In view of rising fuel and energy costs and the carbon dioxide problem, motor vehicles and aircraft must use less fuel in future. The rotor blades of wind turbines, various sports equipment such as tennis rackets, skis or Formula 1 cars (fibre-carbonmonocoque) must also be lighter but at the same time measure up to the highest safety standards. Lightweight construction will be the central concern in industry in the future. Everywhere where material is moved in large quantities e.g. in robotics or plant construction, lightweight construction developments will play a role in order to save costs. The job prospects for graduates in this field are commensurately promising.
Graduates work in the fields of product development, component design, composite processing, material and process development, joining technology, simulation, design, lightweight construction, optimization and applied R&D. In the domestic industry (e.g. KTM, FACC, BMW, MAGNA, SGL, Hexcel, FILL, ENGEL, Peak Technology, Greiner Perfoam, VOEST, Mubea Carbotech, AMAG, Fischer, Atomic, CarbonCleanup, etc.) there is an acute need for graduates in the field of lightweight construction and composite materials.
