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Graz University of Technology

The Media Service page contains press releases on current developments involving TU Graz as well as facts and figures and image material in print quality. The Media Service team is the central contact point for journalists, arranges contacts with interview subjects and supports members of TU Graz in their publicity work.

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04/24/2025

TU Graz establishes Austria’s first university-owned “Business GmbH” for software commercialisation

Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has become the first university in Austria to establish its own commercial limited liability company: TU Graz Business GmbH. The new entity’s objective is to actively commercialise software developed at the university, with a view to making it accessible to…

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04/23/2025

Hydrogen university TU Graz: Austria’s first university-based, megawatt-scale H2 electrolysis test centre opens

With EUR 10m in federal funding, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) is enhancing its hydrogen infrastructure. The new electrolysis test centre and expanded testing facilities are reinforcing Styria’s position as a leading European hydrogen research hub.

04/15/2025

Open Day 2025

Are you thinking about studying at TU Graz? We invite you to come to our Open Day on Thursday, 24 April 2025, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Inffeldgasse campus in Graz.

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04/14/2025

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

Together with the company BRAVE Analytics, researchers at TU Graz have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition.

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04/10/2025

Diminished Reality: TU Graz Team Makes Objects Disappear in Real Time

Researchers at the Institute of Visual Computing have made it possible to remove objects from live recordings of three-dimensional environments without time delay while the camera remains in motion.

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04/10/2025

TU Graz researcher Annette Mütze and her team win the Houska Prize 2025

With the development of new, efficient small electric drives and a high-precision measurement method, the electrical engineer was able to secure the 150,000-euro prize in the university research category.

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04/08/2025

When Rivers Can Do What They Want

Water is Stefan Haun's workplace. He is particularly interested in the transport of sediments in rivers and reservoirs. He has been a professor at TU Graz since 1 January.

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04/07/2025

Does the City Affect the Ventilation of my Home?

How should buildings be arranged so that my home can be ventilated naturally? Christoph Irrenfried and the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer investigate this question.

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04/03/2025

Printed Skin to Replace Animal Testing

A research team from TU Graz and the Vellore Institute of Technology in India is developing a 3D-printed skin imitation equipped with living cells in order to test nanoparticles from cosmetics without animal testing.

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04/01/2025

Battery4Life competence centre starts operations

The new COMET centre officially started operations on 1 April. Christian Ellersdorfer from the Institute for Vehicle Safety was appointed Managing Director.

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03/28/2025

University rankings: TU Graz in worldwide comparison

Recognized rankings are regarded as an indicator of a university’s standing. Graz University of Technology is one of the best universities in the world in many fields - this is also reflected in the results of various rankings.

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03/27/2025

TU Graz Intensifies Research into Brake and Tire Wear

Up to now, emissions caused by tyre, brake and road surface wear, which are hazardous to health, have not been adequately captured. In the Lead Project NExT, researchers at TU Graz are developing precise analysis methods and realistic test procedures.

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03/20/2025

TU Graz Team Decodes Heat Conduction of Complex Materials

Using machine learning workflows developed in-house, the researchers were able to establish that heat conduction is much more intricate than previously thought. Findings offer potential for developing specific materials.

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03/20/2025

TU Graz and Silicon Austria Labs launch joint Power Electronics Research Laboratory "PERL"

The fundamental research activities of the PERL team aim at pushing the limits of power electronic converters in terms of their switching frequencies. Applications span various industries where small size, low weight and high efficiency are beneficial.

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03/14/2025

Sub-Auspiciis Doctorates for Researchers at TU Graz and the University of Graz

Three computer scientists, one electrical engineer, one mathematician and one chemist received their doctorates on 14 March 2025 in the Great Hall of the Old University of Graz under the auspices of the federal president.

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03/13/2025

TU Graz: Food and drink at Campus Inffeld

Hungry at Campus Inffeld? Meals are freshly prepared on weekdays in the Inffeld Canteen. Trudl’s Noodle Truck also relies on freshness with regional noodle variations to go – including vegan options.

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03/07/2025

Tunnel Portal instead of Lecture Hall: Surveying Workshop Held in Semmering Base Tunnel

To learn something at university, you don’t always have to go to the lecture hall or library. Sometimes one of Austria’s most famous construction sites is the perfect place for this.

03/06/2025

Talk Science to Me: Women in Science

In a special series on International Women's Day, female researchers at TU Graz talk about their careers, hurdles and support.

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03/06/2025

TU Graz Uses Communication Satellites to Survey the Earth

By utilising communication signals for positioning and calculating the earth’s gravitational field, real-time observation of weather phenomena is now also possible.

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02/27/2025

Researchers at TU Graz Turn Textile Waste into Paper

Until now, old clothes have mainly been incinerated. Using adapted processes from paper production, it is possible to recover the cellulose fibres from used clothing and use them to produce cardboard and other packaging materials.

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02/26/2025

Studying and elite sport: TU Graz becomes a KADA partner university

From summer term 2025, athletes will benefit from the KADA support programme as well as more flexible study arrangements to help combine studying and competitive sport.

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02/25/2025

Why Gender Disparities Persist in Academic Networks

Taking physics as an example, Fariba Karimi and colleagues have analyzed the factors contributing to the continued underrepresentation of women in academia.

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02/25/2025

“My grandmother was just great.”

Anna Karner and Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt are experimental physicists – one is a doctoral student, the other a professor. In this interview, they talk about hurdles, help and role models.

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02/25/2025

Successful Women Scientists at TU Graz

A woman was admitted to study at TU Graz for the first time in 1919. A lot has happened in the 105 years since then. The percentage of female students has steadily risen and women working in science at TU Graz are among the best in their respective fields of research.

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02/25/2025

“As a woman in engineering, to make a difference for the better”

As a woman at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Corina Klug is still an exception. In this interview, she talks about her career path, the hurdles she still faces and how more young female researchers could be recruited.

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02/25/2025

The Human Voice Confers Identity

Barbara Schuppler and Martin Hagmüller are working on the human voice at TU Graz – from very different perspectives and with a particular focus on the female voice.

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02/24/2025

U!Train 2025: Unite! Mobility Programme Connects Europe

By organising this year's U!Train, TU Graz is underlining its commitment to new innovative learning formats and international cooperation.

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02/19/2025

Global Retreat of Glaciers Has Strongly Accelerated

International researchers with the participation of TU Graz present a global assessment of ice loss since the beginning of the millennium. In a global comparison, the glaciers in the Alps and Pyrenees are melting the fastest.

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02/13/2025

TU Graz Risk Assessment Tool Evaluates Potential Dangers of GNSS Interference Signals

Falsified or disrupted signals from navigation satellites can have devastating effects on critical infrastructure. A tool from TU Graz helps to detect, analyse and plan preventive measures.

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02/07/2025

Starting Signal for Innovations in Sustainable Construction

TU Graz and Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG) lay the foundations for pioneering sustainable construction projects and for a flagship project in the form of an experimental building with international appeal in a joint memorandum of understanding.

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02/06/2025

Interactive Career Guidance via VR Glasses

Together with Jugend am Werk Steiermark, the Game Lab Graz at TU Graz has developed a VR application in which young people can get to know various apprenticeships better.

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02/05/2025

Halfway around the World to TU Graz

People from over 70 nations work at TU Graz. Three colleagues provide insights into countries near and far and their view of work culture in Austria.

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02/05/2025

E-mail from ... Brisbane

Christian Ellersdorfer conducts research on the safety of lithium-ion batteries of the future – his journey takes him to the other side of the world to Brisbane in Australia.

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02/05/2025

How Do I Make the Most of My (Lunch) Break?

TU Graz expert Carmen Schrotter-Stadlauer gives tips on how best to recharge your batteries and feel refreshed during your breaks – recipes and exercise tips included!

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02/05/2025

Guessing game: How many windows does the building at Rechbauerstraße 12 have?

Puzzle fans, take note: How many windows does the building at Rechbauerstraße 12 have? Do you have a clear view? 462 498 514 It pays to puzzle along! Three TU Graz powerbanks will be raffled among all correct entries (deadline: 10 April 2025). Just send an email with the solution…

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02/05/2025

Fields of Expertise – It Pays to be Part of Them

The Fields of Expertise (FoE) are the focus areas of research at TU Graz. They are just the job for networking across all institute and faculty boundaries and enable joint research to be carried out.

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02/05/2025

You are My Dancing Machine

To my delight, I was once again a guest at the TU Graz Ball. Motivated by the desire to capture some of its magic for you, I was all eyes and ears – and dancing was unavoidable.

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02/04/2025

I Spy Science: How does Quantum Physics work?

Science explained simply: In this video, TU Graz Professor Martin Schultze explains what the quantum world is all about and shows experiments.

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01/31/2025

TU Graz and Österreichische Post Conduct Research in New Projects and Extend Cooperation

The long-standing, trusting cooperation project between the Institute of Logistics Engineering and Österreichische Post (Austrian Post) will continue over the next two years. The first two projects have already started.

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01/30/2025

Green Location TU Graz for Environmentally Friendly Events

TU Graz has been certified as a “Green Location” since last year. This makes it even easier to organise environmentally friendly events.

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01/30/2025

E-Mobility: TU Graz AI System Accelerates the Development of Powertrains

The new method optimises the technical design with regard to classic objectives such as costs, efficiency and package space requirements and also takes greenhouse gas emissions along the entire supply chain into account.

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01/23/2025

Microporous Crystals for Greater Food Safety – ERC Proof of Concept Grant for TU Graz Researcher

A research team led by Paolo Falcaro has developed a microporous crystal compound that signals whether protein-rich foods are spoilt. The ERC grant is now being used to explore practical applications.

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01/22/2025

Optimised Parcel Logistics through Virtual Models

In a parcel hub, a wide variety of manual and automated work steps are interlinked, offering a great deal of potential for optimisation. TU Graz wants to unlock this potential by simulating complete hubs.

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01/22/2025

Employee Satisfaction as a Factor for Increasing Efficiency in Parcel Logistics

Fast and reliable work in a parcel hub is an important piece of the puzzle for successful logistics. TU Graz is carrying out research into how a focus on satisfied and well-treated employees can bring benefits.

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01/16/2025

Autonomous AI Assistant to Build Nanostructures

An interdisciplinary research group at TU Graz is working on constructing logic circuits through the targeted arrangement of individual molecules. Artificial intelligence should speed up the process enormously.

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01/09/2025

Realistic Emission Tests for Motorbikes, Mopeds and Quads

As part of an international project consortium, TU Graz has developed new measurement techniques and methods to measure emissions from category-L vehicles in realistic operation and to determine corresponding limit values.

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01/08/2025

Creative Mind with a Love of Fuel Cells

Michaela Roschger has a creative mind, enjoys painting and conducting research into more efficient ethanol fuel cells.

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12/19/2024

TU Graz Develops Modular Timber High-Rise Building for Resource-Efficient Construction

Repairable and exchangeable skeleton modules with open load-bearing structures enable different types of use and uncomplicated adaptations in the event of future changes. Building heights of up to 24 storeys are possible.

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12/17/2024

One Nobel Prize Winner and Some 600 Science Enthusiasts

At BioTechMed-Graz’s 2024 Nobel Lecture, physicist Ferenc Krausz spoke about attosecond physics and how it can be used in healthcare.

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12/16/2024

Uni Graz and TU Graz use historical aerial photographs to study glacier retreat

The photographs taken by the US Air Force offer a unique opportunity to analyse the state of Austrian glaciers on a large scale after the end of the Second World War.

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12/12/2024

Graz Language Database Improves Automatic Speech Recognition of Austrian German

With the “Graz corpus of read and spontaneous speech”, researchers at TU Graz have developed new methods for speech recognition of Austrian German using speech data from 38 people.

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12/09/2024

TU Graz Awards 100 Scholarships to STEM Talents from 17 Countries

400,000 euros is being awarded to 38 STEM students by TU Graz together with partners from industry and the public sector, thereby investing in the future of the location.

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12/05/2024

Mind_the Gap Awards – Honouring Diversity in Practice

TU Graz has honoured five projects with diversity awards – including a work on an AI-generated voice for people with speech impairments and a game that inspires young women to take up programming.

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12/05/2024

Improving Safety in the Open Air: TU Graz Evaluates Lightning Risk in Real Time

Airport aprons, large construction sites or open-air events are usually defenceless against lightning. To increase safety and reduce downtimes, electrical engineers at TU Graz are developing a forecasting system.

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12/02/2024

Global Commodity Networks

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11/28/2024

Vienna’s Smart Traffic Lights Are Now Getting Even Smarter

With higher computing power and adapted AI training, the system developed at TU Graz can control several pedestrian crossings simultaneously and recognises people with limited mobility or strollers. The green phase can thus be extended as required.

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11/22/2024

CD Laboratory at TU Graz Researches New Semiconductor Materials

Using energy- and resource-saving methods, a research team at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at TU Graz aims to produce high-quality doped silicon layers for the electronics and solar industries.

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11/21/2024

TU Graz Honours Six Lecturers for Outstanding Achievements

In recognition of their high level of commitment, outstanding didactic concepts and special motivation, the winners will receive the 2023/2024 Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

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11/20/2024

Nuclear Fusion: A Promising Futuristic Research Field

Markus Markl is a theoretical physicist at TU Graz working on nuclear fusion – a clean form of energy that we want to copy from the sun.

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11/19/2024

Master Plan for TU Graz’s Campus Inffeldgasse

Campus Inffeldgasse will continue to grow in the coming decades. In addition to more space for teaching, learning and research, the masterplan envisages a more open campus with extensive green areas and public sports facilities.

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11/14/2024

A TU Graz Development Makes Concreting More Reliable, Safer and More Economical

With a digital monitoring system developed in-house, researchers at TU Graz want to help make costly and potentially dangerous mistakes in concrete work a thing of the past.

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11/13/2024

Experts Urge Complex Systems Approach to Assess A.I. Risks

The social context and its complex interactions must be considered and public engagement must be encouraged.

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11/05/2024

TU Graz Wins Highly Endowed ERC Synergy Grant for Biomechanical Heart Research

The European Research Council is funding a consortium consisting of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, ETH Zurich and TU Graz with a total of 10 million euros. TU Graz researcher Gerhard A. Holzapfel receives 4.2 million euros.

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10/30/2024

Laser Measurements to Track Space Debris and Observe Water Masses

More accurate orbit predictions for satellites and space debris as well as a better understanding of the water masses present on Earth: Researchers at TU Graz have achieved both using satellite laser ranging.

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10/28/2024

Using the Sun to Protect Yourself from the Heat

For us, utilising solar energy often means generating electricity using photovoltaics. Sophisticated architectural modifications, however, make much more possible.

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10/28/2024

20 Years of NAWI Graz: Teamwork as a Recipe for Success

TU Graz and the University of Graz have been working together very successfully in natural science research and teaching since 2004. With groundbreaking projects such as the Graz Center of Physics and the proposed NAWI Graz Geo Center, this path will continue to be rigorously pursued.

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10/24/2024

The PV Potential in Austria is Huge

The expansion of PV in Austria is progressing. Sonja Wogrin and Alexander Konrad from the Institute of Electricity Economics and Energy Innovation at TU Graz explain how the grids need to be expanded for this and which storage systems make sense.

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10/23/2024

Orange the World: "16 days against violence against women"

From 25th November to 10th December, Graz University of Technology flags the "Alte Technik", "Neue Technik" and "Campus Inffeldgasse" buildings to show solidarity with the UN Women's Campaign "Orange the World", which calls for an end to violence against women.

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10/23/2024

Carbon Capture on Board Ships as a Valuable Transition Technology

Researchers at TU Graz have evaluated various carbon capture technologies for use in shipping. These technologies will be necessary to achieve the climate targets, but they will realistically not enable complete capturing of greenhouse gases on board.

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10/22/2024

A Day With ... the Sustainability Unit

Since the beginning of the year, all the threads relating to sustainability at TU Graz have come together at a central point: the Sustainability Unit. TU Graz people accompanied their team for a day.

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10/22/2024

20 Years of NAWI Graz – Teamwork as a Recipe for Success

Cooperation instead of competition. For twenty years, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and the University of Graz have been pooling expertise and resources in natural science research and teaching in the NAWI Graz network. A showcase project that is unique in Austria.

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10/22/2024

TU Graz expert ... Thomas Murr

How do I become a ‘teaching expert’ at TU Graz? And what makes a ‘teaching expert’? Thomas Murr knows all about it.

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10/16/2024

Study by TU Graz Shows what Kind of Work is Facilitated by Exoskeletons

Can exoskeletons make strenuous activities easier and allow people to do hard work for longer and in a healthier way? A study by TU Graz says yes, but not always.

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10/15/2024

Tracking Down Alternative PV Areas

Where is the space to generate the legally required amount of photovoltaic electricity in Austria by 2030? A research project involving TU Graz has set out to find suitable areas in Styria.

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10/15/2024

New Vulnerability in AMD's Virtual Machines

By evaluating the values of hardware performance counters, researchers are able to read sensitive data from SEV-SNP virtual machines.

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10/14/2024

Solar Power for TU Graz

TU Graz wants to become a climate-neutral university by 2030. Photovoltaic systems on the roofs are helping to achieve this ambitious goal – and they are being continuously expanded.

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10/09/2024

Improved Glacier Monitoring Using Satellite Radar

International researchers involving Graz University of Technology have used radar data to determine which glaciers in High Mountain Asia are growing or shrinking in which season. For parts of Central Asia and the Himalayas, the findings contradict previous assumptions.

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10/04/2024

FWF awards funding for new Cluster of Excellence featuring TU Graz

In the collaborative project “Circular Bioengineering”, researchers at five universities are developing methods and processes for producing sustainable bio-based chemicals and materials. The funding amounts to 16 million euros.

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10/03/2024

TU Graz Develops Hardware Architecture for Post-Quantum Cryptography

Integrating post-quantum security algorithms into hardware has long been considered a challenge. But a research team at TU Graz has now developed hardware for NIST post-quantum cryptography standards with additional security measures for this purpose.

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10/02/2024

PV Soiling: The Dirt Has to Go!

Dust, pollen and bird droppings reduce the performance of solar modules, but automatic cleaning systems are expensive. Armin Buchroithner from the Institute of Electrical Measurement and Sensor Systems is working on a solution that promises both higher yield and cheaper cleaning.

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10/02/2024

Stays abroad: tips and info

At the Go International! Fair on 17th October, Exchange Coordinators and students with experience abroad give advice on mobility programmes: for students of TU Graz – also in the context of NAWI Graz.

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09/27/2024

Ceremonial launch of the TU Graz Cybersecurity Campus

Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft constructs climate-friendly new building for high-tech research in Styria.

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09/25/2024

Better MRI Videos Thanks to New Machine Learning Method

Using smartly trained neural networks, researchers at TU Graz have succeeded in generating precise real-time images of the beating heart from just a few MRI measurement data. Other MRI applications can also be accelerated using this procedure.

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09/24/2024

Store or Export?

In 2040, electricity production from solar installations will often significantly exceed demand, especially at midday. Robert Schürhuber from the Institute of Electrical Power Systems at TU Graz explains how grid stability can be guaranteed in the future without having to take PV systems off the…

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09/19/2024

Researchers at TU Graz Improve Small Electric Drives

Thanks to innovations in design, control and production technology, brushless drives for pumps and fan systems work more efficiently and quietly. Users of electrical appliances and the automotive industry do benefit.

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09/12/2024

Sustainable Grain Cultivation with Perennial Wheat

In contrast to annual plants, perennial wheat offers a more diverse microbiome and has a significantly lower impact on soil and environment – as has just been proven by researchers at TU Graz’s Institute of Environmental Biotechnology.

09/10/2024

Technology Impact Summit 2024: AI: Shaping the future now!

On 10 October, 300 international guests from politics, business, science and society will discuss with students, young entrepreneurs and start-ups how AI will shape the future.

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09/05/2024

ERC Starting Grants for Maria Eichlseder and Fariba Karimi

Two TU Graz computer scientists have been awarded the prestigious EU funding prize of almost 1.5 million euros each for their research into more efficient encryption systems and the influence of artificial intelligence on discrimination in online social networks.

Computer graphic of an electric motor of a large industrial water pump whose individual parts are suspended in the air.

09/04/2024

Only One Megawatt is Powerful Enough

They are standard on trains, but on container ships still a dream of the future: Large electric motors are constantly evolving and are used for numerous applications. What are their advantages and disadvantages?

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09/04/2024

TU Graz: Food and drink at Campus Alte Technik

University is supposed to quench our thirst for knowledge, but it’s easier to work and study when you’ve eaten. So what amenities are there on campus to satisfy hunger and thirst?

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08/28/2024

Alternatives in Car and Aircraft Construction: New Joining and Additive Manufacturing Processes Allow Adhesive-Free Joining of Wood and Metal

Using 3D printing technology and ultrasonic joining technique, researchers at TU Graz succeeded in attaining an extremely strong joining of the renewable raw material wood with metal and polymer composite.

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08/26/2024

Many Roads Lead to the Operating System

Lukas Maar tracks down all the various ways attackers infiltrate computer systems. He has just presented several research findings at the renowned Usenix conference.

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08/26/2024

Open the Flap and Recharge

The charging process for electric cars is currently still an obstacle to their widespread use. An autonomous charging robot aims to make it easier, faster and more convenient.

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08/26/2024

MUSICA: Austria's Next Supercomputer

The new supercomputer cluster in Austria will provide enormous computing power for the domestic research landscape from 2025. For the first time, a distributed infrastructure and cloud computing are being used.

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08/21/2024

Unite! is growing on the TU Graz Campus: Nine Trees for the University Alliance

TU Graz is setting a lively and sustainable example of its partnership in the European university alliance Unite! on its campus locations.

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08/21/2024

Dormant Capacity Reserve in Lithium-Ion Batteries Detected

Batteries undercut their theoretical capacity in practice, sometimes significantly. In a lithium iron phosphate cathode, researchers at TU Graz have now been able to observe exactly where the capacity loss occurs.

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08/16/2024

Numerous Manufacturers Use Insecure Android Kernels

In an analysis of smartphones of ten manufacturers, researchers at TU Graz have found that the Android kernels used are vulnerable to known attacks – so-called one-day exploits – despite existing protection mechanisms.

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08/13/2024

Cardiovascular Diseases Recognised at an Early Stage by Machine Learning

How can diseases of the cardiovascular system be detected before symptoms appear? Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have found a way to track them down at an early stage.

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08/07/2024

‘Tiny Biome Tales’: Playing a Game to Understand the Human Microbiome

Researchers at TU Graz have published a video game about the health effects of the microbiome and what impact our lifestyle has on it.

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08/01/2024

New fuels for climate-neutral marine transportation

Methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen are waiting in the wings to replace problematic heavy fuel oil in ship propulsion systems. In this interview Nicole Wermuth and Andreas Wimmer explain the differences between the three variants, and look at the design requirements for the engines that will burn them.

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08/01/2024

Dynamic giants

For a long time, large engines only knew one operating condition: full load. Nowadays, though, they are used much more flexibly and can effectively balance fluctuating electricity production, in particular from renewable energy sources.

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07/31/2024

Researchers Speed Up Fault Localization During Software Development

Finding and fixing errors in programme code still takes up a lot of developers’ time. A team at TU Graz has now developed a solution that tackles the biggest time wasters.

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07/23/2024

Will environmentally friendly aviation soon be a reality?

Robert Krewinkel has been Head of TU Graz’s Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics since October 2023. He explains the latest breakthroughs in aircraft engines and which direction the technology is heading in.

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07/23/2024

Study by TU Graz Shows that Non-Exhaust Emissions from Trains Are Not Negligible

One of the first major studies on abrasion emissions from rail vehicles shows that a lot of particulate matter contaminated with heavy metals is produced especially along railway lines.

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07/18/2024

Employee Interviews: Great Opportunity or Just a Compulsory Exercise?

Summertime is often also employee interview time. This article explains what makes a good performance review and how both sides (employee and superior) benefit.

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07/18/2024

What Do I Need to Consider When Applying for an ERC grant?

They are among the most highly endowed grants in the European research landscape: the ERC Grants of the European Research Council. Gernot Müller-Putz gives tips on how to make a successful application.

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07/18/2024

Batteries, Bioplastics and Full Female Power

Whether bioplastics that bind CO2 or solutions for batteries, sustainability issues in the broadest sense dominated the 22nd Technology and Society Forum’s Sponsorship Awards at TU Graz.

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07/18/2024

E-mail from … Hamburg

Petra Spörk-Erdely from the Institute of Materials Science, Joining and Forming is conducting research for her habilitation at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon’s outstation at DESY, the German Electron Synchrotron.

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07/18/2024

A Round Anniversary for Equal Opportunities

The Office for Gender Equality and Equal Opportunity at TU Graz has been committed to diversity and equal opportunities for all for twenty years. There is a wide range of services for employees of our university.

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07/18/2024

TU Graz brain teaser

Puzzle fans, take note! What saying is hidden in this line? aSkcribetnicseqibsymmacgripcltohxaythwiovrwkys It pays to puzzle along! Three TU Graz powerbanks will be raffled among all entries (deadline: 24 September 2024). Just send an email with the solution to: people@tugraz.at.…

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07/16/2024

Accident Research: Running Elementary School Children Need 1.8 Metres to Stop

Researchers from Graz University of Technology and "sicher unterwegs" are providing precise data on the movement patterns of children travelling on foot in road traffic. The findings aim to improve the reconstruction and prevention of accidents.

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07/12/2024

Starting Your Studies: Admission Tips and Advice for New Students

In this article first-semester students will find insider tips on the admission procedure at TU Graz. Any open questions can be answered by older students in the context of the Student Union advisory service for first-semester students until 5 September.

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07/09/2024

Battery4Life: New COMET centre led by TU Graz

Researchers at the Vehicle Safety Institute will team up with national and international partners to make batteries safer, extend their service life and make them more sustainable. The FFG, the provinces Styria and Upper Austria as well as companies are investing about 19 million euros in total.

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07/01/2024

New Professorship for Large Engines Research at Graz University of Technology

As Professor for "High-performance Large Engine Systems", Nicole Wermuth is researching sustainable fuels, emission reduction and higher efficiencies for the green transformation of large engines.

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06/24/2024

New Security Loophole Allows Spying on Internet Users Visiting Websites and Watching Videos

Online activities can be monitored in detail simply by analysing latency fluctuations in the internet connection, researchers at Graz University of Technology have discovered. The attack works without malicious code or access to the data traffic.

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06/20/2024

Energy-Efficient Building Design in Real-Time Simulation

An interdisciplinary team at TU Graz offers revolutionary insight into the design of sustainable buildings. The advantages and disadvantages of different construction measures are visualised in real time using VR simulation.

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06/18/2024

Enzymes Instead of Cyanide: Researchers Develop Biocatalytic Process for Nitrile Production

A research team from TU Graz and the Czech Academy of Sciences has used two enzymes to eliminate the need for highly toxic cyanide in the production of nitriles.

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06/13/2024

Thomas Rath wins “Zero Emissions Award”

The chemist works on the next generation of organic solar cells at the Institute of Chemical Technology of Materials at Graz University of Technology. The alpha+ Foundation of the Austrian Science Fund FWF is funding his pioneering research with 460,000 euros.

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06/13/2024

New Shared Master’s Programme in Data Science at TU Graz and the University of Graz

Based on the core subjects of computer science, mathematics and statistics and taught in English, the NAWI Graz Master’s programme offers profound yet practical education in data analysis, optimisation and machine learning, supplemented by ethical and legal principles.

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06/11/2024

Switching Nanomagnets Using Infrared Lasers

Physicists at TU Graz have calculated how suitable molecules can be stimulated by infrared light pulses to form tiny magnetic fields. If this is also successful in experiments, the principle could be used in quantum computer circuits.

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06/06/2024

TU Graz Revolutionises Simulation of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)

Due to the complex structures of microporous crystals known as MOFs, reliable simulations of their properties have been difficult until now. Machine learning provides the solution.

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06/04/2024

TU Graz Leads the Way in Unite! Research: Millions in Funding for Innovative Projects

TU Graz achieves notable successes in the European University Alliance and acquires considerable funding through its work on international research and education projects.

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05/31/2024

Jan Hansen wants his CD Lab to become a “Green Lab”

With his new CD Laboratory, Jan Hansen not only wants to make electronic components more robust, but also contribute to making TU Graz climate-neutral.

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05/29/2024

A day with... Andrea Höglinger

Andrea Höglinger has been Vice Rector for Research at TU Graz since October 2023. TU Graz people accompanies her through her varied working day.

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05/29/2024

Single-mindedly focused on research success

Vanja Subotić is passionate about fuel cells. The TU Graz researcher wants to play a decisive role in shaping the future of this technology.

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05/28/2024

TU Graz expert: Lukas Steiner

What to do in an emergency? And how and where can I report emergencies? Lukas Steiner knows all about it.

05/28/2024

For knowledge-hungry people and bargain hunters: Benefits for TU Graz employees

Attention inquisitive minds, sports enthusiasts and money savers! TU Graz offers its employees a wide range of benefits. Whether in the area of continuing education, workplace health management or discounts that will make your shopping heart beat faster.

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05/28/2024

Playing with Material Properties

Anna Galler has just moved to TU Graz with an Elise Richter Fellowship. Here, the researcher analyses 2D materials.

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05/28/2024

What Are the Risks of Hydrogen Vehicles in Tunnels?

A team from TU Graz has analysed the risk and damage potential of hydrogen vehicles in tunnels and derived recommendations. Their conclusion? Any damage would be extensive, but its occurrence is unlikely.

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05/24/2024

TU Graz: Food and drink at Campus Neue Technik

With its breathtaking views, the TU Graz Rooftop is a great place to get away from it all – and you’ll also find the Cafeteria in the same building. Alternatively, pick up a snack from one of the vending machines.

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05/23/2024

Austrian Mini-Satellite OPS-SAT Burns Up after Successful Mission

For four and a half years, the nanosatellite built at TU Graz acted as a flying laboratory in space to test mission-critical software, operating concepts and new technologies.

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05/16/2024

More Reliability for Electronic Components: TU Graz Opens New CD Lab

The “CD Laboratory for EMC-Aware Robust Electronic Systems” carries out research on the impact of electromagnetic emissions on electronic components in production and operation in order to eliminate the causes of failures.

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05/15/2024

Unite! students actively shaping the future of Europe

Ten participants from the Unite! alliance, including Graz University of Technology student Laila Zildžić, discussed the future of Europe with 240 students from 41 European university alliances at the ESA 2024 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

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05/14/2024

Universities choose Europe

Austria’s universities and universities of applied sciences are jointly calling for the election of the European Parliament on 9 June 2024 under the motto “Universities choose Europe”.

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05/14/2024

Unrivalled Research Infrastructure: TU Graz opens Human-Centered Computing Labs

Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the new laboratory spaces offer the opportunity for interdisciplinary research at the interface of man and machine.

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05/08/2024

She Teaches Robots to See

Eva Reitbauer is trying to teach robots to “see”. Her robots include autonomous compost turning machines whose sensory organs are sensors such as laser scanners and cameras.

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05/08/2024

TU Graz Bundles Its Strengths in Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence

In a multidisciplinary research project, researchers from the biosciences, process engineering and computer science want to massively increase efficiency in the development of new enzymes and process optimization. This should even enable the breakdown of forever chemicals.

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05/07/2024

Algorithm Wants to Learn the Perfect Lap in a Racing Car

Research into robots and their autonomy can also lead to an algorithm chasing its own lap record. Does it do this better than humans?

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05/07/2024

GAM 20 The Infraordinary: The everyday in architecture

In the 20th issue of GAM – Graz Architecture Magazine, we encounter Italian Autogrill service stations, the backyards of Neapolitan palazzi and K67 kiosks from the former Yugoslavia. GAM 20 is available in bookshops or online from JOVIS Verlag.

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05/06/2024

Through the Eyes of a Robot

Safely entering potentially unsafe areas with a robot from a distance using VR goggles. Eduardo Veas is making this possible at the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science at TU Graz.

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05/06/2024

Human Conversations with a Robotic Head

Although Furhat the social robot does not actually wear a fur hat, it has the ability to hold a conversation that appears quite natural in terms of language, facial expressions and gestures. This makes it exciting for research.

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05/06/2024

‘Things get exciting only in the real world!’

The RoboCup aims to get young people interested in science and technology. Gerald Steinbauer-Wagner explains how the initiative came about and why it remains important even in the age of generative AI.

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05/06/2024

‘Truly autonomous systems won't be around any time soon’

Gerald Steinbauer-Wagner has been researching robots for almost 25 years and they are now able to solve complicated tasks. However, they are not autonomous, says the researcher, as they are still unable to actually understand their environment.

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05/02/2024

A Second Life for Batteries

Discarded lithium-ion cells from electric cars could be re-used as stationary power storage units. Researchers at TU Graz have established the first indicators for a reliable assessment of their condition.

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04/30/2024

Portrait of Former Rector Harald Kainz Unveiled at TU Graz

The painting was created by the Graz artist Oskar Stocker and expands the collection of portraits of former TU Graz Rectors at Campus Alte Technik to now include 44 pieces.

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04/25/2024

Early Christian Altar Stone: Swarm Intelligence to Help with Reconstruction

Researchers from TU Graz and the University of Graz have digitised a broken altar stone from Lavant so that citizens can put it together on the internet. The aim is to achieve what generations of archaeologists have failed to do.

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04/15/2024

Security Vulnerability in Browser Interface Allows Computer Access via Graphics Card

Researchers at TU Graz were successful with three different side-channel attacks on graphics cards via the WebGPU browser interface. The attacks were fast enough to succeed during normal surfing behaviour.

04/10/2024

Novel UV Broadband Spectrometer Revolutionises Air Pollutant Analysis

The laser-based technology developed at TU Graz enables the continual real-time analysis of air pollutants and their interaction with other gases and sunlight.

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04/04/2024

How the Human Brain Reacts to Errors

Hannah Pulferer is investigating brain waves at TU Graz’s Institute of Neural Engineering with the chief aim of improving brain-computer interfaces.

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04/03/2024

TU Graz Provides Water Planning Tool with Future Forecasts up to 2055

When water suppliers are faced with the question of how well their systems are prepared for future developments such as climate change and population growth, they now have an answer.

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03/28/2024

On a Roll: Measurements on the Dynamometer at TU Graz

From mopeds to lorries, vehicles and their emissions can be examined on the roller test bench at TU Graz – without moving from the spot.

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03/25/2024

Bicycle Handlebars as a Risk of Injury

TU Graz and the “Große schützen Kleine” association have investigated abdominal injuries in children following bicycle accidents as part of a Master’s thesis. Result? The design of the handlebars makes a big difference.

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03/21/2024

New Method for Analysing Nanoporous Materials

Using only a single electron microscope image, researchers at TU Graz can determine the type and exact position of so-called guest atoms in high-tech materials. They also come closer to solving the mystery of the blue colour of aquamarine.

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03/20/2024

Bacteria with CO₂ on the Menu

Researchers at TU Graz and ACIB feed bacteria with CO₂ and other gases in a gas fermentation process. What humans store as fat, these bacteria deposit as bioplastics.

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03/19/2024

Even More Space to Explore and Discover: TU Graz Opens New MINKT Open-Air Laboratory

With its MINKT laboratory, TU Graz offers children and young people a programme that is unique in Austria. Now there is even more space for experimentation. Under the motto “Power Station Earth”, stations on renewable energies, climate protection and sustainable urban development await in the new…

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03/15/2024

Sub Auspiciis Doctorates for Six Academics in Graz

Two computer scientists, two mathematicians and a physicist from TU Graz and a philologist from the University of Graz received their doctorates on 15 March 2024 in a joint ceremony in the auditorium of the Old University of Graz under the auspices of the Federal President.

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03/12/2024

Mind the Gap Awards 2023 – Honouring Diversity in Practice

Five plus one projects were honoured with the Mind the Gap Awards 2023, which recognise work that strives for diversity and equal opportunities. The new application period started on 8th March.

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03/11/2024

Accessible Computer Games: Game Lab at TU Graz provides accessibility toolkit for game engine Unity

This makes it easier for game developers to implement game aids for people with disabilities. The toolkit focuses on players with visual impairments.

