Latest news from the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
DRONES
17.04.2024
Drones4Safety project at Transport Research Arena (TRA)
The Drone4Safety adds to the conversation on sustainable and accessible transportation
WORKSHOP
21.03.2024
Festival of Research 2024 at SDU Sønderborg
The Festival of Research at SDU is back! On Saturday 20 April at 10.00 - 13.00, SDU Sønderborg invites you to a Saturday devoted to science.
FUNDING
23.01.2024
Ali Khosravi receives seven million kroner for optimization of power-to-X systems
Ali Khosravi, Associate Professor at the Center for Industrial Mechanics, has received a prestigious Villum Young Investigator grant of seven million kroner.
15.01.2024
Henrik Bindslev continues as Dean of TEK
In the years to come, Henrik Bindslev will continue to serve as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (TEK) at the University of Southern Denmark. A unanimous employment committee has reappointed the seasoned force to be reckoned with in management and research, much to the delight of SDU and Henrik Bindslev himself.
Grant
30.11.2023
Joe Alxandersen receives prestigious grant to fold together time and space
Joe Alexandersen, associate professor at the Faculty of Engineering, is among this year's 39 recipients of the Independent Research Fund's Sapere Aude grants for young talented research leaders. With a grant of just over 6 million, he aims to address one of the biggest challenges in so-called computational morphogenesis. This can, among other things, make wind turbines more efficient and silent.
Drones
02.11.2023
Self-flying Inspection Drones Can Save Lives and Billions of Euros. And Soon, They Can Become Reality
In just five years, it may be autonomous, self-charging drones that monitor cracks in bridges, worn out railways, and other inspection tasks on critical infrastructure. The potential is enormous, say the researchers behind the European Drones4Safety project, which has just concluded
Collaboration
15.10.2023
Close Indo-Danish Collaboration for Next-Generation Power to X Converter
The future of sustainable energy is here! The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Aalborg University, and the University of Southern Denmark have joined forces in a groundbreaking partnership with industrial giants like Danfoss Drives. Together, they're driving the 'Efficient Cost-saving Grid Friendly Power to X Converter' (ECoGrif) project, revolutionising the hydrogen economy.
Research
16.05.2023
Meet Oliver Niebuhr: Exploring the Joy of Discovery and the Intricacies of Perception
Oliver Niebuhr, an Associate Professor at the Centre for Industrial Electronics, is a researcher driven by a passion for understanding the world and the thrill of uncovering new knowledge. In an enlightening interview, Niebuhr shares his motivations for becoming a researcher, alternative career aspirations, and the fascinating research area of psychoacoustics.
19.04.2023
"M-prisen" for two talented mechanical engineers from SDU
We are proud to announce that Julie Lynge Madsen and Liv Obbekær have just received "M-prisen": An award for remarkably good exam projects from Denmark's engineering schools.
01.02.2023
Emad Samuel Malki Ebeid has been appointed Head of Unit for SDU Digital and High-Frequency Electronics
SDU is establishing a new section with a focus on digital and high-frequency electronics. Emad Samuel Malki Ebeid, Professor at SDU, will be the head of the section.
12.09.2022
Head of CIE Thomas Ebel has been appointed professor
56-year-old Thomas Ebel has been appointed professor of Advanced Capacitor Technologies. It has been four years since he took over as head of Centre for Industrial Electronics at SDU. Ebel has impressively managed to build the centre from scratch, so that CIE now stands as an example to follow when it comes to training engineers, state-of-the-art laboratories and industrial cooperation.
16.06.2022
SDU and Diabatix enter into collaboration - computer muscles accelerate research
SDU and the Belgian software company Diabatix enter a strategic collaboration that pushes the boundaries of generative design and topology optimisation.
11.05.2022
Christian Veje Head of the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Professor Christian Veje, who comes from the Centre for Energy Informatics at SDU, looks forward to strengthening industrial cooperation and drawing the strategic direction for the institute, when he takes over as head of the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
15.02.2022
Engineering students from SDU Sønderborg will send a rocket into space
A group of engineering students from SDU in Sønderborg has ambitions to send a rocket into space. The goal is to participate in international competitions.
16.12.2021
From apprentice to associate professor - Kasper Paasch
59-year-old Kasper Paasch teaches High Frequency Communication and is semester supervisor in 3rd-semester mechatronics at the Centre for Industrial Electronics. He is also a researcher in power electronics and solar cell systems. His passion for electronics, archery, history, and archaeology has not only created an unusual career path but also fills all hours of the day. His passions have materialised into a catapult, which is positioned at his home address. But this we will return to.
25.08.2021
SDU project in Sierra Leone ensures clean water and strengthens teaching at TEK
Today, two engineers from SDU will land in Sierra Leone to help ensure clean drinking water in a project with Engineers Without Borders. They will also gain experience and knowledge that will be used in a large Danish drone project.
