Department of Microsystems Engineering - IMTEK

New Director: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wallrabe New Director: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wallrabe

On October 1st, 2016, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wallrabe, Chair of Microactuators, will become the first female Director of the Department of Microsystems Engineering in its 20 years history. She takes over the office from his precursor Prof. Dr. Leonhard Reindl, Chair of Electrical Instrumentation.

New Dean Prof. Dr. Oliver Paul New Dean Prof. Dr. Oliver Paul

On October 1st, 2016, Prof. Dr. Oliver Paul, Chair of Microsystems Materials, will become Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He takes over the office from his precursor Prof. Dr. Georg Lausen, Department of Computer Science.

Fighting Epidemics in Africa Fighting Epidemics in Africa

Researchers at IMTEK develop a rapid test for diagnosing malaria and other tropical diseases out of blood in a single run

New at the faculty New at the faculty

Prof. Dr. Stefan Hiermaier, chair of the new Gips-Schüle-Professorship of Sustainable Engineering Systems and Junior Professor Dr. Matthias Kuhl, chair of the Junior-Professorship of Modelling and Design of Integrated Interface Circuits.

VDI Sponsorship Award 2015 VDI Sponsorship Award 2015

Jan Burchard (Department of Computer Science) and Sebastian Stöcklin (Department of Micorsystems Engingeering) were awarded the VDI Sponsorship Award 2015 by the President of the University of Freiburg Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jochen Schiewer during the opening ceremony of the academic year 2015/16.

Wolfgang-Gentner-Award for Young Researchers Wolfgang-Gentner-Award for Young Researchers

Dr. Sita Johanna Saunders (Department of Computer Science) and Dr. Matthias Koch (Department of Microsystems Engineering) were awarded the Wolfgang-Gentner-Award for Young Researchers 2015 by the President of the University of Freiburg Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jochen Schiewer during the opening ceremony of the academic year 2015/16.

Free ride Free ride

Thanks to the new tram line 4, you can now get to the Technische Fakultät campus every 10 minutes

Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Frohe Weihnachten Feliz Navidad Joyeux Noël Merry Christmas Buon Natale Schöni Wiehnacht Счастли́вого Рождества́ عِيدُ مِيلادٍ مَجِيد Boas Festas Весела Коледа 圣诞快乐 Sretan Bozic Veselé Vánoce Glædelig jul Zalig Kerstfeest Hyvää Joulua καλά Χριστούγεννα חג מולד שמח शुभ क्रिस्मस Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket Gleðileg jól Selamat Hari Natal クリスマスおめでとう。 크리스마스 잘 보내세요 priecīgus Ziemassvētkus Linksmų Kalėdų Среќен Божиќ God Jul Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia Feliz Natal Crăciun fericit Срећан Божић Veselé Vianoce vesel bôžič Sawadee Pee Mai Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun З Різдвом Kellemes Karacsonyiunnepeket کرسمس مبارک chúc mừng Giáng sinh

Bilder aus der Nanowelt Bilder aus der Nanowelt

Prämierter Vortrag und Top-Platzierung beim Fotowettbewerb auf dem Workshop „Funktionelle Nanostrukturen“ der Baden-Württemberg Stiftung für Matthias Breitwieser, Lukas Zielke und Severin Vierrath

Energy of the future Energy of the future

"f-cell award – award for innovative fuel cell technology" for researchers of the Lab for MEMS Applications and Hahn-Schickard - for the second time in succession

FRIAS Junior Fellowship for Dr. Juan Ordonez FRIAS Junior Fellowship for Dr. Juan Ordonez

Ordonez, Group Leader at the Biomedical Microtechnology Lab, was appointed as Junior Research Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS). His research proposal “A novel mechanical model for safe electrical stimulation” targets a fundamental and innovative reliability model for implantable thin-film electrodes under electrochemical loads.

Thousands of Droplets for Diagnostics Thousands of Droplets for Diagnostics

Researchers develop new method enabling DNA molecules to be counted in just 30 minutes: A team of scientists including PhD student Friedrich Schuler from the Laboratory of MEMS Applications at IMTEK has developed a method for dividing a DNA sample into thousands of tiny droplets.

Long Night of Sciences, July 24, 2015 Long Night of Sciences, July 24, 2015

In celebration of their 20th anniversary the Faculty of Engineering and its institutes of Computer Science and Microsystems Engineering are holding a “Long Night of Sciences”.

Micro-optics sponsors German-Chinese optics symposium Micro-optics sponsors German-Chinese optics symposium

The Gisela and Erwin Sick Laboratory for Micro-optics together with the State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics at Jilin University in China will hold a joint “Sino-German Workshop on Photonic Manufacturing, Manipulation and Measurement”.

Research Building for Brain-Machine Interfaces Research Building for Brain-Machine Interfaces

The Science Council has given the University of Freiburg’s proposal for a new research building for the “Freiburg Institute for Machine-Brain Interfacing Technology” (IMBIT) an outstanding evaluation and has recommended the project for funding. The State of Baden-Württemberg and the University of Freiburg have agreed to provide 36.77 million euros for the new research building together with the federal government as part of the program “Research Buildings at Universities.”

The Engineered Eyeball on ARTE The Engineered Eyeball on ARTE

The Engineered Eyeball, developed by the Gisela and Erwin Sick Laboratory for Micro-optics, was featured in the popular science television show X:enius, seen Europe-wide on ARTE in April.

Christoph Rüchardt Scholarship Christoph Rüchardt Scholarship

For the winter term 2014/15 and the summer term 2015, the Master students Gazmend Alia, Yannick Folwill, Oksana Kutkina, Gabriel Kalweit und Jonas Weber have been granted a Christoph Rüchardt scholarship. On 30 January they received their scholarship certificates in presence of Prof. Dr. Christoph Rüchardt, former Rector of the University of Freiburg. The Christoph Rüchardt scholarships are granted every year for excellent performance.

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