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The Fraunhofer ITWM's introductory digital seminar on MESHFREE provides an overview of the mesh-free simulation software and its applications. Instead of a mesh, MESHFREE uses an automatically managed point cloud that dynamically adapts to moving geometries, large deformations, and free surfaces. This often allows difficult scenarios to be calculated more quickly, even for mesh-based methods.

The 5th IAVSD Symposium »Tyre Models for Vehicle Dynamics Analysis« takes place on March 25 and 26, 2026, in Kaiserslautern and will be hosted by Fraunhofer ITWM. The topics covered at this international event range from mechanical modeling, friction/adhesion, and tire-road interaction to NVH, temperature/abrasion, energy losses, and real-time applications (HIL/SIL/DIL).

For the first time, Kaiserslautern hosts an international pitch format organized by the Falling Walls Foundation, in which early-career professionals present scientific breakthroughs and innovative ideas to a jury of experts. You gain visibility and presentation skills, expand your network, and bring your research out of the ivory tower. The winner will represent Rhineland-Palatinate in the final in Berlin. 

The aim of the seminar is to teach fundamental methods, procedures, and techniques from the fields of data analysis and machine learning and to use selected examples to show how these can improve the vehicle development process.

The conference on trends and developments in the commercial vehicle industry will take place at the RPTU campus. It will feature specialist presentations and poster presentations and will be accompanied by a trade exhibition.

Special statistical methods are required to statistically verify the reliability of components. In this compact seminar, you will acquire the necessary knowledge to confidently answer key questions about component reliability.

Fraunhofer ITWM offers this three-day seminar about once a year. The event is aimed at computational engineers and test engineers, among others.