Month: April 2020

Extension application deadline ARIADNE TechNat doc/postdoc+

Due to the Corona Pandemic, the application deadline for the FAU mentoring programme ARIADNEdoc/postdoc+ has been extended until 15 May 2020. The 18-months programme is designed for female doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and Habilitandinnen of the Faculty of Engineering and the Facult...

Exit scenarios in a simulation model

Computer scientists at FAU produce model of the dynamic of the coronavirus pandemic A way out of the coronavirus lockdown is dominating current political and public debate. There is currently much speculation about the effects easing the lockdown will have and reliable prognoses are almost impossib...

No physical lectures and extended lecture period

Teaching to take place without presence for the time being, lecture period extended to 07 August 2020

House cleaning on the nanoscale

FAU scientists develop method for cleaning surfaces at the nanoscale A team of scientists at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has developed a novel mechanical cleaning method for surfaces on the nanoscale. The technique successfully removes even the tiniest contaminants down ...

Protective eyewear for Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

Helping each other is the order of the day. This not only applies in your neighbourhood, but also at the University. Chairs and institutes at FAU have started collaborating with Neue Materialien Fürth (NMF) GmbH, a research centre of the Bavarian State, to manufacture personal protective equipment t...

A concept for the production of protective face masks

Many clinics and medical facilities are facing a shortage of respiratory masks these days – the demand during the current corona pandemic has exploded. Procurement is difficult, and in some cases the supply is completely lacking. Image: Siegfried Werner, LSP Prof. Dr. Dirk Schubert from t...