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Removal of old bicycles on campus

Due to limited space, for environmental reasons and to keep escape routes clear, old and discarded bicycles will be removed again at the FAU Campus Erlangen Süd / Faculty of Engineering. This is how it works: Marking: Bicycles that are obviously no longer in use are first marked with barrier...

ARIADNEtechnat: Making women in science visible

‘Make yourself seen’ was the motto of the ARIADNEtechnat kick-off and closing event on 24 October 2024. Prof. Friedlinde Götz-Neunhoeffer, Women's Representative of the Faculty of Sciences, drew a positive balance in her welcoming address: With 25 mentees from the outgoing Doc/Postdoc group and 15 n...

On first name terms with robots

Robots and AI are growing in importance – in industry, services, medicine and in private settings. The Bavarian Research Foundation and a Bavarian consortium from industry will jointly invest almost four million euros in the coming two years in the research consortium FORSocialRobots that is aimed a...

Plaque of Honor of the Separation Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for Professor Matthias Thommes

Honoring outstanding contributions Prof. Matthias Thommes, Head of Institute of Separation Science and Technology at FAU has been distinguished for his outstanding contributions to the fundamentals of adsorption and the characterization of porous materials by the Separation Division of the American...

Empowerment for Female Early Career Researchers

PhD candidates, PostDocs and Junior Professors who want to give a boost to their scientific career are invited to apply for the 25/27 group. The program period is from July 2025 to January 2027. ARIADNE mentoring provides guidance concerning interdisciplinary topics: career planning, build...

All information about the start of the semester

Welcome to the winter semester 2024/25 We would like to welcome you to the Faculty of Engineering and wish you every success in your studies! At the beginning of your studies, many questions arise that we will be happy to answer. For this purpose, various welcome and first semester introductions...

Research Team Develops AI Data Leak Prevention Guidelines

A research team, including Prof. David Blumenthal from AIBE, has developed guidelines to prevent AI data leaks. These leaks occur when information is improperly transferred between training and test data, leading to unreliable results. Prof. Blumenthal emphasized that while popular ML frame...

WomenInScience@TF – Join us on September 12, 2024

Is academic and entrepreneurial success possible without a personal network? – Find out how important well-functioning networks are for your career! Take part in the interactive lecture, panel discussion and meet women with experience in science and industry. All female students and scientists of...

AvH Fellow meets Federal President Steinmeier

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Annual Meeting 2024 took place under the motto #AvHBridgeBuilders and was a celebration of encounters that enabled the Foundation's sponsorship recipients to get to know and meet other researchers - and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier - in person. ...

DFG extends International Research Training Group 2495

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has extended the International Research Training Group 2495 “Energy Conversion Systems: from Materials to Components”. The Research Training Group was established at FAU in 2019. The objective of this research training group is to research electro-mechanical (...