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Event by the DFG

Panel Discussion: Engineering Education for the 21st Century

In the globalized world of the 21st century, solving problems alone seems no longer sufficient and cultural and inter-cultural competencies are being added to the target specifications of a successful engineer. The panel includes the distinguished speakers Julika Griem, Myles W. Jackson, Jelena Kovačević, and Pamela H. Smith, and will be moderated by DWIH New York Advisory Board Chairman Kurt Becker.

News from Campus OWL

A Circular Economy for More Sustainable Product Development – Project “ZirkuPro”

Manufacturing mechatronic products is associated with high energy demand, critical raw materials, and complex manufacturing conditions. One way to solve this problem is through a circular economy, which makes it possible to conserve resources and ensure sustainable development. Researchers from Paderborn University and the Fraunhofer Institutes IEM (Paderborn) and IZM (Berlin) are currently working to extend this principle to an integrated circular product development process for intelligent technical systems.

News from Heidelberg University

Heidelberg Alumni U.S. to meet in person for the first time since 2019

Heidelberg Alumni U.S. (HAUS) cordially invites all former students, exchange students, graduates, researchers, professors, and other friends of Universität Heidelberg to participate in the HAUS 14th National Meeting September 30 – October 2, 2022 in Denver, Colorado!

Prof. de Meaux and Prof. von Korff Schmising

University of Cologne Wins Funding for a New Collaborative Research Centre in Plant Sciences

Around 10 million euros over four years for research into the genetic foundations and key mechanisms with which plants adapt to changes in their environment.

News from UAS7

Upcoming Study and Internship Opportunities for Undergraduates at German Universities of Applied Sciences

UAS7 – a network of seven German universities of applied sciences – invites applications from Bachelor students across the United States and Canada to spend a semester abroad or 3-6 months for a lab internship in Germany. Application Deadline: October 1, 2022.

Research at UA Ruhr

Magnetic and Optical Properties of a Two-dimensional Crystal Now under Control

Scientists are working to control materials precisely and down to the atomic level and to combine them with each other. The objective is to produce new hybrid structures that are multifunctional and suitable for use in both optoelectronics and magnetism, for example. An international team of researchers from Sheffield, Clermont-Ferrand, Tokyo and Dortmund has now succeeded in creating such a system, which opens up completely new possibilities, above all for optically controlled magnetism. Their findings were published recently in the renowned journal Nature Photonics.

Call for Applications

Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant October 2022

Are you a doctoral researcher or postdoc and your research has a strong link to the (applied) data and information sciences? The Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant offers doctoral students and Postdocs the opportunity to do a fully-funded short-term research stay (1 – 3 months) at one of the 18 Helmholtz centers.