For the energy transition

High-performance compressor test facility

Cognitive science

The route to brain software

The automobile as a source of knowledge

Data mining for the automotive industry

Cyber security

Cryptography meets software engineering

Industrial sociology

Precarious employment for home care workers

Information technology

Secret background programs on websites

Communications engineering

Turbo for the broadband network

Energy science

New catalysts for fuel cells

Summary by Executive Board, from page 6

Academic Affairs, from page 16

Marrying tradition with modernity - Well positioned - Inspiring locations - Guests from the United States - Synthetic biology practically applied - For the schools of tomorrow - A completely different take on maths - Thorough research - Intensive survey - Reaching for the stars - Orientation for refugees keen to learn - Courses offered by TU Darmstadt

Research, from page 34

Research funding - Cognitive expertise - Peering into the universe - The digital day to day - Driverless vehicles - Environmentally friendly mobility - Researching flight - Bio-research highlights - Digital navigation for the fire service - Efficient building protection - Interview with Tobias Meckel - Excellence in equality - Top-Level Research

University research profile, from page 54

Over the next five years, TU Darmstadt’s research profile will consist of six profile areas, all of which will be characterised by nationally and internationally visible expertise and a high degree of thematicrelevance to society and industry.

Knowledge and technology transfer, from page 64

High-performance research region - Diverse groups - Focus on SMEs - Strong partner in Israel - On the same wavelength - Frozen and split water - Biochemists with entrepreneurial genes - Construction and transport

Life on campus, from page 76

For the next generation - A life of music - International university groups - The mail has arrived - Going up against the competition

Awards, from page 88

Competence centre for cybersecurity - Jury unanimous - Interview with Paul Anastas - Double degree doctorate - Teaching excellence - To whom credit is due - Outstanding - Alumni and former staff members - The maximum - Truly magnificent volumes - Praise and prizes - Special achievements - Foundation Professorships

Management

What makes enterprises with high futurability different?

Electrical Engineering

Sensors present opportunities in biomedical applications

Aircraft engines

Turbines on the test rig

Combustion technology

Maximum efficiency with simulation tools

Nuclear physics:

Radioactivity researchers discover new phenomenon

Biology:

Shaping cells while viewing under a microscope

Aerodynamics:

Reducing the risk of aircraft freezing up

Computational fluid dynamics:

Smoothing out turbulence

Good idea, new company

Eco-friendly manufactured peptides

Complex simulations

Containing uncertainties using computational engineering

More than intelligent automotive technology

A synopsis of the future of autonomous driving

High Voltage Labs

Intercepting lightning safely and surely

Fluid System Technology

Energy from marine currents

Intelligent Autonomous Systems

Robots learn through imitation and self-improvement

Communications Technology

Maintaining a high-performing web

Aircraft technology

Taxiing quietly and efficiently to the runway

Lead-free material

Piezoelectric ceramics

Mathematical optimisation

Making natural gas grids efficient

Fire safety

Digital technology and models make buildings safer