02.08.2021
Vital vibrations
Vibrations are important and it can be hard to get the frequencies right. When the string was cut and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge inaugurated on July 1, 1940 in Pierce County, Washington, it could boast the title of the world's third longest suspension bridge. A title it only carried for a very short time, however. Just four months later, the bridge collapsed dramatically.
09.07.2021
From Shanghai to Sønderborg: International award winner wants to work with space technology
In connection with his graduation from SDU in Sønderborg, Patrick Haffmans received the BHJ award for his master's project with Danfoss. With a German father, a Filipino mother and an upbringing in Shanghai, one would not think that it was written in the stars that he should take his master's degree in a Danish provincial town; but in fact, that was exactly what did.
Voices
09.06.2021
Video conferencing: Women do worse than men
Researchers from SDU and the University of Magdeburg have investigated how different voices are perceived via online tools such as Zoom, Skype, or Teams. Not all frequencies are fully transmitted, which affects women, whose voices are perceived as less competent, expressive, and charismatic than men's voices.
29.04.2021
All Danish universities join forces for the largest research and tech fair in the Nordic region
DIGITAL TECH SUMMIT will be Denmark's unifying showcase for digital technologies and a venue for strong research environments, technology leading companies and start-ups
08.04.2021
Project to secure Danfoss' shares in an attractive billion market
The global market for speed-controlled pumps is a billion-dollar industry that is growing bigger and bigger alongside increasing urbanisation. Danfoss has entered into a project with Fachhochschule Kiel and SDU, which will ensure the Danish industrial group, the preferred solution in the market for pump controls.
08.01.2021
New SDU equipment donated by Fabrikant Mads Clausen Foundation
Fabrikant Mads Clausen Foundation has showered SDU with donations and this for the benefit of both research and education at SDU.
New department
22.10.2020
New Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at SDU
By the establishment of ‘Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering’, the Faculty of Engineering is strengthening the research and study programmes in mechanics, mechatronics and electronics.
09.07.2020
Global need for 880,000 ventilators – robots can help us out
Ventilators are crucial in the fight against COVID-19, but an analysis by GlobalData shows that there is a global shortage of 880,000 ventilators. Collaborative robots – also known as cobots – might help meet the demand, says researchers from SDU and University of Cambridge.
16.06.2020
SDU students 3D printing Corona hook for you to avoid touching infected door handles
Despite that society is gradually reopening, we must still pay extremely attention to COVID-19 and potential dissemination. Thus, students from SDU Sønderborg have 3D printed a so-called Corona door hook to avoid direct contact with door handles.
10.06.2020
MCI Honorary Professor receives Endowed Chair and new institute
Honorary Professor and former Head of the Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation (TEI) section at MCI receives Endowed Chair “Entrepreneurship in Technology and Digitization” at the University of Stuttgart
13.05.2020
SDU wins top leader to head the Centre for Industrial Mechanics
Professor Thomas Buhl, who is coming from a leading position at LM Wind Power, takes responsibility for the Centre for Industrial Mechanics (CIM) and its strategic development.
15.04.2020
Check the water quality on your mobile
The importance of having access to clean drinking water cannot be underestimated. Researchers at SDU NanoSYD are the leaders of a project proposal designed to develop an app that can check water quality.
New Centre
25.02.2020
New Centre for Industrial Mechanics on its way in Sønderborg
SDU joins together with Bitten & Mads Clausen Fond, LINAK, Region of Southern Denmark and Sønderborg Municipality to establish a new Centre for Industrial Mechanics (CIM) with research, new laboratories and related engineering study programmes within the field of mechanics. The total investment amounts to more than 93 mill Danish kroner by 2030.
30.01.2020
Astronaut lost in space
and other odd problems for nerdy engineers are contributions by SDU Mechatronics to the famous and highly respected back page of Ingeniøren.
15.01.2020
MCI upgrades its research within smart materials – hires professor Yogendra Kumar Mishra
There is a strong upgrade going on at the Mads Clausen Institute at SDU. Professor Yogendra Kumar Mishra was hired, which ensures a unique position of strength of the research within three-dimensional smart materials.
01.11.2019
SDU picks world-famous leading professor to head SDU Centre for Quantum Mathematics
On 1 November, Professor Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen joins SDU as Head of the newly established Centre for Quantum Mathematics. He is the research manager of the project ’Recursive and Exact New Quantum Theory’ that last year received a 10- million-euro grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
SDU Sønderborg
04.10.2019
Inauguration of a beacon for energy-efficient technology
The Centre for Industrial Electronics at SDU in Sønderborg has now been officially inaugurated. It is the home of research, innovation and three new engineering programmes.
01.10.2019
Organic solar cells – even greener solar energy and the architects’ dream
These days, the '100% Climate Neutrality 'conference is taking place at Alsion in Sonderborg. The conference focuses on bringing solutions into play regarding the climate challenges the world is facing. One of the solutions brought into play are organic solar cells that are on the point of having their industrial breakthrough.
