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Some news:

01.08.2020 – Prices sponsored by the Bauindustrieverband Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein awarded for Civil and Environmental Engineering:

Three of our students received awards sponsored by the Bauindustrieverband Hamburg Schleswig- Holstein for Civil and Environmental Engineering for their theses conducted at our institute, Ms Layla Raig (Bachelor), Mr. Hans-Konrad Witte (Master) and Mr. Gabriel Marc (Bachelor). Congratulations, Layla, Konrad and Gabriel! - The following video, presenting the awardees, is provided by TUHH Press Office and Student Body (Fachschaft) Civil- and Environmental Engineering: https://media.tuhh.de/tuhh/bautag/Bautag_final.mp4

28.09.2020 - 3D-Printing / Additive Manufacturing
Master Student Niclas Spalek is coding our Collaborative Welding Robot for additive manufacturing procedures within his Master Thesis.

13.01.2021
TUHH Talk Around the World on January 13, 2021 from 4 - 5 pm
Let's take a look behind the scenes at the TU Hamburg. Prof. Marcus Rutner, Head of the Institute for Metal and Composite Structures, and his team give an insight into the scientific work with metallic nanolaminates live from the lab.

Join the discussion at the TUHH Talk Around the World on January 13 from 4 - 5 pm. You can participate via this link <https://tuhh.zoom.us/j/96252426284?pwd=aFBVeXBMY2ptUU1oaXM2ems3eXF4dz09>

News

German Research Foundation (DFG) funds 3D Laser Vibrometer

04.01.2021
A research proposal for a Major Instrumentation Initiative, a 3D Laser Vibrometer, led by Prof. Rutner has been accepted by the German Research Foundation (DFG). We look forward to exciting new insights working with the 3D Laser Vibrometer!

Scripta Materialia accepts journal article

01.01.2021
Scripta Materialia publishes our artcile "Thermal Stability of a Nanolayered Metal Joint". Find out more here!

Die Lösung für die Infrastrukturkrise kann nur kreativ sein

01.03.2021
Prof. Rutner publishes Essay in Stahlbau Journal. PDF

SICK Wissenschaftspreis 2020

09.11.2020
Ms. Ricarda Stolz gets awarded the SICK Wissenschaftspreis 2020 for her Master Thesis about Vibroacoustic Modulation. Congratulations, Ricarda! Here is the press statement.

International Journal Structural Health Monitoring accepts article

02.09.2020
International Journal Structural Health Monitoring accepts our article "Nonlinear Modulation with Low-Power Sensor Networks using Undersampling" (Authors: Oppermann, Dorendorf, Renner, Rutner)

Digital Image Correlation

12.08.2020
Digital Image Correlation measurement in large-scale test at TUHH allows interesting insights into web buckling.

Preise des Bauindustrieverband Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein vergeben

01.08.2020
Ms Layla Raig (Bachelor), Mr. Hans-Konrad Witte (Master) and Mr. Gabriel Marc (Bachelor) werden für Ihre Abschlussarbeiten im Metall- und Verbundbau mit Preisen des Bauindustrieverband Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein ausgezeichnet. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Mehr Info im folgenden Video, das von der TUHH-Pressestelle in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Fachschaftsrat Bau- und Umweltingenieurwesen erstellt wurde.

Bulge Test

01.06.2020
Our Institute builds up the bulge test facility which should be for common use at TUHH. The test facility enables testing of thin (<300um) films and finding the mechanical properties! The test stand includes a high-performance DIC (LIMESS).