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17JUL 2019
General
FAU Engineer to have a leading role in promoting research in Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Merklein has been elected to the Senate of the German Research Foundation A great success for FAU: Engineer Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Marion Merklein has been elected to the Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The members of the Senate advise and decide on all important affairs of the DFG. The DFG […]
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11JUL 2019
General
The folds in our grey cells
Dr. Silvia Budday receives DFG funding for junior research group investigating the mechanics of the human brain. July 5, 2019 We all know that deep grooves and folds are characteristic of the human brain. But why are our grey cells in folds like this? And what can the grooves tell us? These are questions Dr. […]
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04JUN 2019
General
Collaborative Research Centres: One new and one extended funding
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is providing funding worth a total of 28 million euros for three research projects at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) – two of them at the Faculty of Engineering. Efficient manufacturing using mechanical joining methods FAU has received a new collaborative research centre called CRC/TR285 ‘Development of a method for mechanical joining […]The German Research Foundation (DFG) is providing funding worth a total of 28 million euros for three research projects at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) – two of them at the Faculty of Engineering. Efficient manufacturing using mechanical joining methods FAU has received a new collaborative research centre called CRC/TR285 ‘Development of a method for mechanical joining […]
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25SEP 2018
General
Little helpers react to ultrasound
Researchers at FAU have received DFG funding to investigate nanoparticles controlled by ultrasound Nanoparticles are to be used like transporters to deliver medication in a targeted manner exactly where it is required in the human body? All over the world, scientists are working on so-called drug delivery technologies, as are researchers at FAU. The idea […]
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15AUG 2018
Research
What holds materials together – on the inside
German Research Foundation (DFG) awards funding for new interdisciplinary research training group at FAU Everyone knows what happens if you drop a coffee cup – it usually shatters into several pieces. Ideally, we just smile and say ‘break a thing, mend your luck’. However, the consequences of material fracture if it occurs in aeroplanes, ships […]
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11JUL 2018
General
Engineers ranked first place in Bavaria for acquisition of third-party funding
New DFG Funding Atlas confirms top rankings FAU is among the universities in Germany that receive the highest amounts of third-party funding from research funding organisations and government ministries, especially in the field of engineering. FAU is ranked first in Bavaria in this respect. These are the findings of the 2018 Funding Atlas that the […]
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