New publication in Nano Letters

Researchers at the Institute of Nano- and Microfluidics and colleagues from the National Institute of Technology Calicut and Tsinghua University have developed a method enabling the trapping and manipulation of nano- and microparticles based on interfacial flows controlled by visible light.

Diskussionsveranstaltung am 13. Dezember 2018

Das Gleichstellungsbüro der TU Darmstadt lädt alle Interessierten herzlich dazu ein, sich über Chancen und Wege in Wissenschaft und Industrie zu informieren und sich mit promovierten Ingenieurinnen über persönliche Erfahrungen auszutauschen. Um Anmeldungen bis zum 01. Dezember 2018 wird gebeten. Mehr Informationen

Der SFB 1194 auf dem 2. Tag der Interdisziplinarität

Der 5. November 2018 stand im Zeichen der interdisziplinären Forschung an der TU Darmstadt. Der SFB 1194 war mit einem Infostand beteiligt, an dem Einblicke in die Zusammenarbeit über disziplinäre Grenzen hinweg gegeben wurden. Im SFB 1194 arbeiten Forscher*innen aus Maschinenbau, Mathematik, Chemie, Physik, Materialwissenschaften und Informatik.

Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes

A new image video gives an overview of the research program of the CRC 1194. The clip was produced together with an agency and is aimed primarily at a younger target group.

VDI-GVC honours outstanding work in the field of heat and mass transfer, commitment to VDI Heat Atlas

The working group process and chemical engineering of the Association of German Engineers (VDI-GVC) has awarded professor Peter Stephan a VDI honorary medal. During the annual meeting of ProcessNet 2018 in Aachen professor Stephan was acknowledged for his internationally renowned work and achievements in the field of heat and mass transfer, and for his commitment to the further development of the VDI Heat Atlas, a standard in the field of heat transfer.

Drei ERC Starting Grants für Forschung an der TU Darmstadt

Drei Forschungsprojekte an der TU Darmstadt werden vom Europäischen Forschungsrat (ERC) als exzellente und innovative Grundlagen- und Pionierforschung mit ERC Starting Grants gefördert. Insgesamt fließen rund 5,2 Millionen Euro an drei Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler. Zwei dieser Projekte stärken das unmittelbare wissenschaftliche Umfeld des Exzellenzclusters „Predictive Thermofluids“, mit dem die TU Darmstadt im Exzellenzwettbewerb im Rennen ist.

ULB Darmstadt awarded in ideas competition

The ULB Darmstadt and the RWTH Aachen have won prize money in the ideas competition “Science in the Digital Revolution” sponsored by Forschungszentrum Jülich as part of a research project of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The concept aims to support data management planning in Mechanical Engineering.

Processing fees of 35 publications funded

In 2017 the TU Darmstadt has opened an Open Acess Publications Fund. It was established in collaboration with the German Research Foundation (DFG) to promote and support scientific publications in open access journals. Further information (in German)

International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer Fellowship Award

Prof Peter Stephan (TTD) and Yogesh Jaluria (Rutgers University) receive the Fellowship Award 2016 of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT).

ProcessNet annual meeting in Bremen, March 6-9, 2018

Michael Heinz (project A04) has been awarded the Best Poster Award of the ProcessNet subject group Heat and Mass Transfer. The The award was presented during the annual meeting of the ProcessNet subject groups from 6-9 March 2018 in Bremen .

Dienstag, 20. März 2018 von 16:00 bis 19:30 Uhr

Das Präsidium der TU Darmstadt lädt alle Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftler sowie alle Professorinnen und Professoren herzlich ein, sich im Rahmen des Auftaktsymposiums über die bestehenden zentralen Maßnahmen und Förderangebote zu informieren und mit dem Präsidium über die universitätsweiten Ziele und deren Umsetzung zu diskutieren.

You are a student of mechanical engineering, mathematics, physics, chemistry or materials science? You have been studying for a few semesters and now need some practical experience? Then the Collaborative Research Centre 1194 is just the thing for you. In addition, the CRC 1194 offers a specially adapted mentoring program for female students.

