The bio-inspired product development process ELiSE (short for "Evolutionary Light Structure Engineering"), which optimizes structures based on biological objects and is constantly being further developed, emerged from the basic and applied research.

Since the topic of structure optimization plays an increasing role in almost all industries due to the desire to conserve resources and save costs, there are also cooperations with corresponding companies in various industries. We offer our cooperation in the area of joint research via third-party funded projects, but also for product developments within the scope of orders. Here is an overview of the industries in which we are active:

The topic of lightweight construction has very high potential in mechanical engineering, because here the functions of the mechanisms are very highly developed, but their efficiency can be significantly improved by lightweight design.

In the aerospace sector, the benefits of lightweight optimization are obvious, but require a very high certification effort to establish new developments.

The latter also applies to marine technology, where lightweight design can lead to considerable savings due to the often very large dimensions involved.

The automotive industry is making extraordinary efforts to reduce weight and costs due to legislative requirements and strong competition.

In measurement and installation engineering, oversized and therefore expensive components are often used, so there is great interest in lightweight design.

Homewares, sporting goods and consumer goods are often produced in large series and are intended to be improved in terms of handling. Both are made more efficient by lightweight design.

In medical engineering, lightweight developments also offer the potential to make everyday life easier.

Cooperations in the area of production technology are particularly interesting because innovative processes such as additive manufacturing (AM) make it possible to produce very complex shapes and thus better exploit the potential for lightweight design optimization.

In the field of ship and yacht building, very innovative solutions have been developed for racing and large yachts.

Architecture and design are topics in which the design language of complex, highly aesthetic shapes can be combined very harmoniously with their function as high-performance lightweight structures.