Institute for Virtual Product Engineering (VPE) University of Kaiserslautern
Contact details
University of Kaiserslautern
Institute for Virtual Product Engineering (VPE)
University of Kaiserslautern
P.O. Box 3049
D-67653 Kaiserslautern
Gottlieb-Daimler Straße 44
D-67663 Kaiserslautern
Phone: +49 (0)631 205 3871
Fax: +49 (0)631 205 3872
Internet:
http://vpe.mv.uni-kl.de
Institute
Faculty for Mechanical and Process Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern
Institute Head / Chair-holder: Professor Dr.-Ing. Jens C. Göbel
Founding Date:
October the 1st 1994
Key information
Scientific employees: | 12 |
Employees: | 3 |
Apprentices: | 0 |
Student assistents: | 30 |
Bachelor students: | 400 |
Master students: | 60 |
Strategy / Vision for PLM
One focus area of our research of the chair is in the area of Smart Systems Engineering, which deals with the modeling and validation of smart products and services in the context of modern application scenarios within the Industrial Internet of Things. Another focus topic is the integrated life cycle management of physical products and their virtual product twins. This includes approaches and IT tools for the preparation and feedback of product usage data into product development processes as well as for the integrated management of physical product instances and virtual product models. Our third focus area is Smart Engineering Visualization, which involves interdisciplinary collaboration and interaction with virtual product models, involving all relevant actors, especially product users.