists from Expert Group, who served as guidance and guidance point throughout the entire study, having at their core essential works that contributed enormously to the consolidation of the research level of that work. The results of the research would allow the identification and understanding of the functioning of a system of training and application of innovations in the process of improvement of the investment management of enterprises in the Republic of Moldova.}, language = {mul} } @inproceedings{PentlehnerStettner2025, author = {Pentlehner, Dominik and Stettner, Cornelia}, title = {Chemie-Vorkurs und Chemie-Caf{\´e}: Angebote zur Erh{\"o}hung des Studienerfolgs}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6352}, pages = {49 -- 56}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Evaluationsergebnisse und Einsch{\"a}tzung der Lehrenden in chemienahen Studieng{\"a}ngen ergaben, dass sich die Gruppe der Studienanf{\"a}nger sowohl bzgl. ihres theoretischen Vorwissens in Chemie als auch in Bezug auf ihre praktischen F{\"a}higkeiten im Chemielabor heterogen zusammensetzt. Um dieser Heterogenit{\"a}t entgegenzuwirken und allgemein das Vorwissen zu erh{\"o}hen, wurden zwei freiwillige Angebote, ein Chemie-Vorkurs vor Studienbeginn sowie ein Chemie-Caf{\´e} w{\"a}hrend der Vorlesungszeit, eingef{\"u}hrt. Beide Angebote haben einen vergleichsweise großen individuellen Gestaltungsraum und sind geeignet der Heterogenit{\"a}t der Gruppe zu begegnen und generell das Niveau zu steigern. Darauf deuten sowohl die meist geringere Zahl der Studienabbrecher als auch die positive R{\"u}ckmeldung bei den Vorkursbesuchern hin, beim Chemie-Caf{\´e} ist es das Ergebnis von Gespr{\"a}chen mit den Teilnehmern.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{PitschEckHehletal.2025, author = {Pitsch, Stephan and Eck, Susanne and Hehl, Karin and H{\"o}fert, Christian and Reichenberger, Volker and Schieborn, Dirk and Klein, Peter}, title = {Zwei Jahre Mintfabrik - ein Erfahrungsbericht}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6353}, pages = {57 -- 64}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Die Mintfabrik wurde im Oktober 2023 als neues Online-LehrLern-Portal ver{\"o}ffentlicht (Pitsch et al., 2023). Die Entwicklung erfolgte in einer Kooperation der HAW Reutlingen mit der T{\"u}binger Firma Let's make sense. Grundidee war es, die bereits vorhandenen Onlinekurse und Lernmanagementsysteme sinnvoll zu erg{\"a}nzen und ein Portal bereitzustellen, das kostenlos, {\"o}ffentlich zug{\"a}nglich, und sehr einfach und flexibel einsetzbar ist. In den letzten zwei Jahren wurde die Mintfabrik stetig weiterentwickelt und auf verschiedene Art und Weise genutzt. In diesem Erfahrungsbericht stellen die Autoren und Autorinnen dar, f{\"u}r welche Szenarien sich die Mintfabrik als besonders gut oder eher weniger geeignet herausgestellt hat, und wie das Tool von Studierenden aufgenommen wurde. Die Ergebnisse einer Erstevaluierung der Mintfabrik im Fr{\"u}hjahr 2025 werden vorgestellt. Berichtet wird auch {\"u}ber bisher entstandene Kooperationen und die Erfahrungen mit dem Projektmanagement.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{vonZadowKiesler2025, author = {von Zadow, Ulrich and Kiesler, Natalie}, title = {Inverted Classroom in der Einf{\"u}hrungsveranstaltung Programmierung}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6355}, pages = {74 -- 84}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Die Lehrveranstaltung Programmierung f{\"u}r Informatik-Studierende wurde an der TH N{\"u}rnberg, wie an vielen Hochschulen, bisher als klassische Vorlesungs-{\"U}bungs-Kombination realisiert. Nach einer hohen Durchfallquote im Wintersemester 2023/24 wurde im Wintersemester 2024/25 f{\"u}r eine Kohorte ein experimentelles, auf dem Inverted Classroom-Ansatz basierendes Lehrkonzept implementiert. Hierbei bereiten sich die Studierenden durch Literaturarbeit auf die Veranstaltungen vor, in denen vorwiegend aktivierende Lehr-/Lernformen genutzt werden. Die Veranstaltung wurde durch eine Reihe von Datenerhebungen (Teaching Analysis Poll, zwei Umfragen, Lehrtagebuch) begleitet, um das Lernverhalten der Studierenden, beobachtbare H{\"u}rden, und Good Practices f{\"u}r zuk{\"u}nftige Veranstaltungen abzuleiten. Das Konzept wurde insgesamt positiv bewertet, wobei sich auch viele Verbesserungsm{\"o}glichkeiten im Detail abzeichneten. Im Artikel dokumentieren wir die Ergebnisse der Erhebungen und diskutieren die Implikationen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Curdes2025, author = {Curdes, Beate}, title = {Studierende, Lehrende, Third Space - durch ein TAP eine Lehrveranstaltung gemeinsam verbessern}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6356}, pages = {85 -- 90}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Wenn Lehrende eine Lehrveranstaltung didaktisch-methodisch umgestalten, sind sie an einem zeitnahen Feedback ihrer Studierenden interessiert, um auf Schwierigkeiten noch im laufenden Semester reagieren zu k{\"o}nnen. Die qualitative Evaluationsmethode Teaching Analysis Poll (TAP) bietet Lehrenden und Studierenden die M{\"o}glichkeit, in einer konkreten Lehrveranstaltung in einen Austausch auf Augenh{\"o}he {\"u}ber die Lernprozesse zu treten. Unterst{\"u}tzung erhalten sie dabei durch die TAP-Moderation, d. h. durch geschulte Mitarbeitende aus dem Third Space, die den Prozess begleiten. Die Beteiligten profitieren von einem TAP auf unterschiedliche Weise. An der Universit{\"a}t Oldenburg (UOL) konnten in mehreren TAPs Erkenntnisse zum Einsatz aktivierender und partizipativer Lehrmethoden gewonnen werden, etwa zu Problemen in der Kommunikation und Transparenz in Bezug auf die Pr{\"u}fungsleistung, die in die Konzeption von MINT-spezifischen hochschuldidaktischen Weiterbildungsangeboten einfließen werden.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{BucherKirchmeierWanningeretal.2025, author = {Bucher, Katharina and Kirchmeier, Thomas and Wanninger, Constantin and Reich, Felix and Schwer, Martin}, title = {Bridging the Gaps for Gen Z: Worauf es im Studiengang Systems Engineering wirklich ankommt}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6357}, pages = {91 -- 98}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Die Generation Z stellt MINT-Studieng{\"a}nge vor neue Herausforderungen. Die Hochschullehre muss sich der Lern- und Lebenswelt anpassen, um Studierende auf komplexe Berufsfelder vorzubereiten und dem Fachkr{\"a}ftemangel zu begegnen. Digital Natives erwarten eine flexible, technologiegest{\"u}tzte Ausbildung. Anhand von Charakteristika der Gen Z werden lernf{\"o}rderliche Implikationen abgeleitet und die Gestaltung des Bachelorstudiengangs Systems Engineering dargestellt. Zentrale Elemente sind personalisierte Lernwege, Multimedialit{\"a}t, Community-Building und Feedback. Durch hybride Lehre wird eine Balance zwischen orts- und zeitunabh{\"a}ngigen Learning on demand und individuellem Coaching geschaffen. Interdisziplinarit{\"a}t, ein hoher Praxisbezug, projektbasiertes Lernen und damit verbundene Selbstwirksamkeitserfahrungen f{\"o}rdern die pers{\"o}nliche Kompetenzentwicklung. Der Beitrag gibt praktische Anhaltspunkte f{\"u}r die Entwicklung und Anpassung der Hochschullehre und greift Herausforderungen auf.