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 as well as the Master's program in Environmental Engineering of Faculty 3. The seminar will be held in English together with students of BITS Pilani, 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.