Year: 2024

On July 11, 2024, the Faculty of Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) awarded an honorary doctorate to Professor Dr. Ken-ichi Kakimoto from the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech). This award recognizes his outstanding scientific achievements and long-standi...

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. ...

Humboldt Research Fellow My research areas Terahertz Wireless Communications Home University / Research Institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Host research group Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute for Digital Communications, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Gerstacker Research ...

Humboldt Research Fellow My research areas Nickel and Cobalt Based Superalloys, Electron Microscopy (SEM and S/TEM), Local Phase Transformation, Mechanical Deformation Home University / Research Institute The Ohio State University and the Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis (CEMAS) Ho...

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 (...

Our faculty in action! In seven new image films, each lasting two and a half minutes, the Faculty of Engineering shows the dynamics of its research and teaching that make innovation and collaboration so successful. The films give an insight into the impressive work and commitment of all members...

The smartphone in your jacket pocket, LEDs for lighting your home and electronics for your charger, solar panels or your electric vehicle all have one thing in common: they depend on semiconductor materials and their properties. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) ...

Humboldt Research Fellow My research areas My research interests lie in the development of novel antiferroelectric materials for energy storage applications. I am also interested in the design and optimization of piezoelectric ceramics for sensing applications. Home University / Research Instit...

Like in previous years, Materials Science is listed as the best subject at FAU on the international list, and at place 74, it is among the top 100 in the world. With other subjects from the Faculty of Engineering, FAU have made it into the top 200 in the world: Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engin...