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German BMBF launches new €16M FestBatt multi-institution cluster to focus on solid-state batteries

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Germany’s Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has launched a new €16-million cluster—FestBatt—to foster basic research into solid-state batteries. Fourteen scientific institutions have joined FestBatt; the competence cluster is coordinated by the University of Gießen (JLU).

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Germany’s AgiloBat project seeks flexible battery production in terms of format, material, quantities

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Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), together with partners at the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) are developing an agile production system for batteries. —KIT President, Professor Holger Hanselka.

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Solar2fuel Project in Germany Pursuing Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Methanol for Engines or Fuel Cells

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Researchers from BASF, Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW), Heidelberg University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are seeking to develop a process for the photocatalytic conversion of CO 2 into methanol for use in fuel cells or internal combustion engines. Dr. Michael Grunze, Heidelberg University.

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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

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The University of Bremen is the scientific base of the international project known as EMeRGe (Effect of Megacities on the transport and transformation of pollutants on the Regional and Global scales). Chou, as well as the National Taiwan University, especially Po-Hsiung Lin. HALO in-hangar in Taiwan. —Joohn Burrows.

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This IEEE Society’s Secret to Boosting Student Membership

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in robotics at Heidelberg University , in Germany. The students had a hand in creating a welcome kit for conference attendees. More than 200 travel grants were awarded to the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , Tricomi says. The society’s approach has paid off.

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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As a child, Alberto Moreira discovered his passion for electronics from the kits for exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that his father bought him every month. The kits taught him not only about electronics but also about chemistry and physics. in engineering at the Technical University of Munich.

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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

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As senior technical leader for innovation, Maciuca brings extensive Silicon Valley experience advising startups, developing and commercializing products, collaborating with universities and leading cross-functional teams. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from its Haas School of Business.

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