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Academic Club Lightweight
Akademischer Club Leichtbau
Engineering
an der TU Dresden e.V.

Academic Club Lightweight Engineering (Akademischer Club Leichtbau an der Contact
TU Dresden e. V., ACL) is an association of alumni, scientists and sponsors Christian Vogel
of the ILK at TU Dresden. Highly complex lightweight system developments ✉ christian.vogel@tu-dresden.de
also require a sustainable network of science and industry. Against this back- Martin Pohl
ground, the ACL since its foundation in the year 2003 sees itself as a discus- ✉ martin.pohl@tu-dresden.de
sion platform for the exchange of experience and knowledge transfer from
young graduates through proven experts. The aims of the association are www.ac-leichtbau.de

the non-material and material support of teaching and research in the field
of lightweight engineering and related areas, as well as the support of a co-
operation network of alumni of the course in lightweighting at TU Dresden.
This is achieved both by publishing research results at lectures and discussion

conferences for the scientific exchange of ideas between university and prac-
tice, and by establishing and maintaining personal contacts between students,
graduates, employees and sponsors of the ILK.

Annually during the International Dresden Lightweight Engineering Sympo-
sium, the ACL Young Talent Award is presented. For this prize, Students and
graduates of TU Dresden can apply with outstanding papers or diploma the-

ses in the field of lightweight engineering. In 2021, the laureates Dipl.-Ing. Tim
Bätzel, Dipl.-Ing. Jonas Erlmann and Dipl.-Ing. Felix Wiebicke received their Virtual awarding ceremony of the ACL
prize in the course of the virtual “Lightweighting Lounge 3D-World” of the Young Talent Award 2021.
symposium, which was organized as an online event this year.

Apart from that, the core of the activities is the regular ACL Round Table. It is
the discussion platform for the exchange of knowledge and technology be-
tween industry and research. In addition to talks by regional players in the
field of lightweighting or ILK staff, it also serves as a stage for the presenta-

tion of the finalists of the ACL Young Talent Award. The ACL also contributes
by supporting various network events held annually at the ILK, such as the
alumni meeting or the student meeting evening. Students and staff meet

here in the relaxed atmosphere of the ILK‘s test hall. In this way, the “junior
lightweight engineers” can exchange experiences beyond the boundaries of

their year and get to know the ILK staff and professors personally outside

the official framework. In addition, the ACL provides financial support for the
annual excursions to lightweight manufacturing partners in industry and re- © Tobias Lebelt
search. In 2021, however, all such activities once again had to be paused due Student excursion, Netherlands 2019.
to the pandemic.

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