Knowledge Transfer in Austria P. Kopacek

History 1815:Founded as „k. k. Polytechnisches Institut“ (as first University of Technology of todays german-speaking area) 1865:First reform (restructuring, implementation of faculties, concentration on techn. disciplines) 1872: Renamed to „k.k. Technische Hochschule“ (TH) (new organisationstatute – lasts ´till 1945) 1902: First doctorates awarded (promotion right awarded in 1901) 1919:Admission for women 1975: Name changed to „Technische Universität“ (TU) 1999: Implementation of University Act ´ : Autonomy through University Act ´02

Alumni Richard Zsigmondy (Nobel prize in Chemistry) Chemistry Franz Viehböck (Astronaut) Electrical Engineering Luis Trenker (Alpinist) Architecture Gebr. Strauss (Composers) Josef - Architecture Johann s - ??? Rudolph Steiner (Antroposopher) lectorship Mathematics and science Fritz Lang (Film director) Civil Engineering Boris Nemsic (Mobilkom Austria) Electrical Engineering Viktor Kaplan (Kaplan-Turbine) Mechanical Engineering Herbert Boeckl (Painter) Architecture Christian Doppler (Doppler-Effect) Physics, Mathematics

Research Awarded Scientists: 5 winners of the Wittgenstein-Award (one of Austrias most remunerated expedition-awards for scientists below 50) External Co-operations: Involved in federal funded 20 competence centers (federal programms, co-operation between economy and science, research of academic and economic interrests) and 9 Christian-Doppler-Labs internal Co-operation: 7 interdisciplinary „Centers of Excellence“ EU-Projects: Acquisition of 129 projects from 1998 to 2002 (funding EUR 23 Mio., 5th framework program) Acquisition of 126 projects from 2002 to 2006 (funding EUR 28,6 Mio., 6th framework program)

Bachelorstudies Architecture Architecture ( ) Civil Engineering Civil Engineering and Management of Infrastructure ( ) Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering ( ) Computer Sciences Data Engineering & Statistics ( ) Media Informatics ( ) Medical Informatics ( ) Software & Information Engineering ( ) Technical Informatics( ) Computer Management Computer Management ( ) Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering ( ) Regional Planning Regional Planning and Development ( ) Technical Chemistry Technical Chemistry ( ) Technical Mathematics Mathematics in Science and Technology ( ) Statistics and Mathematics in Economics ( ) Mathematics in Computer Science ( ) Financial and Actuarial Mathematics ( ) Technical Physics Technical Physics ( ) Cemical and Process Engineering Chemical and Process Engineering ( ) Surveying and Geoinformation Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering ( ) Economics and Computer Sciences Business Informatics ( ) Industrial Engineering-Management Mechanical Engineering – Management ( )

Beginners (WS 2006/07) % 13,9 8,4 7,2 20,8 3,6 1,5 5,0 3,2 2,9 5,3 5,0 1,2 1,1 4,6 3,8 5,9 absolute field of study Architecture Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Sciences Computer Sciences Management Teacher Training Mechanical Engineering Regional Planning Technical Chemistry Technical Mathematics Technical Physics Chemical and Process Engineering Surveying and Geoinformation Economics and Computer Science Industrial Engineering-Management Doctorates other 4.285

Mobility programs and networks: EU, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey: ERASMUS (over 500 scholarships at over 230 Partner-Universities) LEONARDO „Marie-Curie“-Research-scholarship Industrial trainings East-Europe, Russia: Aktion Slowakia/Czech Republic/Hungary CEEPUS Joint-Study-Programs of Vienna University of Technology (20 scholarships) USA, Canada, Australia: Fulbright scholarship Joint-Study-Programs Japan, China: Japan-scholarships Joint-Study-Programs Worldwide: federal financal aid for students TU-scholarships for Research in foreign countries doctorates-program of the austrian academy of sciences federal post-graduate scholarships province scholarships Help on planning, organization etc is given by the department for international relations

Location - Study in the heart of the city 1 Main Building 2 EI, Gußhausstraße Elektrotechnical Departments, Building alterations 1903, Chemistry towers, Getreidemarkt mainly Chemistry Departments, some Mechanical Engineering Institutes 4 „Freihaus“ since 1987 Home of Physics, Mathematics und Mechanical Engineering-institutes 5 Favoritenstraße since 1999 mostly Computer Sciences 6 Library new build at the end of the 1980s, one of the most modern Libraries in Austria

Beyond Technology TU Orchestra (since 1984, international Concerttours) TU Ball, Viennas oldest Ball (beginnings in the „Technikerkränzchen“, takes place in Vienna Hofburg, every last Thursday in January) Public Debate Queue „TU Forum“ Topics with up to date, Divisive Content and Technical Background Soccer club FC TU Wien (Academic Vice-World Champion 2003, 5 times in a row Academic Champion Indoor Soccer)

Facts & Figures Finance: approx. 155 Mio. EUR budget plus approx. 45 Mio. EUR projekts Rooms: over rooms, total area: squaremeter Staff: 153 Professors, persons scientific staff and 972 personen generic staff (2.671 persons total) Library: > printed books, > magazines Students: ; 20,2% non-citizens; 23,7% women ( ) Alumni: Doctorands (2005)

Problems of Austrian SME`s Limited knowledge on future technological developments. Less capacity for own developments. Nearly no educated people in automation. Less experiences for future market developments. Employees are not in favour for new technologies. Limited financial resources.

