Prof. Dr.-Ing. Leif Goldhahn

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Faculty Engineering Sciences

Chair in Production Informatics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Leif Goldhahn

Fakultät Ingenieurwissenschaften

+49 3727 581530

goldhahn@hs-mittweida.de

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Mittweida University

Fakultät Ingenieurwissenschaften

Technikumplatz 17

09648 Mittweida

Career

2021–2026 | Perspektive Arbeit Lausitz – Centre of Excellence for the Future of Work in Saxony and Brandenburg (PAL)

2023 | Living Lab: Hybrid Work Systems

2018 | Training Factory 4.0

2016–2019 | MoQuaRT Early-Career Research Group

2009–2012 | ZKProSachs Transregional Early-Career Research Group

2007 | Inauguration of the institute building | Virtual Reality Laboratory

2003 | Founding of InnArbeit – Centre for Innovative Work Planning and Ergonomics

November 2001 | Professor of Production Informatics at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences

2000–2001 | Professional experience as a process design engineer in the automotive supply industry

2000 | PhD thesis “Design of the division of labour between central work planning and workshop staff” at Chemnitz University of Technology

Professional experience in research and industry (design, work planning)

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Vocational training and work as a toolmaker

Teaching

Ergonomics/Work Management
Digital Production
Manufacturing Process Design
Fundamentals of Production Operations
Industrial Engineering
Industrial Production
Production Informatics / Training Factory
Production Organisation
Technical Reliability

Research in the following fields

Work planning (process design and factory planning using virtual reality | technological planning and IT | decentralised assistance systems, augmented reality and AI)
Rationalisation of manufacturing processes/work organisation (resource-efficient manufacturing processes | hybrid work systems | parts manufacturing, assembly and materials logistics)
Ergonomics/Knowledge Management (Work design | On-the-job learning | Operating concepts for machinery | Virtual and hybrid training)

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Verfahren zur ML-basierten Bauteildetektion und Datenvalidierung für Wareneingangsprüfung und Montage

Term: 2026/08/01 – 2027/05/31
Financed by: Europäischer Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung (EFRE)
Funding code: 100760048
Project managers: Leif Goldhahn

Lernförderliche Arbeitsplatzgestaltung und durchgängige Bedienkonzepte für Multi-Cobot-Systeme in Mess- und Schweißprozessen

Term: 2026/01/01 – 2028/12/31
Financed by: BMFTR über Projektträger Karlsruhe
Funding code: 02L25A080
Project managers: Leif Goldhahn

Wissenschaftliche Begleitevaluation zur Steigerung der Resilienz im SHK-Handwerk durch die Einführung von digitalen Assistenzsystemen - DigiResHand

Term: 2023/09/01 – 2025/06/30
Financed by: Zentralverband Sanitär Heizung Klima (ZVSHK)
Project managers: Leif Goldhahn
Project partners:
- Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus – Senftenberg
- Hans Schramm GmbH & Co. KG
Website: https://www.institute.hs-mittweida.de/webs/innarb/forschungsprojekte/steigerung-der-resilienz-im-sanitaer-heizung-klima-handwerk-durch-die-einfuehrung-von-digitalen-assistenzsystemen/

Automations-Baukasten für flexibel einsetzbare Bauteilhandhabung zur digitalen Inbetriebnahme und digitalem Training (AuRo-Toolbox)

Term: 2022/06/01 – 2024/08/31
Financed by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Funding code: 16KN091730
Project managers: Leif Goldhahn
Project partners:
- SITEC Industrietechnologie Chemnitz
- System-Automation Zimmer GmbH
- ICS Industriedienstleistungen GmbH
- ICM - Institut Chemnitzer Maschinenbau e. V.

Verbundprojekt: Perspektive Arbeit Lausitz -Kompetenzzentrum für die Arbeit der Zukunft in Sachsen und Brandenburg (PAL); Teilprojekt: Gestaltung und Bewertung ergonomischer hybrider Arbeitssysteme mittels interpretierbarer KI-Modelle und Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion

Term: 2021/11/01 – 2027/04/30
Financed by: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Funding code: 02L19C300
Project managers: Leif Goldhahn

F. Dietrich, R. Eckardt, F. Gruber, S. Kelschebach, R. Kockrow, L. Goldhahn

Hybride Demonstrationszentren als Treiber menschengerechter Digitalisierung

Appeared in: Menschengerechte Arbeitsgestaltung. Bericht zum 72. Frühjahrskongress vom 11.- 13. März 2026, 2026, P. 101 – 106

Sankt Augustin: GfA-Press, 2026

ISBN: 978-3-936804-36-6

DOI: 10.61063/FK2026

D. Bock, L. Goldhahn, T. Schubert

KI-gestützte optische Detektion in der Fertigung

Appeared in: ZWF - Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb 121 (2026), No. 4, P. 273 – 283

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/zwf-2026-1051

F. Gruber, L. Goldhahn

Projektionslaser als Befähiger zur Adaptivität in der manuellen Montage von KMU

Appeared in: Menschengerechte Arbeitsgestaltung. Bericht zum 72. Frühjahrskongress vom 11.- 13. März 2026, 2026, P. 78 – 82

Sankt Augustin: GfA-Press, 2026

ISBN: 978-3-936804-36-6

DOI: 10.61063/FK2026

C. Schmidt, C. Pietschmann, L. Goldhahn, J. Zähr, D. Sauer, M. Schmidt

Transformation from manual arc welding to collaborative robot welding: Comparison of ergonomic and process-related influencing factors and effects

Appeared in: AHFE International Human Factors in Industrial and Systems Engineering (2026), No. volume 219, P. 86 – 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1007779

R. Eckardt, L. Goldhahn

Virtual Training for Operating and Maintenance of Machinery

Appeared in: Modern Technologies in Ergonomics and Workplace Safety, 2026, P. 1 – 22

ISBN: 978-1-041-13617-0

DOI: 10.1201/9781003672036-1

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Leif Goldhahn

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