Press Releases / Pressemitteilungen

New Perspectives on Sustainable Infrastructure

Press release by Dresden University of Technology (TUD) and Fraunhofer SCAI Institute from April 23, 2026

Published on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 in PRESS RELEASES

The photo shows a blurred view of the lights and the fast-moving traffic on a motorway at night. — © PantherMedia / YuriArcurs

Researchers at TUD and Fraunhofer SCAI illustrate why energy and mobility systems can only be understood as a whole

Why do well-intentioned measures in power grids or transportation systems sometimes fail to produce the desired outcomes, or even make the situation worse? A new study by researchers at TU Dresden and Fraunhofer SCAI reveals that sustainable infrastructures often behave differently than one might intuitively expect.

A review article published on April 23, 2026, in Nature Computational Science clearly demonstrates: The key characteristics of energy and mobility systems only become apparent when viewed as complex, dynamic systems as a whole.

Prof. Marc Timme (TUD) and Mehrnaz Anvari (Fraunhofer SCAI) compiled the latest findings on the dynamics of interconnected infrastructures. The focus is on how power grids and transportation systems react to changes and why even tiny and seemingly insignificant changes often have larger and unexpected consequences.

New route into 2D materials: Research team produces ultra-clean MXenes with outstanding electrical performance

Joint press release by TU Dresden, the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics Halle, and the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) dated February 9, 2026

Published on Mon, 09 Feb 2026 in PRESS RELEASES

The image combines a model derived from a scanning electron microscopy image (left) with a snippet of the underlying crystal structure of a studied MXene featuring precisely controlled surface terminations. © B. Schröder/HZDR

An international team of researchers from TUD Dresden University of Technology, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Halle, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and partner institutions across Europe has developed a breakthrough method for producing MXenes – an important family of two-dimensional materials – with unprecedented purity and control. The new “gas-liquid-solid” process enables the synthesis of pure MXenes with uniformly distributed halogen atoms on the surface and a precisely tunable surface composition. Their method dramatically boosts their electrical conductivity and opens the door to high-performance electronics, sensors, and energy technologies.

2 million EUR to simplify the programming of computer systems: TUD researcher Jerónimo Castrillón-Mazo receives ERC Consolidator Grant

Published on Tue, 09 Dec 2025 in PRESS RELEASES

portrait photo of prof. Jeronimo Castrillon — Prof. Jeronimo Castrillon © M. Hahndorf for Collaborative Research Center/Transregio "Active-3D"

Jerónimo Castrillón-Mazo, Chair of Compiler Construction at the Faculty of Computer Science at TUD Dresden University of Technology (TUD), has been awarded one of the European Union's highly endowed ERC Consolidator Grants. His project, COMpilers for ExTreme Heterogeneity (COMETH), which will run for five years and receive EUR 2 million in funding, aims to develop a new generation of tools that will simplify the programming of increasingly complex computer systems for scientists, engineers, and other users.

Great Success: Three cfaed researchers are among the most cited worldwide

Published on Thu, 13 Nov 2025 in PRESS RELEASES

Three researchers affiliated with cfaed are among the world's most cited academics in their respective disciplines. This is one of the latest findings of the Highly-Cited Researcher Rankings, analyzed by the Institute for Scientific Information from the American company Clarivate Analytics. Over all, 11 TUD-own researchers and two stating TUD as their second affiliation are among the world's most cited academics in their respective disciplines. Nationally, TUD has reasserted its research prowess and once again positioned itself in the top group of universities in Germany.

For research into ferroelectricity: Prof. Thomas Mikolajick receives award from the American Physical Society

Published on Thu, 06 Nov 2025 in PRESS RELEASES

Thomas Mikolajick, Professor of Nanoelectronics at Dresden University of Technology (TUD) and Scientific Director of NaMlab gGmbH, has been awarded the James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials 2026 together with his colleague Sayeef Salahudduin from UC Berkeley. The American Physical Society is honoring his research on materials and components for microelectronics.

The prize is based on work carried out at NaMlab gGmbH. The TUD subsidiary conducts research in close cooperation with the semiconductor and microelectronics industry on new materials for micro- and nanoelectronics and on components based on them.