Adlershof Journal Nov/Dez 2018
Avoiding bridge failures through prevention:
The start-up Sensical seeks to use fibre-optical measurement technology to examine buildings and develop maintenance plans
Forty-three people died when a bridge collapsed in Geneva in mid-August. A ruptured cable was the likely cause. In Germany, too, the bad condition of many bridges regularly makes the headlines. In Berlin, many busy...
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BIM creates inventions:
Searching for skilled personnel, the company vinarIT is focusing on older staff
vinarIT GmbH integrates IT systems for planning, implementing, and operating large infrastructure projects. The company needs staff who are skilled in construction technology as well as IT. A rare combination. The...
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Sprinting towards the tandem cell:
How the Helmholtz Innovation Lab HySPRINT brings together business and research
Researchers at the Helmholtz Innovation Lab HySPRINT conduct application-based research on promising solar cells. The development of their refined ideas depends on bringing working together with the industry.
A...
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All You Need Is Glass:
Scientists from BAM Adlershof are researching unbreakable glass
Ralf Müller starts waxing lyrical when he talks about glass. “It’s such a fascinating material. Much lighter and even more robust than steel,” says Müller, who is head of the Department 5.6 Glass at the BAM Federal...
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Battery electric buses and self-driving trams:
The future has already arrived at Siemens Mobility in Adlershof
When the first self-driving tram whooshes towards us, it looks like an ordinary tram riddled with cameras, sensors, radars and laser scanners. It is the most recent feat of the development department at Siemens...
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Starting out by dropping out:
Two apprentices from Adlershof tell us about their new careers
Hundreds of thousands of young people in Germany go to university. The natural sciences are increasingly popular. However, every third student drops out of college. They do so for various reasons. Dropping out must...
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Stepping out of the comfort zone:
From scientist to entrepreneur and back – Two examples from Adlershof
A fresh start. Not many people dare to make it. However, a change of perspective can be very rewarding as is shown by the example of two people from Campus Adlershof, who went from researcher to business founder and...
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The Online Revolutionary:
Borsu Asisi is building a new foundation for digital communication
For every technology, there is a time to step down. The steam engine was replaced by the combustion engine, the airship by the aeroplane, and propellers by jet fuel. For Borsu Asisi, this is the bottom line of 200...
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Meet: Event Manager Nicole Acksteiner:
The future director of Acksteiner Events is organising the Science City Adlershof’s first annual ball
Nicole Acksteiner has courage. She is not afraid of entering unknown terrain. The event manager is currently making a name for herself for among the people of Adlershof for hosting the Science City’s first annual...
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News
07.12.2018
Photocathodes with high quantum efficiency for bERLinPro
A team at the HZB has improved the manufacturing process of photocathodes:
Teams from the accelerator physics and the SRF groups at HZB are developing a superconducting linear accelerator featuring energy recovery (Energy Recovery Linac) as part of the bERLinPro project. It accelerates an intense...
04.12.2018
Delegation from Jordan visited the HZB
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will intensify its cooperation with Jordanian large-scale research facilities :
This was agreed between the HZB management and representatives of a high-ranking Jordanian research delegation, which visited the HZB at the end of November 2018. On 27 November 2018, H.E. Dr. Khaled Toukan, Chairman of the...
30.11.2018
Two new Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups approved at HZB
Competencies in catalysis research are strengthened:
Starting in 2019, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will be establishing two new Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups and thereby strengthening its competencies in catalysis research. The Helmholtz Association will be funding...
28.11.2018
MBI researchers develop gas lens to focus XUV radiation
Atomic jet - the first lens for extreme-ultraviolet light developed :
Scientists from the Max Born Institute (MBI) have developed the first refractive lens that focuses extreme ultraviolet beams. Instead of using a glass lens, which is non-transparent in the extreme-ultraviolet region, the...
28.11.2018
Physio-chemist Prof Dr Janina Kneipp is this year’s awardee of the Caroline von Humboldt-Professorship
The renowned professorship is funded with 80,000 euros annually:
The professorship named after Caroline von Humboldt is awarded each year to honour an excellent female professor at HU. It aims at increasing the recognition and visibility of female academics. This year’s awardee is the...
Events / Dates
Ausstellung "Momentum" - Ölbilder von Elke Mann
Magnusstr. 11,
12489 Berlin
Foyer ZBU II
Satellite Exhibition: Eco-connectivity
Rudower Chaussee 26,
12489 Adlershof
15.15 - 17.15
Kolloquium des SFB 951: "Semiconductor nanowires for 3D nano-LEDs and hybrid optoelectronic devices"/"Structural and electronic properties of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers."
Erwin-Schrödinger-Zentrum, Rudower Chaussee 26,
12489 Berlin
0'119
15.30 - 17.00
Jugend forscht-Infotreffen
Rudower Chaussee 24,
12489 Berlin
Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade-Saal
18.30 - 22.00
Letzter Adlershofer Science Slam „Battle den Horst“
Rudower Chaussee 17, Eingang über Volmerstraße 2,
12489 Berlin
Bunsen Saal
13.30
FBH-Kolloquium: Integrated quantum optics in laser-written waveguide structures
Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4,
12489 Berlin
Seminarraum 1
16.00
Hänsel und Gretel / Ein Puppenspiel gespielt von Ulrich Müller-Hönow
Moriz-Seeler-Str. 1,
12489 Berlin