SIMPROMAT 2

Project Team: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Schmiedgen, Florian Sägebrecht M.Sc., Jasmin Schöne M.A.
Project Funder: BMBF
Total Funding: 2.5 million Euros
Duration: 01.05.2019 – 30.04.2022

Partners:

Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung (IPF)
Materialforschungsverbund Dresden e. V. (MFD)
Fraunhofer-Verbund Werkstoffe, Bauteile MATERIALS
Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme (IKTS)
Leibniz-Institut für Werkstoffforschung (IFW)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologien (ICT)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Mikrostruktur von Werkstoffen und Systemen (IMWS)
TU Dresden
Fachhochschule Dresden

Project Description

SIMPROMAT 2 focuses on developing new collaborative tools and formats for interdisciplinary research and knowledge transfer. Coordinated by the Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung (IPF), the project brings together the Materialforschungsverbund Dresden e.V. (MFD) and the Fraunhofer-Verbund MATERIALS, along with their core institutes: IKTS, IFW, ICT, and IMWS.

Material Demo Lab – Virtual Collaboration Space:

Central to the project is the Material Demo Lab, a virtual environment where industry stakeholders, researchers, and the public co-develop solutions for societal challenges.
Problems or needs are identified at the start, and suitable solutions are collaboratively explored across more than 30 member institutes of the MFD and Fraunhofer networks.
This approach makes the knowledge, technology, and infrastructure of 14 regional MFD institutes and 16 Fraunhofer MATERIALS institutes across Germany accessible for cross-material research questions.

Innovation through Interdisciplinarity:

Each network has a Science Connector to identify competencies, coordinate collaboration, and prepare results for transfer.
The Rotation Connect program facilitates exchanges among researchers, deepening mutual understanding between institutes.
By enabling collaboration at the interface of different disciplines, SIMPROMAT 2 fosters faster, more efficient interdisciplinary innovation.

Goal:
To equip researchers with tools, formats, and structures that allow them to translate scientific results into user-oriented demonstrators and communicate across disciplines, accelerating material research innovation and transfer to industry and society.