15.05.2019
Vida Engmann from SDU receives esteemed ‘For Women in Science’ Award
Three of Denmark’s most talented researchers within natural sciences received the ’For Women in Science’ Award on 15 May. One of those talented researchers is assistant professor Vida Engmann from SDU Sonderborg
11.03.2019
Cooperation with students: - Fast, easy and exceedingly productive!
Fertin Pharma A/S is the latest company among a number of those who have been cooperating with SDU Sonderborg’s students. The company commended the young engineer brains for their inventive input. At the same time, they give a very glad smiley for the entire process which required only few resources but created large value.
08.03.2019
Hackathon - Broaden your horizons with an intensive programme
A Hackathon is an intensive camp where students get down to some intense geeking to come up with creative solutions. The camp lasts for a very short period of time, during which the students drop everything to focus 100% solely on your company's case or problem.
07.03.2019
Breakthrough for organic solar cells
Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Sønderborg have achieved breakthrough within organic solar cells. They have succeeded in prolonging the lifetime of organic solar cells – a crucial point if organic solar cells are to compete with conventional silicon solar cells.
23.01.2019
The man who makes the magic happen
Professor Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi is a pioneer within the research areas named Plasmonics and Nano Optics. Both hands are needed if you want to count the phenomena and concepts that can be ascribed the Danish top researcher of Russian origin. This is due to an indomitable will, a great imagination and a belief in the impossible. Now he is the latest recipient of the Villum Kann Rasmussen Annual Award in Science and Technology.
17.01.2019
OJ Electronics got inspired by SDU students
The Innovation and Business programme (IB) at SDU combines engineering, innovation, and business sense. And this is useful to industry. Recently, students from the engineering programme presented their ideas on how to solve tasks and challenges set by OJ Electronics during a project collaboration. The collaboration was valuable to both students and company.
21.12.2018
World class X-ray equipment for academic and industrial applications
The Mads Clausen Institute has acquired a SKYSCAN 2214 which is one of the finest x-ray tomographs in the world. It has an incredibly large resolution and can be applied in a large range of industry applications.
21.12.2018
Measurement of industrial components for LODAM
By collaborating with SDU and the Mads Clausen Institute, you can get access to world-class technological equipment and by this become a forerunner regarding the development of ground-breaking technology. LODAM, which is a producer of high-technological products within cooling, heating and ventilation, is one of those companies that has benefitted from this when they had sent electronic components to SDU for a closer look.
23.11.2018
Topping-out ceremony for Centre for Industrial Electronics
Today's topping-out ceremony emphasised that the new CIE building is well over midway. LINAK CEO, Bent Jensen, gave thanks to the tradesmen for their huge work efforts on behalf of the owners.
22.11.2018
The Mads Clausen Institute launches newsletter - to foster collaboration with industry
We'd so much love to collaborate with you. This is the statement of the Mads Clausen Institute at SDU in Sonderburg which now launches an initiative to foster industrial collaboration.
19.11.2018
Come to hear a talk by former NASA engineer, Gabe Gabrielle!
Are you dreaming about a tour to Mars? Then come and listen to a talk given by Gabe Gabrielle, former engineer for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It will almost feel like being there yourself.
02.11.2018
Jacek Fiutowski and IRCA receive BHJ Award
A happy and proud Jacek Fiutowski won the BHJ award as ‘Young researcher of the year’ on Friday, 2 November. The prize is given to SDU Sonderburg staff members below the age of 40. Jacek has asserted himself with ground-breaking research that has been filling front pages in acknowledged research magazines. Innovation Research Cluster Alsion (IRCA) received 100.000 kroner from the foundation.
26.10.2018
Ærø becomes a new network partner in SDU project – the green island is supposed to become even greener
The little gem in the southern Danish sea, Ærø, produces more power than the island itself consumes. Paradoxically, Ærø is nevertheless forced to export and import power because the consumption pattern of the inhabitants does not match the production of the six large wind turbines on the southwest coast of the island. This problem is now addressed by an Interreg project with SDU as lead partner.
05.10.2018
Workshop in Sønderborg builds bridges
You probably understand what Siri, Alexa and Google tell you. But do you really like to talk to these programs, and are they always spot on, when they speak to you? Probably not. A group of international speech and language researchers, who met last week in Sønderborg, are working to do something about that.
29.09.2018
Get up to 900,000 DKK in co-financing!
Did you know that enterprises are offered to get in touch with researchers willing to help them develop new products and new solutions? Have a look at ’Digital Omstilling’ – Innovation collaboration where researchers from the Mads Clausen Institute, SDU Sønderborg, find great value in the close industrial collaboration:
15.09.2018
Companies are invited to Matchmaking Engineering Event at SDU Sønderborg
SDU Sønderborg is hosting the Matchmaking Engineering Event at Alsion on Tuesday 8 October where companies and students will have the opportunity of getting to know each other before possibly agreeing on student jobs, internships or thesis collaboration. And it is worthwhile coming – also for small and medium-sized enterprises.
