Department of Microsystems Engineering - IMTEK

New at the Faculty New at the Faculty

Prof. Dr. Moritz Diehl has been appointed as a professor for the newly installed Chair of Systems Theory at IMTEK and has taken over this position at the beginning of the winter semester 2013/14. He is an expert in Control Engineering and Optimisation and worked as a Professor for Optimisation in Engineering at KU Leuven/Belgium where he headed the "Optimisation in Engineering Center" OPTEC.

MNBS 2013 Presentation Award MNBS 2013 Presentation Award

Konstantinos Mitsakakis received Innovation Award for his project DiscoGnosis in Cork during the 7th Annual Concertation and Consultation Workshop on Micro-Nano-Bio Convergence Systems

EUJO-LIMMS Dissemination Workshop, Oct. 25, 2013 EUJO-LIMMS Dissemination Workshop, Oct. 25, 2013

IMTEK hosts the second dissemination workshop of the European-Japanese Project EUJO-LIMMS funded by the EU and the JSPS. EUJO-LIMMS is a cooperation project between IMTEK, the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) of the University of Tokyo, VTT (Finland) and EPFL (Switzerland). The workshop will feature oral presentations by the project partners, surrounded by a poster lunch session and an evening reception. The workshop is open to all those interested.

Tree Fungus Lets Current Flow Tree Fungus Lets Current Flow

Scientists at the Department of Microsystems Engineering present new concept for biofuel cells - cover story in ChemSusChem, the journal for chemistry, sustainability, energy, and materials

Award ceremony of the degree certificates and Summer party Award ceremony of the degree certificates and Summer party

The award ceremony of the degree certificates will take place on Friday, 05 July 2013 on the campus of the Faculty of Engineering. This year, due to the increased number of graduates for the first time we awarded the Bachelor certificates and the Master's/PhD/Habilitation certificates separately.

Technology for the Brain Technology for the Brain

Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Science Theresia Bauer, Rector Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jochen Schiewer, Dr. Harald von Kalm from the German Research Foundation, and Cluster Director Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard inaugurated the Cluster of Excellence BrainLinks-BrainTools on 9 April 2013.

New Probes for the Brain New Probes for the Brain

The Department of Microsystems Engineering of the University of Freiburg is Coordinating the Research Project NeuroSeeker

Another Endowed Chair at IMTEK Another Endowed Chair at IMTEK

The Gisela and Erwin Sick Chair of Micro-Optics at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Freiburg to be established in 2013

First Collaborative Research Center (SFB) at IMTEK First Collaborative Research Center (SFB) at IMTEK

Five laboratories of IMTEK contribute to the SFB/Transregio “Planar Optronic Systems,” which will be distributed among several locations. It will receive a total of 9.8 million euros. The German Research Foundation (DFG) announced the decision on Novmeber, 21 in Bonn.

Rapid Detection of Malaria Rapid Detection of Malaria

Konstantinos Mitsakakis at the Lab for MEMS Applications at IMTEK is coordinating the research project DiscoGnosis, which started in November.

Poster Award for Dr Dennis Plachta in VDE poster competition

Dr Dennis Plachta's poster on selective stimulation of the vagal nerve was awarded the 2nd prize in the BMT 2012 poster competition of the 46th Conference of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering within the VDE (DGBMT) in Jena, 17-19th September 2012.

International Student Conference on Microtechnology International Student Conference on Microtechnology

Top speakers from industry and science will offer insights into current topics in the world of microsystem technology at the first International Student Conference on Microtechnology - research highlights - networking - career building from 8th - 14th October 2012 in Freiburg, Germany. The Conference targets students of engineering and natural sciences interested in mircotechnology.

All Eyes on the Mantis Shrimp All Eyes on the Mantis Shrimp

Scientists from the Department of Microsystems Engineering will illustrate the complicated optics of the eyes of the mantis shrimp in a presentation at the pet store Burkart on Monday, 30 July 2012.

Hearing Light Hearing Light

Scientists Want to Use Micro-Light-Emitting Diodes to Improve Implants for People with Hearing Impairments

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