etit scientist develops T-Rex selector

Finding missing people under rubble after an earthquake is a major challenge, even for rescue robots. The situation is similar in medicine: finding genes that are responsible for specific diseases is complicated. Sometimes it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack. With the T-Rex Selector etit scientist Jasin Machkour has developed an efficient method for applications such as these as part of emergenCITY.

Unite! guest professors at TU Darmstadt for the first time

In the winter semester 2024/2025, four Unite! guest professors will be teaching and researching at TU Darmstadt for the first time: Among them the etit guest professors Felix Siebenhühner and Klaus Roppert. The Unite! Guest Professorship aims to attract outstanding international talent to promote interdisciplinary teaching and didactic innovation through international experience. We introduce the visiting scholars and their research. The next call for applications is already open, with the deadline for submissions being 31 March 2025.

Excursion to the light and camera technology

On 18 February 2025, students from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at TU Darmstadt had the opportunity to visit two leading German companies in optics and camera technology: VIAOPTIC and Leica. The excursion was part of the Lighting Technology and Semiconductor Lighting Technology lecture of the Lab of Adaptive Lighting Systems and Visual Processing. It offered in-depth insights into the latest developments in optical manufacturing technologies and camera development as well as applied lighting research.

Graduation ceremony etit of the winter semester 2024/25

On Friday, 14 February, it was that time again: couples all over the world celebrated Valentine's Day and the graduates of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in the winter semester 2024/25 were honoured with a ceremony. After graduating, they are now embarking on their Master's degrees, are on their way to their doctorates or are moving straight into industry.

TU researchers present the first comprehensive study on the Bluesky platform

The booming short messaging service Bluesky is not only a suitable alternative to X, but also offers users real advantages: This is the conclusion reached by a research team with leading participation from TU Darmstadt in a study on the platform with the blue butterfly logo.

Professor Anna C. Bakenecker

The Technische Universität Darmstadt welcomes Dr Anna C. Bakenecker as a new professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (FB 18). The 35-year-old physicist and expert in the field of medical technology conducts research with a particular focus on magnetic micro- and nanorobotics.

TU alumnus wins Emmy Award for audio technology

Benjamin Graf studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at TU Darmstadt, then worked for two years in a hearing aid technology company, set up his own business and finally founded the start-up ‘Accentize’. When you listen to the 34-year-old talk about how his path took shape, this year's Emmy Award in Los Angeles seems only logical.

LOEWE committees approved further funding totalling around nine million euros

Once again, the LOEWE centre emergenCITY has been able to convince the LOEWE committees and the Hessian Ministry of Science with a comprehensive concept paper. On 4 December, they decided to release a further nine million euros in state funding from the LOEWE programme, which promotes excellent research in Hesse, for the years 2025 and 2026.

Eleonorenschule as a guest at etit

On 05 December 2024, the Eleonorenschule visited the high-voltage hall in Griesheim for an experimental lecture. The pupils were shown various fun experiments from the fields of high-voltage and high-current technology.

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.