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03/06/2024

Studying Chemistry: Understanding the Foundations of Life

Enthusiasm for laboratory work, forensics as in CSI television series or a love of science – these are all good prerequisites for studying chemistry. Talking about studying chemistry at TU Graz and career prospects.

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03/06/2024

Mystery of Curling Paper Solved

Paper printed on one side starts to curl with a delay of up to a few days. Researchers at TU Graz have discovered that this is due to solvents in the ink that over time migrate towards the unprinted side of the paper.

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03/01/2024

TU Graz Develops Digital Twin for Flexible Parcel Postage

Non-rigid postal items with flexible packaging – such as poly bags – pose problems for logistics companies during automatic sorting. Thanks to modern simulation methods, there is now a widely applicable solution.

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02/27/2024

The Unite! Alliance at TU Graz

Graz University of Technology is delighted to welcome delegations from all nine partner universities on the occasion of the 9th Unite! Dialogue for the first time in Graz.

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02/27/2024

TU Graz Develops Innovative Coating against Ice

The material delays the formation of ice crystals and reduces the adhesion of ice layers. Thanks to an innovative production method, the coating is very robust and adheres to numerous surfaces.

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02/20/2024

Hybrid Electricity and Heat Generation: Innovative Parabolic Trough Solar Module Being Developed at TU Graz

Solar rays focused on concentrator photovoltaic cells using parabolic mirrors not only supply electricity, but also thermal energy for industrial processes, heating or cooling. Three technological innovations significantly reduce costs.

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02/09/2024

A Healthy Heart Needs a Healthy Environment

Western dietary habits and the industrialised food production required for them are harmful to the microbiome of plants and thus ultimately also to humans and their hearts. What can be done about this?

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02/09/2024

Love Goes Through the Microbiome

When we fall in love, the microorganisms that colonise our bodies play a decisive role. The reason for this lies in evolutionary history.

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02/08/2024

Theoretical Physics for Cardiovascular Surgery

Physicist Sascha Ranftl wants to use computer simulations and machine learning to clarify in advance whether open heart surgery is necessary. In this essay he explains why and how exactly he does this.

A man is sitting at a screen that shows a heart.

02/08/2024

How Do You Simulate a Digital Twin of the Heart?

In this interview, Thomas Pock from the Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision explains what determining the activation sequence of the heartbeat has in common with throwing stones into a lake and how this can soon be learned in a personalised way using ECG data.

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02/08/2024

Looking for What Controls the Heart

Peter Macheroux from the Institute of Biochemistry at TU Graz wants to know why the heart works the way it does. A conversation about enzymes, proteins, hormones and nerve conduction.

02/08/2024

The Heart on a Microchip

The heart can be analysed not only as a whole organ, but also on the basis of cultured heart muscle cells using microelectrode arrays. Several problem areas are being addressed at TU Graz in this way.

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02/06/2024

E-mail from … Zurich

Rene Prieler from the Institute of Thermal Engineering is spending three months researching for his habilitation at ETH Zurich. Here he gives us an insight into his stay in Switzerland.

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02/06/2024

Experience Unite!, make contacts, take advantage of the benefits

At the “Unite! community event” on 28 February, all members of TU Graz are invited to get to know the diversity of the European university network and benefit from the offers.

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02/06/2024

How do I make my research performance visible?

The visibility of your research is in your own hands. Michaela Zottler from the TU Graz library provides valuable tips.

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02/06/2024

Why the Algorithms Dance(d) for the Rector

What does someone who is a first-time guest at the TU Graz Ball – and new to the world of technology – see, experience and perceive? Five moments that surprise and amaze the most.

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02/06/2024

TU Graz brain teaser

Puzzle fans, take note: Where is the Service Point for Accessible Working located at TU Graz?

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02/05/2024

When the Engine of our Body Falls Ill

The heart lies at the centre of our body. It keeps us alive with its beats and is also known as our “engine”. At TU Graz, our most important muscle is being researched using methods from biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, computer science and mathematics.

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02/05/2024

Breaking Down Barriers Together

The team at the Service Point for Accessible Working and the Representatives for People with Disabilities at TU Graz support employees with a disability, mental or chronic illnesses.

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01/31/2024

Awakening an Interest in Programming through Play

Together with the social services provider Jugend am Werk Steiermark, TU Graz has developed a workshop and a multi-user game to introduce young women to programming. The game is now freely available.

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01/23/2024

New Endowed Professorship for Acoustics and the Effects of Environmental Noise at TU Graz

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology and Austrian transport companies, Christian Adams is developing intelligent noise maps and working on solutions to make our environment quieter.

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01/17/2024

TU Graz Researchers Optimize 3D Printing of Optically Active Nanostructures

The shape, size and optical properties of 3-dimensional nanostructures can now be simulated in advance before they are produced directly with high precision on a wide variety of surfaces.

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12/27/2023

Using Giant Magnets to Create Sustainable Batteries

Katharina Hogrefe is conducting research on new materials for batteries at TU Graz and wants to make the widely used energy storage systems a little more environmentally friendly.

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12/21/2023

“Cybersecurity has a certain fun factor”

She co-developed the international standard for lightweight cryptography and finds tinkering with cybersecurity challenges entertaining. An interview with Maria Eichlseder about her research.

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12/21/2023

Research Team Monitors Critical Infrastructure Using Navigation Satellites

Researchers at TU Graz have developed a new measuring system that can statically and dynamically monitor the condition of buildings using just a few antennas.

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12/20/2023

2023: A Year of Research Successes at TU Graz

At Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in 2023, important discoveries were made, new insights gained and exciting information gleaned. An end-of-year review.

A man is standing behind an industrial robot.

12/19/2023

“Security is a process.”

At smartfactory@tugraz, robots and intelligent machines are connected to form a cyber-physical production system. Stefan Trabesinger investigates how such a network can be protected against attacks from the internet without losing its functionality.

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12/18/2023

“Security in the Internet of Things presents particular challenges.”

The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing and the issue of security is becoming increasingly important. Kay Römer from the Institute of Technical Informatics at TU Graz on the special requirements and the need for public awareness.

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12/15/2023

COOL-KIT: Modular solutions for integration of cooling in buildings of the founders' period (Gründerzeit)

In the COOL-KIT project, TU Graz researchers are developing and demonstrating system solutions for cooling buildings from the founders' period (Gründerzeit).

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12/06/2023

Generous support for outstanding talents at TU Graz

Promoting young STEM talent and investing in Styria's future as a science and business hub, TU Graz awards well-funded scholarships together with sponsors from the business and public sectors

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12/06/2023

TU Graz and Leading Automotive Supplier Extend Collaboration in Research and Development

Over the next four years, 1.5 million euros will be invested in projects to develop and validate electric vehicles and to digitise production and supply chain management.

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12/06/2023

Four successful applications for funding from the Austrian Science Fund

The FWF is funding a PhD programme on discrete mathematics coordinated by Michael Kerber and a research group led by Cecilia Poletti. In addition, a new special research area in which TU Graz is participating is being funded and an existing SFB is being extended.

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11/29/2023

Researchers at TU Graz Decipher Enzyme Scissors of Intestinal Microbes

Flavonoids & Co: Microorganisms in the human gut utilise so-called beta-elimination to break down plant natural products and thus make them available to humans.

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11/27/2023

From the Lab to the Street: How TU Graz is Making Driver Assistance Systems Safer

In the Christian Doppler laboratory under his direction, Franz Wotawa has developed test and monitoring procedures with company partner AVL that make current driver assistance systems safer.

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11/23/2023

Horst Bischof Congratulates Harald Kainz on Receiving High Honours from the Republic of Austria and the State of Styria

The former Rector of Graz University of Technology, Harald Kainz, received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold from both the Republic of Austria and the State of Styria for his services during his twelve years in office.

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11/23/2023

Inauguration of New TU Graz Rector Horst Bischof: “We are shaping the future”

Horst Bischof was inaugurated as Rector of TU Graz at a festive ceremony.

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11/23/2023

“Security is when everything works the way I expect it to.”

Daniel Gruss is a security researcher at TU Graz and has been instrumental in discovering (and getting rid of) numerous computer security vulnerabilities in recent years.

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11/22/2023

From Flying Bicycles to Sensor Technology

Alexander Bergmann is currently the most successful inventor at TU Graz. An honour conferred on him thanks to twelve patents in two years. From an early age he dreamt of inventing things.

11/14/2023

New CPU Vulnerability Makes Virtual Machine Environments Vulnerable

Researchers at TU Graz and the Helmholtz Centre for Information Security have identified a security vulnerability that could allow data on virtual machines with AMD processors to fall under the control of attackers.

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11/13/2023

"Zoom Fatigue": Exhaustion caused by video conferencing proven on a neurophysiological level for the first time

Using EEG and ECG data, researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and Graz University of Technology were able to prove that video conferences and online education formats lead to greater fatigue than face-to-face alternatives.

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11/13/2023

NXP Supports TU Graz with 450,000 US Dollars

With a donation made by its foundation, the manufacturer of semiconductors is supporting scholarships and the setup of an ultra-wideband laboratory at Campus Inffeldgasse.

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11/10/2023

Siemens Mobility and TU Graz: Partnership will be strengthened

During a visit to Graz by Siemens CEO Roland Busch, both sides agreed to further intensify cooperation in research and development.

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10/31/2023

Novel Education Programmes for Sustainable Microchips Made in Europe

An international project led by TU Graz brings together 15 universities, companies and research institutions with the aim of training urgently needed specialists for the semiconductor industry. The EU is funding the project to the tune of 7.15 million euros.

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10/25/2023

The New Rectorate of Graz University of Technology

The new Rectorate team of TU Graz has been in place since 1st October. TU Graz people asked Andrea Höglinger, Stefan Vorbach, Andrea Hoffmann and Michael Monsberger to step in front of the curtain.

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10/25/2023

A Day at International House

International House at Lessingstrasse 32 is a meeting place for TU Graz staff and students from all over the world. TU Graz people accompanied the team of the OU International Office – Welcome Center for one day in-house.

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10/25/2023

TU Graz experts: Julia Hutter, Michaela Feier-Osmann, Heide Jöbstl

How I can record absences and days working from home in SAP Fiori?

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10/25/2023

Horst Bischof: “Use artificial intelligence as an opportunity”

Horst Bischof has been the new Rector of TU Graz since 1st October. In an interview he talks about his goals, his penchant for numbers and how important experiments are for everyday university life.

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10/25/2023

E-mail from ... TU Graz

Re: internship at Graz University of Technology

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10/24/2023

Proven for the First Time: The Microbiome of Fruit and Vegetables Positively Influences Diversity in the Gut

In a meta-study, a research team from the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology at TU Graz has provided evidence that the consumption of fruit and vegetables contributes positively to bacterial diversity in the human gut.

10/23/2023

TU Graz student team is European rocketry champion

The "Aerospace Team Graz" competed in Constância, Portugal, with its hybrid rocket "Halcyon" and won the overall ranking of the European Rocketry Challenge for the first time.

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10/23/2023

Ars Docendi Shortlist for Excellent Teaching at TU Graz

Franz Tschuchnigg and Andreas-Nizar Granitzer have holistically optimised the course "Computational Geotechnics" and received the Ars Docendi Recognition Award in the category "Quality Improvement of Teaching and Studiability".

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10/20/2023

Uni Graz and TU Graz launch joint Christian Doppler Laboratory for novel sensors

In the "Christian Doppler Laboratory for Structured Matter Based Sensing", a team led by Alexander Bergmann and Peter Banzer is researching the fundamentals of structured materials and light fields as well as their applications. The facility is funded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy.

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10/18/2023

TU Graz Study on E-Scooter Accidents: More Helmets and Less Speed Reduce the Injury Risk

A team from the Vehicle Safety Institute at TU Graz has used Human Body Models to investigate accidents involving electric scooters and identified the most important factors for preventing serious injuries.

10/10/2023

New TU Austria Executive Committee Elected

Horst Bischof as President and Jens Schneider and Peter Moser as Vice-Presidents have been appointed to lead TU Austria.

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10/06/2023

Accelerator Programme for Innovators

What does it take to found a start-up? Students, alumni or employees of TU Graz have the opportunity to get their own business idea ready for take-off with experienced experts for four weeks through the HEICE programme.

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10/02/2023

Daniel Herbst and Martin Fürnschuß win Styrian Science Slam 2023

The duo from the Institute of Electrical Power Systems at TU Graz explained the function of residual current circuit breakers and impressed the audience with their elaborate props and dry humour.

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09/29/2023

The Rectorate of TU Graz 2023 to 2027: New paths on a solid foundation

More STEM graduates, leadership in green and digital transformation, intensification of strategic science and business cooperation and the integration of AI in teaching and administration are some of the goals of the new team around Horst Bischof.

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09/27/2023

A Longer Life for Organic Solar Cells

Photovoltaic cells made of organic materials are light and flexible, which is why they are considered very promising. An international research network led by TU Graz is now aiming to increase the stability of the materials.

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09/25/2023

Pioneering research links the increase of misinformation shared by Republican US politicians to a novel perception of honesty

Researchers led by TU Graz unravelled a shift in the way US politicians communicate on social media, which helps explain the proliferation of untrustworthy information.

09/21/2023

The City as a Sponge - Turning Heat Islands into Water Reservoirs

In the PeriSponge project, a team led by Eva Schwab from the Institute of Urbanism is developing an evidence-based toolbox that municipalities can use to minimise surface sealing and thus the risk of flooding.

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09/21/2023

“I can’t install 100 wall boxes in a block of flats with 100 parking spaces”

Electromobility is not only a drivetrain issue but also an infrastructure issue. Martin Fellendorf from the Institute of Highway Engineering and Transport Planning talks about the challenges involved.

Falling Walls Lab Austria

09/19/2023

Storing hydrogen in small, red iron pellets

After playing Activity as a youngster, Fabio Blaschke soon realised that his future lay not in drawing, but in technology. Today, his research is examining iron pellets as a means for storing hydrogen.

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09/11/2023

“A battery is a diary of driving behaviour.”

Nowadays, batteries are recycled at the end of their (first) life in the best case; in the worst case they end up in a landfill. At TU Graz, research is being carried out on avenues to a safe, second life.

09/08/2023

New at Uni: On Your Marks, Get Set, Start Studying

For many, the winter semester not only marks the start of university, but also the beginning of their studies. TU Graz welcomes its first-semester students in the Welcome Days on 27 September online and on 30 September on campus.

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09/07/2023

“For me research is a great playground”

Mechanical engineering graduate Julian Torggler tells us how he stumbled into the Fatigue Testing Laboratory as a student from South Tyrol after exciting years in the TU Graz Racing Team and why his heart has beaten for railway technology ever since.

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09/07/2023

“We have to make the urban water cycle close to nature again”

How can we deal with droughts and floods? To what extent are we ourselves to blame? An interview with Daniela Fuchs-Hanusch from the Institute of Urban Water Management and Landscape Water Engineering at TU Graz.

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09/05/2023

ERC Starting Grant for TU Graz Researcher Sonja Wogrin: Innovative Data Aggregation for Decarbonised Power Systems

The aggregation of data for modelling highly complex power systems leads to inaccuracies. With her ERC project, Sonja Wogrin wants to change this and make the planning of future energy systems much more efficient.

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08/10/2023

Space weather and satellite security: TU Graz and the University of Graz supply new forecasting service for the ESA's Space Safety Programme

The effects of solar storms on the Earth's atmosphere can cause satellites to crash. To prevent this from happening, the European Space Agency (ESA) is now using SODA, a forecasting service developed in Graz.

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08/09/2023

Circular Economy: Valuable Raw Materials from Waste

Concrete is a mixture of different ingredients – with carbon-intensive cement normally used as a binder for the stone. But researchers at TU Graz are looking into potential alternatives.

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08/09/2023

Start-up support for beginning your studies at TU Graz

Free online preparation courses for computer science, maths and mechanics start again in August and September. These so-called MOOCs make it easier for prospective students at TU Graz to start a technological degree programme.

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08/08/2023

Understanding Human Behaviour with AI

Elisabeth Lex’s research combines computer science methods with social science approaches, searching for clues to understand framing, polarisation and opinion clusters.

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08/08/2023

AI Designs Sustainable Electricity Storage at TU Graz

Based on the vanillin made usable for electricity storage in 2020, an AI-optimised prototype of an environmentally friendly electricity storage system is now being developed in an international project.

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08/04/2023

Green and Digital Transformation in Management

Starting at TU Graz in autumn: new university courses on the professional implementation of climate protection measures. These include how companies can prepare for the age of decarbonisation.

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08/03/2023

On-off switch for enzymes

Researchers at TU Graz have gained new insights into the functioning of a protein found in bacteria, whose enzymatic activity is activated by blue light.

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08/02/2023

New CPU security loophole: Analysis of energy consumption allows data theft

Researchers at TU Graz and the Helmholtz Center for Information Security have discovered a novel security gap in all common CPUs that can hardly be mitigated.

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07/26/2023

Producing a Roof from the Printer: Architecture Prize for Innovative Concrete Construction

In the “Concrete lightweight ceiling cooperation project”, TU Graz researchers succeeded in developing a lightweight, material-reduced garage roof made of reinforced concrete for 3D printing. The 2023 German Architecture Prize for Concrete was awarded for this.

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07/19/2023

Fitness check: Energy Transition, Electricity Grids and Electromobility

Herwig Renner and Daniel Herbst are conducting research into the Austrian electrical energy system at TU Graz and explain in an interview whether our electricity grids are ready for electromobility.

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07/19/2023

EU Young Architects Award for TU Graz graduate

With the revitalisation of the Vraca monument, Dinko Jelečević wanted to give an unwanted historical legacy in Sarajevo a new place in society. His Master’s thesis was awarded the Young Talent EUmies Award 2023.

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07/19/2023

Harald Kainz: 12 Years at the Head of TU Graz

Twelve years, three terms of office – no one before Harald Kainz can look back on such a long period of activity as Rector at TU Graz. He sums up his time in an interview with TU Graz people.

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07/19/2023

How can I gain international experience?

TU Graz is committed to internationalisation and promotes staff mobility for employees in all areas. TU Graz expert Karin Weinberger at the International Office – Welcome Center is happy to give you all the information you need.

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07/19/2023

Neuromonitoring and Neural Networks

Technology and Society Forum’s promotional prizes were again awarded to doctoral and master’s theses that make a positive contribution to the development of society.

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07/19/2023

TU Graz brain teaser

Puzzle fans, take note: How many Twinni halves were eaten at this year's summer party?

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07/19/2023

E-mail from... Philadelphia

PhD student Robert Schwarzl from the Institute of Experimental Physics reports on his research stay at Temple University, which is funded by the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation.

07/19/2023

OPENness initiative – the future is “open”

Providing orientation for open practices, making services and contact points better known and identifying challenges: these are the declared goals of the OPENness initiative at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz).

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07/19/2023

Merit Bodner: Sustainable Hydrogen Systems with a Future

At the TU Graz Science for Future Science Day, fuel cell researcher Merit Bodner will give one of the two keynote lectures. The main topic here is the replacement of substances of concern in hydrogen systems.

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07/17/2023

Sergio Amancio Receives 2023 Yoshiaki Arata Award

The TU Graz researcher was recognised for his scientific achievements in science and technology of welding and joining with one of the world’s most relevant awards in this field.

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07/12/2023

On the Trail of Landslides and Rockfalls: TU Graz Measurement Method Uses Existing Fibre Optic Lines

By changes in the wavelength of light pulses in fibre optic cables, researchers at TU Graz can measure where rockfalls, landslides, fires and earthquakes are taking place.

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07/03/2023

TU Graz Takes over Presidency of TU Austria

On 1 July, TU Vienna Rector Sabine Seidler handed over the rotational presidency of TU Austria to TU Graz Rector Harald Kainz. In the autumn, a new election of the presidium will take place due to new rectors.

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06/29/2023

10 years of BioTechMed-Graz: A success story celebrates its birthday

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of BioTechMed-Graz, the participants took stock of this unique university research cooperation.

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06/15/2023

Flywheel Energy Storage System as a Fully Automatic Charging Station

In the form of “FlyGrid”, a project team led by TU Graz presents the prototype of a flywheel storage system that can store electricity locally and deliver it using fast-charging technology.

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06/14/2023

Falling Walls Lab Austria 2023: Fabio Blaschke Wins Competition of Ideas

The idea submitted by the chemical and process engineer from TU Graz for the storage of hydrogen in easily transportable, iron-based materials persuaded the jury.

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06/06/2023

RailCharge to Use the Railway as a Car Charging Station

TU Graz’s RailCharge project presents a new solution for the issue of range and power grid load in e-mobility. In the process, the charging process is shifted onto rail.

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06/02/2023

When Trains Charge Electric Cars

If you want to drive long distances with an electric car, you have to think about charging stops. TU Graz’s RailCharge project hands over the charging process to the tracks and thus solves several problems.

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05/30/2023

New Ceramics for Electronics and Energy Conversion

Jurij Koruza and his team are working on electroceramics that are used in electronic devices. The team is part of a new and highly endowed collaborative research centre led by TU Darmstadt.

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05/26/2023

TU Graz researchers revolutionise production of biocompatible microfibres

Using a newly developed method for the efficient and cost-effective production of biocompatible microfibres, the production of autologous skin and organs can be significantly accelerated.

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05/17/2023

JUICE Magnetometer Successfully Commissioned in Space

A sensor developed for JUICE in Graz delivers a first quantum interference signal about a month after the launch towards Jupiter, thus achieving an important mission milestone.

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05/12/2023

“For AI, an image is just a field of numbers”

Thomas Pock conducts research into image processing using artificial intelligence at the Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision at TU Graz. A conversation about the sunny and shadowy sides of technology.

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05/10/2023

Where Satellites are Built and Monitored

At TU Graz, satellites are developed, built and supported during their mission. A foray through the ground control and other necessary infrastructure with Manuela Wenger.

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05/10/2023

OUT NOW: GAM 19 “Professionalism” published

The new issue of the Graz Architecture Magazine (GAM), recently presented at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), deals with the manifestations of architecture as a professional practice. Available in bookshops or online from JOVIS Verlag.

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05/08/2023

“The Potential of AI Makes Me Optimistic”

Roman Kern conducts research in artificial intelligence at the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science at TU Graz. A conversation about the future of AI and general concerns about the topic.

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05/08/2023

TU Graz by night

Work is over at last! But what happens at our university when it gets dark outside? There is also a lot going on at TU Graz at night.

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05/08/2023

A day with... Sonja Wogrin

TU Graz graduate Sonja Wogrin has headed the Institute of Electricity Economics and Energy Innovation. After several years of career milestones abroad, returning to TU Graz was simply “coming home”.

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05/08/2023

TU Graz expert: Reinfried O. Peter

TU Graz expert Reinfried O. Peter gives tips on IT security.

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05/08/2023

Full Commitment to Graz University of Technology

Since 1 March, Graz University of Technology has had a new university council, Christa Neuper was elected chairperson. In the interview she talks about challenges and goals for the next five years.

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05/08/2023

E-mail from ... Singapore

Re: Exchange at Nanyang Technological University

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05/08/2023

How do we welcome new students to our university?

To answer this question, TU Graz, together with five other European universities, analysed the welcoming process of newly arriving Master and PhD students.

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05/05/2023

Smart Artificial Skin in Application Check Stage: TU Graz Researcher Wins ERC Proof of Concept Grant

The smart skin developed by Anna Coclite has many potential applications. With an ERC Proof of Concept Grant, the researcher is exploring its practical applications.

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05/05/2023

An Artificial Intelligence Talks about Itself in Self-Created Online Course

What can artificial intelligence achieve today? And how do you recognise AI-generated content? Driven by these questions, Martin Ebner and his team had an AI design an online course.

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04/25/2023

TU Graz Researchers Produce Pseudouridine by means of Biocatalytic Synthesis

The new and patented method for the production of the important mRNA vaccine component pseudouridine is more efficient, sustainable and cost-effective than the previously used chemical synthesis.

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04/17/2023

New CD Laboratory at TU Graz: Data-Controlled Condition Monitoring in Steel Production

In the new Christian Doppler Laboratory for Reliable Systems in Harsh Environments, researchers at TU Graz, supported by the refractories group RHI Magnesita, are focusing on data-driven condition monitoring in the steel production process.

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04/10/2023

Decarbonisation of Energy Systems: Research Center ENERGETIC

Urgent questions from the energy industry and energy analytics are the focus of the research centre ENERGETIC, whose opening on 14th April will be flanked by a deep dive workshop on Europe’s energy supply organised by the World Energy Council.

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04/06/2023

Meta-Optics Shows Physical Processes in the Attosecond Range

A new type of meta-optics from Harvard has proven its functionality in experiments at Graz University of Technology. With it, it is possible to observe the smallest structures such as nanoparticles or transistors.

04/06/2023

#12: Franz Teschl

Franz Teschl at TU Graz is investigating how raindrops and severe weather events influence communication with satellites.

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04/03/2023

Hidden Ice Melt in the Himalaya: Revealing the 'Invisible' Glacier Loss Underwater

A study by a multinational research team with the participation of Graz University of Technology shows that the actual mass loss of numerous glaciers in the Himalayas has been significantly underestimated so far.

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04/03/2023

Graz Magnetometer Searches for Habitats on Jupiter’s Moons

A scalar magnetometer developed by Roland Lammegger at TU Graz measures the strength of magnetic fields optically. Now it is being sent to Jupiter to explore the water beneath the surfaces of the icy moons.

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03/24/2023

Fascination for enzymes

He draws energy from a "joyful occupation" with enzymes. TU Graz biotechnologist Bernd Nidetzky talks about catalysts as a vocation and the window of opportunity in his career as a researcher.

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03/20/2023

AI Algorithm Puts the Colour Back in Black and White Films

TU Graz has developed an AI-based algorithm that colours black-and-white images realistically. This is particularly interesting for the restoration of historical recordings.

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03/17/2023

“The most exciting moment was just before the first rocket launch”

Dorothea Krasser is studying physics, and Georg Witzlinger mechanical engineering. In the student team at TU Graz, a rocket is built every year. A conversation about rocket tests, the gruelling 10 seconds before take-off, and the love of the stars.

03/16/2023

TU Graz Joins AI Research Network ELLIS

The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems, which specialises in AI research, links up research institutions throughout Europe. TU Graz will be the location of the new ELLIS Unit Graz.

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03/10/2023

University Council of TU Graz newly Constituted: Christa Neuper is Chair

In its meeting of 9th March 2023, the University Council of TU Graz elected Christa Neuper to head the important governing body. Deputy chair is Mariana Karepova. Georg List was elected as the seventh member.

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03/09/2023

„TU Graz Super Science Space“: A Science Lab for Children and Young People

In the new STE(A)M laboratory at TU Graz, children and young people can experience the world of mathematics, informatics, natural science, art and technology for themselves in a varied and age-appropriate way.

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03/07/2023

Lia Gruber: “Find the woman in the lecture hall”

Lia Gruber studied Electrical Engineering at TU Graz. In the lecture hall, she was one of only a few women. Why she no longer wants to hear any questions about it and how she is doing in research today.

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03/07/2023

Johanna Pirker: “The quota is important right now for a fairer, more diverse world”

She was on the Forbes list of the most interesting “30 under 30” and wants to give technology a female face. TU Graz researcher Johanna Pirker on rational decisions, women’s quotas and careers.

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03/06/2023

TU Graz Congratulates Stefanie Lindstaedt on her Election as IDSA Founding President

The head of the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science at TU Graz was designated founding president of the Institute of Digital Science Austria at the founding convention in Linz on Sunday.

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03/03/2023

New CD lab: Building Material from Residual and Waste Materials

The “CD-Laboratory for waste-based geopolymer construction materials in the CO2-neutral circular economy” is dedicated to the development of building materials based on inorganic industrial waste and secondary raw materials.

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03/01/2023

How Patterns Emerge in Salt Deserts

The honeycomb patterns which are often found in salt deserts in Death Valley and Bolivia, among other places, look like something from another world. Researchers, including those from TU Graz, explain the origin of the mysterious patterns for the first time.

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02/23/2023

A decade in space: Austria’s first satellite is ten years old

Developed and built at TU Graz, TUGSAT-1 made Austria into a space nation when it was launched into orbit ten years ago.

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02/21/2023

OPS-SAT developed at TU Graz wins award

The OPS-SAT nanosatellite, developed for ESA under the leadership of TU Graz, will receive the highly regarded International Space Ops Award for Outstanding Achievement, in Dubai in March 2023.

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02/15/2023

Rail4Future is Creating the Future of Rail on the Computer

In view of a planned doubling of train traffic in Austria by 2040, the railway faces numerous challenges. As a partner in the Rail4Future project, TU Graz is taking the digital route.

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02/09/2023

Elected: The Rectorate Team of TU Graz as of 1st October 2023

The University Council of TU Graz has unanimously elected the Rectorate team of the Rector designate, Horst Bischof, in its meeting today. He will be assisted by Andrea Hoffmann, Andrea Höglinger, Michael Monsberger and Stefan Vorbach as of October 2023.

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02/08/2023

Algorithm from TU Graz Becomes International Cryptography Standard

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named the "Ascon" algorithm developed at TU Graz as the international standard for lightweight cryptography.

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02/07/2023

Between heavenly bodies: TU Graz in space

From the first Austrian in space and the “Ferrari of space” to the icy moons of Jupiter, TU Graz has been an integral part of international space research for years.

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02/07/2023

New vision for transnational university collaboration

Unite! and five other alliances have secured the European Commission’s support for ED-AFFICHE, their joint proposal to pilot the European Degree label funded by the Erasmus+ programme.

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02/07/2023

TU Graz and Energie Steiermark Take a Joint Approach to E-Mobility

Start of the largest e-mobility project of the state's energy company: TU Graz and Energie Steiermark are building 200 charging stations for e-cars.

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02/01/2023

How energy saving can succeed

TU Graz was able to record the first successes from its energy savings measures. And the energy-saving ideas of our employees in the competition of the same name are also superb.

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02/01/2023

E-mail from ... Graz

Indian PhD student Chetna Madan gives an insight into her stay as a visiting researcher at the Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology at TU Graz.

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02/01/2023

Promoting Top Infrastructure

TU Graz wants to further strengthen research and teaching and supports its institutes in investing in excellent infrastructure. A whole range of new facilities is already available.

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02/01/2023

Interview with Robbin Steentjes: Let the sun shine in!

Robbin Steentjes from the Institute of Solid State Physics won top prize for his energy-saving proposal. In it, he appeals for a conscious use of the available shading possibilities.

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02/01/2023

How do I keep my back fit?

We spend a large part of our lives sitting down. TU Graz expert Karin Steiner-Krottmayer from BGM gives tips on how to strengthen your back and stay fit even if you don’t exercise enough.

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02/01/2023

TU Graz brain teaser

Puzzle fans, take note: What does this drawing represent? Have fun with Drudel - picture puzzle.

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02/01/2023

WomenCareers

With the WomenCareers series, the alumni women’s network of TU Graz makes successful women in technology visible.

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01/28/2023

Ballroom instead of Lecture Hall: The TU Graz Ball 2023

“Dancing new dimensions” was the motto of the TU Graz Ball 2023. For ball guests in the sold-out Congress Graz, there were insights into mathematics, physics, geodesy and aviation.

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01/25/2023

Particulate Matter Measurements for Better Air

Alexander Bergmann and the team at the Institute of Electrical Measurement and Sensor Systems are developing sensors with which they can detect the smallest particles in our ambient air.

A computer generated satellite view of Europe with many areas coloured in red to show the lack of ground water.

01/25/2023

Satellite Data Shows Sustained Severe Drought in Europe

Europe lacks groundwater – a lot of groundwater. The continent has already been suffering from a severe drought since 2018. This is confirmed by satellite data analysed at the Institute of Geodesy at TU Graz.

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01/24/2023

“A Tunnel Is Not a Health Resort”

Daniel Fruhwirt from TU Graz explains what causes bad air quality in tunnels, how fresh air gets into tunnel systems and how “smoke management” enables safe escape routes in the case of fire.

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01/18/2023

New Spectrometers for TU Graz Chemistry

TU Graz and the Japanese analytical instrument manufacturer JEOL opened the newly designed JEOL Application Lab with completely new nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometers in January 2023.

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01/18/2023

Step by Step to Fossil-Free Track Work Machinery

Rail infrastructure is currently largely built and maintained using diesel-powered track-work machinery. Together with partners, TU Graz is investigating alternative drives for special machinery.

01/17/2023

Nuclear Fusion: How Fast Does Plasma Rotate?

At TU Graz, work in the research area of nuclear fusion is mainly done with simulations. The researchers use data from large experiments to investigate how fast plasma rotates in the reactor.

Daniel Crespo (UPC Barcelona), Tanja Brühl (TU Darmstadt), Ilkka Niemelä (Aalto University)

01/11/2023

Unite! strengthens its leadership with two new vice presidents

Professor Tanja Brühl, President of TU Darmstadt, was elected to continue as the President of Unite! Together with the new Unite! Vice Presidents, she will be responsible for developing the strategy of Unite! further as well as overseeing and leading the governance of the alliance.

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01/10/2023

Ready for Space: PRETTY is Ready to Launch

The Austrian climate observation satellite PRETTY is scheduled for launch in spring 2023 from the spaceport in French Guiana on board a Vega-C rocket.

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12/27/2022

Building Physicist Appeals for Carbon Dioxide Sensors in Public Buildings

What smells and looks “clean” can be a major health risk. Christina Hopfe in an interview on indoor air quality, the connection between carbon dioxide and aerosols and why she thinks of wood stoves when jogging.

The Alte Technik building from the outside.

12/23/2022

Two Spin-Off Fellowships for TU Graz

The FFG promotes academic start-up projects with spin-off fellowships. In 2022, eleven projects received funding across Austria – two of which are based at TU Graz.

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12/20/2022

20 Years of Cultivating Relationships and Exchanging Ideas

For 20 years, TU Graz has cultivated its relationships with companies and institutions in the Technology and Society Forum. At the same time, the partner platform of TU Graz and alumniTUGraz 1887 undertakes activities for a technology-friendly attitude in society.

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12/19/2022

TU Graz and Post are researching the logistics of the future

TU Graz and Österreichische Post are collaborating for two more years in the field of logistics technology. The first projects revolve around the simulation of flexible packaging and autonomously driving trucks.

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12/15/2022

New Executive MBA in Green and Digital Transition

The university course Executive MBA in Green and Digital Transition at TU Graz combines the topics of the future digitalization and decarbonization. The course will be launched in March 2023, with an early booking bonus until 24 December.

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12/06/2022

Lightweight Construction: Light Railed Vehicles, Less Damage

Peter Brunnhofer works at the Institute of Structural Durability and Railway Technology to make trains lighter, more robust and more efficient. An interview with the researcher talking about lightweight construction.

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12/05/2022

Investing in the Future

A further 45 scholarships were awarded to ambitious students at TU Graz. Sponsors of the TU Graz 100 scholarship programme include the City of Graz, the Styrian Federation of Austrian Industries, Huawei, Siemens, AT&S or REMUS.

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11/28/2022

Enzyme Research Between Cholera and Targeted Design

TU Graz biochemists Horst Lechner and Daniel Kracher have received BioTechMed-Graz Young Researchers Group funding. Both want to use it to conduct research on enzymes in different areas.

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11/25/2022

Architectural Heritage: Architectural Archive of Styria is Opened

The architectural holdings of the Archives of TU Graz – including the estates of Herbert Eichholzer, Anna Lülja Praun or Karla Kowalski – form the core of the Architekturarchiv Steiermark (ASt), which will be opened in Graz on 30th November.

11/23/2022

When an Electrical Engineer Hits the Stage...

Manuel Galler is the audience’s favourite. The 33-year-old electrical engineer was able to bring the Science Slam state championship title to Graz for TU Graz. His actual research topic is power grid protection.

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11/23/2022

Merit Bodner: Focusing on the Ageing of Fuel Cells

Fuel cells are of great importance when it comes to renewable energy systems. But – like everything else – they age. Merit Bodner wants to prevent this process with her research.

