The Week at TU Braunschweig │03.03.2023 Our Newsletter for all Employees
Topics: More study spaces + Climate-Countdown + We are tooting now!
Editor: Dilara Aktaş
► University Library: Extension of opening hours
Since 1 March, the University Library is available again as a place of quiet study in the late evening hours and on weekends. To increase the supply of quiet learning spaces, the heating hours of the newer part of the library are being extended. All information on the new opening hours are available on the UB website.
► Aviation: New test rig for new engine concepts
The desire for more efficient flying calls for engines with a special feature: In so-called ultra-high bypass ratio engines (UHBR), the bypass flow generates the main thrust. A new test setup has been put into operation at the Institute of Flight Propulsion and Turbomachinery to investigate this technology.
► Building for the ZeBra
Spectacular large-scale equipment is hidden in the research building of the Centre for Fire Research (ZeBra) at Campus East. The building management has now handed over the key to the Institute for Building Materials, Solid Construction and Fire Protection.
► Battery research: New storage devices for electric aviation and aerospace
Lithium-sulfur batteries can store about twice as much energy as lithium-ion batteries for the same weight. To make the system usable for mobility, TU Braunschweig is researching optimized sulfur-based energy storage systems.
► Countdown for climate
A ClimateCrisisClock will soon be installed on the University Square to show the time left to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. The climate clock is being built by architecture students and the student engineering office StudING.
► What it takes to start a business
For one week, students at the Entrepreneurship Spring School worked on creative business ideas. Seven teams presented their business models, and the best were awarded prizes, including a concept for vending machines with healthy quark dishes and a water turbine that generates energy from rainwater.
► Peer coaching for female doctoral candidates
The new offer in the FEMnet programme of the Equal Opportunities Office provides collegiality and support with the challenges during the doctoral phase as well as advice and opportunities for reflection on issues of self-management, self-presentation and career orientation. Registration for the peer coaching is possible until 3 April 2023.
► Picture of the month: Chips for research into better drug absorption
How does a drug get to where it needs to be in the body? If we know exactly how this works, drugs can become more efficient. To achieve this, the Institute of Microtechnology is building chips that can be used to experimentally study drug absorption.
► BMBF Young Investigators Competition NanoMatFutur
This call for proposals supports junior research groups in the field of materials science. The application procedure has two stages. Deadlines for pre-proposals are 15 September 2023 and 15 September 2024.
► Brains on Chips – interdisciplinary investigation of nerve cells
The research programme Engineering For Health invites you to join: From 24 to 26 May, researchers from natural sciences and engineering will be discussing disease processes in the brain and new approaches to visualising, measuring and treating them. The international symposium is financed by third-party funds, so participation is free.
► Understanding and Supporting First Generation Students
This is the motto of a workshop organised by the Diversity Office on 20 March from 9:00 to 13:00 as a follow-up to the Focus Year 2022 “First Generation Students”. Teachers and advisors will have the opportunity to learn about the results and to jointly develop ideas on how the study conditions of first-generation students can be (further) improved. Please register by email.
► Feminist reading café to celebrate International Women’s Day
The Knowledge Transfer team invites you to the Community Café at the Sandkasten-Centre on 8 March between 13:00 and 15:00. Exchange ideas about current feminist literature and learn about intersectional perspectives. Each week a different topic will be the focus of the Community Café, come by and join the conversation.
► Spring Cleaning
On 11 March, the City of Braunschweig will be organising a city cleaning day. The AStA would like to support this initiative and calls on all staff and students to clean the area around the campus from rubbish on that day. The meeting point is at 11:00 on University Square. More information is available on the Sandkasten platform.
► Hello Fediverse
TU Braunschweig now posts information about research, studies and teaching via the microblogging service Mastodon. We joined the Mastodon server of Informationsdienst Wissenschaft e.V. (idw). Follow us on @tubraunschweig@wisskomm.social.
► Darling of the week
… is Matthias Brandt alias YAMAKASINO from Berlin, who spent two days in Braunschweig last fall and is now showing a selection of his picture series “Minimal Architecture” at the NFF. Among them are motifs from the research airport and university campus. With his work between photography and painting, YAMAKASINO tries to show the simplicity and beauty in the chaos of the big city. You are welcome to visit the vernissage on 10 March at 17:00, the artist will be on site.