14.09.2018
PhD defense by Golnaz Sherafatipour
PhD student Golnaz Sherafatipour with defend her PhD thesis titled "Degradation pathways in organic small molecule and hydrid solar cells".
05.09.2018
Study: Public research creates value for companies
A recent Novo Nordisk Foundation study reveals that private Danish research companies depend on access to researchers in the public sector. Researcher and head of SDU TEI at SDU Sønderborg Arne Bilberg agrees: ”Sometimes 1+1 make more than 2.”
16.07.2018
Nano test to ensure safety of future cosmetics and foods
Nanoparticles make their way into a broad range of products and help to optimise everyday life, but the tiny particles can also end up taking their toll on our health. The nanotechnology centres at the Mads Clausen Institute, NanoSYD in Sonderborg and Nanooptics in Odense, now received funding for a project that will test products for possible harmful particles.
03.05.2018
PhD defense by Elzbieta Karolina Sobolewska
PhD student Elzbieta Karolina Sobolewska with defend her PhD thesis titled "Organic Plasmonic Hydrid Systems for Optoelectronic Applications".
13.04.2018
Digging has commenced for the Centre for Industrial Electronics
The first spade of soil for the Centre for Industrial Electronics (CIE) in Sønderborg was turned over today. The centre is the result of an exceptional regional initiative and a unique collaboration. The CIE will be the home of three new SDU Engineering programmes and research at an international level, and it will meet corporate demands for skilled labour.
12.04.2018
PhD defense by Pawel Cielecki
PhD student Pawel Cielecki with defend his PhD thesis titled "Time-resolved photoluminescence measurements of organic materials and devices".
23.03.2018
Sønderborg's schools to make a green mark
Schools in Sønderborg and its environs are to work on becoming more climate friendly in the coming months. It is not so much a question of replacing a coughing and spluttering oil-fired boiler, but rather a comprehensive project ranging from general approaches to how the individual students can do their bit to help the green transition on its way.
06.02.2018
Rambøll donation facilitates expansion of FabLab
Rambøll donation enables engineering students to independently apply modern workshop technologies such as 3D printing and laser cutting, along with a wide variety of classic manufacturing methods.
11.01.2018
SDU Sønderborg obtains approval of Bachelor of Engineering programme in Electronics
In December, the Ministry of Education and Research approved two new programmes in the form of a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Engineering and a Master of Science (MSc) in Engineering in Electronics, both of which are offered from SDU Sønderborg this year. Today, another approval came from Søren Pind’s ministry, namely of the Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Electronics.
08.01.2018
PhD defense by Mina Mirsafaei
PhD student Mina Mirsafaei will defend her PhD thesis titled "Plasmonic Nanostructures for Organic Solar Cells".
20.11.2017
PhD defense by Bhushan Patil
PhD student Bhushan Patil with defend his PhD thesis titled "Interfacial layers and semi-transparent electrodes for large area flexible organic photovoltaics".
10.11.2017
PhD defense by Mehrad Ahmadpour
PhD student Mehrad Ahmadpour with defend his PhD thesis titled "Metal-Oxide based interlayers for organic and perovskite photovoltaics".
08.11.2017
Kaunas Science Award to KTU Professor Sigitas Tamulevičius
This year's Kaunas Science Award was awarded to professor Sigitas Tamulevičius, Director of Kaunas University of Technology, director of the KTU Materials Science Institute. Professor Tamulevičius is also Honorary Professor at University of Southern Denmark.
06.10.2017
SDU Sønderborg's connection with Arnold Schwarzenegger
In the film Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger sets about exterminating all humans on earth. Today, Schwarzenegger is trying to save humanity from the climate changes the world is facing. To that end, his advisor, Professor Jose Galizia Tundisi, has entered into a collaboration with SDU Sønderborg
05.10.2017
Climate conference reached important conclusions
'100% Climate Neutrality' at Alsion attracted over 400 participants from all over Europe
04.10.2017
PhD defense by Matej Simurda
PhD student Matej Simurda will defend his PhD thesis titled "Mathematical modelling of ultrasound propagation in multi-phase flow"
21.08.2017
Danish-German collaboration set to retain production in border region
A three-year project with the aim of strengthening the region's competitiveness in production is underway.
17.08.2017
Danish-German collaboration set to retain production in border region
A three-year project with the aim of strengthening the region's competitiveness in production is underway.
30.06.2017
Strong partnership behind new center at SDU
A unique collaboration between public and private enterprises forms the basis for new research and innovation facilities as well as new engineering study programmes at SDU in Sønderborg. SDU, Danfoss A/S, LINAK A/S, the Region of Southern Denmark and Sønderborg Municipality each invest DKK 35-36m in a new Center for Industrial Electronics.