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Rudner2025, author = {Rudner, Michael}, title = {Szenarien zur Nutzung von Screencasts in der Lehre und im selbstbestimmten Lernen - Beispiel GIS}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6358}, pages = {99 -- 105}, year = {2025}, abstract = {An der HSWT wird seit einiger Zeit im Kreis der GIS (Geo-Informationssystem) -Dozierenden aller Fakult{\"a}ten diskutiert, wie Lehrmaterialien gemeinsam genutzt werden k{\"o}nnen. Mit der anstehenden {\"U}berarbeitung der Screencasts f{\"u}r GIS-{\"U}bungen im Studienschwerpunkt Umwelt- und Naturschutzplanung, wurde das Konzept {\"u}berdacht und unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung mediendidaktischer Erkenntnisse eine Reihe k{\"u}rzerer Screencast f{\"u}r einzelne Aufgaben, statt f{\"u}r gesamte {\"U}bungen entwickelt. Diese Lernmaterialien werden neben einer Flipped Classroom-{\"U}bung auch in anderen Lehrveranstaltungen und f{\"u}r selbstbestimmtes Lernen eingesetzt. Hier werden f{\"u}nf verschiedene Szenarien, die sich nach Art der Einbindung und der Zielgruppe unterscheiden, vorgestellt und kritisch beleuchtet. Es zeigt sich, dass eine gute Einbindung in den Kontext der Lehrveranstaltung wesentlich ist f{\"u}r die erfolgreiche Nutzung. Wesentlich ist es, die Motivation f{\"u}r erfolgreiches Selbstlernen durch begleitende Formate zu st{\"a}rken.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{WeinmannDechantHerreraAltieri2025, author = {Weinmann, Michael and Dechant-Herrera, Katja and Altieri, Mike}, title = {"Wer braucht denn sowas?" - Erkenntnisse aus einem Jahr "Learning Hall"}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6361}, pages = {115 -- 125}, year = {2025}, abstract = {MINT-F{\"a}cher sind in hohem Maße von der Digitalisierung betroffen und stellen besondere Anforderungen an die Lehre und das Lernen. Dabei ist die Verwendung digitaler Medien und Werkzeuge ein wesentlicher Faktor, der geeignete, daran angepasste Lernumgebungen erfordert. Im Projekt IdeaL (Innovationsnetzwerk f{\"u}r digitale adaptive Lehre) der Ostbayerischen Technischen Hochschule Amberg-Weiden wird der Einsatz mobiler M{\"o}blierung f{\"u}r studentische Lernr{\"a}ume erprobt. Hierf{\"u}r wurde die „Learning Hall" (LH) realisiert, die allen Lernenden am Standort Amberg als offener Lernort zur Verf{\"u}gung steht. Der Raum wurde bez{\"u}glich der Ausstattung und des Nutzungsverhaltens evaluiert. Dabei zeigte sich die hohe Relevanz f{\"u}r mobiles und ergonomisches Lernen und Arbeiten f{\"u}r die Studierenden. Insgesamt konnte eine hohe Zufriedenheit mit der Ausstattung und Begeisterung f{\"u}r den Raum festgestellt werden.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{MuellervonWestarpRokitaetal.2025, author = {M{\"u}ller, Paulina and von Westarp, Carsten and Rokita, Dagmar and Lichtenberg, Gerwald}, title = {Freie Versuche im physikalischen Grundlagenpraktikum zur Erlangung selbstst{\"a}ndiger Experimentierkompetenz}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6363}, pages = {128 -- 134}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Laborveranstaltungen nehmen einen wichtigen Platz in der natur- und ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Ausbildung ein. Typische Lernziele gehen dabei {\"u}ber grundlegende Kenntnisse im Umgang mit Messger{\"a}ten und die Wiederholung von theoretischen Grundlagen hinaus: Laborarbeit soll Studierende bef{\"a}higen, das Zusammenwirken von Modell und Experiment zu erfassen, sodass Theorien zur Hypothesenbildung herangezogen und Ergebnisse in Bezug auf Messunsicherheiten und Modellannahmen diskutiert werden k{\"o}nnen. Das Physiklabor der Fakult{\"a}t Life Sciences der HAW Hamburg nahm Erfahrungen w{\"a}hrend der Covid-19 Pandemie zum Anlass, zu hinterfragen, ob vorgefertigte Versuche allein die Kompetenzen naturwissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisgewinns ausreichend vermitteln und wie mehr studierendengef{\"u}hrtes Experimentieren bei vergleichbarem Betreuungsaufwand realisiert werden kann. Vorgestellt wird ein hybrides Konzept, das konsekutive Laborversuche mit der selbstst{\"a}ndigen Entwicklung eines Experiments verbindet.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{KuladinithiMakamaShudrenkoetal.2025, author = {Kuladinithi, Koojana and Makama, Aliyu and Shudrenko, Yevhenii and Simon, Siska and Ahmed, Musab and Algarra, Teresa and Wanniarachchi, Shashini and Timm-Giel, Andreas}, title = {Designing Problem-based Learning Cases to Foster Student Engagement in STEM}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6364}, pages = {135 -- 144}, year = {2025}, abstract = {We all recognize the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in engaging everyone and helping students develop critical thinking and teamwork skills. PBL was developed to make medicine students ready to work under real life conditions. Therefore, since the 50s there have been several cases for medicine scenarios being published. In the STEM field it is still not common to use this method, which is quite unfortunate. Therefore, we have chosen to share how we implement PBL to teach Communication Networks to master's students. In this paper, we will present our experiences in designing new PBL cases, alongside feedback from our Center for Teaching and Learning (ZLL). These cases reflect current trends in key topics related to communication networks, our engagement strategies, and the student feedback we have received during the winter semester 2024/25.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Singer2025, author = {Singer, Christina}, title = {Systems Engineering in der ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Lehre: Herausforderungen und Good Practices}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6367}, pages = {145 -- 152}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Interdisziplin{\"a}re Zusammenarbeit und ganzheitliches Denken sind essenziell, um dr{\"a}ngende gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen wie den Klimawandel durch technische Innovationen zu bew{\"a}ltigen. Systems Engineering hat sich in der Industrie als bew{\"a}hrte Methodik zur Entwicklung komplexer mechatronischer Systeme etabliert und bietet auch f{\"u}r die ingenieurwissenschaftliche Lehre großes Potenzial. Am Beispiel des studentischen Projekts DriveOhm der TH N{\"u}rnberg wird gezeigt, wie Systems Engineering erfolgreich in die Lehre integriert werden kann. Studierende entwickeln mithilfe eines speziell ausgestatteten Modellfahrzeugs eigenst{\"a}ndig Fahrerassistenzsysteme und wenden Methoden wie Requirements Engineering, Systemarchitekturentwicklung und Verifikation \& Validierung an. Der vorliegende Beitrag pr{\"a}sentiert die erstmalige Umsetzung des Lehrkonzeptes, identifiziert Good Practices und diskutiert Herausforderungen dieses Ansatzes.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{LindnerReissing2025, author = {Lindner, Alisa and Reißing, Ralf}, title = {Entwicklung innovativer Produktideen projektbasiert lehren und pr{\"u}fen}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6368}, pages = {153 -- 160}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Der Beitrag behandelt ein Modul im Bachelor-Studiengang Automobiltechnologie, das sich mit der menschzentrierten Entwicklung innovativer Produkte f{\"u}r die Automobilindustrie befasst. Zwei Lehrende aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen haben es gemeinsam entwickelt und gelehrt. Das Lehrkonzept und die Erfahrungen bei der Durchf{\"u}hrung k{\"o}nnen anderen Lehrenden als Anregung f{\"u}r die (Weiter-)Entwicklung eigener Module dienen. Im Mittelpunkt des Lehrkonzepts steht ein durchg{\"a}ngiges Projekt, in dem Studierende in festen Projektgruppen innovative Produkte entwickeln. Das Projekt bildet auch den strukturellen und inhaltlichen Rahmen der einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen. Diese finden im Teamteaching statt, werden also von beiden Lehrenden gemeinsam vorbereitet, durchgef{\"u}hrt und nachbereitet. Die Vermittlung der Inhalte erfolgt durch seminaristischen Unterricht mit {\"U}bungen in Kleingruppen. Die Pr{\"u}fungsleistungen werden als Beitr{\"a}ge zum Projekt {\"u}ber die Vorlesungszeit verteilt erbracht.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{GatermannBelzWestermannetal.2025, author = {Gatermann, Carsten Thomas and Belz, Nadja Isabelle and Westermann, Dirk and Pabst, Reinhold}, title = {Curriculumdesign f{\"u}r einen forschungsorientierten Energiesysteme-Master}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6369}, pages = {161 -- 169}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Dieser Artikel pr{\"a}sentiert die Struktur des innovativen Masterstudiengangs „Elektrische Energiesysteme". Der Masterstudiengang ist in drei S{\"a}ulen unterteilt: Innovation, Forschung und Ingenieurkurse. Diese Dreiteilung orientiert sich an den aktuellen Anforderungen der Elektroindustrie und bereitet die Absolvierenden optimal auf den Einstieg ins Berufsleben oder eine konsekutive Promotion vor. Ein besonderes Augenmerk liegt auf den Innovationsmodulen, die sich der Scrum- und Design-Thinking-Methode bedienen. Der Einsatz von k{\"u}nstlicher Intelligenz wird als eine Weiterentwicklung des Studiengangs beschrieben und durch praktische Beispiele veranschaulicht. Feedback der Alumni sowie Potenziale zur Adaption von Konzepten des innovativen Masterstudiengangs runden den Beitrag ab.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{GramschFinckeTestaetal.2025, author = {Gramsch, Jenny and Fincke, Sabine and Testa, Matthias Ernesto and Meier, Ferdinand and Abrahamczyk, Lars}, title = {Von der Studienorientierung bis zum Berufseinstieg: Potenziale der Science Camps der Allianz TH{\"U}RING}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6378}, pages = {186 -- 193}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Science Camps der Allianz TH{\"U}RING bieten Studierenden ingenieurwissenschaftlicher Studieng{\"a}nge in Th{\"u}ringen regelm{\"a}ßig die M{\"o}glichkeit, in interdisziplin{\"a}ren Teams f{\"a}cher{\"u}bergreifende Themen zu bearbeiten. Die Umsetzung erfolgt in Zusammenarbeit mehrerer Hochschulen, wobei Studierende aller Th{\"u}ringer Allianz-Hochschulen teilnehmen. Im Beitrag werden die Erfahrungen mit Science Camps vorgestellt, die von 2022 bis 2024 an der TU Ilmenau durchgef{\"u}hrt wurden. Diese richteten sich an Teilnehmende verschiedener Phasen des Student Life Cycle: Studienorientierung und -einstieg, Bachelor- sowie Masterstudium. Der hochschul{\"u}bergreifende Ansatz und die Heterogenit{\"a}t der individuellen Voraussetzungen und Motive der Teilnehmenden f{\"u}hrten zu speziellen methodischen und organisatorischen Ans{\"a}tzen. Im Beitrag wird auf das Feedback der Teilnehmenden und Mitwirkenden eingegangen. Die umfassende Einbindung Studierender erwies sich als wertvoll f{\"u}r deren fachliche und {\"u}berfachliche Kompetenzentwicklung.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{EckertKautz2025, author = {Eckert, Dimitri and Kautz, Christian}, title = {Entwicklung eines Tests zur Identifizierung von Fehlvorstellungen beim Lesen von Code}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6387}, pages = {196 -- 203}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Die F{\"a}higkeit, Code zu verstehen, ist in der Informatik entscheidend, da sie einen wichtigen Teil der Programmierarbeit ausmacht. Studien belegen, dass sie essenziell f{\"u}r viele andere Programmierf{\"a}higkeiten ist. Besonders der Kontrollfluss, also die Reihenfolge der Befehlsausf{\"u}hrung, bereitet oft Schwierigkeiten. Wir pr{\"a}sentieren hier die ersten Schritte zu einem Concept Inventory, das genutzt werden kann, um das Verst{\"a}ndnis von Studierenden zu testen und Lehrmaßnahmen zu evaluieren. Erste Ergebnisse zeigen Herausforderungen bei der Abdeckung aller studentischer Fehlvorstellungen, aber auch die Validierungen einiger Testfragen, eine relativ breite Verteilung der Schwierigkeitslevel und hohe Diskriminierungs-Indizes der Testfragen. Einzelheiten zur Methodik und Auswertung k{\"o}nnen bei den Autoren erfragt werden.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{FuhrmannKautz2025, author = {Fuhrmann, Tina A. and Kautz, Christian}, title = {Mehr als Formeln - Schwierigkeiten mit Differentialgleichungen erkennen und Verst{\"a}ndnis vermitteln}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6389}, pages = {204 -- 213}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Differentialgleichungen sind von großer Bedeutung f{\"u}r viele MINT-Disziplinen. Studierende sollten deshalb, neben prozeduralem Wissen, ein konzeptionelles Verst{\"a}ndnis dieser Gleichungen entwickeln. Dabei stoßen Studierende aber auf Schwierigkeiten. Lehrende sollten mit diesen vertraut sein, da ihre Kenntnis notwendige Grundlage f{\"u}r effektive Lehre ist. Die in diesem Beitrag aufgelisteten Schwierigkeiten wurden aus der Literatur zusammengetragen und durch semi-strukturierte Interviews erg{\"a}nzt. Sie entstammen den Bereichen Vorwissen, Verst{\"a}ndnis der Gleichung und Verst{\"a}ndnis der L{\"o}sung. Aufbauend auf den Schwierigkeiten wurden zwei Tutorials als erg{\"a}nzende Lehrmaterialien entwickelt. Anhand teilnehmender Beobachtungen wurden sie iterativ {\"u}berarbeitet und ihre Wirksamkeit qualitativ nachgewiesen. Quantitativ geschah dieser Nachweis anhand eines Vor-Nachtest-Settings an deutschen Hochschulen. Die Ergebnisse legen nahe, dass die Tutorials Studierenden helfen, typische Schwierigkeiten mit Differentialgleichungen zu {\"u}berwinden.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Pohl2025, author = {Pohl, Martin}, title = {Modifikation des "Definition-Satz-Beweis"-Formats in einer Analysis-Lehrveranstaltung}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6409}, pages = {214 -- 221}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Studierende haben zu Beginn des Mathematikstudiums h{\"a}ufig Probleme beim Erlernen der mathematischen Arbeitsweise, bei der das Beweisen mathematischer Zusammenh{\"a}nge im Vordergrund steht. Dieses erfolgt in zwei Schritten: Zun{\"a}chst muss eine Beweisidee entwickelt werden. Im zweiten Schritt wird diese Idee zu einem logisch korrekten Beweis ausgearbeitet. In einer Lehrveranstaltung im traditionellen „Definition-Satz-Beweis"-Format werden nur die mathematischen Ergebnisse pr{\"a}sentiert, der Weg zur Entwicklung einer mathematischen Idee bleibt meist verborgen. Ich habe dieses traditionelle Format in einem Lerntext f{\"u}r Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) durch einige neue Elemente erg{\"a}nzt, die den Unterschied zwischen dem Entstehen der mathematischen Ideen und den fertig formulierten Ergebnissen sichtbar machen. Neben dem Einsatz f{\"u}r JiTT k{\"o}nnen einige dieser Elemente auch in Pr{\"a}senzveranstaltungen genutzt werden. Die R{\"u}ckmeldungen der Studierenden zu diesen neuen Elementen sind sehr positiv.