The RWTH Aachen Innovation CampusA new approach to enrol industry into universities of

technology

Prof. Ernst SchmachtenbergRector of RWTH Aachen University

Trondheim, 25 September 2010

RWTH AachenThe Integrated University of Technology

33,000 Students 2,400 Non-academic

Staff & Apprentices

> 5,000 International

Students

3.86 M € Fundraising

4,000 Academic Staff

454 Chairs

RWTH Aachen Budget

Total: 885 M €

…of which:

417 M € State Funding

226 M € External Funding

242 M € UKA

Excellent Universities in Germany

Munich

Aachen

Berlin

Freiburg

Heidelberg

Karlsruhe

Konstanz

Göttingen

Excellent in Research

Excellent in Teaching

Bielefeld

Kaiserslautern

Potsdam

Excellent in Research & Teaching

Clarification of the Term „Innovation“

„An innovation is the implementation of a new or significantly improved

product (good or service), or process, a new marketing method, or a new

organisational method in business practices, workplace organisation or external

relations. […] The minimum requirement for an innovation is that the product,

process, marketing method or organisational method must be new (or

significantly improved) to the firm”

- OECD 2005

„…and that the innovation is profitable!“

- E. Schmachtenberg 2010

Source: acatech, Milberg 2007 (modified)

Science and

Invention�Research, Education�Creativity and Enablers

Government�Location, Rules & Regulations�Support�Individual Responsibility

Innovation and

Marketplace�Entrepreneurs, Contractors, Buyers�Profitability and Implementation

Society�Willingness to Change�Use of Opportunities�Trust in Experts and in the Future

Sustainable Growth

through Innovation

Knowledge

Funds

Knowledge

Funds

People

People

Cycle of Innovation

Enrolment: Key to a new kind of cooperation between University and

Industry

Research

Teaching&

Professional Education

Enrolsitself and its

employees at theRWTH Aachen

Innovation Campus

Industrial Enterprise

University

Cooperatesinterdisciplinarily in

research & education

with companies on university property

Direct transfer of

current research

results in

education &

research

Better & more

goal-oriented

educated junior

staff

CampusInnovation

RWTH Aachen Innovation Campus____

Cluster of Innovation

UniversityInstitutes

SME

Joint Facilities(library, seminar rooms, etc.)

Large Enterprises

Spin-offs

Extramural Research Facilities(Fraunhofer, Helmholtz, Max-Planck, etc.)

Service Companies

Affiliated Institutes

Principles: Openness, Dynamics and Trust

UHSM = Ultra High-Speed Mobile

UHSM & Car

Communication

ChiplessForming

SurfaceEngineering

Future Fuels& Tailor-made

Chemical Products

AdvancedMetals & Aluminium

Engineering

Fibre-basedMaterials

Integrative ProductionTechnology

Energy Generation and

ConversionTechnologies

Heavy Duty &Off-highwayPowertrain

Photonics

ProductionLogistics

Bio-MedicalEngineering

On-highwayPowertrain

Future InternalCombustion

Engines

PlasticsTechnology

RWTH Aachen Innovation Campus: 2 Areas – 15 Clusters

Westbahnhof

Melaten

RWTH Aachen Innovation Campus:Aerial View

Innovation

Campus

Melaten

Innovation

Campus West

RWTH Aachen University:

� Total size: approx. 2.5 km²

� One of the largest technology-oriented campus areas in Europe

� The RWTH Aachen Innovation Campus:

� Area: 546,000m²

� Capital

commitments:

1,500,000,000 €

� New direct and

indirect jobs: approx.