21.06.2017
PhD defense by Agnieszka Radziwon
PhD student Agnieszka Radziwon will defend her PhD thesis titled "Exploring inter-organizational collaboration for innovation in a regional ecosystem"
20.06.2017
PhD defense by Frederik Gottlieb
PhD student Frederik Gottlieb will defend his PhD thesis titled "Entrepreneurial Identity as Emerging in Innovative Relations"
24.05.2017
Alexander Brem appointed Honorary Professor at the University of Southern Denmark
Alexander Brem has been awarded an honorary professorship at the Mads Clausen Institute at the University of Southern Denmark - an institute where he has already had crucial influence. The honorary professorship opens up an even closer collaboration between the University of Southern Denmark and the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).
11.05.2017
Danish-German Collaboration to Clear the Way for Ultra-Fast and Accurate Cancer Diagnosis
Improved and ultra-fast diagnosis of cancer. This is the primary objective of collaboration between University of Southern Denmark, Universität zu Lübeck, Odense University Hospital and UKSH Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein.
05.05.2017
Head of Department at SDU Sønderborg receives "The Funen Nobel Prize"
The Head of the Mads Clausen Institute at the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg, Horst-Günter Rubahn, received a great honour on Thursday when he was awarded Fyens Stiftstidende's Researcher Prize 2017.
20.02.2017
PhD defense by Robert Brehm
PhD student Robert Brehm will defend his PhD thesis titled "Methods for Distributed Optimal Energy Management"
03.02.2017
NASA participates in MCI seminar
MCI holds seminar on lithium-ion battery technology. NASA-researcher participates with lecture on the use of the batteries in space applications.
27.01.2017
PhD defense by Paul Coman
PhD student Paul Coman will defend his PhD thesis titled "Modeling of Li-Ion battery packs as basis for design of battery thermal management systems"
24.01.2017
PhD defense by André Luis Fernandes Cauduro
PhD student André Luis Fernandes Cauduro will defend his PhD thesis titled "Growth, properties and applications of Mo Ox thin-films deposited by reactive sputtering"
23.01.2017
PhD defense by Shakil Ahmed
PhD student Shakil Ahmed will defend his PhD thesis titled "Implementation of immunomagnetic separation (IMS) for the enrichment and automated detection of bacterial contaminants in flow through lab on the chip technology"
14.12.2016
SDU to print cheap and ultra-thin solar panels
Researchers at SDU NanoSYD have succeeded in producing highly effective paper-thin organic solar panels. Now they will attempt to print out the solar panels in rolls several metres long so that the panels can be spread over roofs and cars.
10.10.2016
100% Conference reveals need to study successful green-tech start-ups
Scientists and practitioners joined in discussion of future renewable energies at the binational series of annual conference on renewable energy and climate neutrality
05.10.2016
Green Water receives three quarters of a million DKK
The eco-friendly project Green Water receives 750.000 DKK from the energy supplier SE.
29.09.2016
Small donation makes a big difference
Donation from Danfoss Foundation for Education enables important experiments in-house
22.09.2016
Renewable energy across borders
Third conference about the future of renewable energies in the cross-border region
15.09.2016
Innovation and Business students developed business ideas in Berlin
In late August, three Innovation and Business students from SDU Sønderborg participated in SPICE Startup Camp in Berlin to develop their own businesses.
06.09.2016
PhD school sparks closer cooperation
PhD school cooperation brings research institutions to set up joint innovation activities and nano conference.
01.09.2016
New future for Danfoss technology at SDU
The new RollFlex centre was presented when Jørgen Mads Clausen visited the Mads Clausen Institute. Parts of the centre originate from a previous Danfoss production facility.
22.08.2016
Great interest in financial aid for companies
A large number of small and medium-sized enterprises have signed up for a special info-meeting about funding from the Innovation Fund Denmark.
10.08.2016
Students won trip to Uvex in Southern Germany and sold their idea to the company
Engineering students from the study program Innovation and Business got a great idea and won a trip to the company Uvex in Southern Germany – and convinced Uvex to proceed working with the concept.
08.07.2016
Six Mio. DKK to improve organic solar cells
New project aims to enhance the lifetime of flexible solar panels
08.07.2016
Large energy project launched at MCI
A new international project will secure efficient use of local energy resources
01.07.2016
MCI part of advanced automower development project
Just as it is possible to get an automower for the lawn, a new and more advanced lawn care robot for golf courses and other larger turf areas is coming. It cuts and aerates the turf as well as remove weeds.
17.06.2016
AutomationsBoost to help small and medium-sized Danish production companies
New project will provide new automation solutions and digitalization to small and medium-sized enterprises of the region
02.06.2016
Expert jury rubber-stamped student project
Engineering students from Innovation and Business presented new business concepts to an expert jury
30.05.2016
Project Exhibition: Mechatronic Design for Circular Economy
Students in their forth semester of the Mechatronics engineering programme have considered user needs and designed small energy harvesters made of 20% recyclable materials
20.05.2016
Alumni from Innovation and Business met at Alsion
Alumni from Innovation and Business met again this year and visited Alsie Express as part of the event
12.05.2016
Baltic TRAM-project to upscale research in the Baltic Sea Region
Three Million Euro investment intensifies strategic cooperation between research institutions and business in the Baltic Sea Region
03.05.2016
PhD defence by Arkadiusz Goszczak
PhD student Arkadiusz Goszczak will defend his PhD thesis titled "Nanostructures for Organic Solar Cells".
