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Electrical Engineering Writing Workshop Winter Semester 2022/23
© Martin Braun
Course offer
October 20, 2022 to January 26, 2023
Also this semester the “Writing Workshop Electrical Engineering” is offered for the students of Faculty Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. The offer is the result of the collaboration of the Writing Center at the Language Center, the Student Advice Centre and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RWTH Aachen University.
Students have the opportunity to register for one of the two courses offered and thus improve their skills in writing a term paper or final thesis. Necessary knowledge and writing strategies will be taught in a practical way. In addition, students can take advantage of an individual online writing consultation.
The course offer is aimed at all Bachelor and Master students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology who are writing a term paper or final thesis.
Dates
| Group 1 02.54478 |
Group 2 02.54479 |
| Thu, 20.10.2022 Thu, 10.11.2022 Thu, 24.11.2022 Thu, 08.12.2022 |
Thu, 17.11.2022 Thu, 01.12.2022 Thu, 12.01.2023 Thu, 26.01.2023 |
Registration
Registration deadline: September 30 to October 10, 2022
Registration takes place via the user account at RWTH Writing Center.
Upon successful participation, students will receive a certificate and 3 CP, which are creditable for the core elective section. International students have to prove a German language skills of at least C1.2 as a participation requirement.
Contact for inquiries: schreibzentrum@sz.rwth-aachen.de
Professor Franscesca Santoro received the Leopoldina Early Career Award
Professor Franscesca Santoro received the Early Career Award from the Leopoldina – National Academy of Sciences on September 23, 2022. She received the €30,000 prize for her research work in the field of bioelectronics and the development of novel materials that can interact with the skin and the brain. You can read more information on the Leopoldina news page.
SAVE THE DATE: TDEI on November 18, 2022
For more than 50 years, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RWTH Aachen University has stood for the excellent training of highly qualified and responsible engineers. This is regularly reflected in top places in national and international rankings. Last but not least, the constructive business partnerships that enable our students to gain an insight into and work on interesting projects and theses are responsible for this success.
We would like to present this success on the 23rd Day of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, which will take place on November 18, 2022, and bring companies, students, faculty members and graduates together. We are pleased to be able to invite our graduates to the Day of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology again this year and to be able to say goodbye in a festive setting.
For the latest information on TDEI 2022, please visit our TDEI page.
Support in Choosing a Degree Programme: Online Workshop of the Student Advice Centre
© Stefan Hense
The Student Advice Centre of RWTH is offering workshop dates in the next few months to support pupils and prospective students in choosing the right degree programme. In small groups, relevant topics are worked on interactively, such as decision-making processes, exploration of interests and self-examination, as well as decision-making aids for the choice of degree programme.
Workshop dates:
Fri, September 9, 2022, 10am to 4pm
Wed, October 5, 2022, 10am to 4pm
Thu, November 10, 2022, 10am to 4pm
Thu, December 8, 2022, 10am to 4pm
Fri, January 20, 2023, 10am to 4pm
In the workshops, participants will be given tools that can support them in their own study orientation. Participation is particularly useful if it is voluntary and there is a willingness to work out one’s own study decision. Please note that the workshop will be held in German.
Participation is free of charge. All information on registration and further details can be found on the workshop page of the Student Advice Centre.
German Study Award of the Körber Foundation 2022: 2nd Prize Goes to Weihan Li from ISEA
© David Ausserhofer: Dr. Weihan Li
Dr. Weihan Li has been awarded the second German Study Prize of the Körber Foundation for his dissertation.
Every year, the foundation awards the German Study Award to the best doctoral students from all disciplines. The main focus here is on the social significance of the research. We congratulate Dr. Weihan Li from the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives for his outstanding achievement.