10,000

Schedule of the Innovation Campus Project

Phase I – 8 Clusters Phase II – 5 Clusters Phase III – Growth

• Purchase of

Westbahnhof on

9.12.2008

• Launching of

Campus GmbH

on 5.5.2009

• Concept and Call

for Proposals for

6 Initial Clusters

• Decision on land-

use plan for

Melaten on

16.12.2009

• Approval of 6

Initial clusters and

assignment of

development by

RWTH

• West

Development and

construction

– Land-use plan

– Infrastructure

– 5 Clusters

• Initialisation of 6 more

clusters on Campus

Melaten and West

• Melaten and West

– Growth and

compression of

initial 13 clusters

– Launch of the last

6 clusters

– Final compression

of all clusters

– Professional

education centres

…

• Further Infrastructure

– Congress Hall

– Library

– Hotels

…

• Ground-breaking

ceremony for Campus

Melaten on

18. 02. 2010

• Melaten

Development and

construction

– 6 Clusters

– Initial

Infrastructure

– Initialisation of 2

more clusters

• West

– Declassification

by the Federal

Railway Authority

– Initialision of 5

more clusters

Start

2008 - 2009 2010 - 2011 2012 - 2013 2014 - 2017

RWTH Innovation Campus almost ready to go...

Legend: 1) = full time equivalent

10,020m²

350

10

4

19

263

Energy Generation &

Conversion

Technologies

54,000m²

2,100

12

12

60

900

Minimum Requirement

(Total 6 Inital

Clusters)

18,940

m²

366

4

2

17

228

Photonics

55.895m²12,500m²9,000m²5,435m²9,000m²Area

>1,665424>350>175Add. Employees

during 3 years350

3146 (25)72RWTH Chairs

185612Key Players

9813251410No. of Firms

1,219311170247150No. of Employees

before Launch

Clusters

TotalLogistics

Integrative

Production

Technology

Bio-medical

Engineering

Minimum

Requirement

�

�

�

�

Heavy Duty& Off-

highway

Powertrain

(1/2 Cluster)

3,000m²

200

5

2

10

150

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Overview

Innovation Cluster 1Energy Generation & Conversion Technologies

Prof. Dr. ir. Rik W. De Doncker

Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Devices (ISEA)

Smart Grids

Decentral Electrical Energy

Sources

Efficient Building Services

Engineering and Air-

Conditioning

Power Electronics

Innovation Cluster 2Photonics

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Reinhart Poprawe, M.A.

Chair of Laser Technology (LLT); Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT)

Photon-based

Manufacturing Processes

Tailor-made Beam

SourcesLife Science, Metrology

and Diagnosis

Illumination and Optical

Components

Innovation Cluster 3Bio-medical Engineering

Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Schmitz-Rode

Chair of Applied Medical Technology, Helmholtz Institute

Organ Support /

Intelligent ImplantsBiohybrid Systems

Pharmaceutical

Product Development

Clinical and Experimental

Visualisation

Innovation Cluster 4Heavy Duty & Off-highway Powertrain

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Jacobs

Chair of & Institute for Machine Design (IME)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Brecher

Chair of Machine Tools (WZL)

Control Engineering

Dynamics and Noise Behaviour

Energy Efficiency

Holistic Powertrains

Innovation Cluster 5Integrative Production Technology

Assembly of

Electric Vehicle Building Sets

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schmitt

Chair of Production Measurement Technology and Quality Management (WZL)

Industrial

Machine Vision

Production Technology

for High-wage Countries

Production of

Innovative Structural Components

Innovation Cluster 6Logistics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. G. Schuh

Chair of Production Engineering (WZL)

Prof. Dr. Volker Stich

Research Institute for Operations Management (FIR)

Service Lab Logistics Systems

Smart Objects LabEnterprise-Resource-Planning

(ERP) Lab

RWTH Aachen Innovation CampusExamples of Industry Partners

MeoTec Gmbh

Sustainable

EnergySustainable

Energy

Photonics

Integrative

Production

Technology

Heavy Duty &

Off Highway

Powertrain

Sustainable

Energy

Photonics

Logistics

Bio-Medical

Engineering

Integrative

Production

Technology

Sustainable

Energy

Photonics

Logistics

Bio-Medical

Engineering

Integrative

Production

Technology

Photonics

Production

Logistics

Heavy Duty &Off-highway

Powertrain

Bio-medical

Engineering

Energy

Generation &

Conversion

Technologies

Six Initial Clusters of RWTH Aachen Innovation Campus at Melaten Area