02.05.2016
PhD defence by Kasper Paasch
PhD student Kasper Paasch will defend his PhD thesis titled "Power Electronic System for Multi-MW PV Sites".
27.04.2016
Green power electronics project off to a good start
On March 16, the representatives of six Baltic Sea neighbors gathered to push the Interreg project Power Electronics for Green Energy Efficiency off to a good start. The launch marks the beginning of an effort to increase green energy consumption by means of Advanced Power Electronics
21.04.2016
Danish Research Festival with Simon Talbot, spot-on research and debate on borders
The time has come again to celebrate the Danish Research Festival, which is a national event providing everybody a glimpse of the world of researchers and see how research affects our everyday lives. SDU Sønderborg hosts a series of exciting activities for children and grown-ups over the course of the Danish Research Festival-week. It all takes place at Alsion.
04.03.2016
The Bitten and Mads Clausen Foundation supports Innovation Lab with 1 mill. DKK
Thanks to a generous donation by the Bitten and Mads Clausen Foundation, the section SDU Innovation and Design Engineering of the Mads Clausen Institute, SDU, can now implement a well-designed innovation lab.
01.03.2016
EU-millions to boost position of strength in border region
Enterprises on both sides of the Danish-German border hold a strong position of know-how about effective power control and application – from electronic equipment and transportation to industrial production and energy generation. Now, 3 million euro granted by the EU and the Region of Southern Denmark must ensure that the position of strength is further developed and that the strong competences can improve the basis for economic growth and employment.
27.02.2016
New framework for responsible development and innovation
MCI-project publishes framework for responsible development and innovation in industrial companies.
10.02.2016
Two ministers visiting SDU
Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister for Higher Education and Science, and Ellen Trane Nørby, Minister for Children, Education and Gender Equality are visiting SDU in Sonderborg on Friday 5 February.
10.02.2016
New Year's reception at campus Sønderborg
About 100 guests from academia, industry and local authorities from either side of the Danish-German border gathered for the New Year’s reception at SDU’s campus in Sønderborg; this year organized by the Mads Clausen Institute.
05.02.2016
BHJ Research Award goes to Morten Madsen
On 5 February 2016 the BHJ Foundation honoured Associate Professor Morten Madsen’s outstanding and systematic commitment in building up a group on ‘Organic Photovoltaics’ at the Mads Clausen Institute.
03.12.2015
PhD defence by Konstantin Filonenko
PhD student Konstantin Filonenko will defend his thesis titled "Mathematical modelling of the Purcell effect in plasmonic nanostructures"
13.11.2015
New exchange agreement with Chinese university
The Mads Clausen Institute and The Faculty of Engineering, SDU, have signed a new exchange agreement with the Chinese university Xi’an Jiaotong University.
23.10.2015
Opening of Green Water Living Lab
The sea water energy project Green Water celebrated opening of Living Lab.
09.10.2015
Climate Neutrality – if we can, you can too
A two-day conference held at SDU in Sønderborg demonstrated how the local community practices climate neutrality
09.09.2015
Innovative cooperation between SDU and ”Det Blå Gymnasium”
104 high school students from ”Det Blå Gymnasium” in Sønderborg and Selandia Slagelse attended an innovation camp recently. Over the course of two days, the high school students worked through an innovation process facilitated by engineering students from the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg.
03.09.2015
High school students enlightened with engineering perspective on equations
Two classes from Sønderborg Statsskole switched their class room with a lecture hall at Alsion and received their math lessons at SDU – seasoned with a special engineering perspective.
29.06.2015
A victory for Jens
Mechatronics engineer from the Mads Clausen Institute Jens Christensen received the BHJ Foundation’s award for best bachelor project.
22.06.2015
Unique waterjet cutter helps engineering students
As the only university in Denmark, The University of Southern Denmark has installed a waterjet cutter at the Mads Clausen Institute in Sønderborg. The machine is employed to produce everything from lab equipment to student projects.
10.06.2015
International climate conference at the MCI
The Mads Clausen Institute is among the organizers of a cross-border climate conference to be held for the first time and takes place at SDU Sønderborg.
28.05.2015
PhD defense by Oksana Kostiucenko
PhD student Oksana Kostiucenko will defend her thesis titled "Generation and preservation of field enhancement for organic-plasmonic devices"
21.05.2015
Expert jury evaluated student projects
From idea to business plan: Engineering students presented their business concepts to an external expert jury.
