Professor Heinz Koeppl involved in founding of new start-up Dirac Biosciences

A new start-up with significant participation of etit professor Heinz Koeppl is dedicated to the computer-aided design of innovative gene circuits in synthetic biology. In addition to Koeppl, partners of the new company Dirac Biosciences are the TU Darmstadt and the investment company eureKARE, which finances and develops innovations in the field of synthetic biology in Europe. The founding of the start-up was supported by the Innovation and Start-up Center HIGHEST of the TU Darmstadt.

Recycling lithium batteries – and still ‘reLiable’

Electric car batteries last around eight to ten years – after which their charging capacity drops to below 80 per cent, which is too low for electric car operation. The remaining high capacity is utilised by a young team of founders as an electricity storage system, for example for photovoltaic systems. They have developed an intelligent battery management system that extends the life of the battery by a further eight to ten years. reLi, the name of their start-up, says it all: recycling lithium batteries – and making them ‘reLiable’.

Since the beginning of October, Li Zhang has been a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology with a research focus on hardware for artificial intelligence. Previously, the 34-year-old was a group leader at the TU Munich. We asked Professor Zhang a few questions about her start at TU Darmstadt.

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology is helping to write the future of lighting technology

More than 600 experts from internationally renowned research institutes, automotive companies and semiconductor and optics companies met from 04 to 06 April 2022 at the ISAL.

Digital networking meeting of FB 18

On 5 April 2022, the decentralised gender equality team of the department etit had invited to the annual networking meeting followed by a women's general assembly. The focus was on the topic “2 years of digitalised teaching and university operations. A résumé”.

Safely through crises

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vahid Jamali has been Professor for Resilient Communication Systems at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology since April and strengthens the area of Networked Systems. Previously, Professor Jamali was a researcher at Stanford University, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Princeton University

ERC Starting Grant for research project at Department etit

TU Darmstadt receives a further Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The project “ScReeningData” by Dr.-Ing. Michael Muma has received 1.5 million euros for excellent and innovative foundational and pioneering research. The project develops methods for discovering relevant information in complex biomedical data using computer-aided learning.

Symposium brings together scientists and industry representatives

In January 2022 more than 100 participants from more than ten countries joined the 1st edition of the fully virtual one-day HVDC Cable Systems Symposium: Theory and Practice to discuss current trends and challenges in the field of HVDC cable system technology. The Symposium was organised by Yvonne Späck-Leigsnering and Herbert de Gersem from the TU Darmstadt together with Myriam Koch from the TU Munich.

EU Research Council funds project by etit-Professor Sascha Preu with 150,000 euros

etit- Professor Sascha Preu is awarded a “Proof of Concept” grant of 150,000 euros by the European Research Council (ERC). This will fund his “PhoSTer THz” project, which focuses on the development of systems for the spectral analysis of powerful terahertz sources. One of the important uses of the latter will be for applications in 6G mobile networks.

First German-Austrian Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio approved

TU Darmstadt and TU Graz are intensifying their research into how electrical machines can be decisively improved through computer simulation. To this end, the first German-Austrian Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio (TRR) 361 has been approved. The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Austrian Science Fund FWF are funding the TRR “Computational Electrical Machine Laboratory” with a total of over eight million euros.

etit scientist researches at the TU Munich

Underground high-voltage direct current cable systems are an important component of the green energy transition. As part of a research cooperation in this field, etit scientist Yvonne Späck-Leigsnering was a guest at the TU Munich. The stay was supported by equal opportunities funds from the department.

E5 employee finishes second in the IEEE PES PowerTech Best Paper Award.

From 28 June to 2 July 2021, the IEEE PES PowerTech took place under the title „Power for sustainable development goals“. Marcel Böhringer from the department „Electrical Power Supply with Renewable Energies“ was represented in the presentation session „Storage I“ and earned second place in the Papadias Student Paper Award for his paper.

Dr. Garcia-Agundez receives Marie Curie Fellowship

A stroke can take people out of their normal lives without warning and inflict unimaginable suffering on them. Afterwards, many have to undergo therapy and learn to speak or walk again. Despite advanced medical methods, not every patient has the same therapeutic success. With the help of AI, Dr. Garcia-Agundez is trying to predict the success of therapies for patients.

Women's Assembly presents the new equality concept

On 30.4. this year's networking meeting of the department etit took place under the topic “ Studies and then? Career paths in etit”. The networking meeting was followed by the women's general assembly. There, the new Gender Equality Team etit was elected and the updated equal opportunities concept was presented.

Experience electrical engineering! At the first digital Girls' Day, schoolgirls gained insights into the various areas of electrical engineering. Online experiments or videos, teamwork and a quiz challenged the curiosity of the young participants. The new format was organized by the department's gender equality team.