Many of our research projects are confidential, so please note that below is only an excerpt of the current projects of Fraunhofer IWKS. Please feel free to contact the respective department and get in tourch with the scientists for your specific research requirements.
Funded by Innovationsförderung Hessen - Förderung der Elektromobilität (Hessen Agentur)
Glycans and co-products as biogenic valuable substances - subproject: extraction and filtration of glycans and by-products
Duration: 01.06.2020 - 28.02.2023
Funded by FNR (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V.)
HemiBindOff
Biobased, biodegradable hemicellulose-based binder systems for UV-curing offset printing inks
Duration: 01.12.2020 - 30.11.2023
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
HOMAG
High-performance magnetic materials based on SmCo and CoFe for highly efficient electric automotive and aircraft engines. Laufzeit: 01.11.2018 - 31.10.2021
Avoidance, substitution and sustainable recycling management of plastics in an urban-rural context using the example of the Augsburg region.
Duration: 01.01.2020 - 31.01.2025
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
RePhoRM
Regional phosphorus recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles, subproject 7
Duration: 01.07.2020 - 31.05.2023
Funded by "WIPANO" (Knowledge and Technology Transfer through Patents and Noms) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
ReSi-Norm
Standardization and norming of recycling processes for silicon solar modules
Duration: 01.04.2021 - 28.02.2023
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
RessStadtQuartier
Urban material flow management: Instruments for the resource-efficient development of urban districts
Duration: 01.03.2019 - 28.02.2022
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
RhabdoFerm
Microbial biofactories: RhabdoFerm - Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus bacteria as production strains for biologically active natural products with application in medicine, agriculture and biotechnology.
Duration: 01.7.2020 - 30.04.2023
Internal SME program (fast SME-oriented internal research)
SME Project „RecyPer“
Transferring mixed waste magnet streams into new magnets using various recycling technologies
The lighthouse projects aims at developing technologies to process rare earth elementss more efficiently, to reuse them or to find substitute materials
International Doctoral School on Functional Materials and Innovation
Duration: 01.03.2016 - 31.12.2017
Funded bei EIT RawMaterials
IDS-FunMat-Inno 2
International Doctoral School on Functional Materials and Innovation
Duration: 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2020
Funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
IRETA
Development/evaluation of innovative recycling methods for the recovery of tantalum from electronic waste
Duration: 01.10.2016 - 30.09.2019
EU-Funding Program CLC Central
LightRight
Materials for lightweight design
Duration: 01.04.2017 – 30.12.2019
Funded by EIT RawMaterials
MagNet
Magnetometry Network
Duration: 01.04.2017 – 31.03.2020
Funding by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
MechanoRest
Alternative recycling of environmentally critical metals from steel mill dusts through mechanochemical treatment
Duration: 26.04.2017 – 25.10.2018
Funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
MinSEM
Development of innovative processes for the recovery of rare earth elements and platinum group metals from mineral processing and production residues.
Duration: 01.06.2015 – 30.11.2018
Funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
NeW-Bat
New energy-efficient recycling of battery materials
Duration: 01.07.2016 – 30.06.2019
EU-Funding Program CLC West
NoI LightBody
Infrastructure and competence network for lightweight mobility: body and chassis
Duration: 01.01.2016 – 31.12.2018
Funded by the EU withing the »Horizon 2020« program
Novamag
Rare earth elements should not only be reduced but also preserved. The magnetic properties of the materials concerned are to be improved. Duration: 01.04.2016 – 31.09.2019
Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS