History of SAM

The "SAM" research group was established in 2001 as the "System Reliability in Mechanical Engineering" research group. In 2005, the Machine Acoustics working group, which has existed since the 1960s, was integrated, and in 2011, the topic "smart structural technology" has been incorporated into the research portfolio. Since 2016, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Melz has been leading the "SAM" research group. Today, "SAM" research group conducts research and teaches in the areas of System Reliability, Smart Structures and Machine Acoustics.

2020
  • The SAM is moving from its old location on the city center campus to the new location on the Lichtwiese campus.
  • At the same time, the new acoustics laboratories are occupied.
2016
  • Prof. Tobias Melz succeeds Prof. Holger Hanselka
  • The renaming to “Systemzuverlässigkeit, Adaptronik und Maschinenakustik” (SAM, engl.: “System Reliability, Adaptronics and Machine Acoustics”) now reflects the new orientation of the institute
2005
  • Prof. Holger Hanselka integrates the Machine Acoustics research group into his institute which subsequently bears the name “Systemzuverlässigkeit im Maschinenbau” (engl.: “System Reliability and Machine Acoustics”) until 2016.
2001
  • Prof. Holger Hanselka is appointed to the TU Darmstadt and establishes the institute “Systemzuverlässigkeit im Maschinenbau” (SzM, engl.: “System Reliability in Mechanical Engineering”) .
2000
  • Due to politically prescribed cost-cutting measures, the Machine Acoustics research group was merged with the Mechatronik und Maschinenakustik (MuM, engl.: “Mechatronics and Machine Acoustics”) department headed by Prof. Rainer Nordmann when Prof. Kollmann retired.
1982
  • Prof. Franz G. Kollmann takes over the institute which from now on operates under the name “Maschinenelemente und Maschinenakustik” (MeMak, engl.: “Machine Elements and Machine Acoustics”). He further expands the research activities in the field of machine acoustics. In addition to many publications, his books “Maschinenakustik” and “Praktische Maschinenakustik” are very well known.
1963
  • Prof. Herbert W. Müller is appointed to the Chair of “Maschinenelemente und Getriebe” (engl.: “Machine Elements and Transmissions”)
  • Under his leadership, machine acoustics is introduced as a research topic with the aim of creating calculation bases for quantitative predictions about the effectiveness of design measures for noise reduction. Prof. Müller derives, for example, the basic machine acoustics equation, which is still valid today.