The Week at TU Braunschweig │14.02.2025 Our Newsletter for all Employees
Topics: Go vote! + Safety in space + Ideas for climate adaptation wanted
Redaktion: Hannah Kreß
► Actively living democracy
The Presidential Board supports the German Rectors’ Conference’s call for voter participation and calls on TU members to use their right to vote in the forthcoming parliamentary elections to actively support democracy.
► Next-generation space debris model
The TU spin-off OKAPI:Orbits, together with the Institute of Space Systems, will develop the next version of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) reference model of the space debris environment. The goals are to improve collision risk assessment and to ensure safer and more sustainable space operations.
► Hydrogen research: “Close collaboration in the scientific ecosystem”
TU Braunschweig and Fraunhofer IST are conducting joint research at the Hydrogen Campus Salzgitter. Together with regional companies, new hydrogen technologies are being developed here. Professor Sabrina Zellmer reports on the goals of the accompanying research.
► AI in microscopy
An interdisciplinary research group at TU Braunschweig has developed an artificial intelligence that characterises images from scanning tunnelling microscopes with 99% accuracy. This more efficient analysis will speed up processes in basic research at the LENA research centre and the QuantumFrontiers cluster of excellence.
► Using modern technologies for climate-friendly aviation and aerospace
Professor Kai Richter was appointed to TU Braunschweig in a joint appointment procedure with the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He is concerned with the influence of aerodynamics on aircraft and spacecraft and how aeroplanes, helicopters and rocket systems can be significantly more environmentally friendly in the future. Welcome!
► Measuring particulate matter by bicycle
Air pollution is harmful to our health. To make this pollution visible, Merle Riecke, a graduate in environmental engineering, developed the OpenBikeSensor with a particulate matter sensor as part of her master’s thesis at the Institute for Transport, Railway Construction and Operation (IVE). The data could help cities and communities identify air pollution hotspots and take action.
► Climate adaptation: creative project ideas wanted
How can Braunschweig better adapt to the consequences of climate change? The City of Braunschweig, together with the Institute for Sustainable Urbanism, is calling for creative project ideas that can be implemented quickly to be submitted to the “Co-Adapted Braunschweig” project by 12 March.
► Promoting international teaching together
On 18 February at 10:30 a.m. the public event “Meet SAiL: Good Practices in International Teaching at TU Braunschweig” will take place in the International Teaching Lab of the Project House. Teaching projects that have already been funded by the SAiL funding programme will be presented, along with a wide range of ideas for the (further) development of international teaching at TU Braunschweig.
► Open Up – New Research Spaces for the Humanities and Cultural Studies
The Volkswagen Foundation’s call for proposals is aimed at project teams of two or three researchers from the humanities and cultural sciences who would like to work together to explore new and innovative research areas. The deadline for applications: 3 April. Online consultation hours for further information will take place on 21 and 28 February from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
► Call for applications: “For Women in Science 2025” awards
Each year, the programme promotes four female early-career scientists working in the natural sciences and STEM subjects in Germany with an award worth 25,000 Euros.In Germany, the partners are the German Commission for UNESCO, L’Oréal Deutschland and the German Humboldt Network. Application deadline: 10 March.
► Knowledge nugget on university teaching
On 27 February, anyone interested can learn about the possibilities of social reading for university teaching in a 45-minute workshop (registration required). The event is organised by Co3Learn, a joint project of the Universities of Braunschweig, Göttingen and Hannover.
► Research in Dialogue with Researcher in Residence Makalay Saidiatu Sonda
The BMBF-funded project “Gender Dimensions in STEM Research” (GeDiMINT) at TU Braunschweig continues the series “Research in Dialogue”. On 5 March at 4 p.m. Makalay Saidiatu Sonda (Njala University, Sierra Leone) will give a lecture on “Gender-based Violence and Politics Online: the Realities of Sierra Leone”. She is currently a Researcher in Residence with Professor Henriette Bertram’s Gender.Ing team.
► Workshops on professional personnel selection in science and administration
The Professional and Personnel Development invites staff responsible for human resources to two workshops. On 25 March: “How do I find the right talent? Professional and diversity-sensitive personnel selection in science and administration”, on 26 May: “Appealing to women and men equally – formulating gender-fair job advertisements”.
► 126 + 44 Darlings of the Week
… this week. This refers to the 126 students who received their Deutschlandstipendium yesterday and their 44 sponsors. This year, funding amounting to €453,600 has been awarded. This provides the scholarship holders with a monthly grant of €300 for a year. Congratulations!
► 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.