Photo: Center for Wind Power Drives Dr. Dennis Bosse heads the Center for Wind Power Drives Aachen GmbH on Campus Melaten – and makes the case at the Tech Impact Festival for why wind turbines today are measured primarily by their behavior in the power grid. Between Test Bench and Podium Dr. Dennis Bosse is Managing Chief Engineer of the Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD) on Campus Melaten. The CWD is part of the Cluster Heavy Duty Drives – one of seven research clusters in

This is not just another conference. This is a game changer. The RWTH Tech Impact Festival has only one goal: to escape the valley of death that is the transfer of university research into the economy, in order to make our world a better place in the long term. The festival will take place for the first time on 25 and 26 March, offering an innovation ecosystem that is unprecedented in this form and surprising formats. Let's shape our future together in ten streams: AI-Native

Quantum computing is arguably one of the most powerful technologies of the future. Theoretically, it has the potential to revolutionize the entire industry. However, its full potential has not yet been tapped, and there are still some major challenges that need to be overcome in order to put quantum computing into practice. ARQUE Systems GmbH , a spin-off of Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, is working together with researchers from both institutions on a

Hannah Mathews from the Bio4MatPro Competence Center focuses on one of the key levers of industrial innovation: accelerating the transfer of scientific findings into market-ready products. The mission is clear: research must generate impact where it’s needed most – within the value chains of industry. At the Bio4MatPro Center, technologies are developed with industrial scalability in mind from the outset. Processes, materials, and biotechnological methods are interlinked in

Leonard Schenk is a Senior Analyst at SPRIND , Germany’s Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation - working right at the point where strong research can turn into real-world impact. Because between early scientific breakthroughs and a market-ready product, there is often a dangerous gap: technologies may be promising, but still too risky, too early, and too complex for many traditional funding and transfer mechanisms. This is the phase where it becomes clear whether an idea

Prof. Wil van der Aalst is considered one of the founding fathers of Process Mining. His field of research addresses the point where many organizations operate in the dark: the actual workflows behind ERP systems, tickets, orders, and approvals. He is not only a professor at RWTH Aachen University, but also Chief Scientist at Celonis, the world’s leading provider in the field of Process Mining and Process Intelligence. Process Mining makes use of digital traces to make IT pro

How can research move more effectively into real world application? With the launch of the RWTH Tech Impact Festival, RWTH Aachen University aims not only to discuss this challenge, but to actively address it. In an interview, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Riesener explains why closing the innovation gap requires new formats, new incentives, and a stronger focus on translation. Photo: Heike Lachmann for RWTH Aachen University Germany ranks among the world’s strongest research nati