Abstract:
Machine learning for efficient battery use in mobility and energy supply for sustainable climate protection
In the fight against climate change, batteries play a crucial role as a flexible energy storage system for renewable energies. However, battery ageing during use is proving to be the limiting factor for an efficient and reliable future energy system. In this work, machine learning enables online ageing diagnosis, prediction of future ageing progression and optimisation of operation strategy, which not only increases battery performance and lifetime, but also reduces unexpected failures and contributes to more transparency about battery health. The methodology developed improves battery use in mobile and stationary applications, enabling safer and longer-lasting operation, which saves costs in the long term, conserves resources and is socially feasible. This work thus provides an essential building block for the broad acceptance and implementation of climate-friendly mobility and energy supply on the way to a climate-neutral energy system.
We would also like to congratulate Dr. Lars Nolting from the Chair of Energy System Economics at RWTH Aachen University on winning the first prize, as well as all the other prize winners:
Dr. Manuel Häußler from the University of Konstanz, Dr. Kim Teppe from the University of Hamburg, Dr. Julia Böcker from the University of Lüneburg, Dr. Mareike Trauernicht from the Free University of Berlin and Dr. Felix Lansing from the Technical University of Dresden.
For more information on the German Study Award 2022, please see the press release of the Körber Foundation.
Professor Antonello Monti Receives NRW Innovation Award
© Peter Winandy
Professor Antonello Monti is not only the holder of the Chair of Automation of Complex Power Systems, but since the end of May 2022 he has also been the winner of the Innovation Award of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Awards were made in the categories “Honorary Award”, “Young Researchers” and “Innovation”, with Professor Monti being honoured in the “Innovation” category. This innovation prize is endowed with 100,000 € and is thus only second to the Future Prize of the Federal President in Germany.
With the award, the federal state recognises excellent research with particular social significance, scientific potential and relevance in application. In the case of Professor Antonello Monti, it is pioneering work in the digitalisation of power systems , which has great relevance for the energy transition.
In detail, it is a new concept for the automation of modern energy networks, which is based on modern IT solutions and enables a modular approach. The development as open source supports the cooperation of all participants and the creation of an open ecosystem.
The award was presented by the Minister President of NRW, Hendrik Wüst, and Professor Andreas Pinkwart, the NRW Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy.
For more details, see the official RWTH press article.
Exhibition at the OECHER LAB
© Christiane Antweiler
The Institutes of Communications Engineering and Communication Systems of RWTH Aachen have participated in the Future Space “Smarte Kids – Smarte Stadt” of the OECHER LAB with the subject area of communication systems. In May and June 2022, this Future Space will present exhibits from the STEM field. In addition to communication systems, information can also be obtained on the topics of virtual reality, robotics & microcontrollers and CO2 meters in a manner appropriate to the target group.
The exhibit of the RWTH institutes uses a video to show the performance of three generations of video coding methods that have been developed in recent years. An audio demonstration takes visitors on a short journey through the development of telephony. The goal of current research is spatial telephony, which is also exemplified in the audio track.
Discover our exhibits until the end of June in the OECHER LAB, Kapuziner Karree, Kapuzinergraben 19. For more information, please visit the OECHER LAB website.
© Christiane Antweiler
New Publication by Professor Lemme and Colleagues
Portrait of Prof. Lemme (© JRF)
Healing Achilles heel of two-dimensional transistors
Stability – in the sense of stable operation thorough lifetime – is one of the key characteristics that an electronic device need to present to be suitable for applications. And it is the Achilles heel of transistors based on two-dimensional materials, which typically show much worse stability than devices based on silicon. A team of researchers from TU Wien, AMO GmbH, RWTH Aachen University and Wuppertal University has now demonstrated a novel engineering approach to enhance the electrical stability of two-dimensional transistors by carefully tuning the Fermi energy. The results have been reported in Nature Electronics.
Today, there is little doubt that devices based on graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials can exceed the state of the art for certain applications, thanks to their intrinsic properties. Two-dimensional materials are also seen as some of the most promising candidates for realizing ultimately scaled transistors at the end of the roadmap of silicon technology. However, devices based on 2D materials often show poor electrical stability, meaning that their behavior changes depending on their operation history.