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{GuentherSpagert2025, author = {G{\"u}nther, Joachim and Spagert, Lina}, title = {Pr{\"u}fungserfolg durch korrigierte Hausarbeiten? - Ein Experiment mit Mathematik-Studierenden}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6410}, pages = {222 -- 229}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Im Rahmen einer Studie wurde das Zusammenspiel von korrigierten Hausaufgaben und dem Pr{\"u}fungserfolg in einem Mathematikkurs an der Hochschule M{\"u}nchen untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Studierende, die regelm{\"a}ßig Hausaufgaben abgaben, nicht nur h{\"a}ufiger an der Pr{\"u}fung teilnahmen, sondern auch eine geringere Durchfallquote aufwiesen und bessere Pr{\"u}fungsergebnisse erzielten. Erg{\"a}nzend zur Erfassung der eingereichten Hausaufgaben wurden zwei sozialwissenschaftliche Befragungen durchgef{\"u}hrt. Diese ergaben, dass Studierende, die regelm{\"a}ßig Hausaufgaben einreichten, ihre Mathematikkenntnisse positiver einsch{\"a}tzten und weniger Angst hatten, im Studium aufgrund von Mathematik zu scheitern. Trotz gewisser Einschr{\"a}nkungen, wie Selbstselektion und einer geringen Stichprobengr{\"o}ße, deuten die Ergebnisse darauf hin, dass regelm{\"a}ßige Hausaufgaben zur Verbesserung der Pr{\"u}fungsergebnisse beitragen k{\"o}nnen}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{GiebermannChamieh2025, author = {Giebermann, Klaus and Chamieh, Imran}, title = {Datengest{\"u}tzte Analyse studentischer Fehlermuster}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6427}, pages = {230 -- 236}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Viele Studierende der Ingenieurwissenschaften tun sich schwer, mathematische Aufgaben formal korrekt zu l{\"o}sen. Ander Hochschule Ruhr West wurde daher das digitale Paper \& Pencil-System entwickelt, das vollst{\"a}ndige L{\"o}sungswege erfasst. Die Kombination aus handschriftlicher Eingabe und digitaler Auswertung er{\"o}ffnet einen datengest{\"u}tzten Blick auf typische Denk- und L{\"o}sungsstrategien. Seit dem Wintersemester 2022/23 im Regelbetrieb, erlaubt das System nicht nur eine formative R{\"u}ckmeldung, sondern auch die Auswertung studentischer Fehlermuster. Auf Basis von {\"u}ber 30.000 dokumentierten Fehlern, konnten h{\"a}ufige Fehlerquellen identifiziert und typisiert werden. Der Beitrag stellt zentrale Erkenntnisse aus der bisherigen Nutzung vor, beleuchtet das technische und didaktische Konzept und skizziert Perspektiven f{\"u}r eine KI-gest{\"u}tzte Weiterentwicklung.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{LandenfeldPriebeGandrass2025, author = {Landenfeld, Karin and Priebe, Jonas and Gandraß, Niels}, title = {Semesterbegleitendes Lernen und Pr{\"u}fen mit digitalen Aufgaben in der Mathematik}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6428}, pages = {237 -- 245}, year = {2025}, abstract = {In diesem Beitrag werden digitale {\"U}bungsaufgaben und digitale Pr{\"u}fungen als ein zukunftsorientiertes Lehr-Lernszenario vorgestellt. Die M{\"o}glichkeiten digitaler {\"U}bungsaufgaben generell und im speziellen mit STACK (Sangwin, 2013) werden aufgezeigt und diskutiert. Insbesondere werden das Konzept und die Durchf{\"u}hrung einer digitalen semesterbegleitenden Pr{\"u}fung f{\"u}r die Ingenieur-Mathematik mit drei Komponenten im Sommersemester 2024 vorgestellt. Die Ergebnisse sowie eine Befragung der Studierenden zu dieser Pr{\"u}fungsform werden dargestellt und analysiert.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{GierstlZaunerKroeseler2025, author = {Gierstl, Ludwig and Zauner, Karima and Kr{\"o}seler, Pierre}, title = {Digital Pr{\"u}fen in den MINT-F{\"a}chern: Digitalisierte Leistungsbeurteilung mit dem Lernmanagementsystem Moodle}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6429}, pages = {246 -- 253}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Dieser Beitrag der Hochschule M{\"u}nchen stellt die verschiedenen digitalen Pr{\"u}fungsformate vor, die durch das Lernmanagementsystem Moodle abgedeckt werden, und erl{\"a}utert deren Einsatzm{\"o}glichkeiten in ausgew{\"a}hlten MINT-F{\"a}chern. Dabei werden vor allem die technischen M{\"o}glichkeiten des digitalen Pr{\"u}fens mit Moodle dargestellt und mit Anwendungsbeispielen veranschaulicht. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus werden auch einige ausgew{\"a}hlte Aspekte der Bewertung digitaler Pr{\"u}fungen in Moodle sowie deren rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen er{\"o}rtert.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{WartenbergvonMarcardHeinsetal.2025, author = {Wartenberg, Maylin and von Marcard, Timo and Heins, Pia and Cheong, Ying Cheuk}, title = {KI zum Anfassen: Maschinelles Lernen mit LEGO®}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6430}, pages = {256 -- 263}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Maschinelles Lernen (ML) kann f{\"u}r Studierende anfangs schwer verst{\"a}ndlich sein, da viele Konzepte abstrakt und theoretisch sind. Klassischer Frontalunterricht bietet dabei wenig Raum f{\"u}r aktives und intuitives Lernen. Interaktive Ans{\"a}tze mit spielerischen und haptischen Elementen k{\"o}nnen helfen, das Verst{\"a}ndnis zu erleichtern und das Interesse zu f{\"o}rdern. Um einen greifbaren Zugang zu ML zu schaffen, wurde ein LEGO®-gest{\"u}tzter Workshop entwickelt. Anhand physischer Modelle konnten zentrale ML-Methoden wie Klassifikation, Regression, Clustering und Anomalie-Detektion direkt ausprobiert werden. Im Sommersemester 2025 wurde der Workshop in drei Studieng{\"a}ngen als Einf{\"u}hrung in verschiedenen Kursen eingesetzt. Er erm{\"o}glichte eine explorative Auseinandersetzung mit ML-Methoden und f{\"o}rderte kognitive sowie soziale Kompetenzen im gemeinsamen Probleml{\"o}sen. Solche Ans{\"a}tze k{\"o}nnten langfristig die Lehre erg{\"a}nzen und den Einstieg in ML erleichtern.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{StreckReinoldKroener2025, author = {Streck, Emilia and Reinold, Luca and Kr{\"o}ner, Alexander}, title = {Erstellung guter Alternativtexte f{\"u}r blinde Studierende: Beobachtungen aus der Informatik}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6431}, pages = {264 -- 271}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Die Gestaltung von Lehrmaterialien, die blinden und sehenden Studierenden ein gleichwertiges Lernerlebnis bieten, ist in mehrerlei Hinsicht fordernd. Im Vordergrund dieses Artikels steht die Verschriftung nichtdekorativer Abbildungen f{\"u}r Blinde. Diese muss Anforderungen an die Textl{\"a}nge, inhaltliche Korrektheit und Interaktion in Einklang bringen. Damit verbundene Herausforderungen werden anhand von Beispielen herausgearbeitet und in Hinweise f{\"u}r Lehrende {\"u}berf{\"u}hrt. Danach werden Einsatzm{\"o}glichkeiten f{\"u}r KI betrachtet, die von der automatischen Verschriftung bis hin zum Aufbrechen der f{\"u}r die Verschriftung notwendigen Linearisierung von Inhalten reichen. So soll der Bericht Lehrenden einen Eindruck der M{\"o}glichkeiten und Grenzen ausgew{\"a}hlter Vorgehensweisen und Werkzeuge vermitteln und ihnen damit informierte Entscheidungen zu einer {\"U}berarbeitung von Lehrmaterialien f{\"u}r Blinde erm{\"o}glichen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{JunkerSanewskiKrausetal.2025, author = {Junker, Elmar and Sanewski, Anne and Kraus, Nicole and Schweser, Thomas and Schmidt, Finn and Kajtar, Andr{\´e} and Wellisch, Ulrich and Deschle-Prill, Silke}, title = {Predictive Learning Analytics generiert Lernfeedback: KI-Design, Herausforderungen, erste Ergebnisse}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6432}, pages = {272 -- 