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	Name of Institute	Director	Abbr.
	Aachener Verfahrenstechnik - Mechanical Process Engineering	Prof. Dr. Michael Modigell	AVT.MVT
	Lehrstuhl für Communication Science	Prof. Dr. Martina Ziefle	Comm
	Energy and Mineral Resources - Geology and Palaeontology	Prof. Peter A. Kukla	EMR-GIA
	Energy and Mineral Resources - Applied Mineralogy and Mineral Deposits	Prof. Dr. Thomas Wagner	EMR-IML
	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
	Forschungsinsitut für Rationalisierung e.V.	Prof. Dr. Günther Schuh Prof. Dr. Volker Stich	FIR
	Institut für elektrische Anlagen und Energiewirtschaft	Prof. Dr. Albert Moser	IAEW
	Institute of Energy and Climate Research Materials Synthesis and Processing	Dr. Hans Peter Buchkremer	IEK-1
	Institute of Electrochemical Process Engineering	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detlef Stolten	IEK-3
	Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation	Prof. Jürgen-Friedrich Hake	IEK-STE
	Projekthaus Interdisciplinary Management Factory	Prof. Dr. Harald Dyckhoff	IMF
	Institut für Politikwissenschaften - Zukunktsforschung	Prof. Dr. Daniel Barben	IPW
	Chair of Technical Thermodynamics	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Bardow	LTT
	Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre mit Schwerpunkt Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement	Prof. Dr. Frank T. Piller	TIM

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