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Picture: Patrick BalPicture: Patrick Bal
Prestigious ERC award for Professor Christian Graeff
2023/11/23
European Union grants millions to GSI research project on tumor therapy
Professor Christian Graeff from TU Darmstadt and GSI’s Biophysics Department has been awarded the highly sought-after Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The prestigious research funding award supports a project to improve tumor therapy with a funding sum in the millions. Graeff will lead this research project as principal investigator and conduct it with a corresponding team.
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Picture: Klaus MaiPicture: Klaus Mai
Athene Award 2023
2023/11/23
etit awarded twice!
On Wednesday, 22.11.2023, TU Darmstadt celebrated its annual Teaching Day, which is dedicated to current issues and challenges in studying and teaching. The traditional conclusion of the day was the presentation of the Athena Prizes, which are awarded by the Carlo and Karin Giersch Foundation. The Athena Prizes are endowed with a total of 46,000 euros.
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Picture: Sven SuppeltPicture: Sven Suppelt
Experience medical technology
2023/11/23
4th semester etit students feel tumours with robotic arms
As part of the Measurement Technology Lab at Professor Mario Kupnik's MUST Laboratory, students carry out a liver biopsy on a tissue phantom – using a robotic arm. This was specially developed together with students. The Lab is an essential part of the degree programme in which the theory learned is put into practice.
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Picture: Katrin BinnerPicture: Katrin Binner
Young scientist award for research into renewable energies
2023/11/13
etit scientist Yvonne Späck-Leigsnering receives prestigious award
On 13 December 2023, Dr. Yvonne Späck-Leigsnering, Athene Young Investigator at TU Darmstadt, will be honoured as a Young Scientist of the Werner von Siemens Ring Foundation. She receives the award, which is endowed with 10,000 euros, for her contribution to the development of a future energy distribution system for renewable energies. The award ceremony will take place in the Electoral Palace in Mainz.
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Picture: erstellt mit DALL-E3Picture: erstellt mit DALL-E3
More skilled labour for the European microchip industry
2023/11/10
EU funds international GreenChips-EDU project
TU Darmstadt is involved in the international research project “GreenChips-EDU” together with 14 other universities, companies and research institutions under the leadership of TU Graz. The aim is to train urgently needed specialists for the semiconductor industry. Professor Klaus Hofmann's etit department of Integrated Electronic Systems is largely responsible for designing the learning programmes. The EU is funding the project with 7.15 million euros.
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Picture: Katrin BinnerPicture: Katrin Binner
10 years Kittler Student Centre
2023/11/06
A learning centre by and for students
In November 2023, the Kittler Student Centre (KSC) will celebrate its tenth anniversary. On 5 November 2013, the completely renovated learning centre of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology was officially opened in a ceremony with the then TU Chancellor Manfred Efinger and the department management.
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Picture: Roland SteckPicture: Roland Steck
2nd networking meeting on 19 October 2023
2023/10/31
Another lively exchange on teaching in the STEM field
On 19.10.2023, the second networking meeting of subject teachers from the field of science and technology took place at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
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Lasers deflected using ultrasound
2023/10/24
Potential to revolutionise high performance optics
Using a novel method, beams of laser light can be deflected using air alone. An invisible grating made only of air is not only immune to damage from the laser light, but it also preserves the original quality of the beam, reports the interdisciplinary research team in the journal Nature Photonics.
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Picture: Elisabeth KemmlerPicture: Elisabeth Kemmler
Focus on colour science
2023/10/19
Darmstadt lighting engineer honoured at DfwG annual conference 2023
From 4 to 6 October 2023, the annual conference of the German Colour Science Society (DfwG) took place at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research in Potsdam. Current research in various disciplines of colour science was presented in numerous expert lectures. Several young light technicians from the TU Darmstadt gave lectures.
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Teaching and research at etit in transition
2023/10/18
A conversation about 26 years at the TU Darmstadt with Professor Andreas Binder
After 26 years, Professor Andreas Binder is taking his well-deserved retirement. We spoke with him about his time as a researcher and university lecturer at TU Darmstadt, about his experiences, major upheavals and changes, challenges and developments – and also dare to look into the crystal ball of the future with him.
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The vehicles of the future – The 15th ISAL
2023/10/05
TU at the global center of automotive lighting technology
The 15th ISAL (International Symposium for Automotive Lighting) conference was held at the Darmstadtium Congress Center in Darmstadt between September 25 and 27, 2023. The conference was first held in 1995 and is organized biennially by the Department of Adaptive Lighting Systems and Visual Processing at the TU Darmstadt.
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Picture: Jan-Christoph HartungPicture: Jan-Christoph Hartung
etit presents innovations with electricity
2023/09/20
Science Castle of the TU Darmstadt ceremonially reopened
Bright sunshine, around 10,000 guests and a rich programme: with a big celebration, the TU reopened the “Science Castle” after 15 years of renovation and gave it back to the city society. The etit department was also there.
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New partner university in the USA: University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
2023/09/08
Apply now for the academic year 2024/25!
The University of St, Thomas, Minnesota is offering exchange places for our students from the academic year 2024/25. The places are scheduled for a full year.
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Research for the energy transition
2023/08/31
Laboratory E5 collaborates in “Future Transmission Lab” for the energy transition
The Laboratory of Electrical Energy Supply using Renewable Energies (E5) is participating in a large-scale project to expand research for the energy transition.
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Cognitive Science and Visual Processing
2023/08/28
German Research Foundation funds project for optimized color representation
The Laboratory of Adaptive Lighting System and Visual Processing, headed by Prof. Khanh, is working on a groundbreaking development in the field of future LED lighting systems. In a current research project of the German Research Foundation (DFG), an innovative colorimetry is being researched, which should enable an improved representation of colors under LED illumination.