Example: IFAC Beirat Austria As a national platform for the transfer of knowledge of IFAC in the Austrian industry the “IFAC Beirat” Austria was installed in The main tasks of this “IFAC Beirat” are: to advise the Austrian government in subjects on automation or related to automation. make the Austrian industry especially SME´s familiar with selected newest developments on an international level in the whole field on automation – process as well as manufacturing automation.

IFAC Beirat Austria International Journal „Automation Austria“ – IJAA 25 National Automation Days International Automation Days Bulgaria, Romania, Check Republic, Slovakia, Slovenija Brasil, Argentina, Ecuador, Cuba,…… Canada, Taiwan,……..

Selected Projects IHRT Thematic Network “CLAWAR”Climbing and Walking Robots SOCRATESCooperation with TU Iasi TEMPUS“Modify”Upgrading the Hungarian Higher Education in System Modelling, Fault Diagnosis, and Fuzzy Logic CEEPUS Network (RO 104)Applied Robotics in Manufacturing Engineering CEEPUSIntelligent Technology for Disassembly TEMPUS“Companion”EU Compatible Training in Automation PHARE“PALME”Promotion of Academic-Industrial Links on Mechanical Engineering LEONARDO“FACE”Facilitation of the personal development through continuing education courses in the process of lifelong learning BRITE-EURAM “AREP”Advanced Recycling, Recovery and Reuse of Electronic Parts INNOVATION “INERTIA”International Network for RTD in Industrial Automation BRITE-EURAM III “IDEE”Intelligent Disassembly of Electric and Electronic Products EU Network“ERNET”European Robotics Network CONEXCentral European Electr(on)ics Recycling Network

Universities and SME`s Universities have man-years on research capacity available in form of project works, Diploma theses, Doctor theses. If a student works in a company – its a good possibility to a test for a future employment. Universities are used to be confronted with “un-solvable” problems. SME`s should contact University institutes as early as possible – because of the “Dead time”. Most of the University institutes are not in favour to implement a solution. Usually institutes have more experience in funding.

Actions Support of consulting Support for a cooperative Project Research Grants Special Research Emphasis Centres of Excellence Attract Austrian SME`s to join EC Projects (FFG) Education EM Program

Actions Innovation check; max. 5k€; FFG – Austrian Reseach Promotion Agency - Consulting AWS – Austrian Economy Service; max. 200k€ Startup max. 1M€ credit INiTS – Innovation into Business - Consulting Extension Institute – EU Research Management Unit …………

Background ISL Automation - special low-cost solutions - soccer robots Re-use and Remarketing of mobile phones - approx mobile phones per year Consultancy - Innovation strategy & Project Management - Business Development

Motivation for cooperation Defend our reputation as frontrunner in innovation in the field of automation as well as treatment of electronic waste Curiosity Core of our business modell Basis for our products, services and consultancy

Forms of cooperation Permanent (since our foundation in 1999): - SAT - Austrian Society for Systems Engineering and Automation - Vienna University of Technology, IHRT - Bay Zoltan Foundation (HU) On project basis: participation in more than 20 national and international (EU and EUREKA) RTD projects

Example: Robot Soccer ROBOTSOCCER is applied Mechatronics, an interdisciplinary field requires specialists from Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Control Engineering and Telecommunication. A Robotsoccer team is a hardware “Multi Agent System - MAS” –A number of robots solve a common task cooperatively in an environment consisting of: Static obstacles (playground…) and Dynamic obstacles ( players and ball….) –Path planning, position control……. –Worldwide well known “sport” – p.r and marketing.

Example: Robot Soccer

Players (robots) Roby-GoRoby-Run

Example: Disassembly of PCBs

Disassembly of mobile phones

Projects Roby space HUMI Archie Decontamination

Summary I Universities: 2/3 self financing – additional ressources. Young colleagues Scientific anarchy Quality of students Internationality p.r and marketing SME`s Knowledge transfer Time problems Administration

Summary II EU Projects Learning phase Networking W`es Evaluation Administration Role of the coordinator Decisions of VUT