Specific measures of SE²A include the establishment of Junior Research Groups (JRG) in different disciplines, such as engineering, mathematics, business economics, and natural science. These interdisciplinary teams are each led by a JRG leader recruited as a postdoc from the national or international research community.
JRG-A1 „Overall system evaluation“
Shaping the necessary transition pathways to achieve sustainable air transport solutions requires a sound understanding of the behavior of the air transport system itself. The task of the group is to analyze and evaluate alternative transition pathways in order to achieve long-term development goals for the air transport system.
JRG-B1 „Flow Physics of Laminar Wing and Fuselage“
The research activity focuses on applying hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) by suction means on transport aircraft.
JRG-B2 „Flow Physics of Load Reduction
The Junior Research Group on "Flow Physics of Load Reduction" (JRG-B2) investigates and develops active load control techniques to alleviate dynamic loads on transport aircraft wings caused by gusts and unsteady flight maneuvers.
JRG-B5 "Long-Range Aircraft Configurations and Technology Analyses"
The group is focused on conceptual design of various aircraft configurations that feature potential future technologies and attempts to quantify their influence on the overall design space and capabilities of future aircraft configurations.
JRG-C3 „Fuel Cells for Aviation“
So far, aviation-specific requirements on fuel cell system designs remain largely unaddressed, especially on the megawatt level. Among them, drastic improvements on specific energy, reliability, lifetime, and flexibilities in operation and in airframe integration are of immediate interests. These challenges originated the Junior Research Group (JRG) “Fuel cells for aviation”, and have shaped its main deliverables.