Prof. Sebastian Scholz was appointed to the board of the Leichtbau-Allianz Sachsen.
The board of the Leichtbau Allianz Sachsen with Hubert Jäger (TU Dresden, Chairman of the Board), Lothar Kroll (TU Chemnitz, Chairman of the Board), Rudolf Kawalla (TU Bergakademie Freiberg), Jens Ridzewski (IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH) and Robert Böhm (HTWK Leipzig) has co-opted three further board members. Sebastian Scholz (Fraunhofer-Kunststoffzentrum Oberlausitz), Michael Heinrich (Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau) and Holger Lieberwirth (TU Bergakademie Freiberg) will take over responsibility for strategic tasks of the association with immediate effect and increase the implementation strength of the alliance. With this step, all Saxon regions from Chemnitz to Leipzig and from Zittau to Zwickau are now represented on the board. The scientific claim is thus further strengthened and Saxony's visibility as a leading international lightweight construction research region is underpinned.
The aim of the Leichtbau-Allianz Sachsen is to further network the experts based in Saxony who conduct research in the field of lightweight construction technologies. As the scientific point of contact for the Saxon economy, close cooperation takes place with companies in the relevant sectors as well as existing alliances and networks. The Lightweight Construction Alliance Saxony invites all scientific institutions, centers and clusters active in lightweight construction research to benefit from this Saxon network and to help shape Saxony's positioning in lightweight construction.
Now it is time to take on tasks such as coordinating potential project initiatives, strategies and public relations work at regular board meetings, jointly initiating joint projects in the field of lightweight construction and presenting the LAS to interested companies.
The Lightweight Construction Alliance Saxony was initiated in the summer of 2016 as an association of the three technical universities in Chemnitz, Dresden and Freiberg. The association of the same name was founded at the end of 2017 and now has over 60 institutional and personal members. The members of the association receive comprehensive support in contact mediation and transfer as well as in the representation of interests, public relations work, research and advice on public funding opportunities and numerous events.
