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Innovation needs to be learned: Kiel University (CAU) helps its students to pursue their ideas and research questions. Often, ideas lead to specific founding initiatives, start-ups, and ultimately to established companies. Assisting them on this path is Kiel University's Zentrum für Entrepreneurship (Centre for Entrepreneurship, ZfE). At the Hannover Messe 2018, current and former students present their innovative solutions to industry and the public.

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24.04.2018 [D]

Silicon as a new storage material for the batteries of the future

Longer life times, larger ranges and faster recharging - developments such as electric mobility or the miniaturisation of electronics require new storage materials for batteries. With its enormous storage capacity, silicon would potentially have decisive advantages over the materials used in commercial available lithium-ion batteries. But due to its mechanical instability, it has so far been almost impossible to use silicon for storage technology. A research team from the Institute for Materials Science at... read more

23.04.2018 [D]

Environmentally-friendly coating against marine organisms

It is one of the biggest problems in surface technology: when surfaces come into contact with water, it doesn’t take long before organisms start attaching themselves to these surfaces and attacking the paintwork. In shipping alone, the phenomenon of so-called “biofouling” increases fuel consumption, meaning additional costs and more CO2 emissions. Protective paints are mainly used around the world to combat this, which contain pollutants like copper. A research team from Kiel University, together with Phi-... read more

23.04.2018 [D]

Schleswig-Holstein Day at the Hannover Messe

With the traditional maritime striking of the bell, Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister-President Daniel Günther and Professor Lutz Kipp, President of Kiel University (CAU), officially opened the CAU booth at the Hannover Messe. Under the theme “Business meets Science - Science meets Business”, numerous key players from SMEs, economic development, science and politics met today (23 April) for Schleswig-Holstein Day. Minister-President Günther: cooperation between business and science "Many innovative ideas... read more

23.04.2018 [D]

From semitransparent solar cells to flexible OLEDs and to medical diagnostics

Devices from organic materials such as solar cells, organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and photodetectors have completely new properties in comparison with traditional silicon cells: mechanical flexibility, light weight, low costs, as well as semi-transparency. They could be used for solar cells as thin as foil, and so flexible that they can be integrated in large surfaces such as house or glass fronts. Applications such as wearable technologies, lighting elements or bio-sensor technology might also be p... read more

22.04.2018 [D]

Joining metals without welding: Kiel prototype for new connection technology will be presented at the Hannover Messe

Welding is still the standard technique for joining metals. However, this laborious process carried out at high temperatures is not suitable for all applications. Now, a research team from the "Functional Nanomaterials" working group at Kiel University, together with the company Phi-Stone AG from Kiel, has developed a versatile alternative to conventional welding and gluing processes. Based on a special etching process, it enables aluminium and aluminium alloys to be joined with each other as well as with ... read more

18.04.2018 [D]

Intelligent components for the power grid of the future

Fast charging of electric cars requires a lot of energy in a short period of time. These peak loads lead to bottlenecks in the power grid, and are one of the problems facing the expansion of electric mobility. The many challenges of the energy transition require a flexible and reliable power grid, which can accommodate fluctuations in the consumption and production of energy. A key element of this could be the smart transformer, which is being researched by the Power Electronics working group at Kiel Univer... read more

13.04.2018 [D]

Schleswig-Holstein Day at the Hannover Messe on Monday 23 April

The true north is presenting itself at the Hannover Messe as an excellently-networked science and business location, and showing how science and SMEs drive innovation together. On Monday 23 April, under the theme “Business meets Science - Science meets Business”, numerous key players from SMEs, economic development, science and politics will be meeting at the Kiel University booth. After presentations by Schleswig-Holstein’s economic clusters and Kiel’s Cluster of Excellence, with honoured guests includi... read more

12.04.2018 [D]

CAU@Hannover Messe: Human-centered machine intelligence for a brighter future

Science contributes significantly to economic and social development in the state. Kiel University (CAU) and its partners will be demonstrating this from April 23 to 27 at the Hannover Messe 2018. On Schleswig-Holstein Day (Monday, April 23) the programme contains a keynote speech by one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of robotics and machine intelligence. At 2.30pm, Professor Sami Haddadin, Director of the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence at the Technical University of Mu... read more

10.04.2018 [D]

New material makes cooling devices more energy-efficient

The research team from Kiel will present its material and its applications at the Hannover Messe 2018. Cooling devices are considered to be power guzzlers, in which polluting refrigerants are still used, even after the ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). An environmentally friendly alternative are systems which use water instead. A research team at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at Kiel University, together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, has developed a high... read more

10.04.2018 [D]

CAU @ Hannover Messe 2018

Science contributes significantly to economic and social development in the state. Kiel University (CAU) and its partners will be proving this from 23 to 27 April at the Hannover Messe 2018. “With 35 lectures, numerous exhibits and partner presentations, we will be providing the knowledge and technology transfer from Schleswig-Holstein with the stage it deserves,” emphasised Professor Lutz Kipp, President of Kiel University, and thanked the researchers involved for their contributions. The CAU’s joint pr... read more

12.02.2018 [D]

WAYS TO SOLUTIONS: Innovations from the true north at the Hannover Messe

Science contributes significantly to economic and social development in the state. From 23 to 27 April at the Hannover Messe, Kiel University (CAU) and its partners will showcase the innovative strength of the research and industrial location, Schleswig-Holstein. "After the successful appearance last year, we are delighted that this time round we have four strong partners at our side, with the state, the Business Development and Technology Transfer Corporation of Schleswig-Holstein (WTSH), KiWi GmbH (Kiel’... read more