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11/22/2022

Research data without borders

Sharing scientific data and services across disciplines is the main purpose of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). In Austria, TU Graz held the EOSC chair this year.

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11/22/2022

Highly Endowed ERC Starting Grants for Daniel Gruss and Marcus Ossiander

Computer scientist Gruss receives the prestigious EU funding award for research into energy-efficient IT security, and physicist Ossiander for work on nano-optics for ultra-fast microscopes.

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11/21/2022

TU Graz Gives Prizes to its Best Knowledge Mediators

At the Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2021/2022, five lecturers from TU Graz were delighted to win prizes. They were distinguished by their outstanding teaching concepts and great personal commitment.

A woman in a laboratory looks scrutinizingly at a vial.

11/18/2022

New Course: Continuous Production of Medicines

The pharmaceutical industry is moving away from individual process steps towards modern flow-through production. A new TU Graz course on continuous drug manufacturing starts on edX.org.

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11/18/2022

Eichlseder: “Hydrogen is the Key to Green Energy”

Helmut Eichlseder works on sustainable propulsion systems. One important factor is hydrogen – in pure form or as a feedstock for fuels.

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11/16/2022

The “Data House”: New Innovation Cluster at the Campus of TU Graz

The “Data House” at TU Graz’s Campus Inffeldgasse brings together science and business to jointly drive innovation in the fields of data science and digital technologies.

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11/09/2022

Be part of it! Towards a European Campus

TU Graz recently joined the European university alliance Unite! What is behind this cooperation, what role does our university play in it, and what does it actually mean for our TU Graz employees?

A man in a black jacket and a white helmet is in the midst of photovoltaic panels.

11/09/2022

TU Graz expert: Siegfried Pabst

TU Graz expert Siegfried Pabst gives tips for saving energy.

A woman with short blond hair leans against a gray wall.

11/09/2022

In full swing for TU Graz

She is Professor of Electric Drives and Machines and has been Chairwoman of the TU Graz Senate since October. What drives Annette Mütze?

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11/09/2022

A day with … Christof Plaschke

Have you got any questions about data protection? Because Christof Plaschke is absolutely the right person to speak to.

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11/09/2022

E-mail from … Redmond

Re: Research scientist intern at Meta

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11/08/2022

The Mathematics of Separate Things

Discrete mathematics is so much more than just “the language of computer science”, as it is often referred to. But it is not “discrete” in the usual sense.

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11/08/2022

Research and Teaching for Equal Opportunities

What emotions women’s football arouses, how multimedia recommendation systems neglect the unpopular, and how artificial intelligence could be widely communicated – these topics and more are the projects that TU Graz recently awarded Mind_the Gap prizes to.

Portrait of Andreas Wimmer

11/07/2022

Andreas Wimmer: "Import of green energies necessary"

Andreas Wimmer conducts research on large engines at TU Graz and heads the LEC research center. Hydrogen, methanol and ammonia will play a central role in achieving climate targets.

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10/31/2022

Unite! 2.0 starts its new era in Graz

Unite! has closed its pilot phase to launch the new Erasmus+ proposal for the next four years, to implement the European university of innovation, technology and engineering.

Sonja Wogrin, Image source: Lunghammer - TU Graz

10/27/2022

“The Crucial Question: Where Does the Hydrogen Come From?”

Sonja Wogrin and Thomas Klatzer are exploring ways towards a climate-neutral energy system, which will require green hydrogen. To establish it, good infrastructure planning is needed.

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10/27/2022

Teaching and Learning Unite! Conference 2022: Register now!

As part of the European higher education alliance Unite!, the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm invites you to an online conference on innovative teaching and learning. Registration is open until 8 November.

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10/27/2022

Spice up your studies with international experience from European top technical universities

Visit the Unite! virtual fair for students, on Wednesday, 9 November 2022 at 16-18 CET, in the interactive platform Spatial Chat.

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10/25/2022

Simulated Brain Model Made to See for the First Time

Researchers at TU Graz have for the first time reproduced the function of vision on a detailed model of the mouse brain. Until now, brain structures could be modelled, but it was not possible to perform specific functions.

Ein Mann mit schwarzem Pullover und Brille.

10/20/2022

Hydrogen: “We have to act on this today!”

Christoph Hochenauer conducts research on high-temperature fuel and electrolysis cells. He sees the changeover to a sustainable energy system as “absolutely feasible” and pleads for action now.

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10/20/2022

AIT and TU Graz launch PhD programme in hydrogen technology

The nw PhD programme for the development of innovative hydrogen technologies with a focus on reversible high-temperature electrolysis will start in February 2023.

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10/19/2022

100 per cent Renewables for Energy-Intensive Industry (EII)

Energy-intensive industries (EIIs) must drastically reduce their dependence on fossil fuels if the EU is to be climate neutral by 2050. A consortium consisting of representatives from industry, interest groups and science present solutions on how to switch to 100 per cent renewable energies.

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10/17/2022

Growth of Nanoholes Visible for the First Time Thanks to Helium Scattering

Scientists at TU Graz in cooperation with the University of Surrey were able to observe and document the growth of hexagonal boron nitride for the first time. The material is mainly used in microelectronics and nanotechnology.

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10/15/2022

"Green Hydrogen Only with the Expansion of Renewable Sources"

Alexander Trattner heads HyCentA at the TU Graz campus and is convinced that hydrogen is part of the solution for a climate-neutral energy system. What is needed is speed and investment.

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10/14/2022

Austrian Science against Violence in Iran

The scientific institutions ISTA, ÖAW, FWF and Uniko strongly condemn the violence against students and teachers in Iran and the actions against demonstrators in general and express their solidarity.

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10/11/2022

Machine learning: Starting Signal for Graz Center for Machine Learning (GraML)

The Graz Center for Machine Learning (GraML) research network is being launched at TU Graz. The focus is on machine learning, which, according to the head of GraML Robert Legenstein, will change the world in a similar way to the internet and computers.

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10/06/2022

Smart Medicine: Digitalization of the Health Care System

Fitness trackers, patches to measure body temperature, telemonitoring of cardiac parameters – the Internet of Things does not stop at medical technology, as Christian Baumgartner from TU Graz well knows.

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09/29/2022

What language is spoken in Austria?

As a student in Austria, you will soon be confronted with the peculiarities of Austrian German. In this post, Gergő Horváth, Hungarian student at TU Graz, writes about the gap between Standard German and the Austrian variant and how to cope with it.

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09/22/2022

How trustworthy are the sources tweeted by politicians?

A study by TU Graz and the University of Bristol shows: Republican members of the U.S. Congress in particular are increasingly spreading news from dubious sources on Twitter.

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09/21/2022

“I just loved knowing what things are made of.”

This sentence comes from TU Graz researcher Ricardo Buzolin. The 30-year-old is actually a mechanical engineer, but switched to materials science because “every machine is made of materials”.

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09/16/2022

Konomondo – the Maths Learning Game: From Bread-and-Butter Job to Business Idea

The intense demand for private tutoring in maths gave Michael Fuchs, university assistant at TU Graz and private tutor for students, the idea of founding a company. Here he tells the founding story of Konomondo.

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09/16/2022

6th Unite! Dialogue in Turino: Unite! will get ready for it’s second phase

To close the pilot phase of the Erasmus+ project and launch the future activities, the Alliance will hold the VI Unite! Dialogue in Politecnico di Torino, with task force meetings and public plenary sessions.

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09/15/2022

What Makes a Building Smart?

Smart buildings are designed to increase comfort and reduce energy consumption. Gerald Schweiger, who works on intelligent energy systems at TU Graz, knows what opportunities are opening up.

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09/14/2022

More Dependability in the Internet of things

Tens of millions of mini-computers now populate our planet – built into everyday objects, among other things. Their reliability is still an issue – one to which TU Graz is dedicated to pursuing.

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08/31/2022

„TERRITORIAL TURN!“: Sustainable and adaptive urban systems:

How do we want to plan cities in the future – and how will we have to? High-profile experts will discuss potential answers at Territorial Turn!, a symposium taking place at TU Graz on 15-16 September. Some tickets are still available, with discounts on offer for students.

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08/29/2022

New Faculty Head

Jussi Behrndt conducts research in the field of modern analysis and on the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. He has been the new Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Geodesy since April.

A woman at her laboratory.

08/25/2022

Sniffing out carcinogens in foodstuffs

Andrea Hochegger, an analytical chemist at TU Graz, investigates whether foodstuffs can be tainted with harmful substances from packaging or during production.

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08/24/2022

Digital sovereignty: TU Graz is part of an EU project for independent web searching

Foundation stone for alternatives to Google and Co: The aim of the EU project OpenWebSearch.EU is to initiate an open European infrastructure in web search. In addition to TU Graz, 13 other European research and computing centres are involved.

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08/18/2022

Cybersecurity Sitcom: New TU Graz Courses on Side Channel Attacks at edX.org

Cybersecurity experts at TU Graz have launched an online course designed as a sitcom on side channel attacks, in which physical effects allow inferences to be made about protected data. The first of two new seasons of the educational sitcom will go online on 23 August.

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08/11/2022

Delighted to be back at TU Graz

Joseph Iannelli from Washington State University (WSU) visited Graz, Austria, to expand the Student Exchange Agreement between WSU and TU Graz. In this blog post he writes about Austrian hospitality, internationalization commitments and student exchanges.

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08/11/2022

Compost turner provides fertile ground for doctorate

Eva Reitbauer plots paths for autonomous compost turners as they move through compost heaps. A doctoral student from the Institute of Geodesy at TU Graz, she specialises in positioning and navigation.

Graphic representation of codes and networks.

08/09/2022

New attacks on computer systems: TU Graz publishes details of Æpic Leak and SQUIP

International IT security research teams headed by Daniel Gruss of TU Graz have released information on two new forms of cyberattack that exploit hardware.

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08/04/2022

Weekend Getaways around Graz

A miniature sculpture park, the historical jewel Hallstatt, a chocolate paradise – these are just some of the destinations outside Graz that excite Matko Mitrović, international student at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz).

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07/28/2022

14.4 million euros for Unite! alliance

Unite!’s proposal to be a technology and innovation driver for the advancement of a green and digital Europe has been approved by the European Commission (EC).

07/27/2022

TU Graz SciPix: Vote for the best pic and film!

How beautiful is research at TU Graz? This is what we show in the TU Graz SciPix photo and film competition. Now you can vote for your favourite photo and film!

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07/26/2022

Spread of Covid-19 in Schools: Video Instructions for Effective Low-cost Ventilation System with DIY-Materials

In two pilot classes of a Graz school, TU Graz shows that effective ventilation systems in schools and kindergartens can be installed very easily and inexpensively with material from the hardware store. Details are available in a video tutorial, a step-by-step guide is in the works.

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07/19/2022

Between Electrical Engineering, Ballet and the Energy Supply of the Future

She matriculated in Chinese, is a state-certified ballerina and an award-winning doctoral student at TU Graz. Carina Lehmal on her soft spot for electrical engineering and how she is involved in the expansion of renewable energies.

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07/14/2022

Best-performance Trio: Sub Auspiciis Doctoral Graduation at TU Graz

Thomas Schlatzer and the twin brothers Erich Kobler and Reinmar Kobler all achieved top grades from the upper school to doctorate at TU Graz. On July 14th, all three therefore graduated “sub auspiciis” in the presence of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen.

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07/11/2022

Quantum Computers: Cryptographic Algorithm Bearing the Handwriting of TU Graz Becomes Standard

Extremely powerful computers of the future require alternative encryption and signature methods. In a six-year process, the US authority NIST has now elevated four post-quantum algorithms to standard status – one of which bears the signature of TU Graz.

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07/07/2022

Horst Bischof Elected As New Rector of TU Graz

The University Council of TU Graz has elected Horst Bischof as the new Rector of TU Graz in its meeting on July 7th 2022. The term of office of the computer scientist and current Vice Rector for Research begins on October 1st 2023.

Park with historic garden house.

07/06/2022

Nature Getaways in Graz

Veronika Novak, international student at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), shares where to find places to recharge your batteries from long days at university and meet with friends outdoors.

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06/29/2022

Annette Mütze Elected New Chair of the TU Graz Senate

The Senate of TU Graz has elected electrical engineer Annette Mütze as Chair of the Senate for the term of office starting in October 2022. Maria Cecilia Poletti, Daniela Klampfl and Karin Stana Kleinschek complete the chairship team.

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06/24/2022

New Research Centre for Sustainable Construction

The Graz Center of Sustainable Construction was officially opened yesterday at TU Graz. Its goals are to rethink construction in its entirety, reduce environmental impacts and make the built environment climate neutral.

TU Graz researchers in a laser laboratory

06/23/2022

Experimental Physicist Marcus Ossiander Awarded START Prize 2022

With the Austrian Science Fund’s (FWF) science prize endowed with 1.2 million euros, the researcher at TU Graz is designing new nano-optics with the aim of building a microscope that can measure ultra-short chemical reactions with extreme precision.

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06/17/2022

No Legacy of Pollution for the Next Generation

As a recreational athlete, Alexander Passer trains his endurance. The TU Graz Professor of Sustainable Construction also needs staying power in his job. He wants to initiate a paradigm shift in construction.

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06/07/2022

New Service Point GESTU-Graz: Studying Successfully for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons

A new service point has started work at TU Graz to make everyday life easier for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at all the Graz universities and to support them in their studies.

Two men and one woman at a lab.

06/03/2022

When will Austria experience a blackout?

Electrical energy dominates daily life. Without it, life would be … on the dark side. The fear of a large-scale blackout is great. But how great is the danger for Austria really?

A dark city.

06/03/2022

What happens during a blackout?

We are all familiar with power outages – but fortunately widespread outages are rare. This is due to a sophisticated balance of generation and utilization. But what happens when the lights go out in spite of everything?

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06/03/2022

Geodesy: A Study Programme with a Future

Who doesn't want a study programme with the best career prospects and individual orientation? One as diverse as planet Earth? Maybe it exists. But who’s heard of geodes... – what’s it called again?

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05/25/2022

Studying Architecture and Being Creative in Graz

You may have seen Graz being described as a city of design. What makes Graz so special for someone like me who studies architecture here? Let me explain exactly what this city offers to creative people.

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05/25/2022

Building lighter with concrete? How concrete 3D printing saves material and CO2

Concrete construction must become more sustainable and lower in CO2 emissions. Concrete 3D printing can contribute significantly to a reduction in materials. TU Graz wants to put this young technology into practice.

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05/24/2022

TU Graz and Intel Demonstrate Significant Energy Savings Using Neuromorphic Hardware

Research published in Nature Machine Intelligence illustrates neuromorphic technology is up to sixteen times more energy-efficient for large deep learning networks than other AI systems.

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05/18/2022

Mixed Reality: U.S. Company Snap Inc. Endows TU Graz Professorship

The company behind the instant messaging service Snapchat will be researching new technologies in the field of mixed reality with TU Graz over the next six years. A working group is being set up and the professorship will be filled by the end of the year.

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05/17/2022

TU Graz and ÖBB Forge Mobility Alliance for Climate

On its way to climate neutrality by 2030, TU Graz is working together with ÖBB as a mobility partner. The goal is to increase employees’ awareness of climate-friendly travel through targeted offers and to further reduce the University’s mobility-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

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05/16/2022

Electronic Skin: Physicist at TU Graz Develops Multisensory Hybrid Material

The “smart skin” developed by Anna Maria Coclite is very similar to human skin. It senses pressure, humidity and temperature simultaneously and produces electronic signals. More sensitive robots or more intelligent prostheses are thus conceivable.

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05/13/2022

Locked-In Syndrome: Ending Isolation with Brain-Computer Interfaces

People with locked-in syndrome (LIS) are enormously restricted in their communication. Implantable brain-computer interfaces that decode speech in real time from brain signals should help free users from isolation.

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04/26/2022

Reduced fatty acid levels: Graz research leads the way for medicines

Atglistatin can reduce the fatty acid level in the blood, which is causal for type II diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver or cardiac insufficiency. Researchers from the University of Graz and TU Graz are going one step further and make the active substance fit for use in the human organism.

Young woman and young man with data glasses in a virtual environment with street, lawn and houses.

04/21/2022

Why study Computer Science? And why at TU Graz?

We live in a digital age, where things move incredibly fast. To some people this might be frightening, to me it is fascinating, and I want to share with you why I am studying Information and Computer Engineering to find my dream job.

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04/20/2022

Graz Universities Present Austria’s First Micro-CT Devices for In-Situ Measurements

The devices can be used to non-destructively observe and measure structural changes inside materials under real operating conditions. They were presented to the public by the inter-university Graz-µCT consortium on 20 April.

Greened building complex at a road junction.

04/20/2022

Studying Civil Engineering

Is civil engineering for me? What do I have to be able to do if I decide to study it? How is it different to architecture? And can I do something for the environment with it? TU Graz experts and students provide answers.

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04/07/2022

What is Concrete?

Concrete is a widely used building material. It is durable, robust and locally available. And it has a reputation for not being very sustainable. Experts from TU Graz explain what concrete is and how it can become (more) sustainable.

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04/07/2022

Nerve Stimulation with the Help of Implantable Mini Solar Cells

An international research team has successfully developed and tested a concept in which nerves are stimulated with light pulses. The method provides considerable advantages for medicine and opens up a wide range of possible applications.

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03/25/2022

Speed Limit of Computers detected

One million gigahertz: This is the physical limit of the signal speed in transistors, as a German-Austrian physics team has now discovered.

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03/23/2022

How to Increase your Job Chances after Graduation

The aspect of getting a job and finding a job is a gradual process of maturing and learning a lot of things along the way. University is there to offer you knowledge but it is up to you to take up more on yourself if you want to be successful.

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03/18/2022

A Quartet of Honorary Doctorates

In recognition of their outstanding services in their respective fields, gender and technology expert Corinna Bath, mathematician Friedrich Gesztesy, medical scientist Gerhard Stark and innovation researcher Stefan Thomke were awarded honorary doctorates from TU Graz.

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03/17/2022

New horizons for Unite!

The 5th Unite! Dialogue, "New Horizons", took place on 8-10 March, hosted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The two new future partner universities TU Graz and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology presented themselves to the alliance community.

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03/15/2022

AMAG supports additive manufacturing research with high-tech plant

Austria Metall AG, Austria's largest aluminium producer and processor, donates a state-of-the-art additive manufacturing system to Graz University of Technology, thereby promoting research and teaching. The contract for donation was signed at TU Graz on 15 March.

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03/14/2022

The microbiome: Our planet’s tiny engine

We carry through life around two kilograms of microorganisms on and inside ourselves. Award-winning TU Graz researcher Gabriele Berg explains why this is more vital than frightening.

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03/11/2022

Niels Köster: Fun with Research

On his journey from practical mathematics to theoretical electrical engineering, Niels Köster improved his scientific writing skills and discovered a love of (industry-related) research.

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03/10/2022

Christina Fior: "The unknown is always scary."

Christina Fior is studying Biomedical Engineering at TU Graz. In an interview, she explains why role models are so important for young women.

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03/08/2022

“Different rules apply to women in professional life”

She was “a wild one” as a child, loves the smell of metal and uses challenges as open doors. TU Graz graduate Esther Lind on technical studies, prejudices and her career in a male domain.

A woman is standing in a laser laboratory.

03/07/2022

"Was able to freely choose experimental physics".

TU-Graz experimental physicist Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt spent her school years at an all-girls grammar school. She explains in the interview why this was a big advantage to her career in physics.

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03/03/2022

Why Some Bubbles Move Faster

Why do large gas bubbles in viscoelastic liquids (such as polymer and protein solutions) rise so much faster than expected? An open question with great relevance for industrial production processes. Researchers at TU Graz and TU Darmstadt have now found an explanation.

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03/02/2022

Micro-CT Lab: Looking Deeply into Material Structures

Since the innovative Micro-CT Lab at TU Graz went into operation in 2022, researchers from TU Graz, the Uni Graz and the Med Uni Graz have been working together examining material structures.

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02/28/2022

Solidarity with Ukraine

TU Graz is deeply shocked by the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Our solidarity in these hours goes out to all Ukrainians.

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02/24/2022

What Makes Studying in Graz So Special?

I know that thinking about leaving your country, the place where your family and friends live, the place where you grew up, can be really scary. After three years of studying abroad in Graz, I know I made the right decision. Let me explain why.

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02/23/2022

Online Learning: TU Graz Courses on edX.org

Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) continues to expand its range of online courses on edX, the global online learning platform from 2U. TU Graz courses on cyber security and electronics will be available from March.

Cars with signal waves drawn in on urban motorway

02/23/2022

Robust Radar: New AI Sensor Technology for Autonomous Driving

Researchers at TU Graz have modelled an AI system for automotive radar sensors that filters out interfering signals caused by other radar sensors and dramatically improves object detection. Now the system is to be made more robust to weather and environmental influences as well as new types of…

Friendly looking man.

02/16/2022

Biotechnology Prize for Enzyme Researcher Bernd Nidetzky

Biotechnologist Bernd Nidetzky of TU Graz is one of only a few European researchers to receive the Elmer L. Gaden Award. The top international biotechnology research prize is awarded by the US journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

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02/14/2022

TU Graz Researchers on Disaster Relief Mission

Forest fires, floods, falling rocks and other natural disasters are increasingly causing damage to built structures and, in the worst case, to people. TU Graz researchers are trying to help.

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02/08/2022

Unite!: TU Graz new member of a European University

Unite! is a network of universities from currently seven European countries, promoted within the framework of the EU’s European University Initiative. TU Graz has recently joined this high-profile alliance aiming at a new model of a trans-European inter-university campus.

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02/08/2022

TU Graz Implements Novel Brake Test Rig for Rail Vehicles

From 2023, rail vehicle manufacturers will be able to have their braking systems tested and certified on the TU Graz campus. In addition, the new test rig will allow for the first time investigations of brake loads and their effects on the complete chassis.

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02/01/2022

TU Graz Fills Endowed Professorship for Sustainable Construction

Alexander Passer is the new Professor of Sustainable Construction at TU Graz. The focus is on life-cycle-based sustainability assessment and low-emission, climate-robust construction methods. The professorship is endowed by the Trade Association of the Stone and Ceramics Industry.

Simulator model with lines and grid

01/27/2022

Schools and the pandemic: Simulation model allows for safe operation

Developed during the ongoing pandemic, but expandable to different needs: Austrian scientists develop simulation model for keeping schools open safely during a pandemic.

01/25/2022

Will Emerging Technologies for Building Construction Help Reduce Our Contribution to Climate Change?

An increasing number of proposed novel technologies in construction claim to be low carbon.

01/25/2022

Moving towards 80,000 Hours of Fuel Cell Operation and Beyond

Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies as viable and sustainable approaches to a renewable energy supply chain are experiencing unprecedented attention. As the industry is growing, its view is becoming increasingly holistic.

01/25/2022

Foundations for Modern Distributed Computing

Many of today’s and tomorrow’s computer systems distribute data to several machines, or the systems are built on top of large-scale networks, such as the internet or sensor networks.

01/25/2022

Computational Models of Neurons and Astrocytes in Studying Brain Dynamics in Health and Disease

Astrocytes are non-neuronal brain cells that contribute to the exchange of neurotransmitters and ions. They are involved in various cognitive functions like sleep and memory formation.

01/25/2022

Linear and 3D Defects in Piezoelectric Materials: Useful Imperfections

It is our imperfections that make us humans interesting. A similar statement can be made for many electroceramics.

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01/21/2022

From Bosnia to Austria

Two and a half years ago I came to Graz where I study at TU Graz. In this time I have learned so much – not only about mechanical engineering but also about the right mindset for this big change. Let me share my Top 5 Tips with you.

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01/21/2022

Aircraft in Radio Contact: TU Graz Develops Simulation Tools for Transponder Occupancy

If aircraft disappear from radar, it may be due to overloaded transponders. TU Graz has developed a simulation tool for Austro Control to determine the transponder occupancy. This tool is now being further developed for the entire European airspace on behalf of EUROCONTROL.

Simulation of a crash test, virtual dummy crashes into an airbag

01/20/2022

Euro NCAP Welcomes New Member Austria

Euro NCAP is expanding the network of member states, regions, mobility clubs, consumer organizations and auto insurers that work together to advance road safety. Also thanks to intensive efforts by TU Graz.

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01/20/2022

"Computer Simulation Optimizes Electrical Machines": First German-Austrian Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio approved

TU Darmstadt and TU Graz want to decisively improve electrical machines through computer simulations. The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Austrian Science Fund FWF are funding the project with more than eight million euros.

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01/17/2022

Learning Machines

“Machine learning will change our world, just as the internet and computers have done,” says a convinced Robert Legenstein from TU Graz.

Lia Gruber is standing in front of the word "Energie".

01/17/2022

Lia Gruber: The “Powerhouse” at Campus Inffeldgasse

Lia Gruber started her academic career at a school with a focus on theatre. Then she switched from acting to electrical engineering. Today she is working on energy communities.

Emil Göttlich with his employee at the lab.

01/17/2022

In the Turbo-machinery Laboratory at TU Graz

In the Turbomachinery Laboratory at the Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics at TU Graz, Emil Göttlich, head of the laboratory, and his research team study the aerodynamics of aircraft engines.

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01/10/2022

New children’s books published by TU Graz University Press

“Toni and the nut machine” and “Alex catches the echo” are the names of new children’s books published by TU Graz. The main themes are diversity, tolerance and openness towards fellow human beings, nature and technology.

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12/29/2021

Graduate Successfully with these Nine Tips

Hello, my name is Ekrem Toroman. I come from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and study Construction Management and Civil Engineering at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz). I will explain how I started studying successfully after a bad start in my studies in the following nine tips for studying better.

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12/28/2021

University Innovation Report 2021 presents digital innovations and concepts in Higher Education

The Publication of the TU Graz presents the first successfully established projects for mastering the digital transformation in research, teaching and administration.

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12/22/2021

Covid-19 in Nursing Homes: Simulation model for prevention and vaccination strategies

Researchers from TU Graz and CSH Vienna have developed a detailed epidemiological model for the spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes. This enables optimal prevention strategies to be identified, as practical experience in Caritas nursing homes has shown.

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12/17/2021

Going Abroad on Your Own

It can be arduous as a student to go abroad and start a new life. There are lots of challenges that have to be met, and there are many ways to do so. I would like to share how I coped with the language, homesickness and loneliness.

A pictorial representation of the coronavirus.

12/15/2021

TU Graz: Research on the Coronavirus Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has also left its mark on TU Graz. Numerous works from different disciplines contribute to the fight against Covid-19 and a better understanding of it.

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12/15/2021

StudentsART: Online Shop for Extraordinary Design by TU Graz Students Continues to Grow

New designer furniture and high-quality décor objects, ceramics 3D-printed for the first time and extraordinary works of art made of alginate that are not available anywhere else. StudentsART – the platform for art and design objects by TU Graz students is expanding its range.

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12/09/2021

Taking a Closer Look at the Atmosphere

A physicist at TU Graz is developing a new method to make the processes in our atmosphere visible. If we think this through, it opens up new opportunities for environmental research – and perhaps even potential for counteracting climate change.

Portraits of Matthias Wolf, Birgit Wassermann and Sebastian Bock.

12/06/2021

Award-Winning Research: Microbiomes, Hydrogen and Exoskeletons

Birgit Wassermann is conducting research on microbiomes, Sebastian Bock on hydrogen and Matthias Wolf on exoskeletons. Coming from diverse disciplines, all three won the Technology and Society Forum’s Sponsorship Awards.

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12/03/2021

Christmas miracles in Graz

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and even if our circumstances are quite peculiar ever since the pandemic started, that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a cosy Advent atmosphere. In the following text, Jovana Vujacic does her best to mention some of the most convivial places one can visit in…

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11/30/2021

PhD in Europe – Arriving and Living in Graz

Living far from your homeland for the first time is a challenge. As an Iranian researcher I came to Graz, Austria, to do research in an EU project at TU Graz. In this blog post I give tips for a good start and share my experience.

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11/26/2021

The Study of the Microbiome Enables New Strategies for Healthy and Climate-Resilient Crops

Study led by TU Graz shows that apple trees inherit their microbiome to the same extent as their genes. The results lay the foundation for new breeding strategies for healthy and climate-robust fruit and vegetables.

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11/25/2021

TU Graz Ranks First in University Start-Ups

A total of 34 companies were founded in the context of TU Graz between 2018 and 2021. According to a survey by the Spin-off Austria initiative, TU Graz ranks first in Austria in the field of university start-ups.

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11/24/2021

Promoting Talent at TU Graz: 330,000 euros awarded to talented students

The “TU Graz 100” programme aims to provide an education in science and technology to young people with excellent learning outcomes – regardless of their financial background. Now the first 36 talented students have received their scholarships in a festive setting.

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11/23/2021

Graz Center of Physics: A decision has been made in the architectural competition

The University of Graz, TU Graz, BIG and Ministry of Science present the winning project of the architectural competition – This is what the new Graz Center of Physics will look like

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11/17/2021

Ball der Technik: Cancellation for 2022, next edition 2023

At its meeting on 16 November, the Committee of the Ball der Technik decided to cancel the ball for 2022 due to the Corona pandemic. The next edition of the tradition-steeped ball will be entirely dedicated to mathematics, physics and geodesy and is planned for Friday, 27 January 2023.

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11/11/2021

“Coronavirus-proof” Interiors: New Measuring Method Documents Movements of Infectious Aerosols

With the method co-developed by TU Graz, virus movements in indoor spaces can be simulated easily and cost-effectively. The method helps to implement measures in rooms that significantly reduce the risk of transmission via the air.

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11/04/2021

Providing precise medical information

When it comes to questions about our health, we want accurate and understandable answers. But "understandable" is a relative term. The occasion in question, previous knowledge and the desired depth of information can be very different. To this end, the knowledge visualization team at TU Graz is…

Projection of a road in the driving simulator

11/04/2021

Autonomous Driving: Styrian Development Saves Millions in Test Kilometres

TU Graz, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, AVL and Fraunhofer Austria have developed a method to validate test drives through highly realistic driving simulation studies and to substantially simplify the approval process for automated driving systems.

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10/28/2021

Huawei: 220,200 EUR Scholarship for Austria's Tech Talents

With a new sponsorship programme, the global technology company is supporting 56 students at the Vienna and Graz Universities of Technology, thereby funding the education of young talent.

Schematic representation of hydrogen molecules (in each case two spheres connected to each other via a strand).

10/28/2021

From Slurry to High-Purity Hydrogen

Hydrogen from real biogas: TU Graz and the start-up Rouge H2 Engineering have scored a world's first in producing high-purity hydrogen from biogas directly at a biogas plant using a new chemical looping process.

Close-up of hands in laboratory gloves with light source.

10/14/2021

Let there be Light: Photoinitiators for Dental Fillings, Contact Lenses and Dentures etc.

Photoinitiators ensure that liquid plastic – for example for dental fillings – hardens quickly by means of light. Thanks to a new synthesis method developed by TU Graz, these initiators can be produced cheaply, something which will open up further doors for the technology.

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10/12/2021

How Can We Counter the Climate Crisis?

The clear answer at TU Graz is by diverse research and green innovations. And this is exactly how the University is working for a more sustainable future.

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10/08/2021

Funding in the millions for joint doctoral programme of FH JOANNEUM and TU Graz

The Austrian Science Fund FWF is funding the joint training of doctoral students from the two Styrian universities in the field of electronics-based systems (EBS) to the amount of one million euros. The money comes from the new programme "doc.funds.connect".

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10/07/2021

Student Competition Teams and Other Activities offered by TU Graz

Student teams, international programmes, summer schools and internships can be very beneficial for the future careers of students. Veronika Novak, international student at TU Graz, gives advice – especially for newcomers.

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10/07/2021

Fire Tests Show that Austria's Tunnels are Fit for Electric Cars

TU Graz, the University of Leoben, the Austrian Fire Brigade Association and ILF Consulting Engineers have investigated the effects of e-vehicle fires in tunnel systems. The results are reassuring for passenger cars, but not for commercial vehicles. For the latter, as well as for fires in…

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10/06/2021

Always live: power grids and safety networks

The photovoltaic system is working on the roof, the e-car is charging in the garage, or at least the e-bike is hooked up to the electricity. Everyday life in many households. And the trend towards sustainability means that the importance of electricity delivery is growing even further. For this…

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10/01/2021

Making Bacteria Eat Exhaust Fumes

The grey clouds of exhaust from industry are not only not a pretty sight, they are partially responsible for climate change, the effects of which we are now clearly experiencing. But it could also work differently. Turning waste streams, or more precisely, CO2, into a raw material is Regina…

Two men at a table with several electronic devices, many cables and small components.

09/28/2021

Getting the measure of tricky measurements

The new Christian Doppler Laboratory for Measurement Systems for Harsh Operating Conditions at TU Graz is conducting research into suitable measurement techniques that can deliver precise results in tough operating and environmental conditions.

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09/27/2021

BCI Research: Computer Decodes Continuous Movement from Brain Signals

For the first time ever, the intention of a continuous movement was able to be read out from non-invasive brain signals at TU Graz. This success enables more natural and non-invasive control of neuroprostheses to be carried out in real time.

Two women and two men in high-visibility vests on a railroad track

09/24/2021

Our future – definitely back on the rails

Climb aboard, sit back comfortably in the compartment, relax and travel with a clear conscience. That's what travelling by train is all about. So, everything on track? As a sustainable means of transport, rail has the edge. But all told, there is still potential for mitigation of environmental…

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09/23/2021

"Nobody does their studies alone"

Many first-semester students start their studies at TU Graz with the exercise course "Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering". Paul Baumgartner and Daniela Hell explain in the interview why feedback counts more for them than the recently won State Prize for Teaching.

The model of a head with an EEG cap and many electrodes.

09/20/2021

Research at the interface between medicine and technology

Graz was instrumental in the birth of biomedical engineering in Austria 50 years ago – a step that laid the foundations for a long record of research successes. Today, numerous institutes work at the intersection between medicine and technology.

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09/17/2021

Legal requirements when moving to Graz

For mechanical engineering student Matko Mitrovic, studying abroad in Austria at TU Graz led to new administrative challenges. Find out how he managed to cope up with all the documents and requirements.

Seven people - six men and one woman.

09/15/2021

Testing Centre for Medical Devices: Safety for Patients

Medical devices have been tested and certified at TU Graz for 45 years. It is important for patients to be able to rely on the safety and benefits of medical devices.

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08/26/2021

“I want to take action, as do many millennials”

There is a strong presence of responsibility in Ivan Knechtl's journey. Studying Environmental Systems Sciences at TU Graz, he wants to make an impact for climate protection. Here is his story for all who don’t know what to do after finishing school.

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08/18/2021

The Combustion Engine in the Sustainable Mobility Mix

Fossil combustion engines are generally considered to be less environmentally friendly, as they are responsible for a large proportion of transport-related CO₂ emissions. Helmut Eichlseder, explains why the internal combustion engine cannot be missing from the sustainable mobility mix.

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08/06/2021

Graz City Life

For electrical engineering student Sara Krak coming to study in a new country was a big step. Find out why she thinks Graz, Austria’s second largest city, is a beautiful and enjoyable place to live.

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08/03/2021

Vaccination campaign by Styrian universities

All nine of Styria’s universities have a clear pro-vaccine stance and have issued an appeal for all those who can do so to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

A helmet inbetweet to rail tracks.

07/29/2021

On the Right Track: Railway Research at TU Graz

Several TU Graz institutes carry out research into transportation by rail, on tracks that criss-cross the countryside, providing an eco-friendly option to bring people to their destination.

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07/22/2021

The Mobile Robot that Charges the E-Car

The fully autonomous, mobile charging robot finds its way independently to the parked electric vehicle (EV) and supplies it with energy. The prototype developed by TU Graz and the Austrian companies ALVERI and ARTI Robots is intended to contribute to the widespread use of e-mobility.

At front there is the bioprinter. At the back Rupert Kargl.

07/20/2021

Artificial Tissue from the 3D Bioprinter

At the Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Biobased Systems, a new bioprinter recently entered service. It will produce individual models of blood vessels.

Kleintierdurchlass aus Beton

07/20/2021

CO₂-Saving Eco-Concrete: ÖBB, Wopfinger and TU Graz prove practicality

For the construction of a small animal culvert in the course of the double-track extension of the Pottendorf railway line between Vienna Meidling and Wiener Neustadt, a concrete mix was used for the first time, whose production emits a quarter less CO₂ compared with conventional concrete.

Two TU Graz researchers sit in a temporary installation (street furniture) made of wood

07/13/2021

The city has potential – for more wilderness

The future of animals lies in the city, because private gardens are often the opposite of "ecological". And even the robotic lawn mower plays into urban development. Sounds unusual? Not at TU Graz. Because here, radically rethinking the way we use space is on the curriculum of the Institute of…

Two researchers in a physics lab, amidst cables and equipment

07/13/2021

Electrons in quantum liquid gain energy from laser pulses

The absorption of energy from laser light by free electrons in a liquid has been demonstrated for the first time. Until now, this process was observed only in the gas phase. The findings, led by Graz University of Technology, open new doors for ultra-fast electron microscopy.

A man is standing next to a tree.

07/08/2021

Prime Numbers: The Atoms of Mathematics

Christian Elsholtz has made it into the academic conversation in recent months with a mathematical "joke." The mathematician talks about his humour, his work, and his love of prime numbers.

Grafische Darstellung einer sich teilenden Zelle

07/01/2021

The World's First Digital Model of a Cancer Cell

The computer model, developed under the lead management of researchers at TU Graz, simulates the cyclical changes in the membrane potential of a cancer cell using the example of human lung adenocarcinoma and opens up completely new avenues in cancer research.

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06/28/2021

Space Weather: Reliable Predictions Thanks to Research in Graz

The influence of solar events on satellite-based applications such as orbit determination, telecommunications or navigation is being investigated by two research projects with the participation of TU Graz.

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06/23/2021

Railway System: Styria as International Centre of Research & Innovation

TU Graz, voestalpine, ÖBB, Siemens Mobility Austria and Virtual Vehicle pool their railway expertise. The Research Cluster Railway Systems research initiative marks the start of measures aimed at further enhancing the competitiveness of the railway through sustainable overall optimization.

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06/17/2021

Next stop: PhD?

Becoming a chemist has always been a dream to me. Joining TU Graz as an international and enrolling in the Master’s programme in Chemistry has fulfilled all my expectations. But does the journey have to stop here?

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06/17/2021

A Greener World with Biotechnology

It makes natural processes for industry more environmentally friendly or even possible at all, thus improving medical and everyday applications. A glimpse into the enzyme-rich world of biotechnology at TU Graz.

A man stands between silver machinery

06/17/2021

RCPE Pilot Plant: Highspeed Drug Production

What would fill entire factory halls in large production facilities, has been set up on just a few square meters at Inffeldgasse 13 in Graz: a production plant for medicines.

René Rieberer is standing at his lab holding a computer.

06/17/2021

René Rieberer: „I’m just interested in everything about it.“

René Rieberer has been a researcher at TU Graz since 1996 and is involved in environmentally friendly heating technology. But it’s not just in research that everything revolves around this; he also monitors his private Heating and ventilation system with all kinds of measurement technology.

TU Graz researchers in the midst of mechanical laboratory equipment

06/17/2021

New insights into aortic dissection

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening tear in the aortic wall. At present, little is known about the causes. Researchers at TU Graz have now developed algorithms and models designed to support early-stage diagnosis and treatment.

Electricity pylon on green meadow

06/10/2021

Insulators: Safe under Maximum Load

Insulator strings connect the live conductor to overhead-line towers. Researchers at TU Graz simulated for the first time when and under what conditions different loads act on these strings. Overhead lines will thus be made even safer.

Original photos and comparison of algorithm-based calculations

06/01/2021

Computer Vision: TU Graz Researchers Define New State of the Art

Using the visual cortex as a model in the human brain, the research group led by ERC-award-winner Thomas Pock has developed new mathematical models and algorithms as the basis for faster and more intelligent image processing programs.

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05/27/2021

"If we're generating enthusiasm, it's working"

Rector Kainz explains in an interview what the entrepreneurial spirit of TU Graz staff is based on, what role sustainability plays in this, and what drives students and researchers to achieve exceptional things.

Bärtiger Mann mit großem Eisblock

05/27/2021

It takes some heat to form ice

Researchers from TU Graz in Austria and the Universities of Cambridge and Surrey succeeded to track down the first step in ice formation at a surface, revealing that additional energy is needed for water before ice can start to form.

Young man with white coat and mask in laboratory

05/21/2021

My Fuel cell technology traineeship at TU Graz

Erasmus+ traineeship student Mark Kozamernik shares his experience about life in Graz and work at the Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology (CEET) at TU Graz during the Covid pandemic.

Detailaufnahme eines Autorads

05/14/2021

Brakes as Emitters of Particulate Matter

"We have a problem and nobody knows how big it is," says TU Graz researcher Peter Fischer. But one thing is certain: brakes cause more particulate matter (PM) emissions than internal combustion engines via their exhaust gases. Nevertheless, there is a shortage of basic knowledge and legal…

Beige background crossed by brown lines with orange inscription "Wood. Rethinking Material" GAM.17 Architecture Magazine.

05/14/2021

GAM.17: Architectural Potentials of the Material wood

The current issue of the Graz Architecture Magazine (GAM) takes a fresh look at the architectural complexity of wood and explores the material's potential for a more climate-friendly building industry.

Ein junger Mann und eine junge Frau, beide mit Laptop und im Gespräch miteinander

05/11/2021

Understanding the Digital Society: New Master's Programme in Computational Social Systems

The joint study programme of the University of Graz and TU Graz offers an interdisciplinary education at the interface of computer science, economics, sociology, psychology and law and will start in the winter semester 2021/22.

frayed, vegetable cellulose foam cube

05/10/2021

Materials Research Says Yes to Wood

Researchers at TU Graz develop green alternatives to fossil raw materials. Bio-based materials are expected to reduce pollution and drive the shift to a more sustainable economy.

Man sitting in front of computer

05/05/2021

From the Foot Perspective: TU Graz Develops Algorithm for Shoe-Based Blind Assistance System

The shoe from the company Tec-Innovation warns blind and visually impaired people of obstacles thanks to ultrasonic sensors. Computer scientists at TU Graz have now developed a camera-based AI image recognition system for this purpose.

Two men operate battery crash plant

05/03/2021

Electric Vehicle Batteries: The older they get, the safer they are

Studies at TU Graz show that the older an traction battery of electric vehicles (EV) is, the lower the danger it poses. Now the researchers and industry partners want to define parameters for the subsequent use of discarded batteries.

Young woman with white shirt in front of red illuminated background

04/30/2021

Living in Graz on a budget

Most students have to live on limited funds and this can cause a lot of stress and anxiety. So I’d like to share my tips and tricks about how to live in Graz, Austria, on a budget as an international student.

Two women at a workstation with laptop and two screens.

04/23/2021

Digital Teaching in the Time of Corona

From one day to the next, the pandemic banished TU Graz students from the lecture halls. Nobody could have imagined this change, let alone desired it. But does it hold opportunities?

Cityscape of Graz with superimposed mathematical models

04/22/2021

"Mathematics unjustly gets a bad press"

Students think: "Mathematics has got nothing to do with my life." Wrong! Professor Peter Grabner on the role of mathematics in everyday life – in bank transfers, weather trends and so on.

Young woman with very striking, colourful eye make-up poses in trousers/top combination

04/22/2021

Biopolymers come into fashion

What can you make from wood? Not only pieces of furniture apparently. Today, cellulose fibres are being turned into new, useful materials and used for fashion as well as for artificial tissue cultivation.

Man on bicycle riding through busy park

04/22/2021

A sensor as a pilot

Cycling keeps you healthy, but not in heavy traffic. Tomorrow's technology can help us find healthier routes – the world's smallest particulate matter sensor as a navigator.

The Earth from a satellite perspective

04/22/2021

Cat chases mouse in space

If the groundwater rises sharply, flooding can be imminent. The Tom and Jerry satellites, chasing each other high above the earth, help make important predictions – including about climate change.

Man and woman bending over a balcony railing with solar panels.

04/22/2021

Fit fuel cells, vanilla and balcony power

The demand for climate-friendly energy is high. Intensive research is being conducted into solutions – from generation to flexible supply. Which brings us to vanilla crescents and anti-ageing...

Two men in suits with paper boxes in the logistics centre.

04/22/2021

Recalculating the route...

It doesn’t matter whether the delivery service brings food or fashion: the faster, the better. The environment usually falls by the wayside. Cooperation and the physical internet are the solutions of the future.

A man stands in front of a data cloud

04/20/2021

6G technology: Domestic Trio Working on Tomorrow's Mobile Communications

With an eye on future mobile communications standards, a European consortium is working on the next generation of antennas for wireless networks. Austria is clearly represented with NXP, Technikon and TU Graz.

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04/19/2021

Understanding Interfaces of Hybrid Materials with Machine Learning

Using machine learning methods, researchers at TU Graz can predict the structure formation of functionalized molecules at the interfaces of hybrid materials. Now they have also succeeded in looking behind the driving forces of this structure formation.

an apple and a pumpkin

04/14/2021

Of Apples and Oil Pumpkins: News from Microbiome Research

The extent to which the composition of the microbiome of apples and oil pumpkins depends on the geographical location and what insights can be derived from this for breeding, health and shelf life of the fruits is shown in two recent publications by researchers at TU Graz.

Glasfront mit Blick auf Stadtgebiet und Baustellen

04/12/2021

"Sustainable Construction": Austrian Association for Building Materials & Ceramic Industries endows TU Graz professorship

The Stones and Ceramics Association supports endowed professorship for sustainable construction at TU Graz with a focus on lifecycle-based sustainability assessment as well as greenhouse gas-free and climate-robust construction projects. The appointment will take place in the summer of 2021.

Factory hall with robot arms and other state-of-the-art machines

04/08/2021

Smartfactory@tugraz: Styria's Research and Learning Factory Goes into Full Operation

In the unique pilot factory of TU Graz, now all types of companies can test agile and data-secure manufacturing concepts regarding Industry 4.0 – and beyond, the new landscape for research presents the first university 5G campus solution in Austria.

portrait of TU Graz researcher

04/02/2021

Digital Transformation in Mobility: "The Potential Is There, But It Won't Fall into Our Laps."

TU Graz researcher Mario Hirz leads the mobility module in the university course "Leadership in digital transformation" planned for autumn 2021. In this interview, he talks about the entrepreneurial opportunities of autonomous driving and new vehicle concepts.

A woman at a laboratory device bathed in green light

03/30/2021

Starting Signal for the NAWI Graz Center of Physics

All parties involved have given the green light for the establishment of the Graz Center of Physics, the big physics centre of TU Graz and the University of Graz in the framework of the NAWI Graz research and teaching network. The architectural competition is under way, and construction is scheduled…

Woman uses music streaming service last.fm on desktop

03/30/2021

Algorithm-Generated Music Recommendations: Low Accuracy for Fans of Non-Mainstream Music

Listeners of high-energy music such as hard rock and hip-hop may be given less accurate music recommendations by music recommender systems than listeners of other non-mainstream music, according to research published in the open access journal EPJ Data Science.

Three men

03/28/2021

Electromagnetic Fields of Nanostructures Visualized in 3D for the First Time

Researchers at TU Graz and the University of Graz, together with experts from France, have succeeded in imaging surface phonons in 3D for the first time. This success could accelerate the development of new, efficient nanotechnologies.

Student in white shirt in front of red lit lecture hall.

03/25/2021

TU Graz Fields of Study: Why not Choose Computer Science?

A broad range of study programmes are offered at TU Graz, but for me, an international student, Computer Science is the one that puts all my hard work, passion, and dedication to the test at all times.

Woman holding mobile phone

03/25/2021

Mobile App Generates Data for the Energy Management of the Future

Researchers at TU Graz are linking energy consumption data and user feedback with AI applications to optimize energy consumption in households, buildings and higher-level energy systems.

Niklas Pontesegger is standing in his lab wearing a white lab coat. There are three apples right in front of him.

03/22/2021

Niklas Pontesegger: Science in the Apple Orchard

Niklas Pontesegger visits apple trees for scientific reasons to investigate how climate change is affecting the fruit. For his work he has received a young talent award.

Landslides

03/18/2021

TU Graz Researchers Identify Chemical Processes as Key to Understanding Landslides

The study results are based on investigations of repeated mass movements and are expected to benefit planning, maintenance, and development of transportation infrastructure in affected areas.

Computer-Chip

03/11/2021

New Approach Found for Energy-Efficient AI Applications

Researchers at TU Graz demonstrate a new design method for particularly energy-saving artificial neural networks that get by with extremely few signals and – similar to Morse code – also assign meaning to the pauses between the signals.

Three students with furnitures in the TU Graz wood workshop

03/09/2021

TU Graz Launches web shop for Art and Design Objects by Students

In keeping with the spirit of the "entrepreneurial university", TU Graz supports students in the utilization of work they have designed themselves. Unique items such as paper ornaments and intricately crafted furniture are henceforth available for purchase at www.StudentsART.tugraz.at.

Aglaee Degros is standing next to a river bed holding a bike in TU Graz design.

03/08/2021

Aglaée Degros: The Spaces Between Buildings

Urban designer Aglaée Degros explores rural and urban in-between spaces and what happens in them. Last year's pandemic in particular changed people's (housing) needs.

Portrait of a young, dark haired woman

03/04/2021

“Coronatimes” in the eyes of an international student

Jovana Vujačić, an international degree seeking student from Serbia in Graz, Austria, summarises her experiences with digital teaching and everyday life at TU Graz during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three men and two women mind MNS protection and boards in front of an LED screen

03/01/2021

TU Graz on the Way to Becoming Austria's First Climate-Neutral University

TU Graz takes its social responsibility in climate protection seriously and has adopted an ambitious roadmap for its path to climate neutrality by 2030.

David Garcia leans at a tree with a laptop in his hands.

02/26/2021

Computational Social Sciences: Interplay Between Computer and Human

How emotional are we online? Is social media fuelling the polarization of our society? Can I inquire about the character of an artificial intelligence? David Garcia asks himself questions like these at TU Graz.

cichlid

02/23/2021

Mutable: Graz Researchers Decode Genome of Two Cichlid Species

Nature and man must constantly adapt to new living conditions. A research team from Graz has investigated how this is done and which genes play an important role in this process using the model system of the Great Lakes of East Africa.

Tunnel construction vehicle inside a tunnel construction site

02/22/2021

Brenner Base Tunnel as a Lighthouse Project: Tunnels to become CO₂-neutral energy suppliers

Research association led by TU Graz wants to use the heat contained in the discharged tunnel water to supply energy to entire city districts. As part of the FFG programme "City of the Future", a sustainable concept for the city of Innsbruck is being developed.

Smartphone display with data of a telephone contact

02/15/2021

More Privacy when Using Messaging Services

Cryptography experts at TU Graz, together with their colleagues at TU Darmstadt, have developed a privacy-protecting security software for mobile messaging services.

Two TU Graz researchers in front of an oversized screen

02/04/2021

5G: Test innovative 5G ideas at TU Graz

Transfering much larger amounts of data faster over mobile networks – that's what the 5G mobile communications standard promises. Researchers are testing new applications for industrial use at smartfactory@tugraz.

Two men at a lab.

02/01/2021

How to Build a Test Bed

Researchers use test beds to test a variety of components for structural durability and behaviour. But there is often no suitable infrastructure on the market. How do researchers deal with this?

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01/29/2021

Collaborative Data Management at the Research and Business Location Styria

Styrian university consortium led by TU Graz develops strategy for data, information and knowledge management between academia, industry and public institutions.

TU Graz researchers with a quarter-sector cascade of an aircraft engine

01/28/2021

TU Graz provides know-how for efficient aircraft engine from General Electric

In the EU project TURANDOT, researchers from TU Graz investigated a sharkskin-like coating for engine blades and tracked the flow of cooling air in the engine. In this way, they make aircraft more fuel-efficient, less expensive and quieter.

Three scientists in front of a computer screen, a digital heart is depicted

01/22/2021

Cardiovascular diseases: New computer model improves therapy

Using mathematical image processing, scientists at the BioTechMed-Graz research cooperation have found a way to create digital twins from human hearts. The method opens up completely new possibilities in clinical diagnostics.

Four young people walk through an inner city street.

01/21/2021

From nightlife to nature

There is much more than "just" studying in Austria. From sports and cultural opportunities to city flair, nightlife, nature and culinary delights. Graz has a lot to offer. Here is a small sample.

Woman with game console and data glasses at her computer workstation.

01/21/2021

Studying at university: From video games to science

Can video games make us healthier? Can we really rely on artificial intelligence? Want to dive into one of these topics? In Austria, This is what happens in stuy programmes and research in Austria at TU Graz.

View from above over modern roofscape in front and historic roofscape in the background

01/21/2021

My semester abroad at TU Graz despite corona

Architecture student Lisa Schmidt came to Graz from TU Berlin as an Erasmus student. Here she writes about what it's like to study abroad in the time of corona, specifically at TU Graz.

Rice panicle

01/11/2021

Resistant rice plants: TU Graz identifies bacterium that protects rice plants against diseases

With their expertise in microbiome research, the researchers at the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology were able to demonstrate how a specific bacterium inside the seeds of rice plants effectively and in an eco-friendly way inhibits destructive plant pathogens.

Computer simulation of a toboggan crash: Child sitting on the toboggan is trapped between an adult sitting behind it and a tree.

01/10/2021

Toboggan accident crash test: Without helmet, serious injuries even at low speeds

Austrian Road Safety Board, and TU Graz have investigated tobogganing accidents for the first time in a computer-simulated crash test. The results: Wearing a helmet and the correct sitting position dramatically reduce the risk of injury for children while tobogganing.

Three young men.

12/23/2020

Solar storms as danger for the power grid

Power cuts have a wide variety of causes. Mostly we think of damaged power lines due to wind and weather or unplanned power surges that overload the grid. But solar storms can also lead to them.

Group of people in the open

12/22/2020

Adaptive, automated, interactive: Graz research group develops health portal of the future

Researchers from TU Graz, Med Uni Graz and Uni Graz are working on a digital interactive information system that automatically tailors medical content to individuals and their needs.

Mehrdad Imani Tilenoei works at the triaxial facility.

12/18/2020

Triaxial testing facility: Transition rock under pressure

Neither hard like stone, nor soft like soil: transition rock is important for almost every construction project, but difficult to study. But this is now possible at the TU Graz.

Gläserner Tunnel, darin eine kleine Glasflasche mit Flüssigkeit

12/14/2020

RNA basic building block produced biocatalytically for the first time

Researchers from TU Graz and acib succeed in the first enzyme-driven biocatalytic synthesis of nucleic acid building blocks. This facilitates the development of antiviral agents and RNA-based therapeutics.

Mrs Siegmund and Mr Leitner surrounded by fresh vegetables at the Kaiser-Josef-Markt

12/11/2020

Mmm, what a "taste"...

The researchers at the sensory laboratory of the Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry at TU Graz know that "taste" alone is by no means the only decisive factor for culinary enjoyment.

Graphic of bluish technical terminals placed over a woman's face

12/11/2020

Part-time: Courses, seminars and master's programmes

Continue learning for your job – for example in the fields of AI, building information modeling (BIM) or leadership? The TU Graz Life Long Learning programme contains about 40 further education courses.

Moon and space probe, in the background a planet

12/10/2020

Jupiter-Magnetometer leaves Graz

When ESA's JUICE mission is launched in 2022 to explore Jupiter's icy moons, a scientific instrument from Graz will also be on board. The Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the TU Graz are supplying a novel quantum interference magnetometer.

Model test of a high specific speed pit turbine, horizontal axis 3-blade runner with the nominal specific speed ns = 1000.

12/09/2020

Enhancing Production of Hydropower Plants and Eco-Friendly Electricity Generation

The EU’s Green Deal and Austria’s efforts to generate the total demand for electricity in Austria based on renewable energies call for a boost of advancement in the hydropower industry.

Two researchers from TU Graz in front of an experimental setup with redox flow electrolytes

12/09/2020

New research project on environmental and safety aspects of stationary energy storage

The SABATLE project coordinated by TU Graz focuses on the sustainability and safety of redox flow technologies, which are of immanent importance for the stabilization of the power grid.

Chitosan anion exchange membrane doped with graphene oxide for use in direct alkaline alcohol fuels.

12/08/2020

Research on Next Generation Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies

Due to current efforts being made in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the associated political focus on hydrogen as a clean energy carrier, methods for sustainable hydrogen production and efficient utilization are again in great demand.

A spiking neural network learns to play the Atari game Pong.

12/08/2020

Future of Computing: Learning-Based, Energy-Efficient and Brain-Inspired

Computer science is at a turning point. Novel Machine Learning (ML) methods are revolutionizing how we think about computation and build computers. ML is believed to provide a path to artificial intelligence.

Figure 1: (Left:) Differences in structure prediction and de novo protein design. (Right:) Illustrative representation of protein sequence space (grey). Sequence analysis of native proteins shows that tight clusters of protein families can be identified (beige).

12/08/2020

Computational Protein Design to Address Challenges in Biotechnology

Computational design of novel protein structures is a promising tool to make superior biological materials with tailor-made properties, new pharmaceuticals or complex fine chemicals.

Two Hydrogen atoms.

12/08/2020

Hydrogen: Electricity Storage of the Future?

If our energy system is to become more eco-friendly, there is no way to avoid hydrogen as an energy carrier. Researchers around the world are certain of this.

Birgitta Schultze-Bernhard at the physics museum at TU Graz.

12/08/2020

Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt: Rainbow-Coloured Combs and Sunlight

After only a few months at Graz University of Technology, Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt has already brought two renowned research grants to Graz: an ERC Starting Grant and the FWF START Prize.

Prof. Kaden with old roof beams in the background

12/06/2020

Timber construction is changing our cities

Construction using wood is booming, especially in the cities. Tom Kaden, Austria's first endowed professor of architecture and timber construction at TU Graz, believes there is still great potential.

Prof. Römer stands with crossed arms on a crosswalk

12/06/2020

Trust me!

When cars drive autonomously, technical faults can be fatal. Can we trust technology? Researchers at Graz University of Technology are working on calculating and ultimately proving this dependability.

Johanna Pirker sitting at her desk

12/05/2020

Do video games raise social awareness?

A video game can sometimes be more than a documentary. At TU Graz, Johanna Pirker and her team are doing research into creating games that make us better.

View of Graz clock tower with superimposed digital image

12/05/2020

From the Wild West to data security

30 years ago, data security was a niche topic. Today, researchers at TU Graz are laying the foundations for a completely new way of thinking about security. Including future developments.

Two men on a sailboat by the sea.

12/05/2020

Water sports in Graz

How theoretical physics can be applied in practice on the water is impressively demonstrated in Graz by various student teams – and it's quite strange.

Container ship from above on the high seas

12/05/2020

Time for plan A

Oil, gas and coal were yesterday. Hydrogen could be the key to a green future. Its versatility has made hydrogen a research core area at Graz University of Technology for 50 years.

HE cracks in an ultra-high-strength screw steel.

12/04/2020

Hydrogen Embrittlement (HE)...

... of Ultra-High-Strength Steel Screws in Service: Still a Development Potential?

Abstract graphical representation of a lung

12/04/2020

TU Graz develops screening system for lung sound analysis

A multi-channel recording device developed at TU Graz for pathological lung sounds and associated automatic lung sound analysis could support existing screening methods for early detection of, for example, Covid-19 infections. This now requires clinical data and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Young woman sitting in yellow canoe and paddling

12/01/2020

Will a knowledge of physics turn us into top sportspersons?

Stand-up paddleboarding, the Bernoulli equation and the magic lottery six-figure number: they all have to do with physics. In conversation with Gernot Pottlacher, experimental physicist at TU Graz.

Prof. Gabriele Berg in the laboratory

12/01/2020

Nutrition plays a key role

How can we ensure that less food spoils – but without chemicals?

Young man presents a pull cord attached to the strap of his backpack. Young woman watches on.

11/27/2020

from the idea to 2 Minuten 2 Millionen

TU Graz student Lukas Watzinger founds REELOQ. For his patented security system, investors offered 75,000 euros on "2 Minuten 2 Millionen". He shares the ups and downs about the show in this article.

Thin film under a light source

11/27/2020

TU Graz starts CD laboratory for multifunctional and highly integrated electronic components

The Christian Doppler Laboratory for Technology-Guided Electronic Component Design and Characterization investigates ways to better control electromagnetic interactions in smart networked devices, especially in the 5G frequency range.

11/25/2020

Passing on knowledge: TU Graz awards prizes for outstanding teaching

Seven lecturers from TU Graz were honoured with the Prize for Excellence in Teaching 2019/20 for their especially outstanding teaching concepts and their great personal commitment to teaching.

Young man in front of a red illuminated concrete wall

11/19/2020

The mesmerizing world of chemistry in Graz

Becoming a chemist has always been a dream for me. Joining TU Graz as an international student doing a master’s programme in chemistry has now fulfilled all my expectations. Do you also dream about studying abroad?

Samir Kopacic stands in his office wearing a white lab coat. He is holding a piece of paper in the one hand and a piece of plastic in the other.

11/18/2020

Samir Kopacic: From crude oil to bioplastics

TU Graz researcher Samir Kopacic would like to contribute to less plastic and more biodegradable materials being used in the future. Meanwhile he is developing his own paper-based packaging.

Two men

11/17/2020

SGS and TU Graz open Lamarr Security Research

SGS and TU Graz announce the opening of Lamarr Security Research, a non-profit research center focusing on information security and establishing trust in digital systems and products. This new research environment is open for partner sponsors to work together, and to make the world a safer place.

Shotcrete nozzle, which applies shotcrete to the tunnel wall

11/16/2020

Sustainable shotcrete mix-designs for tunnels with longer service-life

A project jointly initiated by the Austrian Society for Construction Technology (ÖBV), TU Graz and OTH Regensburg provides a more systematic understanding of shotcrete applications and forms the basis for new, even more durable concrete mixes and thus for more durable tunnels.

Measuring stand with small grippers

11/12/2020

TU Graz launches Christian Doppler Laboratory for Solid-State Batteries

The focus of the new CD laboratory is the reduction of interface resistances within the solid-state battery. The aim is to make this particularly safe energy storage system fit for electric vehicles and other high-energy applications.

Three researchers from TU Graz outdoors

11/10/2020

PLATYPUS: New vulnerabilities discovered in Intel processors

An international team of security researchers from TU Graz, CISPA and University of Birmingham is presenting new side-channel attacks, which use fluctuations in software power consumption to access sensitive data on Intel CPUs.

Group of people standing in front of a futuristic building

11/05/2020

Graz researchers identify biomarker for cardiovascular diseases

The role of the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase 3 in the blood pressure-regulating renin-angiotensin system was investigated in the inter-university cooperation project BioTechMed-Graz. The results could pave the way for new therapies for cardio-renal diseases.

Two men on a city green hold their bicycles on their handlebars.

10/30/2020

TU Graz: Cycling pioneer

TU Graz didn’t back pedal in bid for "CFE" EU certificate as a bike-friendly establishment. Mobility research company FGM and the cycling lobby ARGUS Steiermark worked in tandem to present a total of four awards.

Architectural design of eight bridges built with houses, which span a city island and connect the river banks.

10/28/2020

Architecture studies: Prizes for the best theses

The Faculty of Architecture at TU Graz recently presented the GAD Awards 20 for outstanding final theses. The jury awarded two first places – to Danijel Zorec and Jakob Zöbl.

Two TU Graz researchers, in the foreground a conductor's cap

10/28/2020

Intelligent maintenance: improved maintenance management for track

TU Graz algorithm-based method provides a basis for decisions on the correct amount of tamping measures on tracks, thus reducing their life-cycle costs by up to 20 per cent.

Young man with shirt and jacket in front of a tree.

10/23/2020

Two months of fuel cell research

Internship abroad despite corona crisis: At Nedstack B.V. in Arnhem, the Netherlands, TU Graz student Niklas Mayr further developed analytical measurement methods for fuel cell research. Here's his report.

Group of TU Graz researchers in front of a mass spectrometer

10/20/2020

TU Graz researchers discover new sediment archive for historical climate research

Geological investigations of low-temperature young deposits on the Styrian Erzberg provide paleoclimatology with new data on the earth's history and its development.

Portrait photo of a young woman in white blouse.

10/16/2020

Student and campus life at TU Graz

What it is like to be part of TU Graz campus life? Sara Krak, international student in Graz, Austria, writes about her everyday life experiences in general and about how Corona restrictions affected them.

Group of persons in climate chambers

10/16/2020

TU Graz and AVL launch Battery Safety Center Graz

At the heart of the research centre are climate chambers for targeted battery ageing under a wide variety of conditions, as well as novel mechanical test environments, including a highly dynamic crash facility for charged batteries.

Eine Frau und zwei Männer stehen nebeneinander

10/13/2020

Starting signal for FET Open projects: Visionary research on biocatalysts, nanostructures and ultrafast information processing

Over the next few years, work will be carried out at TU Graz on cell factories for industrial algae biotechnology, on a rapid prototyping approach for micro- and nanodevices and on new paradigms for ultra-fast information processing.

3 men in front of an X-ray measuring machine

10/07/2020

New findings pave the way to environmentally friendly supercapacitors

Similar to batteries, supercapacitors are suitable for the repeated storage of electrical energy. TU Graz researchers have presented a particularly safe and sustainable variant of such a supercapacitor in Nature Communications.

Woman with petri dish and green algae inside

10/05/2020

Cyanobacteria as "green" catalysts in biotechnology

Researchers from TU Graz and Ruhr University Bochum show in the journal ACS Catalysis how the catalytic activity of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, can be significantly increased. This brings biotechnological and thus eco-friendly application a big step closer.

Mann mit Brille vor Bildschirm und Apparatur

10/01/2020

Ecological power storage battery made of vanillin

Researchers at TU Graz have found a way to convert the aromatic substance vanillin into a redox-active electrolyte material for liquid batteries. The technology is an important step towards ecologically sustainable energy storage.

TU Graz researcher stands behind computer screen

09/25/2020

Houska Prize 2020 goes to TU Graz researcher Harald Plank

With the research project "3D-Nanoprinting", Harald Plank from the Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis at TU Graz won the Houska Prize in the category "University Research", which is endowed with 150,000 euros.

Sensor in the foreground a tweezers with one cent coin

09/24/2020

Styrian technological innovation: The smallest particle sensor in the world - made in Graz

TU Graz, ams and Silicon Austria Labs has developed a compact and energy-efficient sensor for mobile devices, which informs users in real time about the fine dust content in the air and warns them in case of elevated values.

A Turbine Center Frame. A large metallic circle with orange cable.

09/22/2020

Turbomachinery laboratory: efficient and aerodynamic aircraft engines

In the turbomachinery laboratory at TU Graz, Emil Göttlich and his team are primarily investigating the aerodynamics of the turbine center frame – an important component of an aircraft engine.

Young man with a beard against a red illuminated background

09/17/2020

Working as a student in Austria: eight big tips

Ekrem Toroman is an international student at TU Graz. He supports himself and knows what it’s like to work alongside his studies. In this article you’ll learn how to successfully finance your studies.

Four men with construction helmets in front of a wall with foundation stone rolls

09/14/2020

Foundation Stone laid for two new Research Centres at TU Graz

On Campus Inffeldgasse of Graz University of Technology, Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft is constructing two new buildings: the "Data House" and the "SAL building". The total project volume is about 55 million euros.

Young woman and young man laughing towards the camera. She rests her elbow on his shoulder.

09/09/2020

Start-up Felloz: have smartphone, will be able to donate

From the idea, to the team, to real social innovation. The founding team of the start-up company Felloz found out how to create real social impact using technology and entrepreneurial spirit.

Frau mit Brille neben Metallgegenständen

09/03/2020

ERC Starting Grant for TU Graz researcher Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt

The physicist receives the renowned prize for her project to investigate the interaction between UV light and matter in spectral ranges that have not yet been extensively researched. Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt was already honored this year with the Austrian Science Fund FWF's START Prize.

Young woman with her elbow on the shoulder of a young man with a notebook, both standing

09/02/2020

Studying in Graz: Choosing and starting your studies, and tips

Lisa, bachelor student of electrical engineering, and Lukas, bachelor student of process engineering, remember their first time at TU Graz. They share their experiences and give tips for the start of studies.

People work concentrated with a headset and in front of computers

08/28/2020

TU Austria’s Innovation Marathon 2020 shows the potential of digital natives

Young, motivated students from all over the world impressively proved yesterday and today that they can solve complex problems together in just 24 hours, even if they live thousands of kilometers apart and don't know each other personally.

08/26/2020

Hydrogen billions for Austria: TU Austria universities plead for investment boost

One billion euros by 2024 and another billion by 2030: These investments are needed to successfully implement the Austrian hydrogen strategy, to use existing potentials and not to lose ground in global competition.

Young woman with white shirt in front of red illuminated background

08/20/2020

Networking and making friends as International in Graz

Having lived in Kosovo her whole life, moving to Austria to study at TU Graz was life changing for Fjolla Hasani. She writes about overcoming the challenges of moving abroad and making friends, e.g. at social events.

Computer monitor on desk

08/20/2020

Students develop innovative solutions for Austrian industry in only 24 hours

At this year's Alpbach Technology Talks, students from all over the world will be networking virtually in order to develop new products, processes and business models for local companies as part of the TU Austria Innovation Marathon.

Nachthimmel mit Blitzentladung

08/17/2020

How do lightning discharges and thunderstorms occur?

The Austrian Alpine region shows one of the highest lightning activities in Europe. Lukas Schwalt from the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance at Graz University of Technology answers questions about the origin of lightning discharges and thunderstorms, dangers and myths.

Young woman holds a stack of books with an open laptop on top.

08/07/2020

Using the principle of exclusion to choose your studies

School is history, but what happens next? Camilla Reis kept a cool head and simply excluded what she was not interested in. This is how she came to study Software Engineering and Management at TU Graz.

A man in a laboratory.

08/05/2020

Experimental physics: inching closer to outer space

Peter Pichler from TU Graz’s Institute of Experimental Physics is researching liquid metal. At the moment, he is waiting for data from the ISS, which he will analyse in his dissertation.

Researcher in front of screen

08/04/2020

Machine learning methods provide new insights into organic-inorganic interfaces

Simulations at Graz University of Technology refute earlier theories on long-range charge transfer between organic and inorganic materials.

Two Smartphones with TU Graz contents on display

07/30/2020

Summer heat and mobile phone batteries: Tips and info

Battery expert Martin Wilkening from TU Graz knows how much sun mobile phone batteries can tolerate, what exactly happens in the event of a battery fire and how best to keep a mobile phone cool in summer.

Frau sitzt vor Laptop, am Bildschirm Grafik

07/30/2020

TU Graz Researchers synthesize nanoparticles tailored for special applications

“Core-shell” clusters pave the way for new efficient nanomaterials that make catalysts, magnetic and laser sensors or measuring devices for detecting electromagnetic radiation more efficient.

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07/29/2020

Partnership of TU Graz and University of Strathclyde

Scotland: sheep, bagpipes, electrical engineering, and much more. This is what the first PhD students of Graz University of Technology can look forward to from this coming winter semester onwards at the new partner university – the University of Strathclyde.

Woman behind the wheel of a car operating a navigation system in the cockpit

07/23/2020

Software of autonomous driving systems: TU Graz develops methods for the generation of simulation scenarios

Researchers at TU Graz and AVL focus on software systems of autonomous driving systems. They developed a method for generating safety-critical simulation scenarios and an adaptive control procedure for compensating for internal errors.

Two researchers with laptop in hand

07/17/2020

New learning algorithm should significantly expand the possible applications of AI

The e-prop learning method developed at Graz University of Technology forms the basis for drastically more energy-efficient hardware implementations of Artificial Intelligence.

heap of compost run over by a machine

07/14/2020

TU Graz develops autonomous electric compost turner

The new machine is intended to facilitate industrial composting and makes autonomous driving acceptable for chain-driven machines as well.

