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From research to practice: Battery Thesis Hub opens up opportunities for master's students

The Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production FFB, Northvolt, RWTH Aachen University and Chalmers University of Technology are inviting applications for a new international cooperation project for master's students. Starting in January 2025, students will have the opportunity to work on digitised battery production together with the European research sites as part of their final thesis. The project combines input from Northvolt and Fraunhofer FFB and allows students to shape the future of battery manufacturing.

Collaboration with leading research institutes and universities

The focus of the joint initiative is to analyse and further improve the potential of data to optimise the maintenance of gigafactories using modern technologies such as big data, machine learning, and cloud architectures. Topics such as machine monitoring, remote inspection, and digital documentation will play a central role. The students work closely with the Fraunhofer FFB and Northvolt teams and exchange ideas with master students from Chalmers University of Technology and RWTH Aachen University. The students can provide valuable insights into how to optimize the maintenance of battery factories, and apply and validate these insights directly in the Fraunhofer "FFB PreFab".

A pan-European collaboration for the battery production of the future

The collaboration brings together the Fraunhofer FFB with Northvolt, an innovation leader in the battery industry, and RWTH Aachen University and Chalmers University of Technology, two leading European universities in the field of sustainable production. This collaboration offers the opportunity to develop the battery industry further and strengthen its role as a key technology for ecological transformation and European innovation leadership.

Dr. Jonathan Krauß, Head of Digitalisation of Battery Cell Production at Fraunhofer FFB, explains: "The battery industry is a crucial lever for Europe's ecological transformation and innovative strength. Through international cooperation and the strategic integration of tomorrow's specialists, we are laying the foundations for the technologies of the future".

The thesis offered as part of this partnership enables students to work at the interface between industry and academic research and gain valuable insights into practice-oriented development processes.

 

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