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Our Mission
In today’s globalized world, trade and travel play a fundamental role in many people’s lives, both professionally and personally. Climate-neutral mobility, especially climate-neutral air transport, is an important measure to mitigate climate change. Climate-neutral air transport creates the framework conditions for achieving economic and social sustainability goals. Universal access to safe and climate-neutral air transport connects people and companies around the world.
A significant increase in the overall efficiency of aircraft is the prerequisite for realizing the vision of a climate-neutral air transport system. The consistent further development of aircraft and propulsion technologies will make a significant contribution to this goal. The synergies associated with a greatly increased integration of propulsion systems in future commercial aircraft will contribute to this goal with a potential of 10 to 20% additional energy savings.
Our goals & methods
We utilize interactions between the disciplines of aerodynamics, acoustics, flight physics, structural mechanics and thermodynamics through a multidisciplinary, cross-system view of the aircraft development process in order to develop future highly efficient aircraft through innovative approaches.
The main pillars of this integration are Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI), Distributed Propulsion (DP), the combination of thrust generation and aircraft control as well as the various aspects of the integration of the propulsion systems in the airframe. The comprehensive evaluation of synergies and the optimally balanced application of the principles require a consistent cross-disciplinary and cross-system view of the entire aircraft. The synergies result from physical processes and phenomena at the various interfaces between aircraft and propulsion systems, which are investigated in the individual projects.
News at SynTrac
SynTrac Presentation Highlights Acoustics-Oriented Aircraft Design at ASA Meeting 2026
On May 14, 2026, our spokesperson Sabine C. Langer from TU Braunschweig presented the paper “Toward acoustics-oriented aircraft design for highly integrated transport aircraft” at the 190th Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Meeting in the session: General Topics in Engineering …
Girls’ Day 2026: SynTrac gives schoolgirls glimpse into aerospace research
On 25 April 2026, the nationwide Girls’ Day/Future Day took place once again, and the SynTrac research project was also in attendance with exciting hands-on activities at the University of Stuttgart’s Vaihingen campus. The aim was to inspire schoolgirls to pursue careers in engi …
Winter School 2026: PhD Workshop on Aeroacoustics and Research Skills in Braunschweig
From 18–20 March 2026, doctoral researchers gathered in Braunschweig for a three-day workshop combining scientific exchange, professional development, and networking opportunities. The event brought together PhD students from across the project to deepen their knowledge in aeroac …
Visitors from KITA Steppkes asks: How do airplanes fly?
In March 2026, curious visitors joined the SynTrac researchers at the Institute of Thermodynamics at the University of Stuttgart: a total of 11 children, aged five to six, from Kita Steppkes came to SynTrac to learn more about airplanes and flying. Reaching young people is a key …
