21st Munich Lightweight Seminar
INVITATION & CALL FOR PAPERS
Since 2003, the Technical University, the University of the Federal Armed Forces and the Munich University of Applied Sciences have been inviting all those interested in lightweight construction to the annual Munich Lightweight Seminar. The aim is to bring together experts from research and industry to discuss new developments and possible applications. This year's Munich Lightweight Seminar 2024 will take place over three days as a classroom event at the participating universities.
Participation is free of charge, you can register here.
We invite all interested scientists and industry-related practitioners to give a presentation. You can submit a concise description or abstract of your presentation until August 19, 2024. All authors will be notified of acceptance of presentations to the conference by September 2. Presentations can be written in German or English. All presenters are also invited to submit a full article in English of 4 to 12 pages for the conference proceedings by January 13, 2025. Upon completion of a review process, all authors will be notified of acceptance of their article by January 27, 2025. Accepted articles will be published in the proceedings of the Munich Lightweight Seminar 2024 by Springer Verlag.
SUBMISSION & TOPICS
Abstracts of presentations can be submitted via the Springer OCS system. The format template and guidelines can be found here. Contributions from all areas of lightweight design are welcome, thematic foci of this year's symposium are in particular:
Technical University of Munich
Calculation and optimization of lightweight structures | Design for additive manufacturing | Topology optimization
University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
High-performance structures in lightweight construction | Composite and hybrid lightweight materials | Manufacturing technologies and additive manufacturing
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Simulation | AI in lightweight construction | Smart composites | Structural integrity | Design and manufacturing of lightweight materials and structures
SCHEDULE
Call for Papers
19.08.2024 Deadline for presentation abstract
02.09.2024 Notification of acceptance Presentation
13.01.2025 Deadline for articles for conference proceedings
27.01.2025 Notification of acceptance of article for conference proceedings
Dates and locations of the event
23.10.2024 - University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
13.11.2024 - University of Applied Sciences Munich
27.11.2024 - Technical University Munich
Contact
Institute of Lightweight Engineering
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of the Bundeswehr Munich
leichtbau@unibw.de
+49 (0)89 6004 5600