Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thies Beinke
Industrial Engineering
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Building
30,
Room
225
Leipziger Straße 123
36037 Fulda
Consultation hours: Tuesday, 13:00 p.m. in 32.101
CV
Prof. Dr. Thies Beinke, born in 1983, has been Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Fulda University of Applied Sciences since 2020, is Head of the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in Industrial Engineering and Management and a member of the Centre Management of the Fulda Centre for Corporate Management and Business Creation (FU³).
He studied Industrial Engineering and Business Process and Supply Chain Management (M. Sc.) in Rostock, Bremen as well as Växjö (Sweden) and completed his doctorate at the University of Bremen in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics on the subject of supply chain and cross-project collaborative logistics design.
During his work as a research assistant and project engineer, he acquired, processed and managed numerous research and development projects in the aviation industry, the steel industry, plant construction, the logistics sector and the wind energy sector. In 2018-2020, Prof. Dr Beinke headed the Robotics and Automation Department of the Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics.
In addition to his scientific activities, Prof. Dr Beinke is active as a consultant in the areas of strategy and corporate development.
Teaching Areas
Prof. Dr Beinke is active in teaching in the Bachelor's degree programmes in Industrial Engineering and Mechatronics as well as the Master's degree programmes in Industrial Engineering and Energy and Automation Systems. A detailed list of the modules and teaching contents as well as an overview of completed theses and case studies can be found in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.
The following modules are offered in the winter semester:
- Internship: Industrial Engineering
- Production Management
- Strategic Planning
- Technologies of the Digital Factory
In the summer semester, the following modules are offered in the teaching area:
- Plant and materials handling technology
- Laboratory for ERP and MES systems
- Assembly technology
- Planning and organisation of production and services
- Internship: industrial engineering
Areas of Research
- Human-technology interaction (including by means of augmented reality or digital twin)
- Digitisation of business processes
- Technical logistics systems
- Industry 4.0 and cyber-physical production and logistics systems
- Resource sharing in logistics and production networks
Research Projects
Prof. Dr Beinke acquired, worked on and / or led publicly funded research and development projects listed below. In addition, he was involved in numerous industrial contract research projects.
| GO-IN | Developing Online Formats Together - Innovative and Sustainable, funded by Stiftung in der Hochschullehre, duration 01.08.2021-31.07.2024 |
| ViProQAS | Visual Product Quality Auditing System, funded by BMWi, FKZ: KK5082901MS0 Duration 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2022. |
| AxIoM | Gamified AI assistance system to support the manual assembly process, funded by EFRE, FKZ: FUE0619B, duration: 01.06.2019 - 30.11.2020. |
| IRiS | Interactive robotic system for emptying sea containers, funded by BMVI, FKZ 19H17016C, term: 09.2017 - 04.2021. |
| KlimAR | Development of a real-time capable orientation of the AR assistance system in the application field using sensor fusion methods, funded by BMWi, FKZ: 16KN062830, term: 10.2017 - 12.2019. |
| SafeguARd | Commercial vehicle assistance system for increasing the safety level based on augmented reality - trajectory prediction and collision detection, funded by BMBF, FKZ:16SV7739, duration 06.2017 - 11.2020. |
| QUEST | Gamification for Qualification of Offshore Wind Energy Service Technicians, funded by the Bremen Economic Development Corporation, FKZ: FUE0590B, duration 12.2016 - 05.2018. |
| FIT 4.0 | Inverse Factory Planning-Intralogistics 4.0, funded by the Bremen Economic Development Corporation, FKZ: FUE0587B, term 09.2016 -02.2017. |
| IeK | Information system for near-real-time coordination of offshore transport taking into account resource specifics and dynamic weather and sea conditions, funded by BMWi, FKZ: 16KN021723, term: 05.2015 - 04.2017. |
| AR system | Visualisation of maintenance instructions and recording of maintenance activities, funded by BMWi, FKZ: 16KN021724, Duration: 04.2015 - 03.2017. |
| Mon²Sea | Real-time monitoring of the transport and handling of components for the offshore assembly of wind turbines; funded by BMU, FKZ: 0325236B, term: 12.2010 - 11.2013. |
Publications
A list of publications by Prof. Dr. Beinke can be found here available here.