Two ships at sea.

07/13/2020

Shipping: Making the blue ocean greener

Even without living directly by the sea, researchers at TU Graz and the LEC are concerned about the environmental compatibility of merchant shipping and are researching wind and hydrogen-powered ships.

Young woman sitting at a desk with laptop, writing pads, book and water glass.

07/09/2020

"Programming is like reading a good book"

Naomi Pfaff changed from psychology to computer science studies at TU Graz. How she got into programming, why a fantasy game makes female teenagers learn better and when she learned who Billie Eilish is.

Moped driver

07/08/2020

Safe through the moped season: The right helmet can prevent serious head injuries

Joint investigations by researchers from Graz University of Technology and the ÖAMTC show that the risk of serious head injuries increases when an already damaged helmet or a wrong helmet is worn.

Peter Pichler and Gernot Pottlacher are standing in a laboratory holding a steel rod.

07/03/2020

TU Graz physicists study steel on board the ISS

For the Institute of Experimental Physics, heading into outer space is on the agenda: the researchers are taking part in an experiment on board the international space station to measure the surface tension of Böhler steel.

A man in a tie and a woman with glasses, between them a graphic representation of two hands with an elongated object

07/01/2020

Harald Kainz to take over the presidency of TU Austria on July 1st

The Rector of Graz University of Technology will take over the presidency of TU Austria, the association of Austrian universities of technology, thus succeeding Sabine Seidler, Rector of Vienna University of Technology. The priorities for the next 12 months are digitalisation, sustainability and…

Man with chemise and tie in front of a domed roof

06/29/2020

Honorary title from St. Petersburg for TU Graz Rector Harald Kainz

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University awards an honorary doctorate to the Rector of Graz University of Technology, Harald Kainz, in recognition of his contribution to the promotion of the long-standing strategic partnership between the two universities.***UPDATED ARTICLE (28th…

Group of researchers in the laboratory

06/26/2020

TU Graz researchers want to fundamentally improve concrete diagnostics

Under the scientific direction of Graz University of Technology, an Austrian consortium is working on new investigation methods for rapid and precise assessments of concrete structures.

Markus Tranninger and Andrea Pferscher are standing under a tree in Inffeldgasse.

06/24/2020

Young researchers making the Internet of Things safer

She investigates black-box-systems, while he predicts the state of networked systems. Andrea Pferscher and Markus Tranninger are two of 11 young researchers in the TU Graz project "Dependable Things".

Two TU Graz researchers in front of a computer screen

06/23/2020

New approach for a biological programming language

New findings by researchers led by TU Graz computer scientists Wolfgang Maass and Robert Legenstein on neural information processing in the brain could enable more efficient AI methods.

Zwei Menschen von hinten vor einem großen Plan

06/22/2020

Resistance against National Socialism: exhibition by architecture students

Architecture students at Graz University of Technology have designed a travelling exhibition that reconstructs traces of the resistance to the Nazi regime in Styria on the basis of four case studies. Currently on view in Leoben, then in Graz and Eisenerz.

Young woman wearing a white blouse in front of a reddish lit wall.

06/18/2020

… Finding your first accommodation in Graz

Veronika Novak, a student at TU Graz, reveals what to keep in mind when housing in Graz for the first time. New students can profit from her advice and learn to navigate the obstacles in finding the right housing.

Blonde Frau mit Brille lehnt über technischer Apparatur

06/17/2020

TU Graz physicist Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt receives START Prize 2020

The researcher receives the science prize worth up to 1.2 million euros for her work on a new measurement technology that enables UV-light-induced chemical processes to be investigated with unprecedented detail.

Scheme of a energy system.

06/16/2020

Contributions to a future energy System based on renowable energy and hydrogen

A modern energy system based on renewable energy like wind and solar power inevitably needs a storage system to provide energy on demand.

Two graphs.

06/16/2020

Internal combustion Engine - An alternative energy converter for hydrogen

Hydrogen is regarded as the energy carrier of the future.

An electronic circuit.

06/16/2020

Electromagnetic Compatibility of Electronics Based Systems Affects Us All

In recent decades, semiconductor technologies have been shrinking, while the operating frequencies and integration density of modern integrated circuits have increased significantly.

A graph with "Number of Completed Genomes" from 0 to 30.000 on the Y- and "Year" from 1985 until 2020 on the X-axis. A blue line shows viruses, a dark blue line prokaryotes and a pink line eukaryotes. The blue linke starts at 0 and before 1985 and ends at 30.000 and 2020. The dark blue line starts at approximatly 0 and 2000 and ends at 15.000 and 2020. The pink line starts just after 1990 ans 0 and ends at just above 0 and 2020.

06/16/2020

Cracking the Code within Us: Bioinformatics of the Human Genome

Improving our understanding of genome structure and function is central to biology and medicine.

TU Graz researcher with small test bench and gearbox

06/16/2020

Innovative gear principle: "Smart Gear" makes industrial robots more powerful and intelligent

Philipp Eisele, doctoral student at Graz University of Technology, has developed a compact gearbox with intelligent sensor technology that achieves twice the gear ratios of previous gearboxes and enables new, smart services.

A colourful picture. A shows a donut – it is red on the inside, yellow, green and blue on the outside. B is longer and also red, yellow, green light blue and dark blue. C shows a piece of B but enlarged. It says Protein 8 and shows a curled string in red, yellow, green, light blue and dark blue. On top there are several strings saying D3, D4, E2 and D5. D shows a longer string which says DNA. Outside of it are little blue strings named Protein 8. On top there are orange strings named Protein 7 and 9. On the bottom there are blue bubbles named Proetin 6 and 3. E shows D on the side and two arrows pointing down. Next to the arrows it says FeCl3(eq) and Na3PO4(aq). On the bottom of the arrows it says a-FePO4(s). On the bottom of the second arrow is again D on the side with an orange sphere around.

06/15/2020

Extending the Building Blocks of Materials Science: What Viruses have to Offer.

When it comes to nanotechnology, nature is truly the most successful researcher.

Eine Zeichnung von Karin Stana Kleinschek. Im Hintergrund ist ein schematisches Labor zu sehen.

05/29/2020

“Nature can do easily what our researchers cannot do.”

Karin Stana Kleinschek has dedicated her professional life to the question of how materials can be produced from renewable resources and made degradable or recyclable.

Eine schematische Darstellung eines Mikrochips.

05/27/2020

Electronics Based Systems: The Basis for our Future

Electronics-based systems have long since found their way into our everyday lives. Consciously in the form of new technical gadgets and unconsciously in the form of embedded systems.

Cover Graz Architektur Magazin 16 with the inscription gewohnt: un/common

05/27/2020

GAM.16: Designs of uncommon living

The current issue of the Graz Architecture Magazine (GAM) gathers together new collaborative living concepts under the title "gewohnt: un/common" and presents them for discussion as “rehearsal stages" for affordable living.

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05/26/2020

… Graz, a student’s city with a cozy and friendly vibe

Since I'm studying at TU Graz, I have been living in Graz, Austria, for the past two years. Not only is university life a lot of fun, but the city itself is a delightful place and motivates me to enjoy my time.

inner workings of the OSOD system: Gas furnace, process gas compressor, feed gas conditioning

05/26/2020

New system for widespread availability of green hydrogen

Hydrogen researchers at Graz University of Technology, together with the Graz-based start-up Rouge H2 Engineering, have developed a cost-effective process for the decentralised production of high-purity hydrogen.

Ralph Stöckl recives his award from Elmar Pichl.

05/25/2020

"I want to bring neural networks to building sites"

TU Graz PhD student Ralph Stöckl is working with artificial intelligence to predict events in construction. The goal is to take the construction industry a big step forward with neural networks.

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05/20/2020

Breaking down stubborn cellulose in time lapse

Researchers at TU Graz in Austria have for the first time ever succeeded in visualizing at the single-molecule level the processes involved in a biological nanomachine, known as the cellulosome, as it degrades crystalline cellulose. The fundamental insights thus obtained could support sustainable…

Lying person with tattoo electrodes on the head

05/13/2020

Technology innovation for neurology: Brain signal measurement using printed tattoo electrodes

TU Graz researcher Francesco Greco has developed ultra-light tattoo electrodes that are hardly noticeable on the skin and make long-term measurements of brain activity cheaper and easier.

Michael Kerber on a desk in the library. His team is standing next to him.

05/12/2020

Topological data analysis: Light in complex data jungles

Michael Kerber from the Institute of Geometry at TU Graz uses topological methods – a branch of mathematics and geometry – to extract the secrets of complex data sets.

Two young men with working documents and laptops at a wooden table.

05/06/2020

"It was in my master's degree that I discovered my passion"

Paul Langhans and Rudolf-Martin Gradinger have found their strengths by circuitous routes – and are using them in a simulated Mars mission in the master's degree course Geospatial Technologies at TU Graz.

Visualization of a machine

04/30/2020

LED instead of laser or electron beam: New technology revolutionizes 3D metal printing

A technology developed at Graz University of Technology uses LED instead of laser sources for the additive manufacturing of metal parts and optimizes 3D metal printing in terms of construction time, metal powder consumption, equipment costs and post-processing effort.

Anita Emmerstorfer-Augustin works in her laboratory with PhD student Lukas Bernauer.

04/24/2020

How a rejection gave rise to a career

Aged 18, Anita Emmerstorfer-Augustin had to say goodbye to her original career aspiration – and then found her vocation in biotechnology.

Portrait of a young, dark haired woman

04/23/2020

… Important steps before and upon your arrival in Graz

Jovana Vujačić summarises all the important steps internationals should consider when deciding to study at TU Graz: planning process, when and how to apply, legal matters, language, fees, scholarships and more.

Two men and a woman with laboratory equipment

04/21/2020

Milestone for the early detection of sepsis

Researchers from Graz, Austria, are developing a ground-breaking method that uses biomarkers to detect sepsis 2 to 3 days before the first clinical symptoms appear. This can significantly increase the chances of survival in cases of blood poisoning by bacteria or fungi.

TU Graz researcher at the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science

04/15/2020

… Life as a researcher and everyday life in the time of coronavirus

TU Graz computer scientist Johanna Pirker reports on whether and how the measures to contain the corona virus have changed her everyday work.

04/14/2020

Beacon in space

Satellite images from the BRITE mission with the participation of researchers from TU Graz and the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna document for the first time the complete development of a nova – from eruption to maximum brightness and burn out. The publication has now appeared in the journal…

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04/14/2020

Studying at university: From abroad to TU Graz

International students from six Southeast European countries support compatriots who want to start studying at Graz University of Technology. They share their experiences and help others to plan their studies in Austria.

Oswin Aichholzers working group in an office room.

04/08/2020

In search of the foundations of discrete mathematics

Oswin Aichholzer does basic research – he doesn’t invent, he discovers. The theoretical computer scientist is on the trail of basic mathematical rules which he can model and teach the computer.

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04/07/2020

KAGes relies on 3D printing by TU Graz for protective equipment

Protective equipment for clinical personnel is in short supply worldwide these days. TU Graz manufactures 10,000 urgently needed protective face shields for Steirische Krankenanstalten GmbH (KAGes) using 3D printing technology. The first 1,000 units were handed over today.

Keep hands in laboratory gloves Petri dishes

04/03/2020

… the origin of pandemics in the microbiome

The coronavirus has the world holding its breath. Environmental biotechnologist Gabriele Berg, head of the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology at Graz University of Technology, explains the role of the microbiome in these and other pandemics.

Researcher with laptop and researcher with pollen sensor

04/02/2020

Pollen measurement system developed at TU Graz analyses pollen fast, cheaply and automatically

Researchers at Graz University of Technology have successfully tested a cost-effective and fully automated pollen sensor prototype and are now making their knowledge freely available and usable for everyone.

Passage with graffiti on the walls, a graphic question mark is placed over the dark exit.

03/31/2020

… How I chose TU Graz out of so many Universities

For Lazar Gugleta, coming to Austria to study Computer Science was one of the biggest choices in his life. He writes about the factors that influenced his decision to leave Serbia to study for a degree at TU Graz.

Österreichkarte mit Leuchtpunkten

03/30/2020

Invenium – from spin-off to market leader in mobility management

The data analyses of Invenium, a spin-off of Graz University of Technology and the Graz Know Center, help companies to better understand the mobility behaviour of people – and not only in times of the corona crisis.

Geometric shapes on a coordinate axis

03/23/2020

Statistics: A compass in the data age

Statistics can use data to identify patterns and derive concrete recommendations for action. How important this is, is shown by the analyses of the Institute of Statistics at TU Graz on the developments surrounding the corona virus. A conversation with professors Ernst Stadlober and Wolfgang Müller.

Experimental physicist in the "Femtosecond Laser Laboratory" at the Institute for Experimental Physics

03/23/2020

Researchers observe ultrafast processes of single molecules in liquid helium for the first time

Graz University of Technology researchers describe in Physical Review Letters how a molecule moves in the protective environment of a quantum fluid.

Water runs through a pipe.

03/20/2020

Miraculous water

The precious resource water is so much more than refreshment in summer: for us humans it is essential for life, generates and stores energy, can harm and help. And it's under threat.

Heidrun Gruber-Wölfler, Michael Leitner and Manuel Maier are standing infront of the building Infeldgasse 11.

03/18/2020

Using measuring instruments to protect against explosion

Doctoral student Manuel Maier from TU Graz’s Institute of Process and Particle Technology received the Anton Paar Research Award for a measuring instrument that controls reactions of highly reactive substances.

Researchers with electronic circuit boards in their hands

03/18/2020

Cross-technology communication in the Internet of Things significantly simplified

Researchers at Graz University of Technology have developed a framework by which wireless devices with different radio technologies will be able to communicate directly with each other.

03/15/2020

Information from Graz University of Technology on dealing with COVID-2019 (“coronavirus”)

In accordance with the requirements of the federal government, no in-person courses are currently taking place at TU Graz, and employees are working from home or are on leave of absence. All buildings are closed to the public.

Three researchers with laptop

03/10/2020

New security vulnerability in Intel processors: Load Value Injection

Security researchers at Graz University of Technology together with an international team have once again uncovered a serious security hole in computer processors. With the new security hole published under the name "Load Value Injection", there is another method to read out sensitive data.

Young woman working at a computer station.

02/28/2020

Researcher of patterns in the large text of DNA

Leila Taher searches a "strange text" of three billion letters for patterns that define us as human beings. The TU Graz bioinformatician reads the human genome – and loves unanswered questions.

TU Graz researchers behind glass flasks

02/25/2020

Sustainable light sources: LEDs from bacterial production

In the FET Open project ARTIBLED, TU Graz protein-designer Gustav Oberdorfer is working together with researchers from Spain and Italy on environmentally friendly and inexpensive light-emitting diodes.

TU Graz researchers in front of a femtosecond laser

02/12/2020

New simulation-experiment combination allows deeper insights into ultrafast light-induced processes

Researchers from Graz University of Technology and the University of Vienna are demonstrating for the first time how the energy flow between strongly interacting molecular states can be better described.

Dynamic group portrait with three young women and four young men

02/06/2020

What should I study: seven answers

They made their choice of study programmes – and decided to study technical or scientific subjects. Students of Graz University of Technology give their reasons and explain what they love about their studies.

Four men with white and black shirts on a white background.

02/06/2020

… sonible - from start-up to international pioneer

Graz University of Technology graduates Baumgartner, Sciri and Wankhammer founded sonible in 2013. The goal: to develop and successfully market innovative audio software and hardware. The journey: a steep learning curve.

Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz and Daniel Gruss. Daniel Gruss holds a laptop computer with white text written on a black screen.

02/03/2020

Michael Schwarz: Ideas not limited to working hours

Michael Schwarz is a security specialist at Graz University of Technology and, together with colleagues, generated a completely new field of research a few years ago. An interview with the researcher.

Man on bike

01/30/2020

… My experiences as a visiting researcher at TU Graz

Mojtaba Pourbashiri came to Graz, Austria, during his PhD. Since January 2019 he works as a postdoctoral guest researcher in the field of advanced materials science. He has found Graz to be a city of science and peace.

Man in front of 3D printer

01/30/2020

Sustainable 3D-printed super magnets

Magnetic materials play important roles in electrical products. These materials are usually manufactured by means of established production techniques and use of rare earth metals. Several research teams at TU Graz are working on alternative, more environmentally friendly production methods.

four men on a truck bed with measuring equipment

01/21/2020

New exhaust gas measurement registers ultrafine pollutant particles for the first time

Together with international partners, researchers at Graz University of Technology have developed a measurement method that measures particles below 10 nanometres for the first time and will contribute to the implementation of future, stricter emission standards.

TU Graz-Professor mit Studierenden vor einem Flipchart

01/16/2020

TU Graz starts qualification programme in the field of electronics-based systems (EBS)

The Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs is supporting the interdisciplinary FFG programme to the amount of some 900,000 euros. Partners from the domestic electronics industry are thus able to train personnel to become certified EBS specialists.

Several people are standing next to a convejor belt transporting post boxes.

01/14/2020

Logistics: Hustle and bustle on our transport routes

A high level of ordering activity creates a hustle and bustle on the transport routes. Logistics researchers at Graz University of Technology want to make the movement of goods more sustainable – with numerous ideas.

A graph showing the movement of water molecules on a topological insulator. In the lower half of the picture you can see stacked orange and purple balls. The upper half of the picture is blue. On the balls are three red balls with two small white balls, each showing a red directional arrow.

01/14/2020

The mysterious movement of water molecules

Water is all around us and essential for life. Nevertheless, research into its behaviour at the atomic level – above all how it interacts with surfaces – is thin on the ground. Thanks to a new experimental method, TU Graz researchers have now delivered insights into the atomic-level movement of…

4 persons cross their hands

01/10/2020

First TU Graz-SAL Research Labs push top-level research in electronics-based systems

TU Graz and Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) launch the first SAL research labs at an Austrian university and lay the foundation for groundbreaking digital products and processes with joint basic research in the field of electronics-based systems.

Young man in a meeting

12/19/2019

… Studo – from start-up to partner for digitalisation

Anyone who tells the founding story of the university app “Studo” has to look back beyond the year of the company's formation in 2016. The five founders – four men and one woman – got to know each other during their studies at TU Graz.

Researcher next to an electron microscope

12/19/2019

Magnetic energy gaps in topological materials unravelled

Newly discovered properties of magnetically doped topological insulators could significantly accelerate the development of quantum computers. The transmission electron microscope ASTEM, located at Graz University of Technology, played a major role in the success of these discoveries.

four men and the modell of OPS SAT

12/18/2019

Successful satellite launch for TU Graz: ESA’s OPS-SAT mission to test new space technology in orbital flight

The ESA OPS-SAT CubeSat, the world’s first flying laboratory, will test new technologies for operational space applications. OPS-SAT was launched today at 09:54 CET from the European spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana, on board a Soyuz launcher. The mission will last at least one year.

A map of Europe. There are several colourful dots and lines.

12/16/2019

Connecting Africa and Europe for Sustainable Development

The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable and therefore a transformation of our energy system is becoming more and more urgent. The fight against climate change is a global challenge and the electricity sector plays a key role in this transformation process. The shift from…

12/16/2019

48 Volt: More Flexibility for Commercial Vehicle Diesel Engines

With the introduction of the 48 V electrical system, new possibilities have become feasible for conventional powertrains. Besides many functionalities from the hybrid sector, the higher voltage level in particular offers solutions for the application of auxiliaries. The aim is to increase the…

A model of a car done in a simulation software. The car is made out of blue strings.

12/16/2019

Reaching Industrial Standards: The Quest For a Dependable Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the application of information and communication technology (ICT) to link the physical and virtual world. In recent years we’ve seen a rapid development of IoT, as it fosters novel interconnection, interaction, and services. As IoT is an important driver in the…

A patient is put into an MRI machine.

12/16/2019

New Horizons for Arterial Spin Labeling

Over the last two decades researchers have been working on a contrast-agent free magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method called Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) for detecting blood flow changes within the brain and other organs. Recent improvements in imaging hardware, new strategies for efficient data…

Three man in a lab. Florian Pixner wears blond hair, glasses and a blue shirt. He is holding a spindle of white cable. Norbert Enzinger wears glasses and a blue shirt. Fernando Warchonicka wears short brown hair, a beard and a green jumper.

12/12/2019

Wire-Based Additive Manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V Using Electron Beam Welding

By using modern CNC-controlled, highly sophisticated welding processes, new production methods can be utilized to build arbitrary structures on a substrate. Although the basic patent dates back to 1925, so-called additive manufacturing is a hot topic nowadays.

A portrait of Sergio Amancio. He wears brown, short hair, a blue suit, white shirt and blue tie.

12/11/2019

The Craziest Ideas Are the Best Ones

Sergio Amancio is a materials scientist. Despite spending less and less time in the lab, he remains a passionate inventor.

Franz Haas. He wears short, brown hair, glasses, a black suit, white shirt and a salmon-coloured tie. His hands are crossed infront of his chest.

12/11/2019

“A Metal 3D Printer Made at TU Graz – That’s My Goal.”

Franz Haas, head of the Institute of Production Engineering, has set his sights high, personally and professionally. At present, he is working on the additive manufacturing laboratory AddLab@tugraz.

A metallic plate with three silver funnels on them. They seem to be grown out of the plate. They are constructed by a 3D printer.

12/11/2019

Additive Manufacturing: The 3D Revolution

3D printing is the manufacturing technique of the future. And these are not just empty words: the approach’s significance is reflected in numerous examples from a wide variety of disciplines.

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12/04/2019

BioTechMed-Graz Nobel Lecture: Nobel laureate Stefan Hell visits Graz

In 2014, physicist Stefan Hell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on superresolution fluorescence microscopy. On 16 December, he will speak at Graz University of Technology about further major advances in his field of research.

Man with VR headset

12/02/2019

New Streaming Technology Will Change Computer Gaming

Dieter Schmalstieg, a researcher at Graz University of Technology, is working on a method combining the advantages of cloud computing and virtual reality. This method will allow computer games to be displayed on inexpensive VR headsets in unsurpassed quality.

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11/26/2019

TU Graz honours three close companions in Wolfgang Hesoun, Karl-Friedrich Stracke and Otto Röschel

Wolfgang Hesoun, CEO of Siemens AG, and Karl-Friedrich Stracke, President Automotive Engineering and Engineering Magna Steyr (retd.), become honorary senators; Otto Röschel, former head of the Institute of Geometry at Graz University of Technology, receives the Erzherzog-Johann Medal.

Frau mit Petrischale

11/26/2019

Key to robustness of plants discovered

The Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib) and Graz University of Technology decoded the mechanism of Adipose-Biosynthesis – the basis for the production of sugar molecules for new fine chemicals or biopharmaceuticals.

Sseven male winners and four female winners of the "Mind the Gap" awards 2019

11/21/2019

Respect for diversity: TU Graz diversity awards

Graz University of Technology has awarded five "Mind the Gap" awards for gender and diversity to employees and students who have placed human diversity at the centre of research or teaching contexts.

Daniel Gruss in the front carries a closed laptop. His hair is blond and he is wearing a black shirt. On his left is Moritz Lipp, who wears dark hair and a blue shirt. On his right is Michael Schwarz, who wears dark hair and a black shirt.

11/13/2019

ZombieLoad 2.0 also attacks new processors and software patch

At the beginning of 2019, an international research team led by Daniel Gruss, Michael Schwarz and Moritz Lipp from TU Graz discovered the processor loophole ZombieLoad. Since then there has been a software patch and new processors. But with a new variant of the old attack these are no longer safe…

Group of people stands next to a screen with images of nanostructures on it, a poster on nanoanalytics behind them

11/13/2019

TU Graz researchers develop new 3D printing for the direct production of nanostructures

A team from Graz University of Technology succeeded in using the FEBID method to produce complex 3D-printed nano-components for the first time without additional support structures.

Group of people with certificates

11/12/2019

Graz universities celebrated their flashes of genius

Med Uni Graz, TU Graz and Uni Graz yesterday honoured those scientists who have pioneered research in the last two years with their inventions and patents.

Florian Lackner. He wears short blond hair and a blue shirt with blossoms. He stands infront of the photoemission electron microscope.

11/11/2019

From Lego to New Material Building Blocks

Materials researcher Florian Lackner "wraps" highly reactive alkali metal atoms in gold and examines them in his laser laboratory. A job he dreamed of when he was a child.

mobile phone attached to waist with rope pull

11/07/2019

… From idea to product

The young founder and TU Graz student Lukas Watzinger has developed "REELOQ", an innovative safety device for smartphones and the like. In this article he shares his experiences on the journey from idea to product.

11/06/2019

Minimizing post-harvest food losses

Research team from Graz develops biological methods to improve the shelf life of fruit and vegetables.

Researcher in white coat, hand with tattoo sensor and laboratory equipment

11/05/2019

L'Oréal Austria scholarship for TU Graz researcher Katrin Unger

Katrin Unger, PhD student at TU Graz, develops tattoo sensors that measure the acid content of the skin. For this she yesterday received the L'Oréal Austria scholarship “For Women in Science”, endowed with 25,000 euros.

Group of young students at the TU Graz

10/21/2019

Career made to measure: TU Graz continuing education programme 2020

Digitalisation and industry 4.0 dominate the new university continuing education programme at Graz University of Technology, which will comprise around 40 part-time master’s and university programmes, courses and seminars by 2020.

Researcher with syringe and flask

10/11/2019

New method for quicker and simpler production of lipidated proteins

The new method developed at TU Graz and the University of Vienna is leading to a better understanding of natural protein modifications and improved protein therapeutics.

A man in a white labcoat and a white hat is working on a satellite.

10/10/2019

“My work is flying through space”

Did you know that the first Austrian satellite to go into space was built in TU Graz’s labs? TUGSAT-1 has been observing stars for more than six years – and it’s not the only object made in Graz that is hurtling through space.

A room with a white device. Three man are sitting at a desk in the background. There is a screen with several colourful forms.

10/07/2019

An order of magnitude makes all the difference

In chemical analysis, when electron microscopes reach their limits, the field emission microprobe steps in. With this equipment, taking analysis down to the next level of magnitude is no problem.

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09/24/2019

Two new CD labs for TU Graz

Two new CD labs of TU Graz are working on producing proteins and high-quality plastics efficiently and cost-effectively.

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09/13/2019

Researchers adopt Graz Declaration on Climate Protection in the Building Sector

In their concluding statement, delegates at the Sustainable Built Environment D-A-CH Conference 2019 called for the mandatory introduction of specific targets and planning objectives aimed at limiting GHG-emissions throughout the building life cycle.

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09/12/2019

Turbo-charging pharmaceutical biotechnology simulations

New simulation technology developed by TU Graz is designed to make the production of biopharmaceuticals more efficient, cost-effective and comprehensible for manufacturers.

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09/11/2019

Seen from orbit, everything’s much more precise

Torsten Mayer-Gürr surveys the Earth. He may work in an office in Steyrergasse in Graz, but his measuring device flies more than 400 kilometres overhead.

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09/10/2019

… coming to TU Graz as a degree seeking student

Brenda Barrios came to Austria as a student of the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering Master's Programme at Graz University of Technology. In her Blog Post she tells us, why Graz became the city of her heart.

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09/09/2019

… a summer job like no other.

Hannah Kaspret spent her summer as FIT intern at the Institute of Solid State Physics of TU Graz and built flower pedals out of Polydimenthylsiloxane that reacts to water vapour.

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09/05/2019

Society 5.0: putting humans at the heart of digitalisation

Taking place on 20 and 21 September in Graz, the international conference “Human-Centered Digitalization” is devoted to interdisciplinary discussion of the safe and effective interplay of people and machines with a view to creating what is known as Society 5.0.

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09/04/2019

Interspeech 2019 conference: Alexa and Siri in Graz

At the invitation of Graz University of Technology, internet giants, digital world market leaders and the AI research elite will be holding a conference on new developments in digital speech communication in Graz, Austria from 15 to 19 September.

[Translate to Englisch:] Gebäudebaustelle mit zwei mehrstöckigen Rohbauten, einem Kran und Baustellenzaun

09/03/2019

“We need to make a commitment to sustainable building”

Alexander Passer, head of the Sustainable Construction Working Group at TU Graz, has brought the 2019 Sustainable Built Environment D-A-CH Conference (SBE19) – one of the most important conference series dedicated to sustainable building – to Graz.

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08/28/2019

Graz becomes capital of digital game development

What do games such as "The Settlers", "Fallout: New Vegas" and "Frostpunk" have in common? Their developers have been invited by Game Development Graz and TU Graz to give talks at the Game Dev Days Graz from 6 to 8 September.

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08/23/2019

The beauty of defects

Peter Hadley tries to understand which defects give rise to which properties in certain materials – what makes a ruby red, electricity flow through silicon, or a wire break?

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08/21/2019

Studying electrical engineering and shaping tomorrow’s world

If it’s got electrical engineering written on it, it’s part of the future. Find out here more about the colourful world of electrical engineering, everyday student life at TU Graz, what makes good electrical engineers, and what it’s like living and studying in Graz.

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08/16/2019

The power of thought – the key to success: CYBATHLON BCI Series 2019

Spectators will experience the fascinating power of thought-controlled systems on 17 September, as teams from all over the world go head to head in the CYBATHLON BCI Series 2019 at TU Graz. ‘Pilots’ who are paralysed from the neck down control avatars using brain-computer interfaces in a specially…

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08/13/2019

Vehicle Emissions: New sensor technology to improve air quality in cities

Researchers at TU Graz are working together with European partners on new possibilities of measuring vehicle emissions.

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08/09/2019

Searching for the most efficient molecular recipe

Andreas Jeindl simulates the properties that materials ought to have under certain conditions. Among other things, he hopes to improve the OLEDs used in mobile phone screens and solar panels.

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07/31/2019

“Frustrated” ions for solid-state batteries

An international team involving researchers from TU Graz has published research into a new solid-state electrolyte for batteries. The material exhibits one of the fastest lithium mobility processes ever measured in a lithium-ion conductor.

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07/22/2019

Curiosity, dedication and a big portion of luck

Anna Eibel, Maria Eichlseder, Peter Peßl and Robert Triebl achieved consistently top grades from the upper school to their doctorates. Because of this achievement, the Federal President himself came to the doctoral graduation ceremony at TU Graz.

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07/18/2019

Digital design and construction with wood, clay and system

Is computer-aided design and construction with natural materials a contradiction in terms? Not for TU Graz architect Urs Hirschberg, who sees digital planning as an opportunity for sustainable architecture.

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07/15/2019

TU Graz and Mondi set up strategic partnership

At the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Chemical and Process Engineering and Biotechnology at TU Graz, Mondi will endow two professorships, one in Pulping and Paper Technology and one in Food Contact Materials.

[Translate to Englisch:] drei Männer und zwei Frauen im Business Outfit lachen in die Kamera

06/27/2019

Digital footprint: TU Graz opens House of Digitalisation

TU Graz – a pioneer of digitalisation among Austrian universities – became the first university in the country to open a House of Digitalisation on 26 June. It is home to all departments and the focal point of all initiatives of Graz University of Technology on the way to the digital university.

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06/26/2019

Researchers observe shortest magnetic event

For the first time ever, physicists have been able to change the magnetic moment of a material using a light wave within one femtosecond – the fastest magnetic event ever observed.

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06/19/2019

TU Graz students win architecture prize in Shanghai

Recently enrolled in their architecture studies and already internationally successful: Students won with their pavilion for a micro community at the Tongji Construction Festival at the TU Graz partner university Tongji.

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06/18/2019

Innovative powder revolutionises 3D metal printing

At TU Graz a steel powder has been developed for additive manufacturing which decisively simplifies the production of complex components. In a spin-off funding programme, work is now being done on market maturity.

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06/14/2019

Advanced Control for Sustainable Energy Systems

The growth in renewable energy technologies will render future energy systems more complex and volatile. So advanced control strategies are required to ensure their optimal operation.

On the left is a cloud in different shades of grey. On the right a graphic. On its floor is a black car structure. There are several coloured balls on the honeycomb structure. The red balls are O, the white H, the black C, the yellow Ni, the green Pd, the blue Bi.

06/14/2019

Fuel Cells – Materials and Methods for Prolonging Lifetime

Finding the optimal combination of high performance and durability is a key factor in the realisation of future sustainable energy production systems.

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06/13/2019

Stochastic Optimisation in Financial and Insurance Mathematics

Stochastic models are now indispensable for answering practical questions on finance and insurance. Their use needs to be based on a careful model validation process and an awareness of model limitations.

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06/13/2019

Lighting Up the Brain: LOGOS-TBI Project

Jointly funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) over the next four years, the LOGOS-TBI project was launched at the Medical University of Graz and TU Graz in May 2019.

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06/13/2019

Radiation Damage in Microelectronics

Reliability is a wide-ranging subject in microelectronics, covering responses to different kinds of stress as well as measures to increase devices’ tolerance against them.

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06/13/2019

What is Security in the Digital Age?

With several billion devices forecast to be connected by 2020, security is increasingly becoming a topic of public debate and attracting more and more attention in research circles.

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06/13/2019

”This isn’t the time to rest on our laurels.”

The topic of security is just starting to become truly significant, says researcher Stefan Mangard. He is working on the ERC project Sophia, where he is concentrating on secure computer processors.

Auf einem hölzernen Tisch liegen mehrere Rollen Papier. Es sind architektonische Pläne. Auf einem der Pläne steht ein kleiner, grüner Baum.

06/13/2019

Sustainable Construction – a Question of Attitude

“As soon as a building exceeds the requirements for energy certification by a fraction, everyone immediately starts talking about a green building.” Alexander Passer says and is not really satisfied.

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06/13/2019

Determining the Earth’s gravity field more accurately than ever before

Researchers at TU Graz calculate the most accurate gravity field determination of the Earth using 1.16 billion satellite measurements. This yields valuable knowledge for climate research.

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06/12/2019

The Fascination of the Abstract

Jürgen Hartler hardly has time for swimming, his favourite pastime, because he’s busy conducting research into mass spectrometry of lipids at UC San Diego – where the sea is on his doorstop.

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06/04/2019

The daily life of a student: Marko, Citizen of the world in Graz

For Marko Buchkovskyy, Austria is a launch pad to an international career. The native Ukrainian studies Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics at TU Graz. We shadow him for a day.

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05/29/2019

Nikola Tesla and the Graz Tech

A new publication by TU Graz is dedicated to the "Graz years" of the inventor genius Nikola Tesla and spans from his student days in Graz to Tesla's traces in the present.

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05/27/2019

Intelligent pedestrian traffic lights: New system by TU Graz automatically recognises pedestrians’ intent to cross the road

The innovative camera system recognises pedestrians’ intention to cross the road and changes automatically to green. This reduces unpleasant waiting times and allows better flow of motorised urban traffic.

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05/14/2019

Following on from Meltdown and Spectre: TU Graz researchers discover new security flaws

ZombieLoad and Store-to-Leak Forwarding impact on the security of Intel computer processors. The patches developed last year are ineffective, so new updates and security solutions will be necessary.

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05/08/2019

Vote for Europe: European elections on 26 May 2019

Studying in other EU countries on the same conditions as in Austria, doing research in cross-border cooperation – that’s what the European Union means for studying and research. Vote to help shape the future.

An intersection on an open country road is shown from the cockpit perspective; a yellow motorcycle is approached from the right; a display is to be found on the windscreen showing the intersection and the motorcycle as a red dot; the intersection is also shown virtually on the instrument panel behind the steering wheel.

05/08/2019

TU Graz study shows: Driving-simulator training reduces accidents with motorcycles

TU Graz researchers develop driving-simulator courses for driving schools which can reduce collision risk between motorcycles and cars.

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05/03/2019

How smart is our health?

IT-expert Christian Poellabauer conducts research on smart health at his home university Notre Dame du Lac in the US state of Indiana. In the summer semester he is carrying out research at TU Graz.

