Indo-German Challenge for Sustainable Production

Target audience

The seminar "Indo-German Challenge for Sustainable Production" is especially aimed at students of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and other Master's programs of Faculty 4 and Faculty 1, as well as the master's programme in environmental engineering in Faculty 3. The seminar will be held in English together with students from BITS Pilani and Manipal University Jaipur (India).

Content

• Necessity for digital decision support in production, e.g. regarding energy efficiency, flexibility and transparency
• Concept of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) to support physical production systems through the use of digital methods and tools
• Advantages and disadvantages of digitalisation in production
• Concept of life cycle thinking in local and global dimensions
• Elaboration of recommendations for action with regard to the various dimensions of sustainability (ecological, economic and social)
• Technical implementation of a CPPS in the Learning Factory of TU Braunschweig and the Joint Indo-German Experience Lab of BITS Pilani, India
• Application of the methodology of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) according to ISO 14040
• Cultural exchange and training of hands-on competencies

Module manual

Only the information in the module manual applies. In addition, only the information in the examination regulations of the respective course of study is legally binding.