Year: 2023

Welcome to the winter semester 2023/24 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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Humboldt Research Fellow Image: Pingfang Li My research areas Wireless communication and networking, especially low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation communication. Home University / Research Institute Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Host research group Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Ge...