28.04.2015
IRCA scientific film festival
As a part of the Festival of Research the new innovation cluster, IRCA, hosted a scientific film festival. Four finalists were presented at the scientific film festival ceremony in the Concert Hall, Alsion Sønderborg.
20.03.2015
University cooperation to increase efficiency of solar cells
The Mads Clausen Institute has entered into cooperation with Aarhus University with the aim of increasing the efficiency of solar cells. The project is called SunTune and is supported by Innovationsfonden with a total of 23 million DKK.
13.03.2015
Million donation turns student project from MCI into energy venture in Sønderborg
A donation of 1.22 million from the Bitten and Mads Clausen Foundation elevates engineering student project to green energy development effort.
09.02.2015
The BHJ Foundation once again favours the MCI
University teacher, research project and network cooperation received a total of DKK 820.000.
06.02.2015
Danfoss donations to the Mads Clausen Institute
The Mads Clausen Institute has received several donations from different Danfoss foundations over a period of time. The donations favour different purposes at MCI and contribute to the acquisition of equipment supporting teaching as well as research.
28.01.2015
Foundation supports test setup with smart materials
With DKK 50.000 from the Fabrikant Mads Clausen Foundation, students and researchers will perform tests with smart materials – including the so-called artificial muscles.
15.01.2015
PhD defence by Chan Nguyen
PhD student Chan Nguyen will defend his thesis titled “Modelling and exergy analysis of district cooling”
07.01.2015
Extension for important honorary professorship
Honorary professor Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery’s cooperation with SDU has produced good results. The honorary professorship is now extended for five years.
07.01.2015
PhD defence by Björn Rechenbach
PhD student Björn Rechenbach will defend his thesis titled "Mathematical modelling of electromechanical systems".
22.12.2014
Cooperation to retain young people
The University of Southern Denmark, the Municipalities of Tønder and Kreis Nordfriesland enter into cooperation about retaining young people in the region.
17.12.2014
The ORION microscope – a ground-breaking instrument with a great number of application possibilities
Last Friday, the installation of the ORION helium ion microscope at the Mads Clausen Institute was celebrated with a launch event.
17.12.2014
A playful light innovation got the first price
For the second time the Mads Clausen Institute distributed the Alsion Innovation Award. The jury had to pick out the winner among almost ten innovative applications. The winner was LEGELiGHT.
03.10.2014
Celebration of the cross border collaboration
For the first time The University of Applied Sciences' tradition-steeped Nordic Evening was held together with the Mads Clausen Institute on Danish soil. The evening showed once again, that the cross border collaboration is unique.
14.09.2014
Entrepreneurship opportunities strengthened for students
SDU and iFabrikken have signed an agreement helping students convert good ideas to new companies.
08.09.2014
Engineering students push-started bike project
Svendborg Municipality has initiated a project of enhancing bicycle transportation. Students from Innovation and Business kick started the project.
08.08.2014
MCI Academy about challenges and changes in the border region
MCI Academy, the yearly scientific conference at the Mads Clausen Institute, looks at the border region with special focus on climate, business and art.
04.07.2014
Honorary doctor part of Ph.D. summer school at MCI
Professor and Honorary Doctor of SDU Karl Leo visits MCI when participating in a Ph.D. summer school in August.
02.07.2014
MCI part of Green Tech Center opening
Great interest in MCI workshops at Green Tech Center opening.
30.06.2014
Engineering project received award for best bachelor assignment
A student from the engineering study program Innovation and Business received the BHJ Foundation’s award for best bachelor assignment.
19.06.2014
PerforManD receives Danish-German Innovation Award
The EU project PerforManD, which develops advanced, mechatronic training equipment for professional sailors, has receive the innovation award Dybbøl 2014.
04.06.2014
Sailing equipment from MCI in use at Oxbridge
German Olympic sailor demonstrated the innovative sailing equipment PerforManD at Oxbridge.
26.05.2014
More responsible innovation in industry
MCI takes part in developing a Best Practice model to make industrial companies act more responsibly.
23.04.2014
PhD defence by Robb Mitchell
PhD student Robb Mitchell will defend his thesis titled 'Facilitating Shared Understandings of Risk'.
24.03.2014
New beginning for Technet_nano
The partners parted with the EU project Technet_nano. At the same time, they put their names to continue working together.
17.03.2014
MCI to lead network project in green power electronics
The Mads Clausen Institute has received DKK 350.000 to build a network in the Baltic Sea region
06.03.2014
PhD defence by Gang Li
PhD student Gang Li will defend his PhD thesis titled 'Multi-Core System Architecture for Embedded Control Applications'
21.02.2014
PhD defence by Ronen Hadar
PhD student Ronen Hadar will defend his PhD thesis titled 'Glocalized Production – A Holistic Approach for Future Production at The LEGO Group'.
18.02.2014
PhD defence by Janet Kelly
PhD student Janet Kelly will defend her thesis titled 'Designing for a relationship other than use'.
