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Engineering for a Sustainable Future" - with this goal in mind, people from almost 100 nations study and work together at TU Ilmenau.

At Technische Universität Ilmenau, high school graduates have the opportunity to complete a Voluntary Year in Science, Technology and Sustainability (FJN).

At this year's Hannover Messe, the Technische Universität Ilmenau is presenting an innovative technology for autonomous vehicles that assesses the intentions of pedestrians at the side of the road online so that the vehicle reacts immediately and correctly in the event of danger.

A wet head can save lives during thunderstorms - this has been known since the team led by Prof. Jens Haueisen and Prof. Michael Rock published the results of their research on lightning discharges in the renowned journal Springer Nature Scientific Reports. The scientists have succeeded in demonstrating that rainwater on the scalp can reduce damage caused by direct lightning strikes to the head.

With more and more damaged timber and climate-related softened soils, timber harvesting and timber transportation with heavy machinery and vehicles are putting increasing strain on forest roads.

Authentic acoustics in virtual worlds: Scientists develop mobile robot for high-precision room acoustic measurements What acoustic properties do rooms have? And how can virtual sound elements be integrated as plausibly as possible into real spaces and merged with each other so that people in different locations experience their virtual communication as realistically as possible? Researchers and students of Media Technology/ Research in Media Engi

At the international trade fair "Ideas - Inventions - Innovations" iENA 2023 in Nuremberg, scientists from TU Ilmenau did extremely well in the awards for the best inventions: they received three gold, four silver and two bronze medals.