Press Releases / Pressemitteilungen

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.

Prof. Gerhard Fettweis received ‘Stuart Meyer Memorial Award’ at the Fall Conference of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society in Vancouver / Canada

Chair ‘Mobile Communication Systems Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Press Release No 21

Published on Thu, 18 Sep 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

Prof. Dr.-Ing Gerhard Fettweis received the ‘Stuart Meyer Memorial Award’ at the Fall Conference of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 14-17 September in Vancouver / Kanada. The award, which is endowed with $ 2,500, is a recognition for members of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society who have both served their Society and also have contributed to the development of radio technology and science in an outstanding and exemplary manner.

The Discoverer of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) at cfaed Distinguished Lecture Series

Press Release No 20

Published on Thu, 11 Sep 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

The discoverer of Carbon Nanotubes will be the next high-level presenter within the ‘Distinguished Lecture Series’ of the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed). In the Cluster of Excellence for Electronics of Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), the Japanese Professor Sumio Iijima will speak about the structural characterization of nanomaterials.