284}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Das Projekt FANTASTIC nutzt Learning Analytics, um Studierenden personalisiertes Feedback und Prognosen zum m{\"o}glichen Pr{\"u}fungserfolg zu geben, den Lernfortschritt zu f{\"o}rdern und Studienabbr{\"u}che zu reduzieren. Im Physikkurs f{\"u}r Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen werden KI-Modelle mit historischen Daten aus 6 Jahren trainiert. Indikatoren aus Vorwissen und Moodle-Aktivit{\"a}ten fließen in erkl{\"a}rbare Prognosemodelle (Decision Tree, Logistische Regression) ein. Herausforderungen sind Datenaufbereitung und Merkmalsauswahl. Das mit Studierenden entwickelte Feedback-Design kombiniert motivierende E-Mails mit Peer-Coachings. Die E-Mails enthalten die KI-Prognose, individuelle Lernempfehlungen sowie Vergleichsdaten mit Kommilitonen und Hinweise auf Unterst{\"u}tzungsangebote. Etwa 95 \% der Studierenden nutzen das Angebot. Im Vergleich zum Sommersemester 2023 (SS23) ohne Learning Analytics sinkt die Durchfallrate im SS24 mit hoher statistischer Signifikanz (p<0.001) von 34 \% auf 20 \%. Die Verarbeitung pers{\"o}nlicher Daten erfolgt mit Einwilligung und Datenschutzkonzept.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{WienkopBurk2025, author = {Wienkop, Uwe and Burk, Louis}, title = {LLMS in der Hochschullehre - Chancen und Herausforderungen f{\"u}r die Programmierausbildung}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6433}, pages = {285 -- 292}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Der Einsatz von ChatGPT und anderen großen Sprachmodellen (LLMs) in der Hochschullehre er{\"o}ffnet ein Spannungsfeld zwischen didaktischen Potenzialen und Herausforderungen. Dieser Beitrag beleuchtet Chancen und Risiken der LLM-Nutzung, insbesondere in der Programmierausbildung, und stellt konkrete L{\"o}sungsans{\"a}tze vor. ChatGPT wird dabei als Erg{\"a}nzung und Erweiterung zu bisherigen didaktischen Konzepten genutzt, wie z. B. als virtueller Tutor, als Ideengeber und als Unterst{\"u}tzung f{\"u}r eigene Projekte, ohne einen Verlust an eigenst{\"a}ndigem studentischem Wissenszuwachs zu akzeptieren.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{KrohnStarkeBecker2025, author = {Krohn, Jessica and Starke, Paula and Becker, Evelyne}, title = {Lehre in Virtual Reality - wie erreichen wir Ver{\"a}nderungen in der Hochschule?}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6434}, pages = {293 -- 299}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Neue Technologien bieten wertvolle Potenziale f{\"u}r die Entwicklung des Lehrens und Lernens in der Hochschule. Das Projekt Interaktive Lehre in virtuellen MINT-Laboren | MINT-VR-Labs m{\"o}chte daher die Lehre der Berliner Hochschule f{\"u}r Technik (BHT) in MINT-F{\"a}chern mit virtueller Realit{\"a}t (VR) technisch und didaktisch erg{\"a}nzen sowie erweitern. Dieser Artikel pr{\"a}sentiert Fortschritte und H{\"u}rden in der Einf{\"u}hrung von neuen Technologien in der Hochschullehre - ein Ver{\"a}nderungsprozess, der mittels des ADKAR-Modells initiiert wurde. Im Verlauf des Projekts konnten engagierte Dozierende f{\"u}r die Entwicklung virtueller Lernanwendungen gewonnen und positive R{\"u}ckmeldungen von Studierenden eingeholt werden. Das ADKAR-Modell erwies sich dabei als hilfreiches Instrument zur Steuerung des Wandels. Zugleich zeigte sich, dass eine nachhaltige Integration von VR eine enge Zusammenarbeit, kontinuierliche Evaluation sowie gezielte Fortbildungsmaßnahmen erfordert, um langfristige Ver{\"a}nderungen zu erm{\"o}glichen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{BurkWienkop2025, author = {Burk, Louis and Wienkop, Uwe}, title = {Dynamische Optimierung von VR-Lernumgebungen durch generative KI}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6435}, pages = {300 -- 308}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Die steigende Leistungsf{\"a}higkeit von Large Language Models (LLMs) er{\"o}ffnet neue Wege f{\"u}r die automatisierte Erstellung virtueller Lernwelten. In diesem Beitrag stellen wir einen Ansatz vor, mit dem VR-Szenarien allein durch nat{\"u}rlichsprachliche Beschreibungen generiert und dynamisch an Lerninhalte angepasst werden k{\"o}nnen. Dabei setzt unser System auf Diffusionsmodelle und eine metasprachliche Strukturierung (MLDS), um Objekte und didaktische Elemente bedarfsgenau und konsistent anzuordnen. Erste Prototypen zeigen, dass sich dadurch VR-Lernumgebungen effizienter und flexibler erstellen lassen, was insbesondere f{\"u}r MINT-F{\"a}cher wertvolle Potenziale bietet. Lehrende k{\"o}nnen so Lernlabore virtuell nachbilden und im laufenden Kurs an ge{\"a}nderte Anforderungen anpassen, ohne umfangreiche 3D-Design-Kenntnisse zu ben{\"o}tigen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{ElBardouhSchuhbauer2025, author = {El-Bardouh, Jasmin and Schuhbauer, Heidi}, title = {Auswirkungen des EU AI Act auf den Einsatz von K{\"u}nstlicher Intelligenz in der Hochschullehre}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6436}, pages = {309 -- 314}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Bei der Untersuchung der Auswirkungen des AI Act auf den Einsatz von KI in der Hochschullehre wird die Mehrheit der relevanten Tools der Kategorie des transparenzpflichtigen Risikos zugewiesen. Entscheidend f{\"u}r die daraus entstehenden Pflichten ist, ob die Hochschule Software selbst entwickelt und anbietet oder nur betreibt. Die Ermittlung der indirekten Auswirkungen erfolgt unter Zuhilfenahme des PESTEL-Modells. Zu den hochschulpolitischen Folgen z{\"a}hlt insbesondere die Notwendigkeit einer Anpassung der Lehrpl{\"a}ne sowie eine Weiterbildung des Hochschulpersonals. Auf soziokultureller Ebene l{\"a}sst sich eine verst{\"a}rkte Akzeptanz von KI-Systemen beobachten. Gleichzeitig birgt aus wirtschaftlicher Perspektive die Einf{\"u}hrung strengerer Anforderungen an Hochrisiko-KI-Systeme eine Kostensteigerung. Aus technologischer Perspektive l{\"a}sst sich eine zunehmende Relevanz neuer Tools im Hochschulbereich beobachten. Die rechtliche Dimension betont die Bedeutung von Compliance-Management-Systemen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{ListWagnerProchaskaetal.2025, author = {List, Corinna and Wagner, Lena and Prochaska, Angela and M{\"u}ller, Moritz and Kipp, Michael}, title = {Digitale Dynamik im H{\"o}rsaal: Wie die Campus App synchrone Lehre unterst{\"u}tzt}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6437}, pages = {315 -- 322}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Digitale Lehre erfolgt oft asynchron mit mehreren Plattformen und Tools, die unterschiedliche Bedienkonzepte aufweisen und teils nicht DSGVO-konform sind. Wir stellen eine selbst entwickelte Campus App vor, die digital und synchron im H{\"o}rsaal unterst{\"u}tzt. Sie bietet viele Alltagsfunktionen wie Stundenplan, Mensaplan und Notenansicht. Neu ist jedoch, dass die App Lehrende live durch eine Lehrveranstaltung begleitet und so den Interaktionsrahmen im H{\"o}rsaal in den digitalen Raum erweitert. Didaktische Szenarien wie Peer Instruction, Wissensabfragen und Gruppenaktivit{\"a}ten (auch hybrid) werden gezielt unterst{\"u}tzt. K{\"u}nftig soll die App auch komplexe Methoden wie Gruppenpuzzle und Infomarkt in Echtzeit begleiten, unterst{\"u}tzt durch Guides, Erinnerungen und Chats. Die App wurde am Didaktik-Medien-Zentrum der TH Augsburg entwickelt und wird von rund 4000 Studierenden und 120 Lehrenden genutzt. Erste Erfahrungen in Inverted-Classroom-Szenarien ergaben positives Feedback.