“Component reliability is one aspect that is often neglected in research. This is precisely where we have been working for several years, because it is of central importance for applications.” explains Professor Max Lemme, scientific director of AMO GmbH and Head of the Chair of Electronic Devices at RWTH. The instability is not only caused by 2D materials themselves, but mostly by charges trapped into the oxide-insulator used to fabricate the transistors. “Ideally, one would like to use a different insulator with fewer charge traps,” says Lemme, “but there are no scalable solutions for this yet. In our work, we have shown instead that it is possible to use a standard insulator such as aluminum oxide and to significantly suppress the adverse effects of the charge traps in the oxide, by adjusting the charge carrier density in the 2D material.”
© Martin Braun
The work combines a thorough theoretical analysis of the novel approach – dubbed by the authors ‘stability-based design’ – and a proof of principle demonstration of the concept, performed by measuring different types of graphene-based FETs. The key idea of the approach is to try to engineer the combination 2D-material/insulator in such a way that the energy of the charge traps in the insulator is as different as possible from the one of the charge carriers in the 2D material. Lemme explains: “Graphene based FETs were the ideal test bed for our approach, as it is relatively easy to tune the energy of charge carriers in graphene. The approach, however, is applicable to all FETs based on 2D semiconductors”. These results represent a major step forward towards stable and reliable 2D materials transistors to be integrated in semiconductor technology.
Bibliographic information:
T. Knobloch, B. Uzlu, Y. Yu. I.llarionov, Z. Wang, M. Otto, L. Filipovic, M. Waltl, D. Neumaier, M. C. Lemme, T. Grasser, Improving stability in two-dimensional transistors with amorphous gate oxides by Fermi-level tuning, Nature Electronics (2022) – Open Access
DOI: 10.1038/s41928-022-00768-0
Contact:
Prof. Max C. Lemme
AMO GmbH
lemme@amo.de
Opening of Departmental Academic Advising
© Martin Braun
After a long wait, the Departmental Academic Advising will finally take place in person from June 2022. You will find the following advising services at the UMIC Research Centre (Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 15) and in the Rogowski Building (Schinkelstraße 2):
Departmental Academic Advising:
Location: UMIC Research Centre, room 023 and 026
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30am – 12 noon
Phone: +49 241 80 26931 and +49 241 80 27572
E-mail: studienberatung@fb6.rwth-aachen.de
Office for Industrial Internships:
Location: UMIC Research Centre, Room 022
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am – 12 noon
Phone: +49 241 80-26938
E-mail: praktikantenbuero@fb6.rwth-aachen.de
Student Exchange/ERASMUS Office:
Location: Rogowski Building, Room 212
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9am – 12 noon & appointments by arrangement
Phone: +49 241 80 26951 and +49 241 80 27546
E-mail: international@fb6.rwth-aachen.de
Mentoring:
Location: for the time being still via Zoom
Office hours: by arrangement
Phone: +49 241 80-269 37 and +49 241 80-269 55
E-mail: mentoring@fb6.rwth-aachen.de
All services will continue to be available by telephone and e-mail during office hours. However, please bear in mind that there may be waiting times due to on-site advisory services.
Further information can be found on the website of the Departmental Academic Advising.
Business Fair on Juli 1, 2022
© Stefan Hense
Finally, numerous companies and cooperation partner of the faculty will present themselves again this year at the business fair on July 1, 2022 in person. From 12 noon, there will be the opportunity for students, our graduates of the current year and faculty members to find out more about our partners, make contacts or pave the way for an industrial internship in the foyer of the RWTH Computer Science Centre.
The “3MinuteMadness” short presentations will take place in parallel in lecture hall AHIV, where the companies will additionally present themselves within 3 minutes.
This will be followed by the catch-up faculty graduation ceremony for the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021.
If you still want to present your company at this or at the business fair planned for November 18, 2022, please contact Ms. Nadine Smeets-Bongartz from Relationship Management at RWTH Aachen.
Many thanks to our sponsors and project partners:
