Press Releases / Pressemitteilungen

Millennium Laureate and Inventor of the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Visits TU Dresden

Press Release No 1

Published on Fri, 20 Mar 2015 in PRESS RELEASES

The Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Cluster of Excellence of Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), has set up a Distinguished Lecture Series where world-known scientists and experts present their pioneering research findings. Within this series, there will be a new event next week: On Thursday, 26 March 2015, the winner of the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize, Prof. Michael Graetzel of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), will visit TU Dresden. The Professor of Physical Chemistry directs the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at EPFL.

More Scientific Excellence for cfaed: Two New Professors in the Field of Organic Electronics

Prof. Mannsfeld From Stanford/USA And Prof. Feng From Shanghai/China
Press Release No 25

Published on Mon, 15 Dec 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

The Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), the Cluster of Excellence of Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) for Electronics, strengthens its research program with two international top scientists in the area of organic electronics: Prof. Dr. Stefan Mannsfeld joined the Cluster from Stanford University/US. He was born in Dresden and returned to the university where he started his research career. Prof. Xinliang Feng worked at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, before he followed the call to Dresden as Professor for ”Molecular Functional Materials.” Interdisciplinary research on a high level on the one side, a family-friendly environment with affordable child care on the other side were amongst the reasons for choosing TU Dresden

First Landing on a Comet – with TU Dresden onboard

Press Release No 24

Published on Tue, 11 Nov 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

A handful of scientists at TU Dresden will be very excited tomorrow: Research associates at the Chair for Radio Frequency Engineering are tensely observing the landing of space probe ‘Philae’ on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G).

B CUBE / BIOTEC Team ‘Dresden DNAmic’ successful at the International BIOMOD Contest in Harvard

Press Release No 23

Published on Mon, 03 Nov 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

For the third time in a row, a students team of TU Dresden yesterday reached the second place at an international science contest in Harvard (USA): Under the supervision of cfaed research group leader Dr. Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, twelve students of the BIOTEC master's programs 'Molecular Bioengineering' und 'Nanobiophysics' took part in the annual ‘Harvard Biomolecular Design Competition’ (BIOMOD) in Boston. The interdisciplinary team ‘Dresden DNAmic’ uses the DNA-Origami-technique to create a nanometer-sized photonic circuit with the helices of the genetic code carrier and gold nanoparticles.

The ‘Tactile Internet’ in Focus of the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden

Press Release No 22

Published on Tue, 07 Oct 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

The Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) has in focus the realization of a strong vision - the ‘Tactile Internet’. Therefore, the initiative ‘5G Lab Germany’ has been opened on 24 september at Technische Universität Dresden (TUD). Within the 5G Lab, 20 TUD professors have started to collaborate in an interdisciplinary team with more than 500 scientists to advance the research concerning the key technologies for the 5th generation of mobile communications and its applications.