Excellent Research at TU Dortmund University
Research and researchers at the TU Dortmund are internationally well-known and recognized. Over 1,000 externally funded projects and numerous personal awards illustrate the research strength of Dortmund’s scientists. You will find a selection on this web page.
- Spokesperson: Prof Dr. Martina Havenith, RUB
- Funding period: 2012-2025
Collaborative Research Centres and Transregios
CRC 823 “Statistical modeling of nonlinear dynamic processes”
- Spokesperson Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer, TU Dortmund
- Funding period: since 2009
CRC 876 “Providing information by resource-constrained data analysis”
- Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Katharina Morik, TU Dortmund
- Funding period: since 2011
TRR 160 “Coherent manipulation of interacting spin excitations in tailored semiconductors”
- Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer
- Funding period: since 2015
TRR 188 “Damage Controlled Forming Processes”
- TU Dortmund University (Speaker University), RWTH Aachen, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf
- Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. A. Erman Tekkaya
- Funding period: since 2017
Participations
CRC 1287 „Limits of Variability in Language: Cognitive, Grammatical, and Social Aspects“
- Speaker University: Universität Potsdam
- involved at TU Dortmund University: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Freywald
- Funding period: since 2017
CRC 803 „Functionality controlled by organization in and between membranes“
- Speaker University: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- involved at TU Dortmund University: Prof. Dr. Rasmus Linser
- Funding period: since 2007
CRC 1309 „Chemical Biology of Epigenetic Modifications“
- Speaker University: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- involved at TU Dortmund University: Prof. Dr. Rasmus Linser
- Funding period: since 2018
CRC/Transregio 63 “Integrated chemical processes in liquid multiphase systems – InPROMPT”
- TU Berlin (Speaker University), TU Dortmund University, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
- Deputy Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Andrzej Górak
- Funding period: since 2010
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Speaker University), Technische Universität Dortmund, Leibniz Universität Hannover
- Deputy Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. A. Erman Tekkaya
- Funding period: since 2009
- Universität Paderborn (Speaker University), TU Dortmund University
- Deputy Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer
- Funding period: since 2015
Starting Grants
PRECISION – Precision measurement to discover new scalar and vector particles
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Johannes Albrecht (Physics)
- Funding period: 2016-2021
SUBLINEAR – Sublinear algorithms for the analysis of very large graph
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Christian Sohler (Computer Science)
- Funding period: 2012-2018
Consolidator Grants
PropRT - Property-Based Modulable Timing Analysis and Optimization for Complex Cyber-Physical Real-Time Systems
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Jian-Jia Chen (Computer Science)
- Funding period: 2020-2025
hyControl – Coherent optical control of multi-functional nano-scale hybrid units
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Mirko Cinchetti (Physics)
- Funding period: 2017-2022
EPICODE – Programmable readers, writers, and erasers of the epigenetic cytosine code
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Daniel Summerer (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
- Funding period: 2017-2022
RAMSES – Reactivity and assembly of multifunctional stimuliresponsive encapsulation structures
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Guido Clever (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
- Funding period: 2016-2021
BACTERIAL SYRINGES – Protein Translocation Through Bacterial Syringes
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Raunser (Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Max-Planck-Institute)
- Funding period: 2014-2019
Advanced Grants
SPATONC – Systems analysis of pancreatic tumor cell phenotype dependence on the spatial regulation of oncogenic Ras signaling
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Philippe Bastiaens (Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Max-Planck-Institute)
- Funding period: 2013-2018
MOBOCON – Model-based optimizing control - from a vision to industrial reality
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Engell (Biochemical and Chemical Engineering)
- Funding period: 2012-2017
Synergy Grant
StuDySARCOMERE – Structure and Cellular Dynamics of the Sarcomere
- Principal Investigator: Apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Raunser (Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Max-Planck-Institute)
- Funding period: 2020-2026
Cooperation and Competition in the context of new and traditional forms of work and employment
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Maximiliane Wilkesmann (Social Sciences)
- Type of funding: Heisenberg professorship
- Funding since April 2020
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Johannes Albrecht (Physics)
- Type of funding: Heisenberg professorship
- Funding since April 2020
Aufklärung von Prinzipien der systemweiten Regulation von Proteolyse im Ubiquitin-System mittels chemischer Biologie
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Malte Gersch (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
- Funding since 2018
Effektive Theorien in den Materialwissenschaften: Mathematische Herleitung und Analysis
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Peter Bella (Mathematics)
- Funding since 2016
- Coordination: Prof. Dr. Stephan Hußmann, Prof. Dr. Barbara Welzel
- Funding period: 2016-2023
- Coordination: Prof. Dr. Daniel Rauh, TU Dortmund
- Funding period: 2018-2021
ELLI 2 (Excellent Teaching and Learning in Engineering Science)
- Coordination: Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. A. Erman Tekkaya
- Funding period: 2016-2020
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)
- Coordination: Prof. Dr. Wilfried Bos
