News from Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

• AAU får stor bevilling til projekt i samarbejde med Maersk Line Published 28. October 2011

  Den Danske Maritime Fond bevilliger per 1. november en betydelig støtte til første del af et 2-årigt projekt omhandlende Yield Management (YM) i container- og linershipping. Aalborg Universitet, Institut for Mekanik og Produktion, er hovedaktør i projektet i samarbejde med software virksomheden Ange Optimization og verdens største containerrederi Maersk Line, der sidder på 16 % af verdensmarkedet.

• Dansk EU-succes: Nye materialer gør bilen 100 kg lettere Published 26. October 2011

  Nye stærke nano-materialer fra et stort EU-støttet forskningsprojekt kan slanke personbilers vægt med helt op til 100 kg og nedsætte brændstofforbruget med fem procent. Resultaterne kommer fra projektet ”Nanotough”, som under ledelse af Aalborg Universitet nu bliver fremhævet som succeshistorie af Europa-Kommissionens afdeling for Forskning og Innovation.
   

• Global kongres om bæredygtig materialeteknologi til København Published 15. September 2011

  M-Tech professor Ole Thybo Thomsen står i spidsen for stor international konference. København har vundet værtskabet for en af verdens største kongresser inden for bæredygtig materialeteknologi. Op mod 2.000 branchefolk ventes til kongressen, der bliver et unikt udstillings-vindue for danske, grønne løsninger.

• Mark II participates in Fiels Robot Event 2011 Published 29. June 2011

  Studerende deltager den 2. juli 2011 i den internationale robotkonkurrence Field Robot Event 2011 i Herning med en markrobot.

   

• State of the Art Laboratories Strengthens Research in Wind Turbines in Northern Jutland Published 29. March 2011

  The modernisation of laboratories of 70 million kroner Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering strengthens the foundation for research in composite materials, which are used for turbine wings, among others.  The aim is to create competitive wings for the Danish wind industry.

• Professional Grinder Found Published 17. March 2011

  In February, the AnyBody Group was looking for a professional grinder for a research collaboration with Harken, Italy. Claus David from Big Challenge signed up for the job.

• AnyBody Modeling System Used for Sports Science Research Published 14. February 2011

  Former Sports Science student Kasper Sørensen used the Anybody Modeling System in his master thesis; a biomechanical analysis of a badminton smash.

• Little Helper Creates Attention Published 9. February 2011

  PhD students Mads Hvilshøj and Simon Bøgh’s mobile robot ‘Little Helper’ has been creating attention in the media.

• Professional Grinder Needed for Research Published 9. February 2011

  The AnyBody Group is looking for a professional grinder in research collaboration with Harken, Italy.

• Engineer Officers Back to School Published 28. January 2011

  Engineer Officers, among others, are offered a new study programme at Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering - a Cand.Scient.Techn. in production with specialisation in production systems.

• New Cand.Scient.Techn at Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Published 10. December 2010

  Aalborg University and Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering introduce a new study programme with intake from 1 February 2011.

• The Working Environment Award 2010 goes to M-Tech Published 13. September 2010

  Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering was awarded the first Working Environment Award from AAU

• Anniversary Prize for Production Researcher Published 2. September 2010

  Professor Joachim Danckert and his research Group in Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering has received a special anniversary prize of 300,000 dkk from Fabrikant P.A. Fiskers Fond on the occation of the foundation's 50th anniversry.

• Honour Grant for Professor in Mechanical Engineering Published 22. March 2010

  Professor Erik Lund from Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering recieves a honour grant of 350,000 DKK for ground breaking design of composit materilas and sandwich constructions.

• New Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Published 3. March 2010

  Martin Heide Jørgensen returns after 17 years to Aalborg University, where he is going to be Head of Department at the new Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.