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{EsmaeiliFrohnapfelMartin2025, author = {Esmaeili, Fariborz and Frohnapfel, Katja and Martin, Annette}, title = {Sustainable Lab - Nachhaltigkeit in der praktischen MINT-Ausbildung verankern}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6439}, pages = {323 -- 330}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Nachhaltigkeitsentwicklung ist eine zentrale Aufgabe der Hochschullehre. Gerade in MINT-Studieng{\"a}ngen, in denen die Lehre h{\"a}ufig im Rahmen von Laborpraktika stattfindet, stellt dies eine besondere Herausforderung dar. So produzieren Labore aus dem Bereich der Lebenswissenschaften j{\"a}hrlich rund 5,5 Millionen Tonnen Plastikm{\"u}ll und verbrauchen große Mengen Energie. Eine Umfrage unter Biotechnologie-Studierenden der Hochschule Ansbach ergab, dass nachhaltige Laborarbeit f{\"u}r sie zwar wichtig ist, sie sich jedoch konkrete Anleitung f{\"u}r ihre praktische Arbeit w{\"u}nschen. Auf Basis dieser Ergebnisse wurde eine Lehreinheit entwickelt, die das Bewusstsein der Studierenden f{\"u}r Nachhaltigkeit im Labor sch{\"a}rft und konkrete Impulse f{\"u}r ressourcenschonendes Arbeiten gibt. Biotechnologie-Studierende einer ersten Testgruppe gewannen so wertvolle Anregungen f{\"u}r ihre Laborpraxis.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{AltieriStollnerRolletal.2025, author = {Altieri, Mike and Stollner, Christina and Roll, Anika and H{\"o}sl, Romy and Murry, Gabriele and Noel, Ruhul Amin}, title = {Future Skills nachhaltig verankern}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6440}, pages = {331 -- 339}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Das Projekt „DigiKom" hat ein Digitalisierungskolleg an der Ostbayerischen Technischen Hochschule Amberg-Weiden und Hochschule Ansbach etabliert, das sich auf die Erstellung von Selbstlerneinheiten (SLE) zu aktuellen Future Skills Themen konzentriert. Die Produktion der SLE erfolgt durch interdisziplin{\"a}re Studierendenteams aus verschiedenen MINT-bezogenen Studieng{\"a}ngen unter Begleitung von fachlichen und didaktischen Coaches. Die behandelten Themen basieren auf dem Future-Skills-Framework des Stifterverbandes und werden durch eine projektbegleitende empirische Untersuchung erg{\"a}nzt. Anschließend werden die SLE in einem Online-Kurs zum Thema Future Skills geb{\"u}ndelt, der als Ressource f{\"u}r andere Studierende oder zur beruflichen Weiterbildung auch {\"u}ber den Projektzeitraum hinaus dienen kann. Die semesterbegleitende Evaluierung gew{\"a}hrleistet die Qualit{\"a}tssicherung des Projekts und erm{\"o}glicht eine kontinuierliche Verbesserung des Lehrkonzepts der zugeh{\"o}rigen Lehrveranstaltung.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{GaisserMartinVaidyaetal.2025, author = {Gaisser, Sibylle and Martin, Annette and Vaidya, Haresh and Moog, Mathias and Knoblauch, Anke}, title = {MINT goes international - Herausforderungen der MINT-Lehre im Zuge der Internationalisierung}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6441}, pages = {340 -- 349}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Vor dem Hintergrund sinkender Studierendenzahlen und des Fachkr{\"a}ftemangels in den technischen Berufen in Deutschland, rekrutieren die Hochschulen in Bayern zunehmend Studierende aus dem Ausland. Dabei stoßen die angebotenen internationalen Studieng{\"a}nge besonders bei Studierenden aus Indien auf großes Interesse. Andersartige Kompetenzprofile aus dem außereurop{\"a}ischen Bachelorstudium in Kombination mit sehr hohen Erwartungen der Studierenden an ein Masterstudium in Deutschland f{\"u}hren zu enormen Herausforderungen bei allen Beteiligten. F{\"o}rderlich f{\"u}r den erfolgreichen Studienverlauf ist es, Maßnahmen zur Gruppendurchmischung zwischen ausl{\"a}ndischen und deutschen Studierenden wie internationale Postersessions und gemeinsame Studienangebote zu implementieren. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus ist es erforderlich, Regeln der guten wissenschaftlichen Praxis klar zu kommunizieren und deren Befolgung einzufordern. Nicht zuletzt ist die St{\"a}rkung der Sprachkompetenz ein Schl{\"u}ssel f{\"u}r ein erfolgreiches Studium.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{WeitzeGruenberg2025, author = {Weitze, Laura and Gr{\"u}nberg, Julius}, title = {Standpunktwechsel - Einsatz bewegter Hochschullehre in MINT F{\"a}chern}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6442}, pages = {350 -- 357}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Studierende sitzen oft {\"u}ber 11 Stunden t{\"a}glich - ein gesund heitliches und lernpsychologisches Risiko. Die bewegte Hochschullehre nach dem Heidelberger Modell integriert gezielt Bewegung in Lehrveranstaltungen, z. B. durch Walk \& Talk Formate. Zwei Module der Technischen Hochschule N{\"u}rnberg im MINT Bereich wurden entsprechend umgestaltet und evaluiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen: Bewegung f{\"o}rdert nicht nur die Gesundheit, sondern unterst{\"u}tzt auch das langfristige Behalten von Lerninhalten. Besonders das Walk \& Talk wurde positiv bewertet. Erfolgsfaktoren sind eine gute Einf{\"u}hrung, klare Kommunikation des Mehrwerts sowie die kontinuierliche Anwendung. Bewegte Lehre kann klassische Formate sinnvoll erg{\"a}nzen und wirkt motivierend, aktivierend und lernf{\"o}rderlich.}, language = {de} } @article{RoueguiBellabairElAslietal.2025, author = {Rouegui, Meryem and Bellabair, Hind and El Asli, Abdelghani and Amar, Amine and Z{\"o}rner, Wilfried and Rachidi, Fouad and Lghoul, Rachid}, title = {Bio-Methanization of Sheep Manure and Beet Waste in the Meknes-F{\`e}s Region, Morocco: Effects of Pretreatment and Machine Learning Applications for Biochemical Methane Potential Prediction}, volume = {10}, pages = {213}, journal = {Recycling}, number = {6}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2313-4321}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling10060213}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Sheep manure and beet waste (the uneatable leaf part of the beet) are promising feedstock for biogas production due to their abundance and organic richness. However, their high lignocellulosic content reduces anaerobic digestibility and controls methane yield. This study investigates the effect of various pretreatment strategies, namely physical, thermal, and combined physical-thermal methods, on the Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) of sheep manure and beet waste. Batch anaerobic digestion experiments were conducted under mesophilic conditions, with BMP values recorded for each treatment. The highest BMP for sheep manure, 125 Nml CH4/g VS, was achieved using combined physical and thermal pretreatment. This approach enhanced methane production by 16\%, 25\%, and 60\% compared to physical pretreatment (PP) alone, thermal pretreatment (TP) alone, and no pretreatment, respectively, while the one BMP for beet waste is 80 Nml CH4/g VS and obtained with thermal pretreatment. To predict BMP outcomes, three machine learning approaches are applied, namely Linear Regression (LM), Random Forest Regression (RFR), and Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM), using digestion time (N days), total solids (Ts), volatile solids (Vs), pretreatment type, and biomass type. The variance analysis confirmed that the interaction between pretreatment and biomass type significantly improved model performance. While diagnostic checks revealed non-linear patterns limiting the linear model, ensemble methods achieved stronger results. The RFR model explained 79.5\% of the variance with a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of about 15.7, whereas the GBM model achieved the lowest RMSE of 5.05. GBM captures complex non-linear interactions. In addition, variable importance analyses identified digestion time, solid content, and pretreatment as the most influential factors for methane yield, with the combined chemical and physical pretreatment producing the highest biogas outputs. These findings underscore the potential of advanced machine learning models, particularly GBM (Gradient Boosting Machine), for optimizing anaerobic digestion strategies and maximizing biogas recovery from sheep manure and beet waste.