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FAU scientists researching sustainable alternatives to airplanes

When people think of airships, they usually think of Zeppelins that were used between 1900 and 1940 for military purposes and for transporting people. At FAU, an interdisciplinary team of researchers is working on developing solar-powered airships. An international conference was held on the topic a...

A thin film of air protects materials from liquids and pathogens

Several insects use a trick to dive into water without getting wet: tiny structures on their surface trap a thin film of air that protects the animals.Together with an international team of researchers, Dr. Alexander B. Tesler from the Chair of Corrosion and Surface Technology and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang...

Prof. Eskofier is an “inspiration for entrepreneurs”

Björn Eskofier, Chair of Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab at FAU, has been honored as a “role model and inspiration for entrepreneurs” by the Unipreneurs initiative, which is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate ...

ERC Starting Grants for Professor Silvia Budday and Professor Alessandro Del Vecchio

Young researchers receive millions of euros in EU funding Funding from the European Research Council (ERC) is highly competitive. Receiving this funding not only provides researchers new impetus because of the high funding amounts of up to 1.5 million euros over a period of five years, but also rec...

Dr. Irem Unalan receives Best Doctoral Thesis Award 2023 of the German Society for Biomaterials

Dr. Irem Unalan, alumna (former FAU PhD student) and currently a post-doctoral researcher at FAU's Institute of Biomaterials (WW7), has won the Best Doctoral Thesis Award 2023 of the German Society for Biomaterials (DGBM). Irem received her Dr.-Ing. degree in 2022 with a project that focused on t...

Using digital systems to reduce cable clutter for on-board networks in vehicles

Vehicle on-board networks have played a central role ever since the introduction of electric cars. The cable clutter in each car represents the increase in electrification of vehicles which will one day enable autonomous driving with safety-critical functions. This will finally transform on-board ne...

Cleaning water with ‘smart rust’ and magnets

Pouring flecks of rust into water usually makes it dirtier. But researchers of FAU have developed special iron oxide nanoparticles they call “smart rust” that actually makes it cleaner. Smart rust can attract many substances, including oil, nano- and microplastics, as well as the herbicide glyphosat...

Walk from the department to the bakery with LOMOBI

The project “LOMOBI – Learning assistance system for orientation and mobility of visually impaired persons in everyday life” was launched this year at the Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems (FAPS). Led by medical engineer Sina Martin, researchers at FAU will develop a system wit...

WomenInScience@TF – Join us on September 14, 2023

Gender and power structures in academia Join the event on September 14, and learn more about the interrelationship between gender and power structures at universities and to discuss challenges and successful strategies. As always in our WomenInScience@TF serie there will be plenty of time for di...

Early detection of forest fires: When drones read smoke signals

Forest fires are no longer only restricted to southern European regions, they are now increasingly also a problem in Germany. The interdisciplinary project Evolonic from FAU and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB) is focusing on developing effective solutions...