Florian Kummer awarded Prize of the Adolf Messer Foundation 2017

He has achieved a leading position in the development of high order, high accurate flow simulation methods: Dr. Florian Kummer from the Institute for Fluid Dynamics (Department of Mechanical Engineering) has been awarded the Prize of the Adolf Messer Foundation 2017. The award, which comes with € 50,000 prize money, is the most important award for research projects at the TU Darmstadt.

International Conference in Aerospace for Young Scientists

Sebastian Brulin was awarded the best paper award at the International Conference in Aerospace for Young Scientists ICAYS 2017 in Beijing. Brulin presented a paper entitled: “Breakup of a stretching liquid bridge” in which the stretching behaviour of liquid bridges for high accelerations is investigated.

12th OpenFOAM Workshop at University of Exeter, UK

Dirk Gründing was awarded the prize for the Best Poster at the 12 th OpenFOAM Workshop (July 24th-27th, 2017, University of Exeter, UK), for his poster entitled “Wetting processes with ALE interface tracking”.

Annette Andrieu-Brunsen and Regine von Klitzing awarded

Annette Andrieu-Brunsen and Regine von Klitzing have been honored by the German Colloid Society.

Studie über Einsatzmöglichkeiten von CFD ausgezeichnet

Der Industrieverband Massivumformung hat Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Lambie, Geschäftsführer des Profilbereichs TFI, mit dem IMU-Förderpreis 2017 ausgezeichnet. Der Preis wurde für die Studie „Einsatzmöglichkeiten der Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) bei der numerischen Simulation der Strömung in Sprühköpfen für das Gesenkschmieden" vergeben.

Wissenschaftsrat empfiehlt TU-Projekt zur Förderung

Ein wichtiges Etappenziel für den Ausbau des Lichtenberg-Hochleistungsrechners ist geschafft: Der Wissenschaftsrat hat während seiner Frühjahrssitzungen das TU-Vorhaben „Lichtenberg II“ für die Förderung im Bund-Länder-Programm Forschungsbauten empfohlen. Beantragt sind 15 Millionen Euro, über die die Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz von Bund und Ländern Ende Juni entscheiden wird.

September 3-8, 2017

The European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS) will hold their annual conference from 3rd to 8th September 2017 in Madrid. The CRC 1194 is co-sponsoring the event.

New book on the physical foundations of collision and impact phenomena

Prof. Alexander L. Yarin (University of Illinois, Chicago), Prof. Ilia V. Roisman and Prof. Cameron Tropea (Institute for Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics) have edited a new book entitled “Collision Phenomena in Liquids and Solids”. The monograph gives a comprehensive account of the physical foundations of collision and impact phenomena and their applications in a multitude of engineering disciplines.

Chemist Dr. Lukas Kaltschnee awarded Kurt-Ruths prize 2017

Dr. Lukas Kaltschnee has been awarded the Kurt-Ruths prize 2017. The chemist receives the award which comes with a 20,000 prize money for his outstanding dissertation entitled “Development and Evaluation of Experiments for Pure Shift Solution-State Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy”.

Since January 1st 2017 the TU Darmstadt finances publications of its members in open access journals

TU Darmstadt promotes publishing of research articles in open access journals from January 2017 onwards by creating an open access publishing fund for its members. This fund can be used to pay the article processing charges. TU Darmstadt's open access publishing fund is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Further information

Researches at the Chemistry Department develop intelligent materials

Two research groups at TU Darmstadt are developing intelligent synthetic materials that respond to external stimuli. Nature is the teacher.

Impressions from the event held December 12-13, 2016

The members of the CRC have met on December 12-13, 2016 to hold a Scientific Kick-Off at TU Darmstadt. The program included CRC talks and invited talks by renowned experts in the fields of the CRC.

Calls for early career researchers

The TU Darmstadt has set up a new career and support programme for dedicated postdocs. The Postdoc Career Programmes aim at providing financial support, career development, and scope for independent research.