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{IrawatiBolukbasiRiener2025, author = {Irawati, Diah Ayu and Bolukbasi, Elif and Riener, Andreas}, title = {Advancing Generative AI Collaboration in Design-to-Code Workflows: Insights from Two Empirical Studies}, booktitle = {Proceedings of MUM 2025: The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia}, editor = {Sorce, Salvatore and Elagroudy, Passant and Khamis, Mohamed}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {New York}, isbn = {979-8-4007-2015-4}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3771882.3771913}, pages = {33 -- 46}, year = {2025}, abstract = {For expert users to accept Generative AI (GenAI) as a true collaborative partner, it must move beyond simple task-awareness to an understanding of their workflow's underlying structural rules. This paper introduces a paradigm for AI collaborators that moves beyond simple task awareness to an understanding of the semantic and hierarchical relationships within a component-based system. We investigate this concept within the context of the design-to-code workflow, where inefficiencies arise from the modification of components within design systems. Through two empirical studies with designers and developers, we found that GenAI output was often rejected because it violated the component hierarchy. Designers required granular and visual control for refinements, whereas developers valued automated setup but required transparent validation of the generated code's logic. Based on these findings, we contribute design guidelines for achieving Component-Structure Awareness (CSA), with two core principles: the Atomic Recommender, which provides assistance that respects the component hierarchy, and Communication Archetypes, which allow GenAI to adapt its interaction style to the user's role and the atomic nature of their task. This work provides a new, higher-level concept for designing the next generation of truly collaborative GenAI agents.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Zinger2025, author = {Zinger, Benjamin}, title = {Lehrentwicklung in den MINT-F{\"a}chern: Erfolgsfaktoren des Programms Lehrlabor³}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6443}, pages = {362 -- 369}, year = {2025}, abstract = {In diesem Artikel werden Erfolgsfaktoren des Programms Lehrlabor³ vorgestellt. Lehrlabor³ ist ein teambasiertes Lehrentwicklungsprogramm mit einer Laufzeit von acht Monaten, welches vom Forschungs- und Innovationslabor Digitale Lehre (FIDL) entwickelt und in Kooperation mit dem Bayerischen Zentrum f{\"u}r Innovative Lehre (BayZiel) durchgef{\"u}hrt wurde. In den ersten beiden Programmdurchl{\"a}ufen im Jahr 2023 und 2024 haben elf Hochschulteams mit hohem Engagement ihre Lehre weiterentwickelt. Die Ableitung von Erfolgsfaktoren soll dazu anregen, wirkungsvolle Strukturen f{\"u}r die Weiterentwicklung des hochschulischen Lehrens und Lernens zu schaffen - sowohl auf pers{\"o}nlicher wie auf institutioneller Ebene. Beantwortet wird damit die Frage, wie ein motivierendes Umfeld geschaffen werden kann, damit Lehrende gemeinsam mit Studierenden und weiteren Hochschulakteur:innen ihre Lehre kontinuierlich und engagiert weiterentwickeln k{\"o}nnen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{BaumannPohlSelgrad2025, author = {Baumann, Timo and Pohl, Martin and Selgrad, Kai}, title = {Einf{\"u}hrung und erste Evaluation des Selbstlern-Konzepts CodeClinic an der OTH Regensburg}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6444}, pages = {370 -- 378}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Mit der CodeClinic wollen wir das Programmieren-Lernen - eine der großen Einstiegsh{\"u}rden in Informatik- und informatiknahen Studieng{\"a}ngen - in einen Prozess {\"u}berf{\"u}hren, der das gemeinschaftliche Lernen in der Hochschullehre st{\"a}rker als bisher in den Vordergrund r{\"u}ckt. Davon profitieren Studierende in ihrer fachlichen und pers{\"o}nlichen Entwicklung, und das Lernumfeld spiegelt die tats{\"a}chliche Realit{\"a}t der beruflichen Praxis besser wider. Wir unterst{\"u}tzen dieses Konzept durch einen f{\"u}r selbstgesteuertes und gemeinschaftliches Lernen ausgelegten SCALE-UP-Raum, den wir an der OTH Regensburg eingerichtet haben. In unserem Beitrag erl{\"a}utern wir Konzept und Raum und liefern eine erste Evaluation zum Erfolg unserer Maßnahmen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Bothen2025, author = {Bothen, Martin}, title = {Einflussfaktoren auf den Studienerfolg in MINT-Studieng{\"a}ngen}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6445}, pages = {379 -- 386}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Im Projekt MINTzE konnte aufgezeigt werden, dass der Studienerfolg in MINT-F{\"a}chern maßgeblich von der Studieneingangsphase beeinflusst wird. Dieser Beitrag beleuchtet, welche Faktoren in den ersten Semestern entscheidend sind und welche gezielten Maßnahmen Hochschulen ergreifen k{\"o}nnen, um Studierende zu unterst{\"u}tzen: Vorkurse, Mentoring-Programme, adaptive Lernangebote, Online-Lehre sowie individuelle F{\"o}rderung der nationalen und internationalen Studierenden. Zur Erreichung einer Steigerung der Absolventenquote in allen MINT-Studieng{\"a}ngen bedarf es einer intensiven Begleitung der Studierenden bereits vor und w{\"a}hrend des ersten Semesters, um die Motivation und die Bereitschaft f{\"u}r das Studium aufzubauen. Bei der Auswahl der Maßnahmen sollte dabei auf die unterschiedlichen Bed{\"u}rfnisse einer heterogenen Studierendengruppe eingegangen und ihnen bed{\"u}rfnisgerechte Unterst{\"u}tzungsangebote unterbreitet werden.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{KauslerLukacs2025, author = {Kausler, Bernhard and Luk{\´a}cs, Bence}, title = {Projekt „WISE-Tech" (Workshop-Initiative zur F{\"o}rderung von Sch{\"u}ler*innen-Engagement in Technik)}, booktitle = {Tagungsband zum 6. Mint Symposium: Zukunft MINT Lehre: Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was wirkt?}, editor = {D{\"o}lling, Hanna and Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia}, publisher = {BayZiel}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, doi = {10.57825/repo_in-6446}, pages = {387 -- 394}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Das Projekt „WISE-Tech" (Workshop-Initiative zur F{\"o}rderung von Sch{\"u}ler*innen-Engagement in Technik) adressiert die Bildungsl{\"u}cke in der MINT-F{\"o}rderung durch eine zukunftsorientierte Konzeption, die Sch{\"u}ler*innen f{\"u}r Technik begeistert und Theorie praxisnah erlebbar macht. Kernst{\"u}ck sind interaktive Technik-Workshops in Schulen, begleitet von Studierenden, die als „Technik-Coaches" agieren. Diese Coaches werden durch ein Wahlpflichtfach an der Hochschule qualifiziert, welches neben technischen Inhalten (z. B. Robotik, Arduino) auch didaktische Kompetenzen vermittelt. Durch den geringen Altersabstand werden Vorbildbeziehungen geschaffen, die eine dynamische Lernumgebung f{\"o}rdern. WISE-Tech evaluiert die Wirksamkeit dieses Ansatzes, indem die Teilnehmenden Sch{\"u}ler*innen zu ihrem MINT-Interesse sowie der Wahrnehmung der Studierenden als Mentor*innen befragt werden. Die Ergebnisse tragen dazu bei, die MINT-F{\"o}rderung in der Region nachhaltig zu st{\"a}rken und dienen als Transfermodell f{\"u}r andere Bildungseinrichtungen.