Press review: an article on magazinforum.de

Darmstadt. On Saturday, June 28, the Darmstadt railroad operations field at Mainzer Straße 126a will open its doors from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to anyone who wants to know how railroad operations work and what happens in the event of a signal fault.

Press review: an article on magazinforum.de

Hydropower is about to make a comeback. At least that's what the coalition agreement says. However, its expansion is not as simple as it sounds. The so-called river heat pump could help. Prof. Lehmann was one of the experts interviewed in the article.

Kurt Ruth Prize 2025 goes to Dr. Leon Schumacher and Dr.-Ing. Steven R. Lorenzen

Tobias Blach was awarded the prestigious Willi Hager Prize, endowed with 6,000 euros, for his dissertation entitled “Aerobic and Electrochemical Treatment of Process Water from Hydrothermal Carbonization of Sewage Sludge” at the 2025 Annual Conference of the Water Chemistry Society in Münster on 26.05.2025.

Kurt Ruth Prize 2025 goes to Dr. Leon Schumacher and Dr.-Ing. Steven R. Lorenzen

This year, the Kurt Ruths Prize of TU Darmstadt, endowed with 12,000 euros, will be awarded in equal parts to chemist Dr. Leon Schumacher and civil engineer Dr. Steven R. Lorenzen. The researchers developed new methods that can be used directly in catalyst development and bridge monitoring.

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Press review: an article on spektrum.de

Once upon a time, dykes and dams were supposed to tame Germany's rivers. But the Rhine and other rivers were stronger. Today, natural approaches – and prevention – are also used to protect against flooding. Prof. Lehmann was among those interviewed.

The Open Campus Day on 25.5.2025. A picture gallery

On 25.5.2025, doors and gates opened on the Lichtwiese for all those who wanted to take a look behind the scenes of the university despite the changeable weather. The program could not have been more colourful. Right in the middle: our department.

Our department took part in the Merck Run with its own team for the first time

This year's Merck company run (Merck Group) took place on 13.05.2025. Over 7,000 runners from companies in Darmstadt and the surrounding area took part in four different courses between 2.5 and 10 km in length.

For students of faculties 13, 16 and 18

Dear students, our next really extraordinary excursion will take us to an onshore plant of Hitachi Energy in Emden! – Would you like to join us? The onshore plant has already been completed but is not yet in operation – a unique opportunity to get to know Hitachi's large-scale HVDC project DolWin5 up close!