Overview of fields of research

Preservation of Monuments and Documentation

For this field of studies we have a research department that is recognised as a "Research and Development Centre (R&D centre) of the Federal State of North Rhine Westphalia". The mission of this research centre is to work on scientific projects in the preservation of monuments in practice and offer expert advice to monument owners, local and federal state authorities. The centre's work focuses on evaluation methods, recording techniques, field analyses, common ground with archaeology and virtual processing.

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www.f05.fh-koeln.de (german)

CAE and Fuzzy Technology in Control Engineering

The work of this research centre focuses on methods and tools of process identification, controller design and control loop simulation for application in teaching, research and industrial practice.
Control engineering is one of the core subjects of engineering and of fundamental interdisciplinary importance for electrical and mechanical engineering studies. Optimised control loops help save resources like energy and raw materials in production and process engineering, and ensure product quality. In addition, by integrating control engineering one can realise innovative, intelligent products that are a prerequisite for competitiveness on the world market. The range of applications stretches from anti-lock braking systems in cars through autopilots in wide-bodied jets to position control of satellites or spacecraft - from automatic range-finding in 35 mm cameras through air-conditioning in office blocks to process control in large process engineering plants in the chemicals industry.

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www.nt-rt.fh-koeln.de/index.html (german)

Excellence in Automotive Systems Engineering - Interdisciplinary Vehicle System Development

The aim of this research centre is to promote the interdisciplinary development of vehicles and vehicle systems for people, methods, processes and products. The focus is on networking the Institute of Vehicle Engineering's know-how of vehicles and modern product development methods with the requirements of car manufacturers and suppliers of the motor industry to boost the technology transfer between the university and industry.
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More about this research centre on:

www.f08.fh-koeln.de (german)

Intercultural Competence through Personnel and Organisation Development

Sponsored by the economics ministry of North Rhine Westphalia, this research centre is an interdisciplinary research alliance, which deals with intercultural issues in the broadest sense, in particular with the requirements for acquiring and communicating intercultural competence.

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www.sw.fh-koeln.de/ikk (german)

Medical Technology: High-Frequency and Laser Technology

Trade Fair and Congress Organisation

Next Generation Services in Heterogeneous Network Infrastructures (NEGSIT)

The aim of this research centre, a joint venture with Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, is to design, develop, realise and measure the performance of innovative services based on established and future communication networks. On the basis of services and service requirements related processes, methods and protocols for communication networks are being developed and evaluated by simulation, field tests and an experimentation network.
First research projects deal with the creation of Location Based Services integrating RFID and WLAN technologies, the evaluation of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) architectures for application in fixed networks and the examination of Quality-of-Service methods for cross-network Voice-over-IP applications (QoSSIP) and on satellite routes (QoSSAT).

More about this research centre on:

www.nt.fh-koeln.de/fachgebiete/mathe/knospe/negsit/_sgt/f10000.htm (german)

Smart Building

The aim of the SMART Building research centre is to focus the (architecture and building technology) research projects conducted by participants under the following aspects:

- Innovative, holistic solutions to minimise energy
- Integrated building convenience and optimised comfort
- Interface optimisation for heating, cooling, air conditioning, sanitation, automatic systems and electrical engineering
- Creation of a smart building on the campus
- Integration of the research centre's R&D findings in teaching

More about this research centre on:

www.tga.fh-koeln.de/ (german)

Software Quality

This research centre analyses issues of designing computer-assisted systems in the context of human thought processes and actions based on proven IT, scientific theory and empirical science methods.
The aim is to investigate interdisciplinary approaches for the development of high-quality software and its application and evaluation in practice. For this the research centre seeks a differentiated quality definition that integrates both the architecture and application context of the system and the design process taking account of social and economic framework conditions.

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www.software-quality.fh-koeln.de/ (german)

Solar Plant and Building Technology

Social Space Management

The focus of this research centre's work is on the everyday life, action and activity areas of urban districts and residential quarters. The research centre deals with the question how to strengthen social ties, promote the population's potential, and improve the network of social services by design and control measures (management) in the social spaces of urban and residential areas.

More about this research centre on:

www.sw.fh-koeln.de/sozial_raum_management/ (german)

Impact of Virtual Worlds

For over 20 years Cologne University of Applied Sciences has conducted intensive research on virtual worlds. From the start of this trend in the early 1980s until today we have followed developments in a variety of research activities, analysing the types of application and impacts.

More about this research centre on:

www.sw.fh-koeln.de/wvw/ (german)

Knowledge Management

The Knowledge Management research centre is an institution that was created by the faculty of economic sciences and is recognised and backed by Cologne University of Applied Sciences and the federal state of North Rhine Westphalia. Its aim is to support and conduct research activities in the field of knowledge management.

More about this research centre on:

www.km.fh-koeln.de/ (german)

More information about research activities at Cologne University of Applied Sciences is also to be found in our research report on

www.presse.fh-koeln.de (german)