TU Darmstadt and TU Graz Launch Second Funding Phase of the “CREATOR” Collaborative Research Centre

With a kick-off meeting in Graz, TU Darmstadt and TU Graz have officially launched the second funding phase of the German-Austrian Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) Transregio “CREATOR”.

New optimisation methods boost the efficiency of magnetic cooling systems

The Hessian LOEWE 3 collaborative project OptiMag – Optimised Magnet Design for Refrigeration Machines has been successfully completed and awarded the top mark of ‘very good’ by the project sponsor, Hessen Agentur. MAGNOTHERM Solutions GmbH and Darmstadt Technical University worked together to develop new simulation and optimisation methods to make magnetic cooling systems more powerful and efficient.

Professor Grace Li Zhang awarded ERC Starting Grant

etit Professor Grace Li Zhang has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for her research project “LogiNet”. She will receive 1.5 million euros. LogiNet pursues a new approach to making neural networks – the heart of many artificial intelligence (AI) applications – more energy-efficient and transparent. LogiNet not only develops new solutions for green AI to benefit the economy and the environment but also lays the foundation for new directions such as logic-based DNN validation in the era of large-scale models that have started to influence our society fundamentally.

On 1 July, Dirk Hartmann joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology as a cooperation professor for the research area ‘Digital Twins’. The 47-year-old scientist, who completed his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg and worked there as a junior research group leader at the Institute for Scientific Computing, has had an expert career with various management roles at Siemens AG. He currently heads the technology innovation team for the simulation products of Siemens Digital Industrie Software.

Since July 1, Yvonne Späck-Leigsnering has been a cooperation professor for “Computational Electromagnetic Compatibility” at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering. The scientist, who earned her doctorate from TU Darmstadt in 2019, has been leading the independent junior research group “Quasistatics in Computational Engineering (QuinCE)” at the TU's “Electromagnetic Field Theory (EMFT)” department since 2022. Additionally, she has been heading the simulation team in the ME/EMC division of Robert Bosch GmbH since 2023.

Since July 1st, Holger Maune has been a Professor of High-Frequency Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at TU Darmstadt. The 43-year-old completed his doctoral studies at TU Darmstadt in 2011 and subsequently worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Microwave Engineering and Photonics. In 2020, he habilitated in the field of High-Frequency Engineering at TU Darmstadt. Most recently, he held the position of Professor of High-Frequency and Communication Engineering at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg since 2021. In an interview, he shares what particularly attracts him to return to TU Darmstadt and the challenges he anticipates in his new role.

Universities co-operate within the framework of the IJRL Solid State Lighting Technology

As part of the International Joint Research Lab (IJRL) ‘Solid State Lighting Technology – Components to Systems’, leading European universities are working closely together to improve the reliability and service life of semiconductor-based lighting and irradiation systems.

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.

Start-up Metalonn reduces satellite components more than tenfold

Much more than we realise is controlled by satellites today: from navigation devices and weather forecasts to the transmission of television and the internet, they provide valuable data for our everyday lives. And this is increasing exponentially: ‘In the last three to four years, three times more satellites have been launched into space than existed before,’ says Emrah Fuat Talan, describing this growing market. This is where the start-up Metalonn, which he and Arshad Mehmood founded in mid-2023, comes into play.