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High-performance devices for digital transformation Highly efficient power semiconductors are to pave the way for a wide range of novel applications – from e-mobility to artificial intelligence. This is the objective of the recently launched joint project “power transistors based on AlN (ForMikro-L...

Just as doctors make their medical skills available to people all over the world ('Doctors without Borders') - Technik ohne Grenzen e.V. ('Technology without Borders') offers technical enthusiasts to put their technical expertise to meaningful use in the service of others. As a student you get the o...

11,000 votes cast, 10 selected AI newcomers and one FAU doctoral candidate: Elisabeth Hoppe from the Chair of Pattern Recognition has been voted AI Newcomer of the Year together with nine other nominees. Elisabeth Hoppe is completing a doctoral degree at FAU in the area of quantitative MR imaging in...

Professor Tentzeris graduated from Ionidios Model School of Piraeus, receiving his degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University in Athens, Greece, and then M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Mic...

Prestigious EU funding: FAU involved in international doctoral network FAU is involved in a new European training network for doctoral researchers. The 14 research projects focus on the question of how to improve modelling and simulation of complex mechanical systems on computers in future. The Eur...

Humboldt Research Award winner and guest researcher at the Institute of Materials Simulations Prof. Dr. Zapperi is professor for theoretical physics of condensed matter and coordinator of the Center for Complexity & Biosystems (CC&B) at the University of Milan, Italy. He studied physics at ...

Funding for scientists in heart research Cardiac diseases such as heart failure affect the ability of the cardiac muscle to pump blood. This leads to an increased residual filling pressure in the muscle, which places strain on the cell walls. The scientists Prof. Dr. Oliver Friedrich, Chair of Medi...

The 2019 Shanghai Ranking has been published, and FAU is among the world’s top 100 universities in five subjects. Energy Science and Engineering, at 37, and Telecommunication Engineering, at 41, were ranked among the top 50. National improvement FAU has improved compared to other German universiti...

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The Faculty of Engineering is pleased to welcome its international beginners with general orientation events in English. Date: September 2 to 5, 2019 and October 1 to 3, 2019 These days include a welcoming event with information about getting started in Erlangen (health insurance, city registr...