The big societal challenges such as climate change and public health call for innovative
approaches to address them. The contributors of this book present new ways to tackle these
challenges by inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations in light weight engineering. They
introduce a framework for transdisciplinary collaboration explore the potential of light
weight engineering in the areas of climate protection resource efficiency and sustainable
mobility. To do so they exemplify results and limitations of transdisciplinary collaboration
based on three case studies: the optimization of rescue tools the re-design of products to
foster re-use and recycling processes in companies and society and the additive manufacturing
of individualized assistive tools and prostheses.
