The Week at TU Braunschweig | 12.09.2025 Our Newsletter for all Employees
Topics: Innovative wave energy farms + Parent-child office at PVZ + Register for Kinder-Uni!
Editors: Elisabeth Hahn & Hannah Kreß
► Reminder: Democracy Day
On 15 September, starting at 11:55 a.m., we will be celebrating Democracy Day with numerous activities on University Square. Feel free to drop by!
► Premiere at Campus Wolfsburg: Shaping sustainable mobility
The first summer school on the “automotive circular economy” took place at Campus Wolfsburg this week. Students from a variety of disciplines joined forces to develop ideas for more sustainable automotive production.
► Generating energy from waves
The COIN project, which is coordinated by the Leichtweiβ-Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources and funded with €4 million from the Horizon Europe programme, will officially launch on 1 November. Nine leading organisations from across Europe are collaborating on innovative solutions to enhance the design of future wave power plants.
► Drilling under water
Our university has provided the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geoscience with a special drilling rig, the HiPerCoRig (High-Performance Coring Rig), on permanent loan. This sea drilling system can extract drill cores from depths of up to 200 metres.
► A warm welcome
… to Prof. Fahim Mohammadi! Since 1 September 2025, he has headed the new Institute for Methodologies of Design and Representation. Prior to joining our university, he was Full Professor of Design Foundations and Experimental Design at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart. In our interview, he talks about active observation, international networking and the LÆB.
► PVZ opens parent-child office
Is the child’s carer unavailable or is there another emergency? Since August, the PVZ has also had a parent-child office to help out with situations like this. Room 422 can be easily booked via the Outlook calendar.
► Braunschweig as a place to study on Spiegel Online
“Everyone who visits me is surprised at how beautiful Braunschweig is.” In the “Stadt, Land, Studium” series on Spiegel Online, Mascha Pfeiffer, a student assistant at the Press and Communications Service, provides an insight into her studies at our university and life in Braunschweig.
► Designing meetings in presence, hybrid and virtual
The digital event series “Impulshäppchen” (Impulse Bites) organised by Professional and Personnel Development will continue on 16 September. This time, employees can look forward to a short lecture by Prof. Simone Kauffeld on the topic of meetings. No registration is necessary!
► Online information event on the Toolbox Dialogue Management
Conducting difficult conversations is a skill that must be learned – and Professional and Personnel Development offers the “Toolbox Dialogue Management” to help with this. More information about the annual review update and the Toolbox will be provided at a digital information event on 17 September. Registration is not required.
► Final conference of the INTERXR project on 25 & 26 September
Participants can also expect technology presentations that allow them to immerse themselves in virtual worlds at the event, which has the theme “Immersive worlds, real education?”. The event will be held in English – further information can be found here. Registration is open until 21 September.
► Information event on the Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
The Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship supports research stays abroad for a period of 6 – 24 months. On 23 September, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will provide information about this funding format online.
► (Construction) research and monument preservation as a shared responsibility
The exhibition on 16 September at 3 p.m. in the Architecture Pavilion will bring building research and monument preservation into the public eye, inviting visitors to engage with unexpected arguments. It is presented by Prof. Gunnar Schulz-Lehnfeld as part of his PhD Impact Project. The event will be accompanied by a community café.
► Our darling of the week
… gives children the opportunity to get a taste of university life and ask researchers all sorts of curious questions. This year’s Kinder-Uni will show schoolchildren how much fun research can be, through three Saturday sessions based around the topic of “Recycling”. Registration opens on 15 September. Adults are welcome to join in the fun in the neighbouring lecture hall. The lectures are complemented by the podcast series “Clever nachgefragt!”, which covers the same topic.
► Events
There is always something going on at TU Braunschweig. Discussions, information events, concerts and much more. Take a look at our calendar of events and get inspired.