Archive: News of Technical University of Darmstadt

Neue Akustiklabore der TU Darmstadt

Wie kann man akustische Herausforderungen so meistern, dass Menschen und Umwelt einerseits von Lärm entlastet werden und gleichzeitig je nach Situation eine gewünschte Geräusch-Kulisse entsteht? Forschende der TU Darmstadt arbeiten an neuen Methoden und Verfahren, mit denen sie bei der Entwicklung von Maschinen akustische Eigenschaften von Anfang an mitgestalten können. Drei neue Akustiklabore bieten ihnen hierfür eine Top-Infrastruktur.

Students design extraterrestrial greenhouse in Unite! summer project

INSPIRED, the International Project Week for Interdisciplinary Research-Oriented Digital Learning, is launching its second virtual team project on June 14, 2021 following its successful 2020 edition. The three-week summer school is the culmination of an exclusively digital program offer, redesigned last year from its original blended format in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Across universities, countries, and continents, the participating students will carry out research and learn together in interdisciplinary teams. Their task: to design a sustainable and efficient greenhouse facility on Mars.

Collaboration between TU Darmstadt, British and US universities

Research teams from TU Darmstadt, British and US universities are focusing on one possible main process that leads to the death of brain cells – chemical reactions between different proteins in the brain and essential metals such as copper and iron – in their investigation of the causes and mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. Their results are published in “Science Advances”.

“Science” publication by researchers under the leadership of the TU Darmstadt

Electroceramics such as capacitors are essential components in electronic devices. Intervening in their crystalline structure can change specific properties. Thus, for instance, chemical methods can be used to replace individual atoms in the crystal lattice with others. A stable shape can be created by replacing a whole series of atoms rather than just a single one. An international team of researchers under the leadership of the TU Darmstadt has, for the first time, succeeded in inserting a dislocation into a ferroelectric ceramic by mechanically imprinting the atoms in the material – a procedure that hitherto has only ever been used in metals. The findings have been published in “Science”, the renowned journal.

Printing process for food production

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced three-year collaborations with theTechnical University of Darmstadt and Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA. The partners want to conduct fundamental research on next-generation, scalable bioreactor designs to support industrial-scale meat and seafood manufacture. Tufts University enables the production of whole muscle cultured meat with textile bioengineering, TU Darmstadt will apply industrial printing technology for the production of textured meat.

Collaborative Research Centre Transregio 211 to be funded for another four years

The Collaborative Research Centre Transregio “Strongly Interacting Matter under Extreme Conditions”, a joint initiative of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Goethe University Frankfurt and Bielefeld University, has been investigating the most extreme states of matter found in the universe since July 2017. Now the German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding this Transregio (SFB-TRR) 211 for another four years with 8.9 million euros. The new spokesperson is Professor Guy Moore, nuclear physicist at TU Darmstadt. He takes over this function from Professor Dirk Rischke, who researches and teaches at Goethe University Frankfurt. The Transregio also strengthens the cooperation within the Strategic Alliance of Rhine-Main Universities (RMU), which Goethe University Frankfurt, TU Darmstadt, and Johann Gutenberg University Mainz formed in 2015.

The Pioneer Fund supports promising projects at TU Darmstadt

Research projects at TU Darmstadt receive a total of 600,000 euros of funding each year from the joint “Pioneer Fund” programme from TU Darmstadt and the ENTEGA NATURpur Institute. Two future-oriented projects in the fields of medicine and energy technology are due to start soon.

Scientists at TU Darmstadt develop adaptive font that speeds up reading

A team of researchers at the Centre for Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt has developed a computer font that adapts its appearance based on the user’s interaction with the text. “AdaptiFont” measures a user’s reading speed and interactively changes the font’s shape seamlessly and continuously to allow the user to read text more easily.

“Athene Young Investigator” Christian Janson is carrying out research into the secure exchange of encrypted messages

Privacy and data protection are becoming more and more important in our increasingly digital everyday and working lives. The cryptographer Christian Janson is carrying out research into secure communication. The newly appointed “Athene Young Investigator” is working on, amongst other things, encryption methods that remain secure even against increasingly powerful attackers.

Recent decision by the Hessian State Government

All TU Darmstadt employees and staff members (including student assistants) are eligible for vaccination with immediate effect based on a decision by the Hessian State Government.

Hydrogen is a key technology for the “Athene Young Investigator” Arne Scholtissek

Dr.-Ing. Arne Scholtissek is carrying out research into sustainable energy provision. The new “Athene Young Investigator” at TU Darmstadt aims to make a contribution to replacing fossil fuels with green hydrogen in the near future. The engineer is working on, among other things, simulation models to make the hydrogen combustion process safer and more controllable.

“Athene Young Investigator” Lin Xiang is optimising the communication between drones

Dr. Lin Xiang, a new “Athene Young Investigator” at TU Darmstadt, is carrying out research into the next generation of drones. He wants to enable and improve communication, networking and the exchange of information between these unmanned flying objects so that they can fly further, for longer and more reliably in the future. And he is taking his inspiration from nature.

In times of coronavirus, the International Counter is available online

Since most of the TU buildings are closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, international students cannot simply drop by the International Counter in karo 5 if they have any questions. But of course they still receive support: The International Student Services team can be contacted online.

“Athene Young Investigator” Stephan Schulz is working to develop ground water management concepts

Water is becoming increasingly scarce as a resource worldwide – a situation that is being exacerbated by climate change. How can the groundwater in arid areas of the world be used more efficiently and sustainably? The geoecologist Dr. Stephan Schulz, a new “Athene Young Investigator” at TU Darmstadt, not only wants to better understand hydrodynamic processes but is also carrying out research into new, intelligent concepts for optimising the management of groundwater.

European research award for nuclear physicist Achim Schwenk

Achim Schwenk, Professor of Physics at the Technical University (TU) Darmstadt and Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, has been awarded a prestigious Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC).