Dr. Michael Dlugosch of Fraunhofer-Institute

With its 72 institutes, 25,000 employees and an annual research budget of € 2.3 billion the
German Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is Europe’s largest organization for application-oriented
research for the immediate benefit of the economy and society. International subsidiaries, as
well as collaborations with excellent research partners and innovative companies around the
world ensure direct access to regions of the greatest importance to present and future scientific
progress and economic development.
The Fraunhofer-Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI) focuses on the

research fields of shock-wave and impact physics, robustness of buildings and structures, laser-
matter interaction and the dynamics of materials and components. New structural concepts and

material systems in space, aviation and automotive applications pose challenges to new testing
and characterization methods, modelling approaches for numerical simulations and validation
procedures. Currently, one of EMI’s largest research programs is investigating the potentials of
in-situ x-ray diagnosis in vehicle crash tests combining various technological disciplines in an
integrated approach to obtain more data from expensive hardware tests for further
improvements of virtual testing methods.
The talk will briefly introduce the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and outline the core competencies of
the Fraunhofer EMI. Detailed examples will give a deeper insight into recent advances in the
research fields of novel material systems under dynamic loading, vehicle crashworthiness and
new testing procedures.

Biography:

Dr. Michael Dlugosch is the head of the “Digital Engineering”-Group at the Fraunhofer-Institute
for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI) in Freiburg, Germany. He graduated with a
diploma from Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg in mechanical engineering
with majors in composite materials and applied informatics. Since 2013, he worked as an
engineering scientist at the EMI in the fields of material dynamics, crash diagnostics and
lightweight design. In early 2018, he completed his PhD on the application of hybrid material
systems in automotive crash structures in cooperation with the BMW Group.

Email:

Address: Fraunhofer-Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Zermelo-Straße 4, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 79104