Interdisciplinary TU course “Shaping the energy transition” receives award

An interdisciplinary team from the departments of Social Sciences and History and Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (etit) at TU Darmstadt has been awarded the prestigious Hessian University Prize for Excellence in Teaching, endowed with 60,000 euros, for the course “Shaping the Energy Transition”. The award-winning course offers students of political science and engineering the opportunity to understand and tackle the complex challenges of the energy transition.

Awards presented to international students

This year's German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) prize for outstanding achievements by international students at TU Darmstadt goes to Anna Klyushina, at the time of nomination a student on the Master's degree course in Mechatronics with a specialization in Robotics. The award, endowed with 1,000 euros, was presented at a ceremony at which the winners of international scholarships at TU Darmstadt were also honored.

TU Darmstadt and MIT develop methods for monitoring with machine learning

The safe use of lithium-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems, critically depends on condition monitoring and early fault detection. Failures in individual battery cells can lead to serious issues, including fires. To mitigate these risks, researchers at TU Darmstadt and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed novel methods for battery analysis and monitoring that leverage physically constrained machine learning approaches.

Professor Heinz Koeppl, Darmstadt spokesman of the project ‘CoM2Life’, in a video interview

The cluster initiative ‘COM2Life’ is a project within the framework of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU), with TU Darmstadt and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as partners. Professor Koeppl introduces the research project, which aims to develop a new generation of soft biomaterials.

LOEWE Start Professorship: Anna C. Bakenecker receives two million euros

Dr Anna C. Bakenecker has been awarded a LOEWE Start Professorship at TU Darmstadt. The expert in medical physics is working on the development, control and monitoring of nano- and microrobots that are designed to transport drugs to their target sites in the body. The LOEWE research funding programme of the state of Hesse is providing around two million euros over a period of six years.

Start-up ViSPAGI turns cancer diagnostics on its head

Cancer is one of the most frightening diagnoses for many people. According to statistics from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), around half of the German population will develop the disease in the course of their lives. There are around 500,000 new cases in Germany every year. But there is hope: more than half of those affected survive, thanks in part to improved diagnostics. Young etit scientists are revolutionising cancer diagnosis with their start-up ViSPAGI.

Episode 5 from High-Tech Women 2024

It is generally recognised that diversity and equality are not only beneficial, but also essential for our modern, western world. How does a traditionally male-dominated subject like electrical engineering deal with this? How can we get more women interested in this forward-looking field? In the fifth episode of the podcast gleichstellung@etit, Sarah reports on her visit to High-Tech Women 2024, a conference organised by the CySec division of the Department of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt.

Interview with Prof Dr Dr h.c. Ralf Steinmetz before his retirement

After 28 years at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Professor Ralf Steinmetz is retiring. Until the end of the special research centre ‘MAKI – Multi-Mechanism Adaptation for the Future Internet’, he has agreed to take on all tasks as its spokesperson. In this interview, the head of the Multimedia Communication Lab looks back on this time. He talks about challenges and his grand vision, provides insights into how the collaboration between different researchers and different technical communication systems has been successful – and reveals how research and teaching can continue to be successfully organised in the future.

etit scientists present their research

In September, Lucas Schmitz and Peter Franz from the Hessian State Parliament visited TU Darmstadt. The visit focussed on TU Darmstadt's diverse contributions to shaping the future. Two etit scientists were invited to present their research work.

Emeritus etit Professor Glesner receives the Order of the Polar Star

Emeritus etit professor Manfred Glesner has been awarded a high-ranking honour in Mongolia. He received the so-called Order of the Polar Star from the East Asian country in the capital Ulan Bator. Glesner was honoured for his services to educational cooperation between Germany and Mongolia over more than 35 years.

Felix Siebenhühner and Klaus Roppert will strengthen the department in the coming winter semester

Felix Siebenhühner from Aalto University and Klaus Roppert from TU Graz will be researching and teaching in the winter semester 2024/25 as part of the Unite! Visiting Professorship Program at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. The programme aims to attract outstanding international talent in order to promote interdisciplinarity in teaching and didactic innovation through international experience.

Alumnus Eginhard Jungmann expresses his thanks to his alma mater

Eginhard Jungmann came to Germany as a young man and late resettler from the former Upper Silesia in 1958. Since he had come across publications and books by two professors teaching in Darmstadt, his path led him to the Technical University. More than 60 years and a successful management career with Siemens later, he now expresses his thanks to his alma mater and his former department of Electrical Engineering by making a generous donation.

Graduation ceremony etit in the summer semester 2024

On Friday, 19 July, it was that time again: the graduates of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in the summer semester 2024 were celebrated with a ceremony in midsummer temperatures. After graduating, they are now embarking on their Master's degree, are on the way to their doctorate or are moving straight into industry.

Episode 4 with TU President Tanja Brühl

It is generally recognised that diversity and equality are not only beneficial, but also essential for our modern, western world. How does a traditionally male-dominated subject like electrical engineering deal with this? How can we get more women interested in this forward-looking field? The fourth episode of the podcast gleichstellung@etit was recorded live at the Franziska Braun Award ceremony.

After twelve years of maximum funding, the SFB MAKI ends at the end of the year

What will the Internet of the future look like? The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1053 MAKI – “Multi-Mechanism Adaptation for the Future Internet” at the Technical University of Darmstadt has been working on this question since 2013. After the maximum funding period by the German Research Foundation (DFG), it will come to an end at the end of this year.