The Week at TU Braunschweig │04.12.2020 Our Newsletter for all Employees
Topics: Alzheimer + Awards + Life Cycle Thinking + Architecture + Research Funding + Survey + Advent Calendar + Cloud Journey
Editor: Viktoria Heyer
► Congratulations to the “Durchstarter”
Start-ups with their roots at the TU Braunschweig were at the top of the list at this year’s “Durchstarterpreis des Landes Niedersachsen“: The start-ups Abcalis and CORAT won in their category. Another start-up, fabmaker, came second and Norden Vaccines and OKAPI:Orbits each came third.
► Piece of the puzzle for Alzheimer’s research
Inflammatory reactions in the brain play an important role in the course of Alzheimer’s disease. Professor Martin Korte and his team were able to show that the substance dapansutril can prevent such neuroinflammatory reactions in the brains of mice – a step towards a possible therapeutic option.
► Business and Economics Programmes impress in the CHE Master Ranking
Technology-oriented management, business informatics, industrial engineering, electrical engineering and industrial engineering and management in mechanical engineering at the TU Braunschweig occupy top positions in several categories in the current CHE- ranking.
► Inseparable: Life Cycle Thinking and Sustainability
Professor Christoph Herrmann sees the interplay of life cycle thinking and sustainable production as a methodology for avoiding negative environmental impacts in technology development. He explains this using the example of the automotive industry.
► Architecture after Architecture
Architecture in the face of the climate emergency: The joint research project by Professor Tatjana Schneider of GTAS and Professor Jeremy Till of Central Saint Martins London on is funded by the DFG and the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
► Thinking city differently
Professor Tatjana Schneider from the Institute of History and Theory of Architecture and the City (GTAS) is part of the curatorial team of the exhibition “Living the City”. A conversation about the virtual walk-in city collage, just cities, and a future for empty department stores.
► How sustainable can electric cars be?
The electric car is the bearer of hope for environmentally friendly road transport. But when we talk about sustainability, we are talking about more than clean air in city centres. A conversation with Professor Thomas Spengler and Dr. Christian Thies.
► Quieter aircraft and sustainable lightweight construction
New approaches in the field of airframe noise prediction, operational safety of aircraft and the design of sustainable lightweight structures as well as state-of-the-art flight measurement technology – the Aeronautics Research Centre Niedersachsen (NFL) has honored young researchers.
► Excellent commitment
The project “HEY ALTER – Old computers for young people” was awarded the Lower Saxony prize for civic engagement. The team, supported by the TU Braunschweig’s sandbox, gets old computers in shape again and distributes them to pupils. Congratulations and we would like to point out that the project is still looking for computers and devices that have been taken out of service!
► Double award as AI talents of Lower Saxony 2020
Congratulations to Leandra Fichtel and Colin Groth! The two TU students of computer science were awarded the title of KI Talent Niedersachsen 2020 for their final theses on artificial intelligence on 2 December.
► Funding Opportunities with China
The present DFG-NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) initiative is open to joint research projects in the fields of chemistry, life sciences, medical sciences and management sciences. Proposals must be submitted by 3 March 2021.
► Survey on the management of the corona pandemic in winter 2020/21
How do we experience the current time of the corona pandemic and what different coping strategies determine our actions? Professor Beate Muschalla from the Institute of Psychology is investigating this in an online survey for which participants are being sought.
► Launch of the HealthHack 2020
Shaping the health and care of the future? At the digital HealthHack 2020 participants can develop prototypes, apps and applications for this purpose. One of the partners is the Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics. The application phase for the HealthHack 2020 has now started.
► Home-Office before Christmas
In Lower Saxony, the start of the school Christmas holidays has been brought forward to 19.12.2020. The aim is to reduce contacts before Christmas as much as possible in order to reduce the risk of infection before the holidays. The crisis management team of the TU Braunschweig recommends to reduce the attendance time as much as possible from 19.12.2020 until the official start of the closure on 23.12.2020. Please use holidays or time off for this. (For more information visit the information portal – login required.)
► 24 books until Christmas
No chocolate, but we have hidden many book tips in our advent calendar. Because after all the digital meetings, it’s good to browse through a book or read it out loud. Employees and students have sent us their recommendations. Once again, we would like to thank everyone who took part. And now: Open the door!
► Even more Advent Calendar
Even more calendars wait to be opened digitally until 24 December: The Academic Advice Service gives a learning tip every day; the Family Office has collected ideas for pausing and getting together and publishes them on Facebook and Instagram; the Gauss Friends present traditions, recipes and songs from all over the world and the Academic Sports Service has created a sports programme on its Instagram channel.
► Darling of the week
The clouds at the Audimax are back! The work of art by Hans Arp has been restored and has been reinstalled on the west side of the building in the last few days. For all those who missed it, we show the “Cloud Journey” in a fast motion video.