Faculties of the School of Engineering Sciences are involved in the following current DFG Collaborative Research Centers:

Active-3D - Future-oriented electronics through active components in three dimensions (SFB/TRR 404)
Locations: Dresden, Aachen
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Mikolajick, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

DediGrad - Intelligent production technologies for lightweight plastic structures with load-dedicated 3D grading of the reinforcement architecture (SFB/Transregio 402)
Locations: Chemnitz, Dresden, Aachen
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lothar Kroll, Chemnitz University of Technology
Spokesperson for the Dresden site: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Ihlenfeldt, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Method development for mechanical joinability in versatile process chains (SFB/Transregio 285)
Locations: Paderborn, Dresden, Erlangen
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerson Meschut, University of Paderborn
Spokesperson for the Dresden location: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Brosius, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Fundamentals of Comprehensible Software Systems (SFB/Transregio 248)
Locations: Saarbrücken, Dresden
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hermanns, Saarland University
Spokesperson for the Dresden site: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Raimund Dachselt, Faculty of Computer Science

Completed special research projects

"Highly Adaptive Energy-Efficient Computing" (SFB 912)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Fettweis
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing

PT-PIESA - Large-scale production technologies for light metal and fiber composite-based components with integrated piezo sensors and actuators (SFB/Transregio 39)
Locations: Chemnitz, Dresden, Erlangen
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Welf-Guntram Drossel, Chemnitz University of Technology;
Spokesperson for the Dresden site: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Niels Modler, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Textile-reinforced composite components for function-integrating mixed construction methods in complex lightweight construction applications (SFB 639)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Werner Hufenbach, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Integrated Research Training Group of the SFB 639
Spokesperson: Prof. Volker Ulbricht, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Electromagnetic flow control in metallurgy, crystal growing and electrochemistry (SFB 609)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Stefan Odenbach, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Thermo-Energetic Design of Machine Tools - A Systemic Solution to the Conflicting Goals of Energy Use, Accuracy and Productivity Using the Example of Machining Production (SFB/Transregio 96)
Locations: Dresden, Aachen, Chemnitz
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Brecher (RWTH Aachen), Host university - TU Dresden