{"id":80067,"date":"2025-12-12T10:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/?post_type=kb_magazin&#038;p=80067"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:15:43","slug":"the-week-at-tu-braunschweig-12-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"kb_magazin","link":"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/m-post\/the-week-at-tu-braunschweig-12-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week at TU Braunschweig | 12.12. 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Topics: Top Master&#8217;s programmes + Fire research + Advent singalong<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Elisabeth Hahn<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Students give TU Braunschweig again top marks at CHE Master\u2019s Ranking<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 Master&#8217;s programmes received <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/pi-post\/che-masters-ranking-tu-braunschweig-scores-very-well-with-students\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">top ratings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for study organisation, practical relevance and research orientation. In terms of third-party funding, TU&#8217;s mechanical engineering department ranks first in Germany with around \u20ac800,000 per professor.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Ultra-pure waves for key technologies<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the ULTRAPURE project, scientists are working on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/pi-post\/ultra-pure-waves-for-key-technologies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chips that<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> generate ultra-pure waves. This will enable future applications such as terahertz communication for 6G, portable atomic clocks and quantum computers. TU Braunschweig is coordinating the project, which is receiving EIC Pathfinder Open funding from the EU.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Level 4 shuttle RAION receives road approval<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The autonomous shuttle RAION, developed at the Institute of Vehicle Technology, has received<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/pi-post\/level-4-raion-shuttle-receives-road-approval\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFGBV road approval<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The President of the Federal Motor Transport Authority, Richard Damm, took a look at the research and also learned about the activities at the NFF.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>How can we build upwards safely?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our university is working with Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences and Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences to develop alternative escape route concepts for buildings where the fire brigade cannot set up ladders. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/pi-post\/building-safely-upwards\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fire tests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> involving a 12-metre stairwell at the ZeBra Center of Fire Safety Research are expected to provide valuable insights for construction practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Mini-coaching for work and everyday problems<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stressful everyday life can take its toll \u2013 the Psychotherapy and Diagnostics working group\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-braunschweig.de\/psychologie\/klinische\/coaching\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mini-coachings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can help you cope better with stress and personal challenges. This service is offered as part of a research project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Inaugural lecture<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/event\/antrittsvorlesung-milatz\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Marius Milatz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Institute of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, will hold his inaugural lecture \u201cInterdisziplin\u00e4re Geomechanik und Geotechnik in herausfordernden Zeiten des Klimawandels, der Nachhaltigkeit und der Digitalisierung\u201d on 17 December.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Short-term accommodation for international visiting scholars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is now available in the Sackring district. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/pi-post\/model-project-in-the-sackring-area\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pilot project is a joint venture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between our university, the Braunschweig Building Cooperative and the Student Services Organisation of Eastern Lower Saxony. The seven furnished apartments are allocated via the Welcome Support service in the Research Service.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba Changemakers in administration<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/m-post\/changemakers-in-administration\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">network event \u201cAlter Verwalter\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> highlighted the potential for innovation in administrative structures and brought together committed stakeholders. The focus was on mutual exchange, with inspiration provided by thought leaders from Berlin and Bern. The event was sponsored by the Ecoversity Hub at TU Braunschweig.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Joint Advent singing<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Angela Ittel and the TU choir invite all employees and students to join them for an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/event\/gemeinsames-adventssingen\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advent singalong<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on 15 December at 12 noon on University Square. The programme includes songs such as \u201cWe Wish You a Merry Christmas\u201d and \u201cO Tannenbaum\u201d. Come along and join in!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>How has Santa influenced physical discoveries?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will be revealed by Prof. Andreas H\u00f6rdt and Prof. Stefan S\u00fcllow on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/pi-post\/christmas-lecture-how-brilliant-ideas-are-born\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13 December<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Saturday Morning Physics. There will also be experiments to watch!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>An anniversary full of mathematics<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mathematical Learning Workshop celebrated its 25th anniversary with a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-braunschweig.de\/idm\/neuigkeiten\/rueckblick-festkolloquium-25-jahre\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">festive colloquium<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Companions, former and current employees, and those interested in mathematics came together to look back on a quarter of a century of dedicated mathematical support.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Fair Data Award for Corinna Thoben<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Data Days Lower Saxony 2025, Corinna Thoben (Institute for Data Science in Biomedicine) and Prof. Boas Pucker (PuckerLab, University of Bonn) were presented with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/tu-notizblog\/fair-software-award-for-corinna-thoben-and-prof-boas-pucker\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAIR Software Award Lower Saxony<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They received the award for developing the research software bHLH_annotator.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Double award for urban design projects<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Architecture students have had two reasons to celebrate in recent weeks, having won <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/m-post\/double-award-for-urban-design-projects\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards for their urban design projects<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These designs were created at the ISU &#8211; Institute for Sustainable Urbanism. Congratulations to Dana de Vo\u00df, Leonie Steinert and Luzia G\u00f6dde!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Dissertation prize for Anna-Sophie Haake<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-muenster.de\/news\/view.php?cmdid=15135\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anna-Sophie Haake<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Institute of History was awarded the University of M\u00fcnster&#8217;s dissertation prize, worth \u20ac3,000. Her work deals with the legitimisation of power in early Hellenism. Congratulations!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba<\/b> <b>Call for proposals: School Outreach Fund<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the Ecoversity initiative, our university is promoting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-braunschweig.de\/transferservice\/wissenstransfer\/school-outreach-fonds\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joint projects between researchers and educators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to bring current research into schools. Researchers and educators can apply as tandems, including those with external partners. The deadline for submissions is 2 February.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u25ba Our darlings of the week<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026 are the winners of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/pi-post\/seven-students-from-tu-braunschweig-receive-the-braunschweig-citizens-award\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2025 \u201cBraunschweiger B\u00fcrgerpreis\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Braunschweig Citizen Prize)! They exemplify outstanding academic achievement and exceptional dedication to our campus community. Congratulations to Ahmad Iqbal Bin Mohd Shahir Shamsir, Lena Zackl, Hannes M\u00fcller, Hannah Hellmann, Caroline Siebert, Adam Kuchnia and Julian Mathis Vondeberg!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\u25ba Events<\/h3>\n<p>There is always something going on at TU Braunschweig. Discussions, information events, concerts and much more. Take a look at our<a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/events\/?mtm_campaign=week\"> calendar of events<\/a> and get inspired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topics: Top Master&#8217;s programmes + Fire research + Advent singalong &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-80067","kb_magazin","type-kb_magazin","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","kb_reihe-the-week-at-tu-braunschweig","kb_cat_magazin-campus-life","kb_tags-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Week at TU Braunschweig | 12.12. 2025 - TU Braunschweig | Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The newsletter for employees at TU Braunschweig. 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