The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has approved of financing the collaborative research centre (CRC) Transregio 30 for four further years and provides 11,6 Mio. Euro in total. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schöppner, Polymer Engineering Paderborn, works on one of the twenty-two individual projects, namly on the subject: Graduated structures in amorphous polymers - Manufacturing self-reinforced polycarbonate.

For the purpose of the CRC Transregio 30 "Process-integrated manufacturing functionally graduated structures on the basis of thermo-mechanically joint phenomena" the universities of Paderborn, Kassel und Dortmund research and develop new processes of metal and polymer design since 2006. New efficient manufacturing processes for component parts which are used in the lightweight construction in the automobile and aircraft industry are also researched and developed. We are happy about the positive decision of the DFG", said Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Jürgen Maier. "In following four years we are concentrating our research on the manufacturing and processing of functionally graduates structures."The joint research project of the three universities involves twenty-two individual projects whereas the University of Paderborn is by now represented by six professorships of the department of engineering in seven individual projects. In addition to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Jürgen Maier, professorship for materials technology as spokesman Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier, professorship for product engineering, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Mahnken, professorship for technical mechanis, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Homberg, professorship for forming and machining manufacturing engineering, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Albert Richard, professorship for applied mechanics and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schöppner from the institute for polymer materials and processes are doing research.