- Funding period: 2012-2017
- Coordination: Prof. Dr. Wilfried Bos
- Funding period: 2013-2018
ML2R “Competence Center Machine Learning Rhine-Ruhr”
- Coordination: Prof. Dr. Katharina Morik
Research Training Groups of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Regional disparities and economic policy (RTG 2484)
- Adaption intelligence of factories in a dynamic and complex environment (RTG 2193)
- Confinement-controlled Chemistry (RTG 2376)
EU-funded Graduate Programs (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions)
- Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Optimisation Applications (MINOA)
- PROcess NeTwork Optimization for efficient and sustainable operation of Europe’s process industries (PRONTO)
- Improved decision-making in contaminated land site investigation and risk assessment (Remediate)
- Outcomes and Causal Inference in International Comparative Assessments (OCCAM)
- Platform aware model-driven Optimization of Cyber-Physical Systems (oCPS)
- Reviving shrinking cities – innovative paths and perspectives towards livability for shrinking cities in Europe (RE-CITY)
- Long Acting Medicines for Complex Therapeutics Needed Now (LongActNow)
Graduate Programs funded by VolkswagenFoundation
- MEDAS 21 – Global Media Assistance: Applied Research, Improved Practice in the 21 Century
- Scripts for Postindustrial Urban Futures: American Models, Transatlantic Interventions
Graduate Programs funded by MERCUR
Leopoldina
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Matthias Kleiner (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Herbert Waldmann (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
Acatech
- Prof. Dr. Dirk Biermann (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ursula Gather (Mathematics)
- Prof. Dr. Andrzej Górak (Biochemical and Chemical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Michael Henke (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Matthias Kleiner (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Katharina Morik (Computer Science)
- Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sadowski (Biochemical and Chemical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. A. Erman Tekkaya (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael ten Hompel (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Johannes Weyer (Social Sciences)
Russian Academy of Sciences
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer (Physics)
Academia Europaea
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Matthias Kleiner (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Schwentick (Computer Science)
North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
- Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer (Statistics)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Brigitte Falkenburg (Human Science and Theology)
- Prof. Dr. Katharina Morik (Computer Science)
- Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sadowski (Biochemical and Chemical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Metin Tolan (Physics)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Herbert Waldmann (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Matthias Kleiner (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Christian Rehtanz (Electrical Engineering & Information Technology)
- Prof. Dr. Markus Stommel (Mechanical Engineering)
Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Herbert Waldmann (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Biermann (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Matthias Kleiner (Mechanical Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. A. Erman Tekkaya (Mechanical Engineering)
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Location & approach
The campus of TU Dortmund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is "Dortmund-Eichlinghofen" (closer to Campus Süd), and from B 1 / A 40 "Dortmund-Dorstfeld" (closer to Campus Nord). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.
To get from Campus Nord to Campus Süd by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at Campus Nord and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.
TU Dortmund University has its own train station ("Dortmund Universität"). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dortmund main station ("Dortmund Hauptbahnhof") and Düsseldorf main station via the "Düsseldorf Airport Train Station" (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 20 or 30 minutes). The university is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.
You can also take the bus or subway train from Dortmund city to the university: From Dortmund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station "Stadtgarten", usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At "Stadtgarten" you switch trains and get on line U42 towards "Hombruch". Look out for the Station "An der Palmweide". From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dortmund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dortmund main station to the stop "Dortmund Kampstraße". From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop "Dortmund Wittener Straße". Switch to bus line 447 and get off at "Dortmund Universität S".
Dortmund Airport offers flights to several destinations in Central Europe. There are regular connections to Katowice, Kraków, London and Munich. For the approximately 20km-trip from Dortmund Airport to TU Dortmund University, you can use a shuttle bus to the railway Station "Bahnhof Holzwickede", from which trains depart to Dortmund main station (please visit Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr for more information). Normally, the fastest way is to catch a taxi at Dortmund Airport.
The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dortmund University. There are two stations on Campus Nord. One ("Dortmund Universität S") is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the university directly with the city of Dortmund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the "Technologiepark" and (via Campus Süd) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at Campus Nord and offers a direct connection to Campus Süd every five minutes.
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