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D-DREAM

Data-Driven Engineering Process Chains for Automated Pre-fabrication with Novel Construction Materials

Abstract

D-DREAM establish a continuous, data-driven engineering workflow from lab scale to CARE Prefab Plant that enables the seamless transfer of data and information along the entire process chain. The focus is on maintaining consistent component quality across varying materials, environmental influences, and geometric complexities. This interdisciplinary project connects material development (RA1), complex designs automation (RA2), applicable across various manufacturing technologies (RA3).

Aiming to automate a construction workflow, the project integrates simulation environments by designing a digital twin that allows the entire construction pipeline to be replicated at a small scale. It enables efficient testing, optimization, and validation before deploying the workflow at full scale in real-time applications.

ML models will be employed to precisely optimize manufacturing parameters using material data and quality objectives, enabling both process optimization and inverse optimization.

Advanced ML methods, including transformer-based multimodal fusion models, self-supervised learning approaches, foundation models, and lightweight models, will be used for robust sensor data integration, anomaly detection, and efficient on-site inference.

The project creates a digital, data-driven workflow that starts with modeling materials and processes, is tested through lab-scale manufacturing, and is then validated under near-realistic and full production conditions, including in a virtual CARE Prefab Plant.

The Team behind the project

  • Anke Schmeink
    Prof. Dr.-Ing.
    Anke Schmeink
    Principal Investigator
    RWTH Aachen University
    Chair of Information Theory and Data Analytics

    anke.schmeink@inda.rwth-aachen.de
  • Steffen Ihlenfeldt
    Prof. Dr.-Ing.
    Steffen Ihlenfeldt
    Principal Investigator
    TU Dresden
    Chair of Machine Tools Development and Adaptive Controls

    steffen.ihlenfeldt@tu-dresden.de
  • Viktor Mechtcherine
    Prof. Dr.-Ing.
    Viktor Mechtcherine
    Principal Investigator
    TU Dresden
    Institute of Construction Materials

    mechtcherine@tu-dresden.de
  • Shirin Salehi
    Dr.-Ing.
    Shirin Salehi
    Research Assistant
    RWTH Aachen University
    Chair of Information Theory and Data Analytics

    shirin.salehi@inda.rwth-aachen.de
  • Marziyeh Mohammadi
    M.Sc.
    Marziyeh Mohammadi
    Research Assistant
    RWTH Aachen University
    Chair of Information Theory and Data Analytics

    marziyeh.mohammadi@inda.rwth-aachen.de
  • Jinghou Bi
    Dipl.-Ing.
    Jinghou Bi
    Research Assistant
    TU Dresden
    Chair of Machine Tools Development and Adaptive Controls

    jinghou.bi@tu-dresden.de
  • Eugen Boos
    Dipl.-Ing.
    Eugen Boos
    Associate
    TU Dresden
    Chair of Machine Tools Development and Adaptive Controls

    eugen.boos@tu-dresden.de
  • Roman Rezaev
    Dr.
    Roman Rezaev
    Research Assistant
    TU Dresden
    Institute of Construction Materials

    roman.rezaev@tu-dresden.de
  • Dmitrii Sokolov
    Dipl.-Ing.
    Dmitrii Sokolov
    Associate
    TU Dresden
    Institute of Construction Materials

    dmitrii.sokolov@tu-dresden.de