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	Name of Institute	Director	Abbr.
	E.ON ERC - Automation of Complex Power Systems	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Antonello Monti	ACS
	Institut für Kristallographie	Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Georg Roth	AiXtal
	Institute of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christoph van Treeck	E3D
	E.ON ERC - Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate	Prof. Dr. Dirk Müller	EBC
	E.ON ERC - Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior	Prof. Dr. Reinhard Madlener	FCN
	Center for Flexible Electrical Networks	Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rik W. De Doncker	FEN
	Forschungsgesellschaft Energie an der RWTH Aachen e.V.	Prof. Dr. Albert Moser	FGE
	Forschungsinsitut für Rationalisierung e.V.	Prof. Dr. Günther Schuh Prof. Dr. Volker Stich	FIR
	Chair for Corrosion and Corrosion Protection	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Brita Daniela Zander	GI
	Institut für elektrische Anlagen und Energiewirtschaft	Prof. Dr. Albert Moser	IAEW
	Institute of Electrochemical Process Engineering	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detlef Stolten	IEK-3
	Institut für Hochspannungstechnik	Prof. Dr. Armin Schnettler	IFHT
	Department of Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert Pfeifer	IOB
	Institut für Stromrichtertechnik und Elektrische Antriebe	Prof. Dr. Rik W. De Doncker Electrical Energy Conversion Systems Prof. Dr. Dirk-Uwe Sauer Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems	ISEA
	Chair of Technical Thermodynamics	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Bardow	LTT
	Lehrstuhl für Operations Research	Prof. Dr. Marco Lübbecke	OR
	E.ON ERC - Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems	Prof. Dr. Rik W. De Doncker Electrical Energy Conversion Systems Prof. Dr. Dirk-Uwe Sauer Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems	PGS
	Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhold Kneer	WSA
	Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering	Prof. Dr. Christian Brecher Prof. Dr. Fritz Klocke Prof. Dr. Robert Schmitt Prof. Dr. Günther Schuh	WZL

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