Strong partnerships in the faculties
Our start-up and transfer ambassadors act as bridge-builders between CET and the department members in order to jointly discuss challenges and needs across departments and to promote a stronger anchoring of start-up and transfer-relevant topics at the departments of TU Dortmund University. In their environment, they point out start-up potentials and are designated contact persons for people interested in founding a company.
In cooperation with our start-up and transfer ambassadors, we strengthen university-wide support for entrepreneurship and the growth of a vibrant start-up culture.
Our ambassadors
Dr. Andreas Brunschweiger
PD Dr. Andreas Brunschweiger has been working in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology since 2013, developing DNA-encoded chemistry technology.
“It is important to me to give something back to society and to play an active role in shaping structural change in the Ruhr region.”
Prof. Michael Henke
Institute Director at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML and holder of the Chair of Corporate Logistics (LFO) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TU Dortmund University.
“In order to secure competitiveness, it is not enough just to promote pronounced research and development activities; in addition, the transfer of the developed solutions into practical application must succeed. We must invest in innovation-friendly framework conditions and structures and strengthen interdisciplinary and cross-value-added collaboration.”
Prof. Stefan Palzer
After holding positions at the Universities of Freiburg, Cambridge and the Autonomous University of Madrid, Prof. Palzer took over the professorship "Sensor Technology" at the TU Dortmund University. In 2013, he founded Woepal GmbH.
“The successful transfer of new technologies into application is the litmus test for all engineering research results. With this goal in mind, the professorship "Sensor Technology" works together with end users from industry, research and society on new, innovative sensor technologies. A central instrument of know-how transfer is the foundation of high-tech start-ups with the participation of scientists from the professorship.”
Prof. Christian Rehtanz
Prof. Dr.-Ing. C. Rehtanz has headed the Institute of Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency and Energy Economics in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology since 2007 after working in industry in Switzerland and China.
“Science, innovation and business are of outstanding importance for the future of our country. Founding and transfer are the central links to seamlessly connect this chain and to accelerate.”
Prof. Christian Wietfeld
Prof. Dr.-Ing. C. Wietfeld has been head of the Chair of Communication Networks at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology since 2005 and researches future mobile networks.
“By transferring internationally successful research results to newly founded or also established companies, we make our contribution to structural change and to strengthening Dortmund as a high-tech location. At the same time, this opens up exciting career development prospects for our highly qualified graduates.”
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Clausen
After his time in the logistics industry, among others at Deutsche Post DHL and Amazon, Prof. Clausen has been director of the Fraunhofer Institute IML since 2001 and at the same time head of the Institute for Transport Logistics in the Faculty of Mechani
“Mobility and logistics are prerequisites for an open society and the backbone of an economy based on the division of labor. Good science can be useful and innovations, start-ups and transfers can serve the sustainable development of our society - I would like to contribute to this.”
Dr. Christoph Kaletka
Dr. Christoph Kaletka is deputy director of the Social Research Center (sfs) at TU Dortmund University and conducts research on social innovations.
“An expanded understanding of innovation, which also encompasses social innovations and focuses on overcoming social problems, confronts us with the task of also rethinking transfer. Harnessing the innovative power of society as a whole and making it effective in practice is a challenge in which universities also have a new role to play.”
Jun. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jutta Albus
Architect with a focus on resource-efficient construction, prefabrication strategies and automated processes in construction. As a junior professor at TU Dortmund University, she researches and teaches in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineeri
“To improve resource efficiency for the construction and operation of buildings, the still very high proportion of energy and resources consumed by the building sector must be significantly reduced. The focus for this is a holistic approach that relates the complex web in architecture and construction by linking multi-layered requirements and connecting them in a meaningful way.”
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Michael Nadler
After numerous projects for financial institutions, the European Commission, the United Nations, the state and the federal government, Prof. Dr. Michael Nadler has headed the Real Estate Development Chair at the Faculty of Spatial Planning since 2010.
“Spatial thinking enables a wide range of new business ideas, with successful start-ups in spatial planning, we directly change our living space, we want to actively and sustainably shape this transformation process.”
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Department Head Spatial Information Processing and Modeling (RIM).
“Let us uphold the spirit of eternal entrepreneurship and embrace the core values of successful enterprises, such as "trust - cordiality - creativity - speed - sustainability - humanity". Let's put trus first and use it as a competitive weapon; use the word cordiality as one of the important foundations of business; wisdom: regard creativity as a vitality and development lever; speed: take speed, efficiency and punctuality as a guide; sustainability: contribute to building a sustainable world; humanity: uphold the spirit of humanity, value employees* as the most valuable asset, create peace and make positive contributions to community-oriented activities.”
Dr. Frederik Möller
Frederik Möller is an academic councillor at the Chair of Industrial Information Management and conducts research on business models, data sharing and data ecosystems.
“Engineering research must be useful. What better way to demonstrate this than by transferring creative and new ideas from research to industry?”