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Basic research for an adaptable Internet of the future
2024/07/04
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.
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Safe even at night with AI
2024/07/02
Interview about the award-winning podcast “Gleichstellung@etit”
How can an autonomous vehicle recognise people or objects in good time, even when driving at night? How does a camera have to be designed for detection, and how will communication take place in the future if there is no one at the wheel to interpret gestures? The possibilities offered by adaptive lighting systems are being researched by etit's Adaptive Lighting Systems and Visual Processing Lab.
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Picture: Rüdiger DunkerPicture: Rüdiger Dunker
“Space and time to go deeper”
2024/06/28
Interview about the award-winning podcast “Gleichstellung@etit”
Luisa Riik, Maria Rizou, Laura D'Angelo, Claudia Klein and Sarah Schleidt, the Equal Opportunities Officers at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (etit), have been awarded this year's Franziska Braun Prize for their podcast “Gleichstellung@etit”.We spoke to Laura D'Angelo about the project on behalf of the team.
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Picture: Rüdiger DunkerPicture: Rüdiger Dunker
Role models and equality to listen to
2024/06/28
Podcast at the etit department honoured with the Franziska Braun Prize
How can young women be encouraged to study and pursue a scientific career in electrical engineering? And how can the TU's Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (etit) raise awareness of feminist and queer issues? The Equal Opportunities Officer team has found an answer to these questions with the monthly podcast “Gleichstellung@etit”. Yesterday, the team was awarded this year's Franziska Braun Prize for Equality, which is endowed with 25,000 euros, for the project.
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Reducing the CO2 footprint
2024/06/26
Innovative ultrasonic detection method finds cavities in foamed sandwich elements
Scientists at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at TU Darmstadt, in collaboration with Inoson GmbH, have developed a new type of non-destructive testing method that uses air-coupled Lamb waves to detect cavities in sandwich panels. The research is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Policy.
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New podcast gleichstellung@etit
2024/06/24
Episode 3 with professor Myriam Koch
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? For the third episode of the podcast gleichstellung@etit, Claudia and Laura conducted a fascinating interview with Professor Myriam Koch – in keeping with her specialism.
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Sustainable terahertz sources
2024/06/04
Upcoming start-up wants to revolutionise the generation and use of terahertz waves
Terahertz waves have a wide range of potential applications: From materials testing to biomedical and security technology to telecommunications. The THzNanoVision project utilises innovative semiconductor technologies to develop compact terahertz sources. There is also a clear focus on sustainability and environmental compatibility.
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New podcast gleichstellung@etit
2024/05/28
Episode 2: Pupils' project days
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 second episode of the podcast gleichstellung@etit, Luisa and Laura were live at the department's project days for schoolgirls.
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Picture: Heike JüngstPicture: Heike Jüngst
Ink instead of diodes
2024/05/23
The TUDa start-up MimoSense develops film sensors in a class of their own
They are highly sensitive, reliable and widely applicable: the patented foil sensors from MimoSense make it possible to measure small forces such as touch, pulse, breathing and the smallest vibrations of any kind. But even large forces, such as those that occur on scales or on the blades of wind turbines, can be precisely recorded by these wafer-thin electronic marvels. Omar Ben Dali, Romol Chadda and Stefan Trillig are now receiving funding from the German government's EXIST research transfer programme. They want to use these funds to develop their foil sensors into market-ready products. Large companies have already come knocking.
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Round thing
2024/05/23
Interdisciplinary team from TU Darmstadt wins DFG student competition
Students from the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt have shone in the student competition of the German Research Foundation's (DFG) priority programme “Sensor-integrating machine elements” and won first place.
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Dr. Tatiana Tatarenko leads new Emmy Noether research group
2024/05/22
Emmy Noether Group at etit develops decision algorithms for intelligent networked systems
In her project “Distributed decision-making in real time in autonomous driving and smart grids”, Tatiana Tatarenko is developing new efficient decision-making algorithms for real multi-agent systems at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. The project is funded by the Emmy Noether Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The funding for the first three years amounts to around 1.1 million euros, and includes the funds for two doctoral positions.
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Excellent degree
2024/05/14
Friedrich Pyttel receives Best Bachelor Award from Rhode & Schwarz
Friedrich Pyttel received the Best Bachelor Award from Rhode & Schwarz for his Bachelor's degree. Every year, Rohde & Schwarz presents the award, which is endowed with 1,000 euros, for the best Bachelor's degree to students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology specializing in Communication Technology and Sensor Systems as well as Computer Engineering.
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Overcoming the space charge limit
2024/05/06
Simulations reveal novel technique for increasing the intensities of ion beams in synchrotrons
A new comprehensive simulation study by etit professor Oliver Boine-Frankenheim and his colleague Adrian Oeftiger shows the potential of pulsed electron lenses to significantly increase the highest achievable intensity of ion beams in ring accelerators. This novel technique for compensating space charges is being developed at GSI/FAIR, where a prototype is also in preparation. The study, published in Physical Review Letters, paves the way for overcoming the so-called space charge limit in ion synchrotrons.
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„No nonsense with solder“
2024/04/29
21 schoolgirls visit etit on Girls' Day
“No nonsense with solder” was the motto of Girls' Day 2024 at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at TU Darmstadt. 21 schoolgirls came to find out about the profession of an electrical engineer and to get hands-on with soldering.
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New podcast gleichstellung@etit
2024/04/19
Episode 1 with Professor Jutta Hanson
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? From interviews with successful women in electrical engineering, reports from special events to book recommendations – the new podcast from the etit equal opportunities team provides an insight into a long overdue rethink. Just listen in!