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November 6th, 2024

VERENA Award

This year the renowned VERENA Award went to the project "Bionic Train Carriage Body" of the team Siemens Mobility Austria - TU Wien.

July 2nd, 2024

ILSB Student Awarded Scholarship for Research Stay in Japan

Lukas Freinberger, a master’s student at the Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics (ILSB), has been awarded a “Grant for diploma and PhD theses and specialist courses abroad” by TU Wien.

June 3rd, 2024

ECCOMAS 2024

From June 3-7, 2024, the 9th European Congress on Computational Methods In Applied Sciences and Engineering took place in Lisbon and the ILSB was represented in large numbers

March 8th, 2024

New paper has been published in scientific reports

Development of a density-based topology optimization of homogenized lattice structures for individualized hip endoprostheses and validation using micro-FE

October 16th, 2023

Hiking Day 2023

The Institute for Lightweight Structures and Structural Biomechanics (ILSB) recently organized a hikingday where 17 participants set out to explore the natural beauty and culture of Vienna. The chosen route, spanning approximately 14 kilometers, promised a day filled with breathtaking landscapes and culinary delights.

September 28th, 2023

TU Wien excursion to SGL Composites GmbH and FACC AG

A joint excursion of the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Structural Biomechanics and the Aircraft Systems Research Group of the Institute of Engineering Design and Product Development to SGL Composites GmbH and FACC AG in the Innviertel region took place on September 28th. The students, who have already completed courses in lightweight construction/composites as well as aircraft design and aircraft systems engineering, gained an insight into the production and working environment of renowned and internationally successful companies.

September 23rd, 2023

Sustainable Conference on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists

From September 10th to 13th, the 10th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists from Academia and Industry, a conference of the German Association for Computational Mechanics (GACM), took place at the TU Wien.

September 18th, 2023

Innovative Course in Udine: How Artificial Intelligence Revolutionizes Engineering Design

In the public discussion, the rise of artificial intelligence often raises concerns about its impact on human employment. In the week of September 18, Prof. Stefanie Elgeti (ILSB, TU Wien) and Prof. Matthias Möller (TU Delft, Netherlands) co-organized a course at the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM) in Udine, Italy that challenges this perspective.

Group photo in the clean room of the space test centre of iABG mbH
May 24th, 2023

TU Wien excursion to Augsburg and Munich

From 24 to 26 May, the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Structural Biomechanics and the Institute of Engineering Design and Product Development went on a joint excursion to several companies in the Augsburg and Munich areas. On this occasion, 20 students who have already completed courses in lightweight construction/composites as well as aircraft design and aircraft systems engineering gained an insight into the production and working environment of renowned and internationally successful companies.

Welcome to the website of the Institute for Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics

The ILSB is one of nine institutes of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Management Sciences at the TU Wien, Vienna, Austria. We are actively involved in teaching and research at the TU Wien, especially in the areas of computer-aided and experimental characterization of materials and structures.