FRAUNHOFER IAO
INSTITUTE INTRODUCTION
MOBILITY AND URBAN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
TIDE Workshop, Stuttgart 12 November 2013
Florian Rothfuss
Institute Director
Mobility and Urban Systems Engineering
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The Fraunhofer Society – Applied Research
 Yearly Research Volume: 1.9 Billion Euros*
 From which about 1.6 Billion Euros is Contract Research*
 More than 70% from income is generated
 from projects with industry
 from publicly financed research projects
 Just under 30% of federal and local government support
applies to approaching research. (The solutions to social
and economic problems five or ten years in the future)
People need health, security, energy,
communication, environment and
mobility. It is these subjects where we focus
our research capacities.
* Zahlen aus 2012
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The Fraunhofer Society - Locations
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Year of Establishment: 1949
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More than 22,000 Employees
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More than 80 Research Institutes,
whereby 66 Institutes are independent Profit Centers
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Fraunhofer International
Europe: Brussels (Belgium), Budapest (Hungary),
Porto (Portugal), Gothenburg (Sweden), Bolzano
(Italy) u.a.
USA: East Lansing, Maryland; Plymouth, Boston;
Newark, Cambridge
South America: Santiago de Chile (Chile), Salvador de
Bahia (Brazil)
Asia: Ampang (Malaysia), Beijing (China), Jakarta
(Indonesia), Bangalore (India), Seoul (Korea),
Singapore, Tokyo (Japan)
Middle East: Dubai (UAE), Cairo (Egypt)
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Fraunhofer IAO – Institute for Industrial Engineering
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Year of Establishment:
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Institute Director:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Bauer
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Finance Volume:
31.8 million euros, from which
37% is assigned to the economy
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Employees:
~500 members of staff
IAO – 1981
IAT – 1991
Date 2012, inclusive IAT of University of Stuttgart
www.iao.fraunhofer.de
www.iat.uni-stuttgart.de
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Research for the mobility of tomorrow at IAO
Mobility Concepts for the Cities
Innovative Vehicle Concepts
Infrastructure & Micro Smart Grids
Grid
Intermodality
Integration of E-Vehicles into Fleets
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Innovation Networks
Contact and further information
Florian Rothfuss
Institute Director
Mobility and Urban Systems
Engineering
Fraunhofer IAO
Nobelstraße 12
70569 Stuttgart
Tel:
+49 711 970-2091
Mobil: +49 -151-16327653
florian.rothfuss@iao.fraunhofer.de
www.muse.iao.fraunhofer.de
…research and solutions for a sustainable world
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