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The Bavarian state government has awarded the Bavarian High-Tech Awards for the first time. Two of the awards were won by members of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Dr. Johanna Geiß and Tamara Hein each received a graduate prize. Dr. Johanna Geiß from the Chair of Microw...

A new procedure should help people with nerve damage or amputations to regain at least some of their motor abilities. An AI algorithm assesses and interprets the residual nerve activity in the affected part of the body. Often, all it needs is a few minutes of training before a patient is able to mo...

Six months of work, more than 900 competitors and an idea that convinced the jury in the end. FAU students Elif Mutlu (degree program Mechatronik), Suavi Yildirim and Uğur Dursun (degree program Autonomy Technologies) are the winners of the Immersive Design Challenge, an international competition l...

AI researchers at all Bavarian research universities and universities of applied sciences can now use the new IT infrastructure provided by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) for their projects. The Erlangen National High-Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) has installed sev...

New network providing an impetus for development, research and training on pioneering 6G technology: the 6G Valley. The project, initiated by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, aims to pool resources in...

Which technologies are particularly suitable for storing heat? Which storage capacities are advisable and economical for regional suppliers? Which role do space requirements, costs and temperature ranges play? These are some of the questions investigated in two consecutive studies conducted by Frie...

In this year’s QS subject ranking, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) achieved a place in a total of 20 subjects. The position of FAU's Faculty of Engineering is particularly pleasing, having achieved outstanding results in four of its subject areas. Among the top 200 worldwi...

Schmidt Max explores the concept of silence in his latest segment on Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR). As part of his journey, he visits FAU’s low-reflection room, where Prof. Dr. Tobias Reichenbach and his team at AIBE conduct research on hearing aids. Watch the segment from minute 6:20 (in German) to lea...

Intercultural communication is our daily experience during our studies and in research. We are therefore pleased to invite you to an exciting event that will sharpen your view of intercultural communication from different perspectives and give inspiration to our international research, learning and ...

At FAU, students can gain ECTS credits for brewing beer: Various types of craft beer ranging from pale ale to Weizenbock are produced at the “Röthelheimbräu” brewery at the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering. Brewing beer also allows students to gain an insight into the wide range of areas of applicati...