Apps for teaching microsystems technology

Steffen Strehle, Head of the Microsystems Technology Group at TU Ilmenau, was awarded a fellowship for innovation in digital university teaching for his idea of a controllable simulation of complex microsystems. Apps for teaching microsystems technology: imparting knowledge sustainably and linking it across disciplines Scientists at TU Ilmenau are developing a new, innovative format for digital university teaching as part of a recently launched project: apps for the controllable simulation of complex microsystems, which will benefit students on all engineering courses. The MikroApp project, led by Prof. Steffen Strehle, Head of the Microsystems Technology Group, is being funded with 50,000 euros for 12 months as part of the joint program "Fellowships for Innovations in Digital University Teaching" of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft and the Thuringian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Science and Digital Society. The fellowships are awarded to highly committed teachers and their ideas for digital teaching. Whether smart home, driving assistance or Internet of Things: microsystems such as pressure and acceleration sensors, microswitches, microphones or microcameras have developed rapidly in recent years. They have become indispensable in numerous technical areas and form an essential basis for technical innovations and economic development in Germany and worldwide: they ensure that technical devices become ever smaller, lighter, more mobile and versatile, save production costs and energy and thus also contribute to mastering social challenges that arise, for example, from increasing energy requirements, digitalization or changing demographics.