}, language = {de} } @article{PandeyKuehnWeisetal.2025, author = {Pandey, Amit and K{\"u}hn, Stephan and Weis, Alexander and Wunderle, Bernhard and Elger, Gordon}, title = {Evaluating optical performance degradation of automotive cameras under accelerated aging}, volume = {2026}, pages = {109396}, journal = {Optics and Lasers in Engineering}, number = {196}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1873-0302}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2025.109396}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Automotive cameras are subject to environmental stress, which degrades performance by reducing image sharpness. To qualify for automotive use and to ensure that the cameras maintain sharpness according to the hard requirements of end-of-line testing, cameras have to undergo standardized accelerated aging tests. These tests are performed to demonstrate reliability and functional safety over lifetime. Few studies have been published that demonstrate how aging contributes to the degradation of optical performance. This study addresses this gap by combining accelerated thermal aging with sharpness tracking to investigate degradation over time. To quantify sharpness degradation, six series-production cameras were subjected to accelerated thermal aging between -40◦𝐶 and +85◦𝐶. Each camera underwent 2000 aging cycles, equivalent to 80\% of their lifetime based on the Coffin-Manson model of the LV124 standard. Sharpness was measured by calculating the Spatial Frequency Response (SFR) from images captured of a double-cross reticle projected by a virtual object generator with three illumination wavelengths (625nm, 520nm, and 470nm). The change in sharpness was evaluated with SFR50 and SFR at 60 line pairs per millimeter (SFR@60). During the first 250 cycles, a wear-in effect was observed, where sharpness increased before leveling off, as seen previously. The results also indicated a slow decline in sharpness showing long-term stability. Analysis indicated that before aging, the best focal plane was located closer to the focal position of the red wavelength, which lies furthest from the objective. By the end of the aging process, the best focal plane had shifted toward the focal position of the blue wavelength, which is located closer to the objective. This suggests a forward movement of the image sensor due to aging. Even after 2000 cycles, all cameras maintained an SFR@60 above 0.5. A Random Forest regression model was trained to predict the age based on the SFR curves, achieving a mean absolute error of 126 cycles and a 𝑅2 score of 0.96.}, language = {en} } @article{KauppHuber2025, author = {Kaupp, Sabine and Huber, Florian}, title = {Does mental model similarity equal innovation team performance?}, volume = {22}, journal = {Innovation \& Management Review}, number = {4}, publisher = {Emerald}, address = {Bingley}, issn = {2515-8961}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1108/INMR-09-2023-0152}, pages = {280 -- 292}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Purpose This paper addresses challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary teamwork in innovation management, focusing on how team mental models (TMMs) can foster more effective collaboration among team members from diverse backgrounds. The research examines the relationship between TMM similarity and team performance in interdisciplinary innovation teams. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory study was conducted with 55 participants across 15 teams. TMM similarity was measured by analyzing team interactions using a web-based interface that facilitated contrasted comparison ratings. These ratings were first processed into individual graphs via a shortest-node-finding pathfinder algorithm, then compared. Subject matter experts evaluated team performance. Findings The results reveal a significant positive correlation between TMM similarity and team performance in interdisciplinary innovation teams, suggesting that greater alignment in team members' mental models enhances overall innovation project performance. Research limitations/implications Although the academic programs sampled replicate the environment, challenges and various other aspects of innovation projects, they can only be considered proxies for innovation projects within real organizations. Further research within professional environments, using a larger sample, is recommended. Practical implications The findings highlight the value of assessing and fostering TMM similarity to improve teamwork and performance in interdisciplinary innovation projects. The interface and code used are publicly available to encourage their implementation in organizations. Originality/value This research provides novel insights into the application of TMMs within interdisciplinary innovation teams, extending the concept beyond its traditional use in unidisciplinary and structured task settings.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{SalamatMatternOlzemetal.2025, author = {Salamat, Babak and Mattern, Dominik and Olzem, Sebastian-Sven and Elsbacher, Gerhard and Seidel, Christian and Tonello, Andrea M.}, title = {GMP3: Learning-Driven, Bellman-Guided Trajectory Planning for UAVs in Real-Time on SE(3)}, publisher = {arXiv}, address = {Ithaca}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.21264}, year = {2025}, abstract = {We propose GMP3, a multiphase global path planning framework that generates dynamically feasible three-dimensional trajectories for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in cluttered environments. The framework extends traditional path planning from Euclidean position spaces to the Lie group SE(3), allowing joint learning of translational motion and rotational dynamics. A modified Bellman-based operator is introduced to support reinforcement learning (RL) policy updates while leveraging prior trajectory information for improved convergence. GMP3 is designed as a distributed framework in which agents influence each other and share policy information along the trajectory: each agent refines its assigned segment and shares with its neighbors via a consensus-based scheme, enabling cooperative policy updates and convergence toward a path shaped globally even under kinematic constraints. We also propose DroneManager, a modular ground control software that interfaces the planner with real UAV platforms via the MAVLink protocol, supporting real-time deployment and feedback. Simulation studies and indoor flight experiments validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in constrained 3D environments, demonstrating reliable obstacle avoidance and smooth, feasible trajectories across both position and orientation. The open-source implementation is available at https://github.com/Domattee/DroneManager.}, language = {en} }