10-02-2026

MAS-TOB at the BMFTR Status Meeting “Mathematics for Innovation”

On October 1–2, 2026, the status meeting “Mathematics for Innovation” took place at the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) in Bonn. Among the projects represented was “MAS-TOB: Multiscale Analysis and Structural Optimization of Patient-Specific Therapeutic Orthoses and Bandages,” which started earlier this year and is funded for a period of three years.

The project team from the three participating institutions (Fraunhofer ITWM Kaiserslautern, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, and KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) was represented by Anna Simon and Prof. Dr. Carolin Kreisbeck from the Chair of Analysis at KU, as well as Dr. Julia Orlik from Fraunhofer ITWM. Anna Simon presented MAS-TOB as part of the short presentation sessions. The subsequent poster session provided further opportunities for stimulating discussions and scientific exchange.

A central goal of MAS-TOB is to develop a methodology and, building on this, a software solution in the form of a digital twin that can predict how different knitted fabrics need to be printed to achieve targeted local stiffening and restrictions of movement. The project team works closely with the industry partner Sporlastic in this context.

A distinctive feature of the collaborative project is its interdisciplinary approach, bringing together different areas of mathematics and connecting them closely with applications:

from modeling and analysis through optimization, numerical methods, and simulation to their implementation in patient-specific products.