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04/26/2019

TU Graz: Leadership team for the new Rectorate term is now complete

TU Graz University Council chooses two women vice rectors and two men vice rectors for next Rectorate term from 1st October 2019 to 30th September 2023.

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04/25/2019

Battery research at TU Graz: new breakthroughs in research on super-batteries

Researchers at TU Graz have discovered a means of suppressing singlet oxygen formation in lithium-oxygen batteries in order to extend their useful lives.

04/24/2019

Innovation 4.0: TU Graz opens the biggest academic makerspace in Austria

The Austria-wide unique Laboratory for Innovation offers a platform for the exchange and networking of the maker community with industry and university research and teaching on more than 800 square metres.

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04/23/2019

Graz Linux Days 2019: Everything about free software and hardware

The Graz Linux Days will take place at Graz University of Technology for the first time from 26 to 27 April. The program of Austria's largest conference on free software and hardware goes far beyond "Linux". Participation is free of charge.

Zwei grauhaarige Männer in Anzug und Krawatte unterzeichnen zwei Dokumente.

04/18/2019

TU Graz and TU Darmstadt extend their funding programme

Young researchers and lecturers from TU Graz and TU Darmstadt present projects for a joint funding framework for budding scientists on 2nd May. Rectors will then sign the extension to the programme.

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04/16/2019

Young Skin Thanks to Sugar

Since the EU sugar quota was liberalised, the market price is low, and sugar stocks are full. An international team has been conducting research on how sucrose can be valorized on an industrial scale.

Anna-Lülja Praun, born Simidoff, also started her architecture studies in 1924. She belonged to the roughly 70 women graduates of TU Graz in the early years between 1919 and 1950.

04/11/2019

With courage and intelligence: 100 years of women at the ‘Tech’

Women were allowed to enroll in an Austrian institute of technology for the first time 100 years ago. But what did the first women at IT Graz study? And what became of them? Three women’s stories.

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04/10/2019

Anti-Ageing for fuel cells

Vanja Subotic is conducting research on ageing in fuel cells at an early stage, halting it, and in the best case scenario reversing it. She has received the Josef Krainer Promotion Prize 2019 for her work.

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04/09/2019

Pit stop for paper bags

What does industry-scale cement bag filling have in common with a pit stop in Formula 1? Filling a 25kg paper bag with cement in the factory takes about three seconds, about as long as a pit stop.

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04/04/2019

Nano-composition: New synthesis of catalytic nanomaterials

Researchers at TU Graz describe the effects which occur upon evaporation of vanadium compounds in Chemical Science. Improvements for the development of SCR catalysts may be based on their results.

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03/29/2019

Territorial justice: Architecture magazine GAM.15

The new issue of GAM on Territorial Justice thematises the area of tension between urban and rural regions in terms of needs-oriented spatial planning. The presentation is at TU Graz on 11th April.

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03/27/2019

Latest trends in tunnel construction: The university course NATM Engineering is starting in 2019 with new content

In addition to method competence, the part-time international tunnelling course offered by TU Graz and Montanuniversität Leoben imparts new knowledge about tunnel-boring machinery. The operation and maintenance of tunnel structures are also part of the new curriculum. Applications are open until…

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03/25/2019

… Summer school in the Land of the Rising Sun

PhD student Katharina Kocher tells how two completely different cultures can together contribute substantially to the realisation of sustainable energy production via controlled oxyhydrogen gas reaction.

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03/22/2019

TU Graz researcher Gerhard Schickhofer awarded prestigious Marcus Wallenberg Prize

For his pioneering research in the field of cross-laminated timber, Gerhard Schickhofer, head of the Institute of Timber Engineering and Wood Technology of TU Graz, has been awarded the 2019 Marcus Wallenberg Prize. The award is worth some 200,000 euros.

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03/13/2019

Ideas wanted: “Sensor Innovation Challenge” by ams and TU Graz

Students of TU Graz are challenged to find a new use case for a brand new ams spectral sensor.

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03/07/2019

Excessive hygiene promotes resistance to antibiotics

In Nature Communications, researchers from Graz, Austria present new perspectives to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistances in hospitals.

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03/04/2019

Response to lack of specialists: New training programme provides knowledge of robotics and AI

Development of a European driving license for robotics and artificial intelligence to make people fit for the digital future led by TU Graz.

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03/04/2019

‘I keep my word’

IT expert Kay Römer is working on preventing our world from collapsing when things don’t work. In the interview he reveals how to build a career ladder using integrity and empathy.

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02/27/2019

TU Graz sets international standards in cryptography

Spread over five years, the CAESAR competition focused on encryption processes for digital information. Now the jury has selected TU Graz’s ASCON algorithm as a means of secure encryption for the internet of things.

A orange robot is printing concrete on wood.

02/22/2019

Coebro: 3D-Printers Learn to Build Houses

Many things today can be produced simply, fast and cheaply using a 3D printer: jewelry, small components and even prototypes. Printing complete houses is still a long way off. For the moment, at least.

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02/15/2019

The Internet of Things: TU Graz researchers increase the dependability of smart systems

Since 2016 a team from TU Graz has been working on dependability in the Internet of things. After having achieved remarkable success, the eponymous research project is now going into the second phase.

A group of people, on the left a man with a hand-held concrete grinder, in the middle personal mobility vehicles and on the right a lawn mower.

02/14/2019

New research centre at TU Graz: Consortium conducts research on CO₂-free small engines

Under the leadership of TU Graz, researchers are working on the development of CO₂-free fuels and hybrid propulsion systems for small engines.

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02/12/2019

Cryptographer with a penchant for crayons

Cryptographer Maria Eichlseder hides our messages from curious eyes that shouldn’t read them. With her love of paper she defies the classical image of a computer scientist.

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02/11/2019

Multi-million euro investment in IT security: SGS and TU Graz set up Cybersecurity Campus Graz

A unique IT security research, education, testing and certification hub is taking shape in Styria, Austria: Cybersecurity Campus Graz.

a blue globe, two hands with open palms and many symbols showing the Internet of Things

02/08/2019

Dependability in the Internet of Things

Kay Römer estimates that 50 billion smart things will be connected by 2020. Since 2015 the scientist and his team have been making sure that smart devices reliably do what they are supposed to do.

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01/22/2019

Laying of the Foundation Stone for the new Research Centre at TU Graz

By order of TU Graz and with financial support from the State of Styria and the EU, BIG is building a new site for the Electronic Based Systems Center. The total project volume is about 15 million euros.

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01/17/2019

Studying: Make the right choice and you’re half way there

They’re studying at TU Graz, but how did they get there? Through the system? Due to talent? By accident? This is how seven students made their way to their engineering and science studies.

Researcher Gustav Oberdorfer is standing in a long corridor with yellow walls. In front of him stands a row of glass vessels on a metal shelf.

01/10/2019

How do you make proteins?

NAWI Graz graduate Gustav Oberdorfer produces artificial proteins and has received an ERC Starting Grant for his work.

A young woman is wearing a large black VR headset.

01/07/2019

Virtual Reality is Catching On

MAROON is a virtual laboratory and learning management system. Learning software allows users to access the learning environment directly by means of virtual reality.

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01/04/2019

Tools of the trade: super-fast electrons

Max Burian uses bright light to look deep into the core of matter. He works in a silver laboratory container next to the Elettra synchrotron particle accelerator in Trieste, Italy.

A young blond women is standing in a laboratory with cables around her.

01/04/2019

Test tubes and crochet needles

Professionally speaking, chemist Beate Steller can look back on a successful year: she received several awards. At home, the 26-year-old prefers a quiet life and sees herself as “a bit of a granny”.

12/18/2018

Optimised Energy Systems for Heating and Cooling

The working group "Energy efficient buildings" at the Institute of Thermal Engineering has been working in this area for about 20 years.

A man is holding a wooden box and is pouring steam out of it.

12/14/2018

Bangs and flashes signal advent at TU Graz

Advent at TU Graz is not exactly peaceful. It is tradition that Gernot Pottlacher gives an experimentation lecture – this year he explored the phase diagram, accompanied by bubbles, bangs and bursts.

Three gentlemen sit in front of an MRI examination tube on the corresponding couch.

12/13/2018

Researchers lay foundation for smart contrast medium

Under the leadership of TU Graz, an international research team has developed a contrast medium concept for MRI, promising unprecedented features in medical imaging.

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12/12/2018

TU Graz researchers are getting a (nano) perspective

TU Graz operates two beamlines at the ‘Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste’ research facility in which structures and properties of materials can be investigated at the tiniest scale.

12/10/2018

Fairly Unknown, yet Rather Indispensable: Surrogates

Surrogates are substitute mixtures comprising a few chemical compounds that emulate the physicochemical properties of real mixtures which may consist of several hundreds or thousands of compounds.

Electric motor.

12/10/2018

Shape and Topology Optimization of Electrical Machines

In order to design machines which – depending on the concrete application – perform as well as possible, mathematical methods for the optimization of the geometry of the machines can be used.

12/10/2018

Project MNEMONIC: Magnetic Porous Bio-Composites

Metal-Organic Frameworks, also known as MOFs, are attractive porous materials with huge implications for both basic and applied research.

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12/06/2018

The whole spectrum: types of propulsion, motivation and people

In the beginning was his enthusiasm for motorbikes. Today Helmut Eichlseder drives engine development forward at TU Graz – and here he talks about it in the spirit of contributing to factual debate.

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12/05/2018

New Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance

The FETopen CONQUER project launched at TU Graz three years ago was successfully completed by August 31st 2018.

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12/04/2018

TU Graz and Magna extend strategic partnership

Thanks to an extended cooperation with Magna Steyr, TU Graz and the international automotive supplier will conduct research together in the areas of automated driving, virtual product development and the smart factory.

Ein Mann lehnt an einem Computerbildschirm. Ein anderer sitzt vor ihm auf einem Sessel.

11/28/2018

Our brain – the most exciting computer of all time

The human brain has computing elements similar to the biggest supercomputers, but needs only a fraction of their energy. And it is constantly learning. Brain-inspired computing is for this reason an important topic of the future.

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11/21/2018

Career: Lifelong learning Continuing Education Programme 2019

TU Graz’s 2019 training programme has 40 part-time master’s programmes, university course programmes, courses and seminars – from construction planning and programming languages to big data.

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11/16/2018

Excellent teaching staff: TU Graz awards prizes to lecturers for outstanding performances in teaching

Their teaching concepts aren’t just good, they’re excellent: Carlo Alberto Boano, Daniel Gruss, Werner Lienhart and Patrick Wurm were awarded the Prize for Excellence in Teaching 2017/2018 at TU Graz.

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11/15/2018

Talents for the automotive industry: AVL and TU Graz support budding engineers

AVL and TU Graz are tightly interconnected in research and development. Now the two partners are strengthening joint talent development activities.

A group of researchers stands to the left of the Austrian Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope.

11/13/2018

Optimization of alloy materials: Diffusion processes in nano particles decoded

Research team at TU Graz discovers atomic-level processes which can provide new approaches to improving material properties.

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11/09/2018

Bridging the gap: Prizes for gender and diversity

With four ‘Mind the Gap’ prizes, TU Graz rewards students and researchers who take into account aspects such as age, gender and culture in their theses or lectures.

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11/06/2018

Austrian nanosatellites deliver sensational results

Nova explosion recorded with unprecedented time resolution presented at the EU Space Conference in Graz – excellent space expertise at Austrian universities

A young man with a beard in jeans and a blue T-shirt sits in the hydraulic engineering laboratory and is surrounded by experimental arrangements in the form of water-filled Plexiglas tubes.

10/23/2018

The future of energy supply: combined energy storage as key technology

A system developed at TU Graz uses water as a storage medium for electricity and thermal energy. It can be used to meet up to 90% of our energy requirements – while producing zero emissions.

A young man sits at a table next to a computer.

10/19/2018

… Microelectronics: The unsung hero of everyday life

Microelectronics from Austria? Really? Patrick Schrey is meanwhile wearily used to this reaction. For him, as an electrical engineer, it’s normal to be ever present but never seen.

Stefan Vorbach (Professor of Corporate Governance and Organization), Dean Roderick Bloem, Rector Harald Kainz, Rector Christa Neuper, Dean Thomas Foscht, Dean of Studies Heinz Königsmaier re standing in front of a wooden double wing door. Rector Harald Kainz and Rector Christa Neuper hold the A3 advertising posters in the camera.

10/17/2018

Route 63 connects Uni Graz to TU Graz: Business and computer science links joint range of courses.

Two universities, one aim: the University of Graz and Graz University of Technology want to make their students fit for the world of work.

Siemens Austria CEO Wolfgang Hesoun, state governor Hermann Schützenhöfer and TU Graz Rector Harald Kainz are standing in a row. In the background, you can see the structural durability laboratory ‘Fatigue Testing Laboratory’

10/17/2018

Siemens and TU Graz extend CKI partnership

Siemens Austria CEO Wolfgang Hesoun and TU Graz Rector Harald Kainz announce the continuation of the Center of Knowledge Interchange for another three years.

Die einzelnen Bestandteile des Flygrid Systems wie der Schwungradspeicher, das Carport sind über Linien verbunden mit dem Stromnetz und Rechnologien zur Erzeugung erneurbarer Energie

10/12/2018

New momentum for electromobility

Researchers at TU Graz develop a new charging concept for electric vehicles (EVs). The system allows fast charging to be carried out and also stabilises the electricity grid.

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10/10/2018

Industry meets talent: IV-Steiermark and TU Graz support IT talents from Southeast Europe

As part of the joint iTalent-South East initiative, the Industriellenvereinigung Steiermark and Graz University of Technology have for the first time awarded scholarships to five young IT-talents from Southeast Europe.

Ein blonder junger Mann sitzt an einem Tisch und arbeitet am Innenleben eines Computers.

10/04/2018

A passion for turning the IT world upside down

Daniel Gruss is part of the team that caused chaos in the IT world with the discovery of the system loopholes Spectre and Meltdown. Few people thought he was career material – but he won through.

A tunnel from the inside. The walls are concrete.

10/03/2018

Tunnel vision… greatly enhanced by research

TU Graz is digging deep, with several institutes making contributions to almost every important project in Austria. In addition to construction and geology, the research focus is on tunnel safety.

A group of researchers in the physics laboratory standing around a femtosecond laser

10/02/2018

Breakthrough in quantum physics: Reaction of a quantum fluid to photoexcitation of dissolved particles

Researchers from TU Graz have described for the first time the dynamics which takes place within a trillionth of a second after photoexcitation of a single atom inside a superfluid helium nanodroplet.

A female student and two male students working together on a laptop at a table with a big green plant behind them.

09/26/2018

From business idea to start-up

Off to a flying start with the Start-Up Garage. In this course of a different kind, students work while being supported in further developing their idea. You can apply until 13th October!

Young woman with open magazine next to her computer workplace. A wooden mascot is beside her on the table.

09/26/2018

Mediator between business and university

Sigrid Weller, managing director and university assistant, on how the Industrial Engineering Association WING inspires students and graduates, what she loves about her job, why she lives in Graz and more.

A young man is sitting in a wheelchair, holding his right arm in the air to hold a can.

09/17/2018

MoreGrasp: Getting a better grip on things

The MoreGrasp Horizon2020 research project under the leadership of TU Graz is coming to an end with significant results in the field of thought-controlled grasp neuroprosthetics. A large-scale feasibility study is underway.

a blone man with a plastic head in front of him

09/17/2018

Rerouting the Function of the Hand

The MoreGrasp project is coming to an end and has provided substantial results. The mental control of neuroprostheses can be considerably simplified in the future with the help of reprocessed brain signals.

[Translate to Englisch:] © Martin Grabner

09/14/2018

… Smart district development in small towns

Aglaée Degros, head of the Institute of Urbanism at TU Graz, describes how small and medium-sized towns are able to deal with the challenges of sustainable urban development.

Two fingers are holding a glass plate with a white square standing on it.

09/12/2018

Battery-driven research at TU Graz

Batteries are a broad field of research. Energy storage systems of the future should be more powerful, more environmentally friendly, smaller and even safer – work is being done on this at TU Graz.

A man in a white shirt stands next to a colourful bookshelf.

08/24/2018

The world of gas bubbles and liquid drops

Günter Brenn investigates the behaviour of gas bubbles and liquid drops. His work is especially important in process engineering.

A white cube standing on a corner in a black stand. In the front is a black, elongated opening in the cube.

08/23/2018

… The new economy and the old economy

What’s it like to actively take part in a start-up within the structure of the ‘new economy’? Kevin Fister – former TU Graz student – has given this some thought.

A portrait photo of Karin Schaupp in front of green background.

08/22/2018

Small means, big effect

University Council Chairwoman Karin Schaupp talks about the milestones that TU Graz has reached in the past few years, and the challenges that lie ahead.

Lounge chair made of nut wood and natural coloured hemp rope against a partially coarsely plastered brick wall.

08/22/2018

Collapsible, stackable, portable: winning chair

The HIAS lounge chair designed by TU Graz architecture student Matthias Hierzer on the ‘amm’ label is the winner in the product design category ‘Seating’ at the Austrian Interior Design Award 2018.

A blue electric vehicle is charged by the robot. The arm of the robot is plugged into the vehicle socket.

08/13/2018

Robots as 'pump attendants': TU Graz develops robot-controlled rapid charging system for e-vehicles

Researchers from TU Graz and their industry partners have unveiled a world first: the prototype of a robot-controlled, high-speed combined charging system (CCS) for electric vehicles. that enables series charging of cars in various parking positions.

Two women and a young man rejoice over the free-standing spaghetti tower with a marshmallow on top.

08/09/2018

… Teach, Present, Publish: English for Academic Purposes

Roxane Koitz-Hristov describes her impressions of participating in the faculty training programme Teach, Present, Publish at the TU Graz in cooperation with lecturers from Montclair State University.

A brown haired women wearing a red shirt and black jacket is leaning against a wall.

08/09/2018

Human and Machine Interaction in Complex Systems

Progress in the fields of automation, communication, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence increasingly invites the question of what role humans will play in factories of the future.

You can see a large parabolic mirror.

08/09/2018

NEWSUN – Drinking water for the world

The availability of clean drinking water is not automatic. The ‘Energy Aware Systems’ working group of EMT is working on an energetically self-sufficient and sustainable water desalination plant.

Two cichlids in the water in front of green aquatic plants and stones. The left cichlid is black and white cross-striped. The right cichlid is grey with light dots and has an elongated body.

08/08/2018

Crossbreeding as an evolution booster

University of Graz, Graz University of Technology together with an international research team discover new mechanisms of speciation

Young man wearing a black TU Graz shirt next to a young woman with grey shirt and salmon-colored cardigan, both looking directly into the camera. Her hand lies on his sholder.

07/19/2018

Studying: first impressions, best moments and tips

Everything is new, everything is exciting – starting your studies is not that easy. The good news: new experiences move you forward in life. Sara and Lukas talk about their beginnings at TU Graz.

Four man are standing in front of a concrete wall.

07/17/2018

When people and drones merge

PhD students Okan Erat and Alexander Isop managed to implement a system at TU Graz’s droneSpace which controls drones using body movements and allows the field of view of man and machine to merge.

A blue construction. A drill is coming from the top to the middle of the picture..

07/16/2018

Temperature measurement for Smart Production

In the CHIP project, Ceratizit Austria, TU Darmstadt, Material Center Leoben and TU Graz are improving the recording and analysis of heat flows in milling machining. With sensational results.

Three men in front of a device with many colourful cables, on the left in a brown T-shirt, in the middle a gentleman with glasses and on the right a gentleman with a grey jacket

07/12/2018

Exhaust gas after-treatment for diesel vehicles: Amminex, TU Graz and partners garner EU award worth millions

TU Graz researchers together with international development partners have developed a technological concept for reducing nitrogen oxide in existing diesel vehicles. The EU has rewarded the idea with prize money worth millions.

A seated student with black rucksack, a student with TU Graz shirt, standing, and a female student on a bicycle in front of wrought iron railings and red TU Graz flag on the premises of the Alte Technik.

07/06/2018

… advice for first semester students at TU Graz

The admission period starts at TU Graz on 9th July and with it advice about enrolment. Mathematician Erika Lavia explains the questions she had as a prospective student and shares some practical advice.

Blue background. A white haired man is smiling at the camera.

07/03/2018

‘I’m a travelling salesman for visual computing’

Dieter W. Fellner is a pioneer in the field of computer graphics - between Graz and Darmstadt he sees himself as a ‘travelling salesman for visual computing’. He just received an award for his merits.

Photograph of a flash from the high-speed camera taken in the context of the LiOn project.

07/03/2018

On the tracks of the thunderstorm

Summer is the high season for thunderstorms and their resulting lightning and hail storms. TU Graz researchers Stephan Pack and Helmut Paulitsch get to the bottom of this summer phenomenon in their research work.

A man is holding a transparent plastic plate.

07/01/2018

“Honey, I shrank the lab”

Microbioreactors with integrated sensors enable improved and well-controlled reaction conditions to be produced and are increasingly used in biocatalysis, process optimisation, diagnosis and cell culturing.

Black background. A schematic sphere made of red points.

07/01/2018

Efficient Dimension Reduction using Dynamic Functional Principal Components

With increasing complexity and the rapidly growing amount of data collected in almost all areas of our life, it becomes more difficult to draw meaningful conclusions and to filter relevant information.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ein grünes Schemata von einem Auto.

07/01/2018

Emission Standard Euro 6d for Diesel Engines

New types of vehicles have to prove their conformity to emission standards in thetype approval test. Previous procedures were criticized for insufficiently reflecting the real driving pattern.

A heat pump: A lot of black parts and blue pipes.

06/27/2018

Innovative Heat Pumping Systems

The Institute of Thermal Engineering has been researching heat pumps for over 30 years. In recent years, this technology has attracted attention in the building sector, in industry and in vehicles.

Five persons - one women and four man - are looking at the camera.

06/26/2018

New Christian Doppler Laboratory

The Christian Doppler Laboratory for Design of High-Performance Alloys by Thermomechanical Processing has recently opened. The leading team, Cecilia Poletti and Friedrich Krumphals, will introduce it.

[Translate to Englisch:] ein Mann steht zwischen Glasvitrinen. Er hat seine Hände verschränkt.

06/25/2018

Material design: START Prize for TU Graz physicist

TU Graz physicist Oliver Hofmann has been awarded the renowned START Prize for his work in the field of material design. He aims to make production of materials with certain properties easier.

Three men looking at the camera.

06/22/2018

Interior Architecture at the Nanoscale

Although microporous crystals are tiny, their potential is enormous. To exploit this, TU Graz has initiated the interdisciplinary lead project Porous Materials@Work.

Three men and two women in black TU Graz T-shirts pose together with two robots in a production hall

06/22/2018

RoboCup 2018 Canada: GRIPS Team from TU Graz are World-Champions

Major success for a student team from TU Graz: GRIPS RoboCup team becomes world champion in the “Logistics” league of the RoboCup 2018 in Montreal, Canada.

Two hands spread out over an architectural model made of wood.

06/20/2018

Experiencing architecture: Graz Open Architecture 18

The Faculty of Architecture at TU Graz celebrates the end of the semester on 29th of June, and issues an open invitation to the summer party with exhibitions, music and food. Entrance free of charge.

Historical building of TU Graz with three TU Graz flags

06/14/2018

Third term of office: Harald Kainz reappointed as Rector of TU Graz

On Thursday, 14 June 2018, after shortened proceedings, the University Council and the Senate of TU Graz reappointed incumbent Rector Harald Kainz for a third term of office.

Rector Harald Kainz and Rector Andrey Rudskoy with the scholarship holders of TU Graz.

06/13/2018

International exchange: Summer school in Russia

Five students from TU Graz are taking part in the International Polytechnic Summer School in St. Petersburg. The cooperation with Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University was extended.

A man and a woman standing next to each other in a chemical laboratory wearing a white coat and goggles

06/11/2018

Manipulated enzymes: TU Graz researchers set milestone in biocatalysis research

TU Graz researchers managed for the first time ever to ‘retrain’ an enzyme to build ring-shaped molecular structures instead of performing its natural task of reducing double bonds. The work was published in Angewandte Chemie, and is relevant for the production of pharmaceuticals and plant…

Community photo of the TU Graz teams with racing cars, robots, dinghies and more.

06/07/2018

… TU Graz StreeTech and me: Same same but different

Robots, hackers, racing cars, dinghies and a concrete canoe: the Graz inner city will soon be transformed into a hotspot of inventive spirit – an arena for student projects.

A man in a chequered shirt is standing next to a man in a grey shirt. In front of her stands a device with many vertical tubes.

06/06/2018

Searching for traces: Recovering gold, copper and aluminium from waste.

In New Zealand he prospected for gold. In Graz Andreas Hauser and his colleague Markus Koch have developed a device which can recover non-ferrous metals from waste.

Six young sailors sitting in a row on a sailing boat which is slightly leaning over.

05/28/2018

… Sailing at the Course Croisière EDHEC

Katharina Zvetolec recounts why a very special international experience is putting new wind in the sails of the High Performance Sailing Student Team.

Peter Brunnhofer with an experimental set up in the structural durability laboratory.

05/17/2018

Run of the mill would be boring

What structural durability and bouldering have in common and how mechatronics engineer Peter Brunnhofer came to be head of the Fatigue Testing Laboratory at TU Graz is revealed in the interview.

Brown desert sand. Stones in the background. At the front there is a robot - it's yellow, shaped like a box, and has a long antenna.

05/09/2018

… the TU Graz Field Robotics Team TEDUSAR

How do you build robot systems which can explore the environment autonomously? The field robotics team TEDUSAR deals with this question and many others.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ein grünes Fußballfeld. Links und rechts sind mit weißen Linien schematisch die Tore eingezeichnet. Über dem Feld liegen mehrere rote und blaue Linien, die die Laufwege von Spielerinnen und Spielern darstellen.

05/07/2018

Football and Big Data: A search engine for movements

Tobias Schreck and his team are developing tools for strategy-loving fans and professionals with the University of Konstanz: They visualise and analyse movement data from football games.

Two men, left with grey shirt, right with blue shirt, in the middle a woman with orange blouse stand in a passage framed by steel beams and glass.

04/26/2018

Research trio: TU Graz opens three CD labs simultaneously

Research includes the fabrication of 3D nano-probes, radio-based positioning systems and the porosity of paper at three new Christian Doppler Laboratories to be opened at TU Graz on 25th April.

Two male and a female student at the picturesque staircase in front of the TU Graz old campus, with leafy trees in the background.

04/26/2018

Making career contacts: TECONOMY 2018

Info stands of more than 90 companies, talks, workshops, CV and social media reviews and more await students and graduates at the careers fair at TU Graz on 3rd May.

A Smartphone held by two hands. On the screen you can see the visualization of a test setup at Know-Center.

04/23/2018

Continued success for TU Graz competence centres

The Know-Center and Large Engines Competence Center (LEC), both K1 Centres, will receive COMET programme funding for a further four years, accompanied by new research focuses. The CBmed K1 Centre’s funding has also been extended.

Three young people, a man in a red T-shirt next door, a man in a black T-shirt and a young woman with blond hair sit in nature and exchange ideas.

04/18/2018

NAWI Graz: new English-language Geosciences master’s degree programme

NAWI Graz will launch a new English-language Geosciences master’s degree in the 2018/19 winter semester. Registration for the programme is open until 30 April.

Six members of the current iGEM team in white coats in the laboratory.

04/13/2018

… Innovation through synthetic biology

Henrik Seyfried and the NAWI_Graz 2017 iGEM student team managed to get robots and microorganisms to communicate with each other for the iGEM Competition 2017.

Bicyclists dressed for summer on the city bicycle path parallel to a moving suburban train on a rail bridge.

04/11/2018

Urban mobility: A key focus at TU Graz

Students make a contribution to the Mobility Lab with models for active mobility in Graz, and are supported by local and international experts. In addition there are public talks.

A square tunnel with square columns of different heights.

04/10/2018

Light on the shadows of quantum computers

The international world of IT, among them researchers from TU Graz, are discussing new cryptographic solutions for the approaching age of quantum computing at a conference in Florida from 11th to 13th April.

04/06/2018

Long Night of Research: 30 exhibits at TU Graz

Friday 13th April 2018 – no bad luck, just a concentrated blast of research. TU Graz offers 30 stations to participate in and be amazed at at the Long Night of Research for big and small.

BCI Racing team members 2018 at the Institute of Neural Engineering.

04/06/2018

… the Mirage 91 BCI Racing team

Biomedical Engineering student Anthulla Dushi shares her experience in immersing in Brain-Computer Interfaces as a member of the “Graz BCI Racing Team – Mirage 91” of TU Graz.

Group shot of four men and one woman, all looking friendly into the camera. Group shot of four men and one woman, all looking friendly into the camera.

04/03/2018

Quality assurance for autonomous systems: TU Graz opens Christian Doppler lab

In the new Christian Doppler Lab TU Graz develops methodologies for the quality assurance of cyber-physical systems. Together with corporate partner AVL List, this will be illustrated using autonomous vehicles as examples.

A young man touches a component about five centimeters in size through a plastic shell.

04/03/2018

… my month on Mars

For many people a mission to Mars would be a dream. For Michael Müller, physics student at TU Graz, this was a dream come true – at least almost. He reports on his experiences as a field crew member of the AMADEE-18 Mars Simulation project in Oman – from his arrival on the ‘red planet’ to the…

[Translate to Englisch:] Im Vordergrund steht eine breite, tiefe Baugrube mit zig Baufahrzeugen. Seitlich steht ein Kran, dahinter sieht man die Skyline einer Großstadt.

03/29/2018

Of pits and shafts: Geotechnics conference at TU Graz

The Christian Veder Colloquium of TU Graz is dedicated to deep excavations and shaft structures. A particularly spectacular item in the programme includes the shafts for Africa’s biggest suspension bridge.

Single portrait of a smiling gentleman in a blue suit and a light blue tie.

03/28/2018

TU Graz fills endowed professorship for aerospace research

TU Graz, BMVIT, voestalpine, and other industry partners establish Austria’s first endowed chair for aerospace research, occupied by Brazilian materials scientist Sergio Amancio.

A young woman in a lap coat stands inside a laboratory. Complicated testing equipment surrounds her.

03/27/2018

The mathematics of the human body

Biomechanical engineer Justyna Niestrawska investigates the mechanical behaviour of the aorta at TU Graz and represents it using mathematical formulas. And wins the German Aorta Prize while doing so.

03/27/2018

Tattoo electrodes from an ink-jet printer

Electrodes for longterm monitoring of electrical impulses of heart or muscles in the form of temporary tattoos produced using an ink-jet printer. An international research group involving TU Graz presents this novel method in Advanced Science.

Members of the TERA TU Graz team – 15 guys and one woman, in white shirts, pose for the photo in two rows, in the foreground left and right two electric vehicles are partially in the picture.

03/22/2018

… vehicles of the future

How to build the world’s most efficient vehicle? What materials are suitable? Is electromobility the mobility of the future? In the TERA team we deal with all these questions and others besides.

Martin Grabenhofer in white chef’s uniform and black cap in front of a shelf bearing colourful spice jars and bags of chopped vegetables in the kitchen of the Inffeldgasse canteen.

03/22/2018

Passionate chef: curries, cooking courses and the ‘green plate’

Healthy, colourful and down to earth: that’s the approach that the new chef brings to the Graz canteens every day. At a food tasting, Martin Grabenhofer talks about his future plans.

A blackboard with white letters on it.

03/21/2018

Not At All Discrete

It’s not in the name: with their excellence initiative in discrete mathematics, TU Graz, the Uni Graz and the University of Leoben are causing people to notice – because they’re not discrete at all.

Four students and two supervisors work in front of a computer on a white table with work documents on the project for the steel bridge competition.

03/21/2018

A lightweight steel structure

TU Graz students score points with lightness of structural engineering: The bridge with which the team qualified for the ‘Nordic Steel Bridge Competition’ weighs only 50 kilograms and is two metres high.

The bright yellow crocheted team mascot of LosFuzzys on a pile of books about IT security.

03/08/2018

… hacking with LosFuzzys

Life as a Fuzzy and all the trimmings. Marcel Schnideritsch on his membership of LosFuzzys.

A man wearing a black sweater is standing inbetween vitrines.

03/07/2018

Improved “energy harvest” in solar cells

Oliver Hofmann, solid-state physicist at TU Graz, is working on the simulation and prediction of material properties. All this to optimise solar cells. He gets help from a supercomputer in the USA.

A group of young people are standing on a lawn. In their midst the rector of TU Graz

03/06/2018

Club Alpbach Steiermark awards scholarships for the European Forum Alpbach

Students and young scientists can apply for a scholarship for the European Forum Alpbach 2018 until 30 March.

Close-up of a woman wearing laboratory glasses looking at a small bottle of green liquid over a light source.

03/05/2018

Photosynthetic microalgae as biocatalysts

Biotechnological production of chemicals using enzymes coupled with the photosynthesis of microalgae is the topic of the new EU project PhotoBioCat. TU Graz is the project coordinator.

Two woman are sitting in a little grey canoe in the middle of a lake.

03/01/2018

… concrete canoes and me

What? Can it really float?! Yes. And there are even international competitions. A very successful TU Graz student team with boats they’ve built themselves.

A male hand holds a concrete part damaged by microbial induced concrete corrosion (MICC); a centimetre-thick deposit has formed on the part.

02/22/2018

Combating sulphuric acid corrosion at wastewater plants: Graz scientists develop new solution

Writing in Water Research, researchers from TU Graz and the University of Graz discuss new materials that prevent damage from microbial induced concrete corrosion.

Eight LosFuzzys team members pose against a team banner and a completely full green board in the FuzzyLab.

02/08/2018

Fighting bugs: students hacking for IT security

In global comparison, “LosFuzzys” are among the 40 best hacker competition teams. The Graz team is always on the right side of the force and does not shy away from Meltdown or Spectre.

[Translate to Englisch:] Eine grüne Platte mit mehreren goldenen Plättchen. In der Mitte ein Sensor.

02/08/2018

Environmental sensor systems: a deep breath for science

Alexander Bergmann and his team at TU Graz’s Institute of Electronic Sensor Systems have made it their aim to improve our quality of air and life by means of sophisticated sensor systems.

There is yellow light and two gloves holding a plate

02/06/2018

An International PhD via Thinface

In the last four years, 14 young scientists worked in the field of advanced materials across Europe in the training network Thinface and are now completing their cross-border doctoral degrees.

[Translate to Englisch:] Eine beleuchtete Straße und Gebäude im Hintergrund. Davor ist ein Netzwerk zu sehen mit vielen kleinen Symbolen, die unter anderem Computer, W-LAN-Symbole und Autos darstellen.

02/02/2018

TU Graz participating in new IoT lead project

In the IoT4CPS lead project, Austrian high-tech industry along with research institutes and universities to develop new security concepts in the Internet of Things.

Two women hold up tube-shaped, red-silver trophies and smile into the camera.

02/01/2018

Uni Graz and TU Graz are the “most family-friendly organisations in Styria”

Great importance is attached to compatibility of family and job at Uni Graz and TU Graz. That’s why the two universities have been awarded first place in the “Most family-friendly organisations in Styria” competition.

Three men hold a satellite model in their hands and look into the camera.

01/31/2018

Countdown for Chinese satellite CSES

The China Seismo-Electromagnetic satellite will be launched into near-Earth space in the early hours of 2nd February 2018. The Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and TU Graz are contributing a scalar magnetometer.

Two woman are working at a desk. A man stands besides them.

01/29/2018

A traineeship between Graz and Milano

Maria Rebucci and Laura Rebosio are students at Politecnico di Milano in Italy. They did their compulsory internship at TU Graz – most of all because of its excellent know-how in timber construction.

A man and a boy are sitting at a table. There are a lot of electronic tools and cables in front of them.

01/29/2018

15 years old. Student. And interested in electronics.

Nikolaus is 15 years old and is studying for a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He’s one of three young students who are currently attending lectures at TU Graz while still at school.

01/26/2018

TU Graz researcher on Forbes “30 under 30” list

Forbes magazine lists Johanna Pirker, a computer scientist at TU Graz, among the 30 most interesting minds from Europe under the age of 30 for her prizewinning virtual reality physics lab.

