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I am delighted to share my enriching internship experience at Evonik Industries, a global leader in specialty chemicals production, where I had the privilege of contributing to the cutting-edge work of the Process Simulation and CFD group (at Hanau, Germany) in the Process Technology & Engineeri...

The entire report on the 280th anniversary can be read on the FAU website. Only the excerpts directly related to MAP are reproduced here. All MAP staff and students are delighted that three award winners have been selected from the MAP program. We would like to congratulate them all! Awards and ...

According to a recent study, more than 200 researchers at FAU belong to the top two percent of the most frequently cited academics worldwide. The list was published by a team of researchers from Stanford University after evaluating the Scopus database, the largest database of abstracts and citations...

From 3rd to 7th September 2023, I had the great pleasure and honor of representing both the MAP program and the Institute of Biomaterials at the EUROMAT23 conference. EUROMAT23 is one of Europe's biggest and most prestigious materials science and technology congresses, where experts from industry an...

The Shanghai Ranking 2023 has been published and FAU has cause for celebration: Coming in at number 17, FAU retains its place among the top 20 universities in Germany. Internationally, FAU is among the top 10 percent of all universities included in the survey. The ranking focuses on various indic...

In the DynaMMO project, Prof. Dr. Tanja Franken is carrying out research into catalysts for dynamic reaction control. Thanks to the project’s major potential for innovation, the FAU professor has now received a starting grant from the European Research Council (ERC) entailing funding of over 1.8 mil...

Lara Đelević, MAP student of the matriculation group 2021, was asked to give an interview for one of Germany's top newspapers. The MAP program publishes this interview in full length. 1. Please, tell me a little bit about you (where do you live/ age/ graduation/ working field) My name is Lara ...

The MAP poster session finally returned to a live and in person event again on 8 February 2023 after two years of being organized online via ZOOM. It is an annual event where MAP third semester students present scientific posters on research they have conducted as part of their  MAP mini projects or...

Most of the subjects at FAU have improved their ranking and FAU’s employer reputation has developed positively according to the latest QS World University Subject Ranking published by the education information service provider Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Overall FAU is rated as one of the top 200 uni...

Unwanted solar heat gain in buildings Air conditioning systems in residential and office buildings already consume around 10% of the energy consumed worldwide (approx. 2000 TwH). Most of the unwanted heat enters the buildings as sunlight through windows and glass facades. Energy-efficient renova...