Focus:

Our activities focus on central interdisciplinary decision-making and control to ensure optimal interaction between the research areas and to design the strategic direction of the centre of excellence.

Services:

• We make decisions regarding research collaborations, R&D project proposals and internal project assignments, etc.
• We control the scientific progress of the projects and approve the scientific project documentation for reporting to funding bodies, international advisory board, etc.
• Management of our annual reviewing process with international peers
• Coordination and management of the internal scientific knowledge transfer

Expertise:

• Knowledge about the framework and the requirements to control a centre of excellence for tribology
• Holistic knowledge about tribology-focussed R&D projects