A portrait of Willibald Riedler

01/26/2018

TU Graz mourns the loss of “space professor” Willibald Riedler

Space researcher Willibald Riedler died on Wednesday, 24 January 2018 at the age of 85 in Graz. Since the late 1960s, Riedler has been inextricably linked with space research in Graz and Styria.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ein simuliertes Gebäude. Zentral ist ein Raum, in dem eine Maschine steht, auf der mehrere Pflanzen zu sehen sind.

01/23/2018

VerticalFarming: Lettuce from the skyscraper next door

Vertical farms are greenhouses – only the cultivated areas are not laid out next, but rather stacked up on top of each other. A Graz-Viennese concept combines structure with urban architecture.

A big group picture in the stairway of Alte Technik

01/15/2018

Export hit from TU Graz: Campus-management system CAMPUSonline is 20 years old

Whether TU München, University of Cologne or the Medical University of Vienna, 38 universities in the German-speaking area use CAMPUSonline – the campus-management system developed at TU Graz 20 years ago.

a group of eleven people in front of an Alpe Adria university branded background

01/12/2018

Industry 4.0 from Klagenfurt to Graz

The Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt and the TU Graz establish the joint endowed professorship "Industry 4.0: Adaptive and Networked Production Systems". The professorship is largely financed by companies.

A man is standing inside a laboratory.

01/08/2018

Protein, Cell Engineering for Biocatalytic Processes

Enzymes catalyse challenging chemical reactions under very mild reaction conditions. An optimization of synthetic applications requires a good knowledge of their structure and their mechanisms.

Four man are standing behind a black computer screen with white letters on it.

01/04/2018

TU Graz researchers discover serious security vulnerabilities

An 10-strong international team of researchers – including researcher from TU Graz – has revealed two new vulnerabilities in computer processors: Meltdown and Spectre. PCs, server and cloud services are affected. A patch could help.

[Translate to Englisch:] Eine blaue, schematische Darstellung einer Turbine.

12/22/2017

Towards a Physical Theory of Plasticity

The relative ease of plastically deforming metallic materials is a prerequisite for their widespread application in mechanical engineering.

A bright wooden room with large windows facing a park.

12/21/2017

A New Thermal Shell for Old Houses

TU Graz highlights new features in the Smart City project “STELA”. Instead of relying on high tech for the thermal refurbishment of existing multi-storey buildings, social compatibility returns to the centre stage of the project.

Beautiful old university building and wonderful rainbow spanning the autumnal campus of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

12/21/2017

… arranging a study or work placement abroad

Proper organisation is very important if you want to study or do a work placement abroad. We give you some information and tips on choosing a mobility programme, applying, selection criteria and more.

A man is standing on stairs.

12/18/2017

Probabilistic Methods in Analysis and Number Theory

TU Graz's Institute of Analysis and Number Theory was awarded the FWF START Prize in 2016.

Christoph Aistleitner´s face between books.

12/18/2017

Prime numbers: the building blocks of numbers

Christoph Aistleitner is hot on the trail of vital information on the mystery of prime numbers – and the world of mathematics is sitting up and taking notice. He has also received the Province of Styria’s research prize for his work.

From left: the “faces” of TU Graz – Lukas, Johanna, Sara, Benedict, Leonardo, Verena and Lukas in front of a large-format tiled wall at TU Graz)

12/18/2017

Choosing a degree programme: 7 paths to follow at TU Graz

They want to improve people’s lives, use their creativity or understand the world around them: seven students explain what they find so fascinating about their technology or science degree programme.

12/13/2017

Bolivia and TU Graz sign railway cooperation agreement

In the presence of Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales Ayma, TU Graz Rector Harald Kainz and Bolivian Minister Milton Claros have signed an agreement on railway-specific training for Bolivian engineers. Closer cooperation on railway-related matters in higher education is also planned.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ein Mann in dunklem Anzug und rot kariertem Hemd lehnt an einem Geländer. Die Wände um ihn sind gläsern und bunt.

12/12/2017

Breast cancer: small signals – big effect

Long before the first symptoms appear, biomarkers can provide important information about developing diseases. Research is currently planned in the field of breast cancer at TU Graz.

There is a huge computer screen with a lot of words on it. In the background there are four men.

12/04/2017

When rowhammer only knocks once

Rowhammer attacks make use of hardware vulnerabilities in order to access computer systems. TU Graz researchers have discovered a new type of attack – and raise questions about protective mechanisms.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ein Mann in einem schwarzen T-Shirt steht vor einer Landschaft aus sanften Hügeln.

11/30/2017

“If I want to be cool, I mention Gyro Gearloose”

Dieter Schmalstieg is the most successful inventor at TU Graz. In the interview he reveals how he imagines the world to be in 100 years and how inventions can contribute to it.

A few people dressed in white lab coats are standing in a laboratory.

11/30/2017

Sustainable Solution for Decentralised Hydrogen Production

The dimension of hydrogen utilisation in future fuel-cell applications largely depends on the widespread availability of hydrogen produced from renewable resources.

Three men in black suits smiling at the camera. One of them is holding a white piece of paper in his hands.

11/30/2017

Mobility Prize for hydrogen research at TU Graz

TU Graz scientist Viktor Hacker and his team were awarded the State Prize for Mobility 2017 for the H2 Mobility project, which has combined research on hydrogen production for many years.

Paolo Falcaro with suit and tie in front of a green-blue background

11/28/2017

ERC grant for TU Graz materials researcher Paolo Falcaro

Paolo Falcaro has secured a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for his research into microporous crystals, known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), at TU Graz. The ERC will provide EUR 2 million in funding for research into these high-performance, leading-edge materials.

Margarete Grimus, surrounded by African workshop participants and experts, all in four rows ready to be photographed.

11/10/2017

Digital education in Ghana

At over 70 the teacher trainer Margarete Grimus wrote a doctoral thesis at TU Graz about the integration of mobile learning in sub-Saharan Africa - and infuses much into the teaching situation there.

A man in a black sweater and a woman in a white blouse are smiling at the camera. There is a computer screen with colourful objects at the back.

11/07/2017

Small – smaller – molecular electronics

The research area of molecular electronics focuses on miniaturisation. It’s a further development of microelectronics and deals with circuits at the molecular level.

A TU Graz researcher surrounded by pupils at the Geoday. All wear VR goggles while looking at a screen which is hardly to be seen on the edge of the image.

11/06/2017

Geo-studies: From surveying to climate protection

Geodesists measure the Earth, know how GPS works, and what 3D models of the Earth are used for. If you want to know more about geo-studies, come to geoday2017@TU Graz on 17.11..

A female and a male researcher in a lab next to a laboratory apparatus

10/31/2017

Top research: Financial funding running into millions for TU Graz lead projects

Two interdisciplinary basic research projects in the fields of biomechanics and materials sciences will be funded to the amount of 3.5 million euros from TU Graz funds for three years from 2018.

10/31/2017

New CD lab for high-performance alloys at TU Graz

Maria Cecilia Poletti heads the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Design of High-Performance Alloys by Thermomechanical Processing. Industrial partners are Böhler Schmiedetechnik and Nemak Linz.

Anna Maria Moisi in front of a large number of files in her office at the Registration Office of TU Graz.

10/27/2017

Every day an adventure

Legal amendments, cooperation, questions from students. For Anna Maria Moisi, head of the Registration Office at TU Graz, every day was unpredictable. Now she’s passing it on to Christian Dobnik.

[Translate to Englisch:] three Cinese students - two female and one male show their scholarship documents into the camera, flanked by two gentlemen.

10/24/2017

New international study programme

TU Graz and Tongji University in Shanghai launch mechanical engineering double degree, which promotes international student exchange. The industrial partner AVL List awards scholarships to master’s students from China.

10/24/2017

Testing the test beds: new Christian Doppler lab at TU Graz

Starting shot for Christian Doppler Laboratory for Model-Based Control of Complex Test Bed Systems.

10/23/2017

Boost for lipid research: Graz researchers facilitate lipid data analysis

Illnesses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis may also be associated with lipids. Disorders are difficult to assess due to the diversity of lipids. Graz scientists present a new tool for the analysis of lipids in Nature Methods.

Seven people are looking at the camera and smile. Five of them are holding a white sheet of paper.

10/20/2017

Gender and diversity in research and teaching

On International Women’s Day in March the awards were advertised. Now the names of the TU Graz researchers and teaching staff who were allocated the gender and diversity awards have been published.

A young man is sitting at his desk equipped with a laptop. On the left there is a large black cube - the MiniMILL.

10/16/2017

From MINImill to high-precision prototypes

Three TU Graz students have developed a desktop milling machine which makes three-dimensional components directly from CAD files, thus vastly accelerating prototype manufacture.

10/16/2017

Germ-free hatching eggs: An alternative to formaldehyde application

Hatching eggs in large-scale hatcheries are currently treated with formaldehyde to eliminate germs. Researchers from TU Graz, acib and Roombiotic have now developed a natural alternative.

An iluminated room with white walls.

10/13/2017

Quality of life in the best light

In TU Graz’s LightLab, an interdisciplinary team from the fields of architecture, light design and psychology are conducting research on the lighting systems of the future in close collaboration with the lighting industry.

10/12/2017

Enzymes at work: breaking down stubborn cellulose

TU Graz researchers observe enzymes breaking down cellulose to aid the production of biofuels. The results are now published in Nature Communications.

(University assistant Armin Stocker seated at a table with drawings, surrounded by seven students against the background of the renovated roof beam construction in the TU Graz master’s studios.

10/12/2017

New dimension to studying: TU Graz master studios

The start of the 2017/18 winter semester marks the opening of architecture master’s studios in the developed loft of TU Graz Campus Alte Technik. Students take up their places for one semester.

09/28/2017

Making surgical screws from bones

Biomechanics from TU Graz are developing surgical screws from donated human bone material for foot and jaw surgery in a FFG-funded project together with surgebright, a start-up from Linz.

09/26/2017

X-ray Views into the Nanoworld: International SAXS Community Celebrates in Graz

Graz has been a hotspot for small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) for the analysis of nanostructured materials for 60 years now. The International SAXS Symposium at TU Graz demonstrates the continuing significance of this technology.

A man in a grey shirt is cutting green leaves.

09/21/2017

Living laboratory equipment

Erich Leitner, Head of the Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, doubles as a measuring instrument: his senses are trained to evaluate food products objectively by their smell.

09/20/2017

SpaceTech: TU Graz celebrates its first graduates

The eight graduates of the part-time master’s programme all come from the aerospace sector. As part of the programme they developed lunar vehicles for the ESA Moon Village.

[Translate to Englisch:] Drei junge Frauen stehen am Gipfel eines Berges und lächeln in die Kamera. Im Hintergrund ist eine weitläufige Landschaft zu sehen.

09/18/2017

… moving to Graz

It’s been quite some time since I moved to Graz to go on with my master´s program: time flies, every day there is something new – I never get tired of discovering this wonderful city anew.

A man is talking in front of a crowd of people. You can see the back of their heads.

09/18/2017

“We are global competitors, but also global co-operation partners”

Internationalization is one of the challenges of the present and the future for academic institutions. Leading staff of technical universities from all over Europe gathered in Graz to discuss possible solutions.

Using a controller someone navigates in the digital representation of a shipwreck.

09/15/2017

Workshop on cultural heritage and graphics in Graz

When it’s a matter of recording cultural material, managing it and conveying it to the public, digitalisation is the state of the art. Experts from various disciplines meet up to discuss the subject.

A female student of the BCI Racing Team Mirage 91 in front of a computer game, wearing a special cap to measure brain waves.

09/12/2017

Between vision and reality: Brain Computer Interface Conference at TU Graz

The international community of brain computer interface (BCI) experts will meet between 18 and 22 September in Graz. As part of the programme a Science Slam will put an entertaining spotlight on the current state of BCI research.

09/06/2017

Brain Composer: “thinking” melodies onto a musical score

TU Graz researchers develop new brain-computer interface application which allows music to be composed by the power of thought. How this works is shown in the current issue of the journal PLOS ONE.

Eine Apothekerin mit weißem Mantel und roten Haaren reicht einer weißhaarigen Dame einen Zettel.

09/01/2017

Inkjet Pharmacy: On-demand Drugs from the Printer

In the near future, orodispersible films could replace pills: scientists at the Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering are developing printing technologies to create personalized dosage forms for individual patient needs on demand.

08/25/2017

24 hours instead of 42 kilometres: Innovation Marathon in Alpbach

Working 24 hours non-stop on real-life problems set by companies and proving the power of innovation at the Alpbach Technology Symposium. The 3rd TU Austria Innovation Marathon presented 40 students with a “physical” challenge.

08/18/2017

Pro2Future – Products and Production systems of the future

At the beginning of April, the COMET competence centre Pro²Future was established and shared between Linz and Graz.

TU Graz young scientists Anna Eibel and Beate Steller shaking hands with Bernard Feringa surrounded by other Meeting participants.

08/17/2017

… Meeting great role models

Beate Steller, doctoral student in chemistry at TU Graz, met the absolute greats of her specialty at the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

Representatives of Politics, Economy and Science present Styrias increased R&D share.

08/17/2017

Styria is the number one research region in Europe

With a research and development share of 5.16 per cent in 2015, Styria comes out on top among European research regions for the first time.

A men is holding a black, square plate with golden lines on it. He has grey hair and is wearing a white shirt.

08/17/2017

The Chief Information Officer of Austria

Reinhard Posch is not only the co-founder of computer science at TU Graz, he has also been Chief Information Officer of the federal government for years and gives advice on IT matters and security.

A see-throw liquid foot on a colourful bed.

08/02/2017

Plastics as Heat Managers for High-Tech Products

From laptops to generators: plastics are an integral part of every electronic and electrical device.

07/31/2017

RoboCup Japan 2017: GRIPS Team from TU Graz are Vice-Champions

Another major success for a student team from TU Graz: GRIPS RoboCup team wins second place in the “Logistics” league of the RoboCup 2017 in Nagoya, Japan.

Bernd Somitsch vor dem Gebäude Neue Chemie der TU Graz.

07/25/2017

… an academic year in Bordeaux

Bernd Somitsch is studying Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics at TU Graz and is setting off for the Université de Bordeaux for one year to gain experience.

07/24/2017

TU Graz is part of the Oman Mars simulation AMADEE-18

With 19 experiments, the analog mission of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) in Oman will serve for preparation for a manned mission to Mars. TU Graz is especially well-represented with three experiments.

Young researcher Christian Ellersdorfer in the test hall at the Institute of Vehicle Safety.

07/21/2017

Untalented for doing the same thing again and again

Looking for a red-hot research topic, mechanical engineer Christian Ellersdorfer found safety in e-mobility and remained faithful to it. Privately, he’s fulfilling his dream of flying.

There are three men on the picture. Two of them are holding golden historic tuning forks. The third one on the right is looking at the camera and pointing a golden globe at his ear.

07/14/2017

Treasures from a Graz history of physics

Since the beginning of the year, measuring instruments, tools and machinery from more than 100 years of physics history at TU Graz are on show in the cellar of the Institute of Experimental Physics.

Six researchers in lab coats are leaning against a construction of metal rods in a lab at TU Graz.

07/14/2017

Diesel from non-food biomass

Nikolaus Schwaiger co-developed the BioCRACK process. High-grade and eco-friendly diesel fuel is produced from biomass such as wooden waste, straw and reeds.

Two people are at the canteens counter. A young man dressed in a grey shirt and a young woman in red. Both are holding plates of food.

07/12/2017

Inffeldgasse: clatter and sizzle reloaded

After months of rebuilding, the canteen in Inffeldgasse is now again open for business – with a radiant, brand new look and a completely newly designed culinary recipe. We tried out a test meal.

07/10/2017

TU Graz tests autonomous transport logistics in the “last mile”

Drones as modern carrier pigeons and autonomous electric vehicles as urban suppliers: TU Graz’s expertise is at a premium in trialling of new delivery methods.

07/06/2017

… the international success of TU Graz student teams

Rector Harald Kainz on TU Graz’s student teams and why companies are sending out feelers for these high potentials.

Five students and two supervisors in front of their project "P-Cubed: ply-propylene".

07/06/2017

Second place at the Tongji International Construction Festival

Five TU Graz students won second place with their project at Tongji University’s International Construction Festival 2017 in Shanghai.

The international TU Graz team wearing blue, green, yellow and red shirts showing the banner „TU Graz International Community“.

07/05/2017

Fun and the spirit of sports: internationals running

5 teams of international students and staff represent TU Graz in the Uni Graz Sports Institute’s relay. Whether you like sports or you hate them: being there is everything.

A red and a yellow miniature HGV.

07/03/2017

Staying on the Right Path

Cooperative, autonomous driving on the motorway is the main topic of a joint project between TU Graz and the “Virtual Vehicle” competence centre.

07/03/2017

New pilot factory at TU Graz

Industry 4.0 test laboratory for TU Graz and 20 domestic companies, funded by the ministry for infrastructure

07/01/2017

Novel Biological Approaches in Synthesis Chemistry

The pharma industry is in search of sustainable and cost-effective manufacturing processes for drugs.

07/01/2017

Modelling the Microstructure of an Aluminium Alloy

Understanding and modelling the mechanisms involved in shaping metallic alloys has become a major concern of manufacturers.

07/01/2017

Why Large Engines Research Steps on the Gas

In order to meet ambitious environmental goals, research around the world must rise to the challenge of developing innovative and sustainable solutions in the areas of mobility, transportation and power generation.

07/01/2017

Demand Forecasting

Market disruptions and innovation strongly impact its stakeholders on a short- to mid-term perspective.

07/01/2017

Low-Cost Stove with Lowest Emissions

Global warming due to the anthropogenic greenhouse effect is an important driver for the development of renewable energy systems.

Two female and two male students heading towards the photographer turning their back to the picturesque Graz Main Square.)

06/30/2017

Starting your studies: Advice and introduction

The Students’ Union at TU Graz offers advice about studies from 10th July onwards and will support you in registration matters. There are Welcome Days in September with information for new students.

Christoph Leitl, President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Clemens Arth, CEO of AR4.io and Austrian Federal Minister of Economics Harald Mahrer.

06/28/2017

Born Global Champions Award for TU Graz spin-off

The ”Born Global Champions” award was given to 44 young Austrian companies – amongst them the TU Graz spin-off AR4.io – by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.

TU Graz researchers Florian Ehrentraut and Christian Landschützer (with black pullover over a small checkered shirt) proudly demonstrate the white prototype of a modular transport box from the MODULUSHCA research project in a lab at the Institute of Logi

06/27/2017

… Developments revolutionising logistics

TU Graz researcher Christian Landschützer explains why some 250 experts from 15 countries are coming together in Graz to develop the “Physical Internet” – a hyper-networked logistics system.

Graphic of a heart

06/27/2017

Biomechanics: measuring the human body

How can cardiovascular diseases be treated in a targeted way and postoperative complications reduced? Researchers at the Institute of Biomechanics provide answers using methods from engineering.

06/26/2017

NAWI Graz researchers measure light fields in 3D

Researchers from TU Graz and the University of Graz present the new method of 3D-plasmon tomography in Nature Communications.

[Translate to Englisch:] Drei Männer und eine Frau halten beziehungsweise betrachten den Kleinsatelliten OPSSAT.

06/12/2017

TU Graz builds new ESA satellite: Nanosatellite “PRETTY” measures ice masses and ocean waves for climate research

PRETTY is the third CubeSat mission of TU Graz. The satellite is being built together with RUAG Space and should be launched into space in 2020.

The three proud winners of the L’Oréal Brandstorm Tech Challenge qualifying round showing their award (left to right): Aleksandar Sargic (with glasses and beard), Stefan Stevanovic and Omar Saracevic.

06/08/2017

Grooming app for millennial men

Students of TU Graz and Vienna University of Economics and Business have developed a mobile phone app for the L’Oréal Brandstorm competition which detects skin problems and suggests products

Three students are standing next to each other and are looking at their smartphones.

06/08/2017

Keep in touch with TU Graz: new WhatsApp newsletter

Interviews, blog posts, current announcements and press releases. Subscribe to a free WhatsApp newsletter and get up-to-date news+stories about TU Graz direct to your smartphone.

A dark-haired woman opening a red door.

06/06/2017

It all started with dirty water...

At the age of four years she got her hands on a microscope for the first time and investigated dirty water together with other children – today Cecilia Poletti is a successful materials scientist at TU Graz.

Three men and one female student at a test stand of the competence center

05/31/2017

Starting shot for AVL-TU Graz Transmission Center: gearbox systems on the test rig

AVL and TU Graz open the world’s most advanced competence centre for research and development on novel transmission systems.

System test rig for the “GreenHVAC4Rail” project at the Institute of Thermal Engineering of TU Graz.

05/26/2017

“Climate research” with a difference

As regards pioneering vehicle technologies, the focus is on more energy-efficient air-conditioning systems. New developments can be tested in the climatic chambers of the Institute of Thermal Engineering.

05/24/2017

Prototypes in the spotlight: TU Graz students present industrial innovations

Prototypes, solutions and a professionally staged show: eight student teams from TU Graz present the results of the Product Innovation Project 2017 on 29th May.

A few people are sitting on wooden furniture on a turquise carpet.

05/12/2017

... Exhibiting at the Milan Design Week

Graz meets Milano. Architecture students of TU Graz presented their solid-wood seating furniture prototypes at the Design Week in Milan, reaping great enthusiasm for their designs.

05/11/2017

Electrostatic design of materials: TU Graz demonstrates a fundamentally new approach

Researchers at the Institute of Solid State Physics map out a radically new approach for designing optical and electronic properties of materials in Advanced Materials.

05/10/2017

TU Graz research monthly: Research highlights straight to your mailbox

Subscribe to our newsletter “TU Graz research monthly“ highlighting recent research work and upcoming events at TU Graz.

[Translate to Englisch:] zwei Männer in einem Fahrsimulator

05/04/2017

Self-driving cars: Europe’s most diverse test environment under development in Styria

ALP.Lab offers test tracks, road tests on motorways and in cities as well as simulators for companies – Ministry for Infrastructure provides funding to the tune of 5.6 million euros.

05/04/2017

30 years of Erasmus: Special shirts on the campus

The European mobility programme is celebrating its 30-year anniversary and TU Graz is celebrating with it. Staff and students stand up for openness and solidarity with Erasmus T-shirts.

Diana Klemen, Thomas Stamer and a friend at the "Alten Technik".

05/03/2017

Studying without barriers

Diana Klemen is blind and Thomas Stamer has dyslexia. They are two of many students with special needs who are successfully studying at TU Graz.

04/28/2017

When electric vehicles crash, what happens to the battery?

How EV batteries behave in detail during crash loads and what influence the previous life of the battery has on its safety is being investigated by TU Graz and partners in the K-project “SafeBattery”.

A young man and woman talking to a middle-aged representative with a tie at TECONOMY Graz. In the background, more visitors in front of company information stands.

04/27/2017

TECONOMY Graz 2017: Job hunting made easy

Contact persons from 91 top companies and a multitude of career tools await students and graduates of science and technology subjects at TU Graz on 4 May.

04/26/2017

Metabolic disorders: University of Graz and TU Graz “research studio”

The agent Atglistatin can reduce the level of fatty acid in the blood. Funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, researchers at the University of Graz and TU Graz want to further develop the agent into a medicine to treat metabolic disorders.

04/21/2017

Experiencing space: TU Graz presents the architecture magazine GAM.13

“Spatial Expeditions”: GAM.13 is dedicated to the experience of space using all the senses. On Thursday 27 April, the Faculty of Architecture of TU Graz will present the current issue – guests are welcome!

04/19/2017

10 years of RoboCupJunior in Austria: A playground and career ladder for budding technologists

On the tenth anniversary of the RoboCupJunior educational initiative, the state championships will be held in Weiz this year. TU Graz, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences and University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien are combining their forces and have confidence in the ‘RoboCupJunior…

2 young women and 5 young men off different nationalities are presented with the Hunter Douglas Award at Ahmedabad in front of a violet wall with the writing "World's best graduation projects. Ahmedabad 2017".

04/13/2017

… City of the future – Los Angeles

Alexander Gebetsroither, architecture graduate at TU Graz, has developed a future scenario for Los Angeles. He explains how he came to win the Archiprix International 2017 from 385 entries.

Jesus Pestana Puerta, Friedrich Fraundorfer and Michael Maurer are preparing the drone for the flight.

04/12/2017

Drone research @ TU Graz

Drones for search and rescue missions, as modern carrier pigeons and for inspecting critical infrastructure. TU Graz researchers teach drones how to see and think.

04/06/2017

Open day taster at the Graz unis on 20 April

Prospective students are most welcome: The University of Graz, University of Music and Performing Arts, Medical University of Graz and TU Graz present the broad range of their study programmes together on Thursday, 20 April 2017.

Blond haired Nina and dark haired Maria, ‘buddies’ in the Austrian Universities’ MORE programme, at a white table with orange flowers and glasses with water during the interview.

03/30/2017

“We’re buddies and friends”

Nina and Maria got to know each other through the MORE initiative for refugees at TU Graz. Read the interview to find out what they have to say about unfamiliarity, cultural exchange and time management.

Christoph Grimmer, Stephan Weinberger and Florian Gebetsroither at TU Graz's Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology.

03/24/2017

A mini solar power station for the balcony

Christoph Grimmer, together with TU Graz colleagues, developed a Plug&Play household storage system. This could cover a quarter of private energy requirement in the future.

03/22/2017

Protective switch to treat obesity

Scientists at the University of Graz and TU Graz have developed an active ingredient that reduces obesity and can prevent type II diabetes as well as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

03/21/2017

E-mobile with Zoe

With the “Zoe”, TU Graz takes yet another step towards greener mobility. Three small, white cars with electric drive are available for borrowing by TU Graz staff and everyone else.

03/20/2017

TU Graz researchers show that enzyme function inhibits battery ageing

Stefan Freunberger, beneficiary of an ERC grant at TU Graz, shows in Nature Energy the influence of the reactive singlet oxygen on ageing processes in non-aqueous oxygen batteries.

Kateryna Lypetska in the lab at the Institute of Organic Chemistry of TU Graz.

03/16/2017

Technology with (r)evolutionary roots

Mimicking evolution in the lab: Kateryna Lypetska takes us on a foray into the world of biocatalysis, which enables an ecological production of pharmaceuticals to be carried out.

03/14/2017

Catalyst Coding Contest programming competition on 31st March

31st March is the date of the Catalyst Coding Contest – Europe’s biggest software engineering competition. TU Graz and Know Center are among the organisers. Individual places are still available!

A young woman and client deep in conversation at the TU Graz information stand at the job, study and further education fair in Vienna.

03/09/2017

…frequently asked questions concerning your studies

Be student at TU Graz – just TU it! Have you got any open questions about studying at TU Graz? Here are the most frequently asked questions – from the studies information fair BeSt³ to your screen.

[Translate to Englisch:] Martin Kandlhofer mit drei Robotern: einem humanoiden weißen Nao, einem Legoroboter und einem Würfelroboter.

03/09/2017

A cyborg as robotics teacher

Martin Kandlhofer of the Institute of Software Technology conducts research on how children and young people can be inspired about robotics and artificial intelligence. At the same time, he himself is a kind of cyborg.

Two students making "give me five"

03/08/2017

TU Graz: three new English master’s programmes in autumn 2017

In the winter semester 2017/18, TU Graz will be offering 14 master’s programmes just in English. What’s new – apart from the NAWI Graz master’s programmes Physics and Technical Physics – is Biorefinery Engineering, a course unique in Europe.

Corina Klug in her office. In the background: bicycle helmets and books.

03/06/2017

From standard human to human body model

Accident researcher Corina Klug uses virtual “human body models” to better protect pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists in the future.

Schematic representation of the illumination of the sensor domain of a photo-receptor and the molecular propagation of the light signal to the effector

03/03/2017

Biological system with light switch: new findings from Graz

For the first time ever, researchers at TU Graz and the Medical University of Graz have managed to functionally characterise the three-dimensional interaction between red-light receptors and enzymatic effectors. The results, with implications for optogenetics, have been published in Science…

Construction management engineer Markus Kummer at his working place at TU Graz’s Institute of Construction Management and Economics

03/02/2017

Chance as factor of forecast

TU Graz construction management engineer Markus Kummer deals with uncertainties in the calculation of building costs and building time. Opportunities, risks and chance all play a role.

02/23/2017

… my business trip into space

Franz Viehböck, the first and only Austrian ever to have been in space reveals very personal memories of the Austromir mission in the TU Graz blog.

A Photomontage of the nanosatellite TUGSAT-1 in orbit overlooking the earth.

02/22/2017

Four years in space: Austrian BRITE satellites

TUGSAT-1 and UniBRITE have been in space since 2013. During this time 350 stars have been observed, new variable stars discovered, and 12 scientific papers published in international journals.

Reinhard Braunstingl and Iona Koglbauer in the cockpit of the wide-body aircraft simulator at TU Graz.

02/21/2017

Ready for Boarding

The Flight Simulation Research Platform at TU Graz makes it possible to scale the virtual heights with a wide-body aircraft and a light aircraft.

Waiting and walking people on a street.

02/16/2017

… the beauty of uncertainty and its dangers

Michael Hartmann’s research focus lies in motion planning of autonomous vehicles regarding pedestrians in uncertain and dynamic environments.

[Translate to Englisch:] Zwei Männer sitzen an einem Tisch und spielen Schach. Beide schauen sehr konzentriert.

02/10/2017

Top of the last third

Three minutes – this is the amount of time that the TU Graz team along with Rector Kainz had for a game of chess at the 3rd Austrian University and Students’ Union Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships.

02/10/2017

Top marks for energy efficiency

TU Graz chose to be certified voluntarily by TÜV AUSTRIA in accordance with ISO 50001. The result: with an excellent energy management system in place, the university is a pioneer in achieving energy targets.

Andreas Hauser is standing inside his laboratory.

02/02/2017

Between physics and philosophy

Physics and philosophy are Andreas Hauser’s specialities. He has a doctorate in both, but professionally, physics comes first. There are many sides to this 36-year-old – and not only in research.

02/02/2017

Technology is for girls! FIT Info Days starting 13th February

Place in the leture hall, great career opportunities: nevertheless some girls shy away from mechanical engineering, physics and all the rest. The “Women in Technology” Info Days at TU Graz are meant to put this right.

01/28/2017

Ballroom instead of lecture hall: the TU Graz Ball 2017

Under the slogan “Living technology”, the TU Graz Ball 2017 was dedicated to the topic of Human & Biotechnology. The highlight for guests of the ball at Congress Graz was a virtual thought race.

A car from the inside as seen from the backseat. In front of the drivers seat there is a steering wheel visible. There are computer screens visualising a highway.

01/26/2017

… Driving in a wooden box

Love of technical gadgets is almost part of the job at TU Graz. Not surprising that I had to shout “ME!” when test persons were being sought for the in-house driving simulator.

Group picture with 7 TU Graz students (from left to right): Thomas Neff, Alexander Winkler, Lea Kapetanovic, Alexander Draschl, Teresa Jagiello, Sascha Rossmann, Julia Angleitner

01/20/2017

Study programme choices and lots of questions

General school qualification for university entrance and then…? Innumerable training and educational paths await you. 7 students from TU Graz reveal why they would choose their study programmes again.

The Austrian handcyclist Thomas Frühwirth in the wind tunnel of TU Graz.

01/19/2017

Aerodynamics on the test rig

Air flow at the touch of a button. In the wind tunnels of TU Graz, aerodynamic tests are carried out on top athletes, automobiles and even building models.

Lively conversations with human resources managers of the partner companies at the FSI Recruiting Day.

01/17/2017

Recruiting event: from AVL to Ventrex

Career entry or info about internships in Austria or abroad. Fast track yourself to a career in the automotive industry with a visit to the “FSI Recruiting Day 2017” on 26th January at TU Graz.

Four children are playing with colourful sand.

01/12/2017

… the recipe to build the perfect sandcastle!

Dry sand flows, so does water with some sand. However, if one uses a proper mixture of sand with some water, the sand becomes sticky, and a sandcastle can be built.

A woman and a man are sitting next to a glass table. She is wearing a necklace with a black sensor and a microphone. He is wearing headphones and using a laptop.

01/11/2017

Recovering speech

The removal of the larynx involves the loss of speech. The voice output of most artificial voice generators is usually modelled on male voices. TU Graz is busy researching to develop alternatives.

Inside the driving simulator: A women is sitting at the drivers seat of a vehicle. A man sitting next to her is pointing at the simulation of a road.

12/28/2016

Do We Trust the Invisible Assistant?

In the MueGen Driving project, researchers from the Institute of Automotive Engineering at TU Graz studied how gender and age influence our trust in driver assistance systems.

Smiling Woman standing in front of the touchscreen at the tim-location.

12/23/2016

The Mobility Jackpot

On-the-fly switching between bicycle, car and tram is a mobility jackpot for someone living in the city: it’s eco-friendly, versatile and cheap.

Two small feet in the grass.

12/19/2016

Movement: Making a Difference

A robotic aid could soon support the treatment of movement disorders in infants earlier than so far possible, thus boosting therapeutic success.

12/12/2016

... Nikola Tesla’s time at TU Graz

Bernhard Reismann on a technological genius and his personal highs and lows

Actor dressed up as Nikola Tesla in the Nikola Tesla Laboratory.

12/09/2016

High-powered research

How does Nikola Tesla’s spirit of research live on at TU Graz? We plug into today’s high-powered research subjects at the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance.

Portraits of Christoph Grimmer, Andrea Höller and Erik Leitinger

12/07/2016

Award of Excellence for TU Graz doctoral students

Process engineer Christoph Grimmer, telematics engineer Andrea Höller and electrical engineer Erik Leitinger have been awarded the state prize for the best PhD theses.

12/07/2016

Porous crystalline materials: TU Graz researcher shows method for controlled growth

Microporous crystals (MOFs) have a great potential as functional materials of the future. Paolo Falcaro of TU Graz et al demonstrate in Nature Materials how the growth of MOFs can be precisely controlled on a large scale.

Buffet with drinks and empty plates in front of a table with the inscription International Potluck.

12/06/2016

Cultural diversity on the menu

The TU Graz Welcome Center cooks up a storm for international degree-seeking students and staff: social events like cooking together are fun and help people settle in.

[Translate to Englisch:] Rektor Kainz, Cornelia Kawann und Emo Welzl halten die Grndungsurkunde des neuen Alumni Chapters in die Kamera

12/02/2016

TU Graz launches international alumni network at ETH Zurich

TU Graz promotes cross-border alumni activities as part of internationalisation strategy. The first highlight of “alumni eXtended” was the opening of the “TU Graz Alumni Chapter Suisse” at ETH Zurich yesterday evening.

12/01/2016

Energy hybrid: Battery meets super capacitor

Researchers from the universities of Montpellier, Bordeaux and TU Graz demonstrate in Nature Materials that it is possible to combine the high-energy density of batteries with the high-power output of super capacitors in a single system – thanks to liquid energy storage materials.

11/30/2016

Appreciation award for TU Graz chemist and architect

The state prize is awarded each year throughout Austria for the 50 best diploma and master’s theses.

11/24/2016

“Internet for Refugees” prize for TU Graz programming app

The programming app “Pocket Code”, developed at the Institute of Software Engineering at TU Graz, is available in 40 languages and is being implemented in right-to-left languages.

11/24/2016

New honorary senators of TU Graz: Hannes Androsch and Günther Apfalter

Hannes Androsch and Günther Apfalter have been made honorary senators by TU Graz as a sign of solidarity and appreciation. Würzburg physicist Werner Hanke awarded a honorary doctorate.

Students learning together in the outdoor area of the Neue Technik Campus of TU Graz.

11/23/2016

English master’s programmes at Graz: apply now

Those who wish to start an English-language master’s programme at TU Graz in 2017/18 but are not eligible by virtue of having obtained a degree at TU Graz or the University of Graz may register now.

A wooden room. Centered there is a window through which you can see nature. On the right side is a cupboard.

11/22/2016

… timber – the construction material of the future

Wood is a trendy material – and not only in the music scene (thanks to the 257ers) but also in the construction sector. Because timber is natural, calculable, timeless, modern, flexible and fascinatingly versatile.

[Translate to Englisch:] Gruppenfoto in der Aula, von links nach rechts Katrin Ellermann, Stefanie Lindstaedt, Tanja Wrodnigg, Juliane Bogner-Strauss, Annette Mütze, Maria Cecilia Poletti und Gabriele Berg, am Foto vertreten von Martina Köberl.

11/21/2016

More women in positions of leadership: Careers programme of TU Graz takes effect

The first Austria-wide career management project for women academics in leadership positions ended at TU Graz today. Eight researchers successfully supported in the development of their careers.

Bridge at sunset.

11/21/2016

Health trackers for rail tracks and other structures

Structural health monitoring records the current "state of health" of structures and infrastructure. This allows "illnesses" to be diagnosed at an early stage and treated.

11/15/2016

‘Kepler robotics’: TU Graz sponsors school team to the amount of 1,000 euros

Karin Schaupp, chair of the University Council of TU Graz, handed over a cheque worth 1,000 euros to Team ‘kepler robotics’ of the Kepler Secondary School. The patron of the sponsoring partnership is state councillor Christopher Drexler.

Ferdinand Hofer is standing in front of the electon microscope

11/14/2016

FELMI-ZFE: ‘looking through’ 65 years at TU Graz

Round about 65 years ago, the first electron microscope was set up at TU Graz, thus laying a foundation stone for many years of successful research work

[Translate to Englisch:] Gernot Pottlacher steht in seinem Büro und hält eine Glasröhre in der Hand.

11/09/2016

Physicist in motion

An interview with experimental physicist Gernot Pottlacher is anything but dull. He paints pictures with words and underscores the spoken word with experiments on his desk.

11/09/2016

Teaching stars: TU Graz awards prizes to lecturers of excellence

Outstanding teaching rarely gets curtain calls. Rarely, but not never. Witness TU Graz, where four outstanding lecturers received the Prize for Excellence in Teaching on Wednesday, 9 November.

Two men discuss IT-applications in front of a monitor

11/08/2016

Fit for the future in software and IT: TU Graz leads Industry 4.0 qualification network

To recognise IT and software trends early and implement them creates regional value enhancement. Making key personnel fit for the future is the aim of the qualification network “Value Network Süd – IT-enabled Eco Systems”.

The Alte Technik at Rechbauerstrasse 12, flying five red TU Graz flags.

11/03/2016

Friendship: thanks from Iranian students

Iranian students from the last decades express their solidarity with TU Graz in the form of a “recognition plaque” and set an example for peaceful co-existence.

Two students of TU Graz clap hands.

10/28/2016

Job fair careers: opportunities in top companies

At the Meet Hidden Champions job fair at TU Graz on 16 November, start-ups and growth companies looking for academic young talents meet students and graduates.

Karin Pichler and Christian Haintz in their office.

10/27/2016

…the feedbackr app

Christian Haintz and Karin Pichler have founded a start-up based on their master’s theses. They talk about their experiences, successes and everything they’ve learned as founders.

10/24/2016

TU Graz’s HyCentA and AVL List open Europe’s most modern test stand for fuel-cell systems

A building block in the energy revolution mosaic. The research centre HyCentA along with AVL List GmbH opened Europe’s most modern test infrastructure for fuel-cell systems on 21 October.

A young woman wearing a lab coat is grabing laboratory pipes.

10/21/2016

From apprentice to apprentice trainer

Tanja Weiß came to TU Graz as an apprentice. Today, she is employed at TU Graz, has passed her university entrance exams and started a study programme. A success story formed in the lab.

Stylized illustration of an eye looking into the digital future.

10/21/2016

Looking into the future: continuing education

If you want to gain professional qualifications, there is a broad range of part-time master’s programmes, non-degree programmes, courses or seminars in the TU Graz continuing education programme 2017.

A man is standing in front of an auditorium.

10/20/2016

NAWI Graz Teaching: a ten-year success story

The successful inter-university cooperation of NAWI Graz started 12 years ago - only two years later, the first study programme of NAWI Graz Teaching started. Which was clebrated properly!

Martin Hofstetter measuring the electric research vehicle.

10/19/2016

Research on cleaner cars at full throttle

How do hybrid vehicles become more powerful and at the same time cheaper? TU Graz’s Martin Hofstetter is developing software which delivers practical answers.

Auditorium. White stairs lead to the blackboard. A man is writing white letters on the blackboard. Students are sitting on the left and right of the stairs.

10/18/2016

Gymnastics with numbers – TU Graz MatheFit course

Maths is a must at TU Graz. And that’s why the University offers the MatheFit refresher course at the beginning of the semester. A visit to the amply filled lecture hall.

A picture of Corinna Bath: She is looking at the camera, has short hair and glasses.

10/17/2016

How (gender) neutral can technology be?

Corinna Bath is concerned with the interrelations between technology and gender research. She will devote herself to this topic in a three-month visiting professorship at TU Graz.

10/13/2016

humans, machines and the atmosphere of the Swiss competition

David Steyrl of the Mirage 91 student team from TU Graz describes his impressions of the Cybathlon in Zurich – the competition at the interface between man and machine.

Picture showing the waterfall damping element of the model surge tank for the Obervermuntwerk 2.

10/12/2016

Prototypes for efficient energy storage

Pumped-storage hydro power plants store electrical power efficiently and feed it into the grid seconds later. Behind the scenes there is some very sophisticated engineering, as a visit to the hydraulic lab at TU Graz shows.

Martin Wilkening, Ulrich Hirn, Annette Mütze and Vincent Lepetit.

10/11/2016

Triple Doppler: Starting shot for new CD labs

From fibre swelling in paper by way of computer vision to efficient electric auxiliary drives: three new Christian Doppler Laboratories were launched at TU Graz in 2016. What this means and who benefits – a short survey.

A patient is examined in an MRI.

10/04/2016

Machines learn how to see

How does seeing work? What is a good image, and what is a bad image? How do we filter out the essential information from an image – the information we need to recognise what we see?

[Translate to Englisch:] Anna Maria Coclite forscht im Bereich der Materialwissenschaften und ist die erste Frau mit einem ERC Grant an der TU Graz

10/04/2016

Smart artificial skin: ERC grant for researcher at TU Graz

Anna Maria Coclite is the first woman to be awarded an ERC Starting Grant at TU Graz. Her research project deals with developing a hybrid material to produce an artificial skin with multi-responsive sensors.

Roman Marte is holding a black rock.

10/03/2016

Listener, motivator, provocateur and teacher

Geotechnical engineer Roman Marte likes challenging his students. If people aren’t discussing or contradicting each other, he finds the course “dull”.

[Translate to Englisch:] Eine Kollage aus 7 Gesichtern Studierender ergibt das Porträtfoto zur Kampagne 2016/17

09/30/2016

Be the Face of TU Graz in 2016/17

You are studying at TU Graz and you would like to lend the university your face and represent TU Graz for a year? Then apply now for the upcoming photo shooting on 18 November 2016!

Two hands hold a stylised globe with the continents coloured in red.

09/29/2016

Go international: Study Abroad Fair 2016

Study abroad? But how? What programmes, allowances and sponsorships are there and what kind of experiences have other students had? The Study Abroad Fair helps TU Graz students to find their way around.

09/28/2016

25 years of AustroMir: from Mozart balls to ion cannons

Franz Viehböck took off 25 years ago – the one and only Austrian in space. Researchers at TU Graz performed pioneering work in extraterrestrial materials analysis and facilitated the first ever networked communication between several locations on Earth and in space.

09/26/2016

TU Graz launches Christian Doppler Laboratory for Brushless drives for pump and fan applications

The aim of the new CD Laboratory, a joint project between TU Graz and Mechatronics Systems – an SME from Styria, is to make use of electrical energy in auxiliary drives and household appliances as efficiently as possible.

[Translate to Englisch:] Vizerektorin Andrea Hoffmann und Lissa Reithofer, Büro für Gleichstellung und Frauenförderung, beim Unterzeichnen der Charta.

09/26/2016

TU Graz becomes more family friendly

Extension of the number of hours per week of FLEKI, game backpacks, cheaper summer child care and commitment to the “Family at university” charter – the range of offers concerning compatibility of job/studies with family is gradually being expanded.

09/21/2016

Styria on the way to becoming leading software region of Europe

The recommendations from Stanford expert Burton Lee to Styria on its way to becoming the leading European software and industry region range from talent initiatives and “hackathons” to setting up a Styrian Software Council.

[Translate to Englisch:] Grafische Darstellung des sattelförmigen Strohboid als geschlossener Wohnraum am Berg.

09/20/2016

Innovative: ecological lightweight construction

TU Graz students present their master’s project: the innovation “strawboid”. The wooden lattice-work construction is light on material and production energy, but strong on engineering and design.

Airplane wing in the sky.

09/14/2016

Above the clouds: turbomachinery of the future

Aircraft are becoming increasingly efficient, lower in emissions and quieter. The technology behind this is being co-developed and tested at TU Graz.

Elisabeth Salomon and Ko Odreitz (from left) having fun in the learning centre on TU Graz’s Inffeldgasse Campus.

09/09/2016

It’s the same for everyone at the beginning

Loads of paperwork, new people, strange places: two bachelor students in an interview about the great unknown and the first few weeks and months at TU Graz.

Baby lies in its mothers arms.

09/08/2016

Precious sugars in breast milk

Breast milk contains the optimal mix of nutrients for a healthy development of the baby. Certain complex carbohydrates known as human milk oligosaccharides are among the most important contributors

The AVL team presenting their solution at the TU Austria Innovation Marathon 2016.

09/02/2016

The Innovation Marathon – the big challenge

TU Graz student Philipp Rouschal on experiences at the TU Austria Innovation Marathon. The aim is to develop unfamiliar new ideas, throw new light on a problem, and bravely ask new questions.

TU Graz racing team’s TANKIA 2016 racing car on the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.

08/31/2016

TU Graz Racing Team achieves success in Spain

At the Formula Student competition in Barcelona the TU Graz Racing Team once more gained top positions with second place in the overall class.

At the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Lithium Batteries at TU Graz Michael Sternad, Martin Wilkening und Georg Hirtler (from left to right) managed to use monocrystalline silicon, which microchips consist of, directly as a battery electrode. Thus the mi

08/17/2016

Piggyback battery for microchips: TU Graz researchers develop new concept

Electrochemists at TU Graz have managed to use monocrystalline semiconductor silicon as an active storage electrode in lithium batteries. This enables an integrated power supply to be made for microchips with a rechargeable battery.

Many people sit in an auditorium and listen to a lecturer.

08/12/2016

Gaming is part of the program(ming)

Computer games or studies? This question never arises for Johanna Pirker. She’s organising the first “Game dev days” together with the Game Development Association in Graz on 27 August.

Six people dressed in white laboratory clothing are holding different foods.

08/12/2016

Now accounting for tastes?

Barbara Siegmund and her team use all their senses to examine their multi-facetted research objects. After all, the entire human body is the research tool used at the TU Graz Sensory Laboratory.

Approx. 15 Studierende in smaller groups in front of Lecture Hall 1 at TU Graz' Campus "Alte Technik".

08/06/2016

For a smooth start into your studies: MathsFit course and enrolment advice

Newcomers can brush up their maths skills in time for autumn term with the MathsFit course offered by TU Graz. And the Students’ Union at TU Graz offers advice and guidance and answers any questions new students may have.

08/01/2016

TU Graz develops environmentally friendly eco-concrete

Grey on the outside, green inside: The production of “Öko²-Beton” concrete consumes up to 30 percent less CO2 than the production of standard concrete, and yet the “green” concrete is by no means less stable or less convenient to process.

Picture of split-system air conditioning units in Hong Kong.

07/29/2016

Architectural design instead of air conditioners

A breath of fresh air: The Institute of Architecture Technology of TU Graz is working on architectural solutions for better room climate in subtropical and tropical regions.

Rendering of the new University Library. Resembling a glass cuboid, two additional floors hover above the historic reading hall.

07/29/2016

Reconstruction of Graz University Library begins

The Main Library of Uni Graz closes its doors for a three-year conversion phase. Go online to find out more about the services during this period. Faculty and department libraries are not affected.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ein Gruppenbild der "Graz Griffins" mit Drohnen.

07/29/2016

TU Graz team is international UAV challenge finalist

The “Graz Griffins” is one of only 10 student teams worldwide in the finals of a competition for search and rescue UAVs. The teams will compete for 1st place and the 100,000 dollar prize money at the end of August.

The comic "In Mind" is presented on a white table. The drawings are black and white und are showing people wearing hoodies walking through a forest. There is a black pen next to the comicbook.

07/25/2016

...refugees, architecture and comics

Architecture student Johanna Regger's master thesis deals with the flight routes of young Syrians. She created a touching graphic model from the stories young refugees shared with her.

Picture of Martina Köberl and Kostadinka Lapkova in front of the TU Graz building Petersgasse 10 in Graz.

07/22/2016

Firnberg scholarships for scientists at TU Graz

Thanks to the FWF postdoc programme, environmental microbiologist Martina Köberl and mathematician Kostadinka Lapkova are now in a position to implement their research projects over the next 3 years.

Alicona image of an electron beam-structured surface.

07/21/2016

The latest developments in welding

From high-end products for aerospace and engines to power plant construction and medical engineering – electron beam technology is an innovative method that straddles the border between basic research and application.

Man sitting on a bike, branded by TU Graz.

07/13/2016

875 Kilometres to Work

Exercise pays off – in many ways. Since February, Christian Gösweiner has cycled 875 kilometres as part of the “Cycle to Work” campaign and won a new TU Graz bicycle.

Image of the future smart factory at TU Graz.

07/07/2016

Pro2Future: significant contribution of TU Graz

Approximately 45 researchers will work in the Pro2Future – Products and Production Systems of the Future – Competence Centre from 2017, for which funds in an amount of EUR 19 million have been approved.

Three men are standing at the back of a raised bed holding gardening equipment.

07/06/2016

Gardening bliss!

Equipped with the latest gardening tools and sporting blue overalls, Harald Kainz, Rector of Graz University of Technoloy, joined the Urban Gardening Project of the HTU Graz planting chives and basil.

Picture of wind turbines in the water.

07/06/2016

Austria 2050 – how green can our power supply be?

Students of Environmental Systems Sciences present a sustainable electricity concept for Austria by 2050.

07/05/2016

Digital signatures: TU Graz in Adobe consortium

The aim of Adobe-led consortium is to create open standards for cloud-based digital signatures. TU Graz is the first university worldwide to be part of this. First results will be available this year.

Two successful TU Graz robotic teams; also showing at the picture rescue robot Wowbagger of Team TEDUSAR and three logistics robots of Team GRIPS

07/04/2016

World champions: TU Graz teams secure victory at RoboCup

Two TU Graz teams achieve success at the RoboCup2016: Team TEDUSAR becomes world champion in Autonomous Exploration in the Rescue Robot league; Team GRIPS wins third place in the Logistics league and is Rookie of the Year

Clemens Arth and Philipp Fleck

06/30/2016

Mona Lisa’s Long Nose

In 2015 TU Graz researcher Clemens Arth founded the start-up AR4.io, a company specialized in augmented reality solutions for industry. But what does this have to do with Mona Lisa’s nose?

Three roadways are crossing each other on the first floor. Autonomous cars are driving on each roadway.

06/30/2016

The ultra-high performance roadway on the first floor

If the vision of the TU Graz project QUICKWAY becomes reality, we will eventually travel in autonomous e-cars in a closed-loop roadway system built from ultrahigh performance concrete.

3 students walking along in a goog mood in a building of Graz University of Technology.

06/30/2016

All information you need for starting your studies

What to study and how? Students give advice and support with registration during the admission period. Welcome Days in September will provide you with all the information you need for starting at uni.

Building system design

06/29/2016

To integrate or not to integrate?

Optimal interaction between building envelope and structure and building systems is a key aspect in realising sustainable buildings.

Three futuristic things

06/29/2016

The Digital Revolution in the Workshop

"Advanced Manufacturing“ is the digital revolution in the workshop. It is reason, that products with very specific features can now be produced at all.

[Translate to Englisch:] Alexander Schenk steht in seinem Labor.

06/29/2016

Economic fuel cells

The direct and efficient conversion of chemically stored energy into electrical energy using fuel cells requires durable, corrosion-resistant and electrochemically highly active materials.

The Energie Zentrum Graz Team

06/29/2016

Electric energy systems of the future

The reduction of Europe’s dependency on importing energy and the achievement of the two-degree target of the recent world climate conference in Paris need drastic measures.

ETH-Zürich Professor Friedemann Mattern

06/29/2016

“The sky’s the limit”

“The Internet of Things and the new digital revolution” is the specialist field of ETH Zurich Professor Friedemann Mattern. He sets out his vision of a networked future in the interview.

Gernot Prem, Horst Gangl and Siegfried Pabst standing next to the cooling system.

06/29/2016

Computers keep their cool

Computers in the high-performance computing cluster room on the Campus Inffeldgasse work on computational processes for even years at a time. A sophisticated cooling system provides the right operating temperature. Three men are closely connected to this system.

06/29/2016

TU Graz invests in grinding technology

Unique worldwide and made in Austria: TU Graz is strengthening the field of production technology with a new grinding machine for engines and drive components to the value of 1 million euros.

Burton Lee talking.

06/28/2016

On the importance of asking the right questions

Burton Lee, among others, is teaching European entrepreneurship at Stanford School of Engineering. The expert founder shares his visions and ideas as a guest of TU Graz for two weeks.

TU Graz-Rector Harald Kainz together with Claudia Jansen, Office of International Relations and Mobility Programmes, Erich Leitner, Institute of Analytical Chemistry und Food Chemistry at TU Graz, Andy Proctor, University of Arkansas, Fulbright-Austria Bo

06/27/2016

Moving closer: TU Graz and University of Arkansas

TU Graz and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville signed an Agreement of Cooperation and Exchange, which strengthens the connection between the universities in both research and teaching.

06/27/2016

Virtual worlds at TU Graz: 10 years of DAVE

DAVE, a real gate of TU Graz to simulated 3D worlds, will be 10 years old this year. This will be celebrated with the 1st Graz Virtual Reality Night which will give insights into current research questions and applications.

Ones and Zeros flying around.

06/24/2016

Temperature in the Internet of Things

Temperature has a strong impact on the operations of electric and electronic components. For example, temperature variations may affect low-power radios and compromise wireless connectivity.

Three researchers with a microscope.

06/23/2016

Nanoworld in 3D

Gaining detailed knowledge about atomic structure and chemical composition is paramount for a deeper understanding of the properties of matter and their potential applications in technology.

The research team at „CD Laboratory for Fiber Swelling and Paper Performance“

06/23/2016

Modelling for optimising the properties of paper

Paper is an extremely versatile material and can be used for countless applications. To make the natural all-rounder suitable for its special tasks, it’s necessary to know about its inner life.

Blue head on blue background

06/23/2016

BCI meets NeuroIS

Knowing decisions before they are taken? Preventing stress before it occurs? Interesting new applications in the field of neuro-information systems are explored at TU Graz.

06/16/2016

…from "Down Under" to the Erzberg

Visiting Professor Oliver Nebel talks about how the two science hubs Graz and Melbourne have moved one step closer together.

Visualization of brown and white adipose tissue.The lipid droplets were visualized with Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering microscopy.

06/14/2016

Good brown fat to combat obesity

Basic research on brown fat cells could open up more effective therapies for obesity. Juliane Bogner-Strauss and her team yield new findings at TU Graz.

Helmut Eichlseder from TU Graz, Alexander Trattner from HyCentA and Michael Heilmann from Hyundai with HyCar2.

06/14/2016

The HyCar2 is here: A second hydrogen research car for TU Graz

The hydrogen research centre HyCentA on the Inffeldgasse Campus of TU Graz has gained a new addition: a Hyundai ix35 with fuel cell is now in use for research on hydrogen as fuel.

Photomontage with Patrick Ernst and Robert Sterzing at the arcCard shelter2.0, an emergency shelter made of corrugated cardboard, already setup at the Alte Technik Campus.

06/14/2016

Time to go. We’ll be there the day after tomorrow

Two architecture students from TU Graz developed a 23-m2-large mobile space made of cardboard. They reveal in the interview the doubts they faced about developing the prototype for refugee accommodation.

Close-up view of a photovoltaic cell

06/14/2016

At the atomic level: Lecture by Fritz Prinz on 22 June

Fritz Prinz from Stanford University wants to convert and store energy more efficiently using new materials and methods. But how? That’s what’s up for discussion at TU Graz on 22 June.

Armin Rund, Karl Kunisch, Rudolf Stollberger und Christoph Aigner (left to right.) rejoice over the win at the “simultaneous multiple slice imaging” competition of the International Society for MRI in Medicine.

06/13/2016

MRI: Researchers from Graz win first place

At the contest hosted by the MRI Society, researchers compete against each other. This year, mathematicians from the University of Graz and medical engineers from TU Graz won first prize together.

A female student at TU Graz studying at the Computer Lab.

06/08/2016

No need to be technology shy: Computer courses for girls

Discover computers in a playful way and build up self-confidence regarding technology. This summer too, TU Graz is offering computer courses to girls from 10 years on. There are still some free places – register now!

Josip Bozic at a business trip to San Francisco.

06/01/2016

Talking about... going back to university

In 2011, after several years of professional life, Josip Bozic decided to throw himself back into university studies. And to this end, the native Croat moved a bit further north – to TU Graz.

Banner of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna with graphical elements.

05/31/2016

Complexity Science Hub Vienna: official starting signal

The centre for complexity research "Complexity Science Hub Vienna" (CSH) was officially inaugurated in Vienna on 23 May.

Stanford professor Burton Lee in interview.

05/24/2016

Lessons from Silicon Valley: Talk by Burton Lee

The Stanford professor and consultant to industry, universities and regional governments will share his unconventional insights about Silicon Valley on the subject of innovation at TU Graz on 1 June.

[Translate to Englisch:] Sujetfoto aus der Materialforschung: Schweißen von Metallteilen

05/24/2016

Graz as a centre for tailor-made materials

Materials research as a foundation for innovative products. More than 1,200 experts in high-performance materials of the future are coming to Graz for the THERMEC convention starting on 29 May.

A Product Innovation Project team, three male and one female students in front of the FabLab of TU Graz.

05/23/2016

Task meets solution: students develop industry-compatible prototypes

Eight companies, eight topics, eight interdisciplinary student teams make eight innovative solution concepts for real tasks from industry at the Product Innovation Project 2016 of TU Graz.

The racing car Tankia 2015 on the racetrack in Michigan

05/18/2016

TU Graz Racing Team: 2nd place in Michigan

At this year’s Formula Student competition held in the US State of Michigan, the TU Graz Racing Team achieved a sensational 2nd place in the overall class – and climbs up to 3rd place in the wold ranking.

05/13/2016

...mathematics as the art of learning

Roswitha Rissner from the Institute of Analysis and Number Theory of TU Graz gives an insight into her view of mathematical research.

05/12/2016

…the courage for basic research

Reflections from Hans Sünkel, former Rector of TU Graz and chairman of the supervisory board of the Austrian Science Fund, on science and research.

05/10/2016

...the “Month of free education” project

Sascha Rossmann, deputy chairman of the Students’ Union (HTU Graz) and project coordinator, talks about the idea of making university education available to everyone.

Structure interwoven with people on the cover of the 12th edition of the Graz architecture magazine GAM.

04/28/2016

TU Graz presents: GAM.12 Structural Affairs

How innovative design and supporting structures in architecture are built on sound cooperation projects. The recently published 12th edition of the architecture magazine “GAM” is dedicated to this topic.

04/28/2016

… field research in Tehran

Architecture master’s student Lola Anna Seibt spent six months in Tehran, the capital of Iran to carry out research for her master’s thesis.

04/26/2016

Orientation for robots: TU Graz launches Christian Doppler-Lab for Semantic 3D Computer Vision

Funded by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and the Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, the team wants to enable computers to orientate themselves in a non-standard environment.

[Translate to Englisch:] Die vier Helfer, die die Hochbeete aufgebaut haben, lachen mit Gartenwerkzeugen in der Hand in die Kamera.

04/21/2016

A vegetable garden for TU Graz

Gardening together is much more fun – thought the TU Graz Students’ Union (HTU Graz) and provided six wooden raised beds at the Neue Technik Campus for gardening lovers in mid-April.

04/21/2016

From the laboratory at TU Graz to the Innovation State Prize

Patents, prizes and a start-up: A project by TU Graz and the RCPE about disinfection using the effects of light has far-reaching impacts. The anti-germ technology has recently been awarded the ECONOVIUS prize

04/20/2016

...science going public!

Reinhold Scherer on brain-computer interfaces, science slams and the rewarding experience of public relations work.

Two young women talk to an exhibitor at the TECONOMY careers fair at TU Graz.

04/19/2016

TECONOMY 2016: Establishing career contacts

More than 90 companies will present themselves at the TECONOMY careers fair at TU Graz on 28 April. Interested persons from the fields of technology and science are welcome.

Three students learning at Campus Neue Technik

04/19/2016

3 New English Master’s Programmes in Autumn 2016

In the winter semester of 2016/17 a further three master’s programmes at TU Graz will be held exclusively in English: Biomedical Engineering, Software Engineering and Management and Advanced Materials Science.

Two men and one woman are seen holdig a key made of acrylic glass. They stand in front of a TU Graz roll-up.

04/15/2016

TU Graz strengthens connection with Tongji University

TU Graz’s liaison office at Tongji University, Shanghai, was ceremonially inaugurated in the last few days. The delegation from TU Graz led by Rector Harald Kainz celebrated with their guests.

A little boy and a woman fascinated at the Long Night of Research at TU Graz.

04/11/2016

Science live: Long Night of Research on 22 April

TU Graz to participate in Austria’s biggest research event on 22 April – an entertaining opportunity to experience science and engineering research live. Entry is free.

The planet sun viewed from space.

04/05/2016

Simulations for research into fusion

In the future, a large part of our energy needs could be covered by nuclear fusion. TU Graz is a hotspot for research into fusion in Austria.

3 TU Graz Racing Team members with the racing car TANKIA, among them Anthea Kerollos, marketing leader 2016.

04/05/2016

Dynamic and team spirit: Racing in roll-out fever

Impossible to build a racing car in six months? Not so; each season the TU Graz racing team develops and produces a racing car by the name of TANKIA. Anthea and Ingo explain why it’s worth it.

Clara Fischer in front of her office in the Chinese-German house at Tongji University.

04/01/2016

Connections with China

Graz University of Technology is opening a liaison office at Tongji University in Shanghai. Head of office, Clara Fischer, talks about Austrian-Chinese relations and life in the Middle Kingdom.

03/31/2016

Solar cell + battery: TU Graz researches hybrid systems

In the FFG project SolaBat, TU Graz is entering almost new research territory. Photovoltaic cells are to be combined into one device with electrochemical energy storage systems.

Huge contruction machines stand on desert sand. The soil is worked on. The sky is blue.

03/29/2016

Ground improvement

400 specialists discuss possibilities of ground improvement for construction work at the 31st Christian Veder Colloquium from 31 March to 1 April, 2016, at Graz University of Technology

Dripstones at Katerloch in Styria.

03/24/2016

Witnesses to history under geochemical scrutiny

Researchers at TU Graz’s Institute of Applied Geosciences reveal findings on climate change, renewable energy and geological processes on the Erzberg mountain by "questioning" special witnesses.

A photomontage of the satelliten TUGSAT-1 in space.

03/17/2016

Austrian nanosats yield first research results

TUGSAT-1/BRITE-Austria and UniBRITE, Austria's first satellites in space, celebrate their third birthday. "Astronomy & Astrophysics" publishes three papers with the ESA-missions latest results.

[Translate to Englisch:] Daniel Tinello steht vor einem Paketförderband und hält eine gelbe Post-Box in den Händen.

03/16/2016

Can factories grow like sunflowers?

Bees, seashells and sunflowers – these are just a few examples from nature which could serve as models for the design of factories of the future. But how? Research is currently being carried out on this at Graz University of Technology.

Two female and two male students of TU Graz in front of a bright green writing saying "Energie" in a building at Campus Inffeldgasse.

03/15/2016

Open Day taster at the Graz unis on 31 March

The University of Graz, University of Music and Performing Arts, Medical University of Graz and TU Graz present the broad range of their study programmes together on Thursday, 31 March 2016.

Hermann Schützenhöfer, Govenor of the Federal State, with Styrian personalities of outstanding merit honoured by the Josef Krainer Sponsorship Prizes at the Graz Old University.

03/11/2016

On polynomials, indoor GPS and helium nanodroplets

Mathematician Roswitha Rissner, physicist Andreas Kautsch and telematics engineer Paul Meissner were awarded Josef Krainer Sponsorship Prizes for their excellent doctoral theses at TU Graz.

[Translate to Englisch:] Auf dem Bild ist Franz Haas in einem Labor des Instituts für Fertigungstechnik zu sehen.

03/03/2016

Craftsman in spirit; scientist at heart

Dynamism and flexibility will shape the industry of tomorrow according to Franz Haas, head of the Institute of Production Engineering at TU Graz. A look at the future of production.

Young woman at the computer, a colleague looking over her shoulder.

02/29/2016

Registration for programmes with limited places

Online registration has been opened for the bachelor’s programmes in Architecture and Molecular Biology, the Teacher Training programme and the English master’s programmes. Please note time schedules!

An older picture of the "Haus Fischer", the first austrian solar house at the Grundlsee.

02/24/2016

Austrian Science Fund sponsors TU Graz architecture projects

Basic research in the practice-oriented discipline of architecture is gaining importance at TU Graz. Three projects are about to be launched which will be sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund.

A woman sitting on green gras holding a laptop on her lap.

02/15/2016

Graz as international e-learning hub

Open online courses – MOOCs – are now a fixed part of university teaching. The University of Graz and TU Graz are inviting international experts to the European MOOCS Stakeholder Summit from 22 to 24 February.

02/10/2016

Dependable Internet of Things: TU Graz launches lead project

Billions of mini-computers in everyday objects: TU Graz funds its first lead project “Dependable Internet of Things” to the tune of two million euros.

Group picture with Rector Harald Kainz, Carlo Alberto Boano, Andreas Eitzlmayr and Federal President Heinz Fischer.

02/08/2016

Top performance: Andreas Eitzlmayr and Carlo Alberto Boano awarded doctorates sub auspiciis

Process engineer Eitzlmayr and telematics engineer Boano gained the best grades possible from school to doctorate –congratulated personally by President Fischer.

A TU Graz employee with daughter and son on the on the outdoor area of the TU Graz nanoversity, part of the public childcare facility at Campus Inffeldgasse.

02/05/2016

Award for Family friendly TU Graz

There is an emphasis on promoting compatibility between family and job at TU Graz. And now this has been rewarded with second place in the “Most family-friendly enterprises in Styria” competition.

[Translate to Englisch:] Hartwig Holweg, Vorsitzender des Ballkommitees, Christof Sommitsch, Institutsleiter an der TU Graz, TU Graz Senatsvorsitzender Gernot Kubin, alumni-Leiter Ferdinand Hofer, Magna-Manager Wolfgang Zitz, TU Graz Uniratsvorsitzende Ka

01/29/2016

“Smart” Night: The TU Graz Ball 2016

“Always on the ball with smart technology” was the slogan of yesterday’s “Ball der Technik” 2016. The ball revealed some surprises in the form of a welding contest and tiaras made by a 3D printer.

The successful researchers from TU Graz (from left): Stefan Mangard and Gernot Müller-Putz are pleased with their ERC Consolidator Grants.

01/25/2016

“Just like Marcel Hirscher in the Slalom”

Gernot Müller-Putz and Stefan Mangard – even months after the announcement, you can still tell the joy from their faces. Both from TU Graz, they each have won an ERC Consolidator Grant.

The successful researchers from TU Graz (from left): Stefan Mangard and Gernot Müller-Putz are pleased with their ERC Consolidator Grants.

01/25/2016

“Just like Marcel Hirscher in the Slalom”

Gernot Müller-Putz and Stefan Mangard – even months after the announcement, you can still tell the joy from their faces. Both from TU Graz, they each have won an ERC Consolidator Grant.

Four staff members of different origin (three female, one male) on campus "Alte Technik" of TU Graz.

01/21/2016

TU Graz among the most international universities

The extensive internationalisation measures are showing signs of success. For the first time, TU Graz has been ranked in the 200 most international universities by the Times Higher Education Ranking.

7 students who love their course of studies at TU Graz reveal their very personal reasons for their choice of studies. Ko Odreitz, Johanna Lippitz, Thomas Huber, Elisabeth Salomon, Philipp Berner, Hannah Mayer, Martin Gabriel (from left).

01/20/2016

Seven good reasons to study at TU Graz

After school graduation, the agony of choice: which one of the countless courses do you want to do? Seven students reveal why they chose to study at TU Graz.

01/19/2016

… my TU Graz

Rector Harald Kainz talks very personally here about his experiences as a university student, scientific assistant and, finally, the CEO of Graz University of Technology (TU Graz).

Martin Ebner, head of the Educational Technology organisational unit at Graz University of Technology, in his colourful creative office.

01/15/2016

To teach and let teach

Martin Ebner has been concerned with the big issue of e-Learning since 2000 – and today, 16 years later, declares it dead. Why? This he reveals in the personal interview.

Martin Ebner, head of the Educational Technology organisational unit at Graz University of Technology, in his colourful creative office.

01/15/2016

To teach and let teach

Martin Ebner has been concerned with the big issue of e-Learning since 2000 – and today, 16 years later, declares it dead. Why? This he reveals in the personal interview.

Hillary Chrys Moisa, Bachelors student in Software development and Business Management at TU Graz, standing in front of "Women in technology"-Posters.

01/14/2016

“There’s no reason for girls to feel anxious”

Hilary loves the Software Development and Business Management programme. She explains why you don’t need any special previous knowledge of maths, and why girls should listen to no-one but themselves.

Hillary Chrys Moisa, Bachelors student in Software development and Business Management at TU Graz, standing in front of "Women in technology"-Posters.

01/14/2016

“There’s no reason for girls to feel anxious”

Hilary loves the Software Development and Business Management programme. She explains why you don’t need any special previous knowledge of maths, and why girls should listen to no-one but themselves.

opened up journal

01/14/2016

Springer Compact: Open Access for Authors

Since January this year, researchers at Graz University of Technology have had the opportunity to use well over 2,000 Springer journals free of charge, and also publish work in them. The basis for this is an agreement made between the Austrian libraries and Springer.

TU Graz biotechnologist Christin Zachow with plants in the lab.

01/14/2016

Bacteria as Bodyguards for Food Crops

Christin Zachow struggles against pests and stress on cultivated plants caused by climate change. With Gabriele Berg of Graz University of Technology she uses bacteria as protectors.

01/12/2016

Paper down to fibre level

Paper is a sophisticated material. It has to satisfy many partly conflicting demands all at the same time, covering the full range from industrial printing to its use as a packaging material. Yesterday, Monday 11 January 2016, the “Christian-Doppler (CD) Laboratory for Fibre Swelling Paper…

01/12/2016

Paper down to fibre level

Paper is a sophisticated material. It has to satisfy many partly conflicting demands all at the same time, covering the full range from industrial printing to its use as a packaging material. Yesterday, Monday 11 January 2016, the “Christian-Doppler (CD) Laboratory for Fibre Swelling and Paper…

A member of the TU Graz Institute of Technology and Testing of Construction Materials tests different mixing ratios.

01/07/2016

Turning Grey into Green

Traditional concrete is usually grey and is used in the construction of walls, bridges and roads. Right? Almost. Concrete is much more.

Bending test on a cross laminated timber plate produced from the wood species birch.

01/07/2016

Timber Construction is Pure Genius

TU Graz, through its Institute of Timber Engineering and Wood Technology and the “holz.bau forschungs gmbh” Competence Centre, is developing innovations that strengthen Austria as a prime location for the timber industry.

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