27.01.2014
Innovative sailing equipment from MCI will be ready for commercial production
Add-on grant will make innovative sailing equipment, partially developed at MCI, ready for commercial production.
19.12.2013
Head of Institute becomes member of Denmark’s Scientific Academy
Professor and Head of Institute Horst-Günter Rubahn has been appointed member of Denmark’s Scientific Academy
17.12.2013
Casper Kunstmann-Olsen in Christmas Calendar on TV Syd
Did you see the Christmas Calendar? 24 researchers at SDU are unwrapping Christmas with a short story where research and Christmas are tied together.
05.11.2013
New equipment for MCI with donation from Fabrikant Mads Clausen Fonden
With a total amount of 300.000 DKK, a donation from Danfoss ensures new equipment of use to research and education at MCI.
10.10.2013
MCI to increase automation in companies in Southern Denmark
The Mads Clausen Institute, EUCSyd, Udviklingsråd Sønderjylland and five companies have launched a project of 6 mio. DKK, which is to increase the automation in 100 companies in Southern Denmark.
03.10.2013
MCI in cooperation with German institute of food technology
The Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg, has entered into a cooperative agreement with the institute of food technology KIN in Neumünster.
14.08.2013
Researchers from MCI published in prestigious “Physical Review Letters”
Researchers from the Mads Clausen Institute have succeeded in getting an article published in the prestigious scientific journal Physical Review Letters. The article is about nanofiber plasmonic waveguides, which in the future can enable ultra-fast transfer of information technology.
08.08.2013
An important day for cross-border collaborations
Torsten Albig, Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, visited the Mads Clausen Institute to learn more about cross-border collaborations at SDU.
05.07.2013
Engineering projects took the project awards
The BHJ Foundation’s Project Awards went to two engineering projects at the summer graduation ceremony at the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg.
19.06.2013
Large number of students from A.P. Møller Skolen visited the University of Southern Denmark
The A.P. Møller Skolen in Schleswig paid a visit at SDU in Sønderborg with an unusual large number of students
17.06.2013
MCI hosts workshop on intelligent solar cells
Researchers from different European universities participate in workshop on new solar cell technologies at the Mads Clausen Institute
04.06.2013
NanoSYD leads new large EU project on organic solar cells
The FP7 Marie Curie programme Initial Training Network (ITN) has granted around 29 million DKK for establishment of a new network led by NanoSYD, The Mads Clausen Institute. The project will focus on development of new types of energy devices based on organic materials. Among other things, the network will include research in and development of new types of solar cells based on organic thin-films, which in the future is aimed at playing a role in reducing the use of fossil fuels.
02.05.2013
Young engineers played with women’s legs
Faaborg High School visited the Mads Clausen Institute recently as part of a camp. The high school students were given a project including tests with women’s legs
02.05.2013
Danfoss donation gives high school classes camp-opportunity at SDU and Universe
A donation from Danfoss’ Fabrikant Mads Clausen Foundation makes it possible for high school classes to participate in camps at SDU and Universe
21.04.2013
Praise for Innovation and Business at alumni seminar
A large group of graduates and current students participated in the first alumni event for the MSc engineering program Innovation and Business. Representatives from industry emphasized the graduates' ability to communicate and navigate in companies.
18.03.2013
Launch of Emerging Attraction at the MCI
On March 7, the Mads Clausen Institute set the frames for the Danish opening of the Interreg IVa project Emerging Attraction. The project is a cross-border collaboration with the purpose of battling the lack of highly educated people in the Danish-German region.
26.02.2013
Associate professor at the Mads Clausen Institute received teaching award
Associate professor Jerome Jouffroy received one of the three teaching awards from the BHJ Foundation
05.02.2013
Research project on diabetic foot ulcer receives grant of DKK 45.000
Postdoc Fei Yu of the Mads Clausen Institute has been granted DKK 45.000 from TEK Momentum for a research project. The project focuses on the development of equipment for continuous monitoring of edema among diabetes patients
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From Funen to the frontline of physics: Mechatronics engineer landed dream job at CERN
26-year-old Jonas Kampp works as a mechatronics engineer for the world's largest physics laboratory, CERN in Switzerland.
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Scientific consensus for perovskite solar cells published in Nature Energy
The so-called perovskite solar cells are on the cusp of becoming a commercial breakthrough but, despite promising results, it has been difficult to compare the scientific breakthroughs because of differences in the description of progress. Together with an international research group led by Monica Lira-Cantu (ICN2, Barcelona) as well as Eugene Katz and Mark Khenkin (Ben-Gurion University, Negev), the solar cell group at SDU NanoSYD in Sonderborg have released a statement on the description of progress in connection to the stability of perovskite solar cells. The statement is published in the highly acknowledged research magazine Nature Energy.
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Morten Madsen appointed professor wsr
MSc in Engineering, PhD in Functional Materials and Nanotechnology, wsr and head of research Morten Madsen has been appointed professor wsr (with special responsibilities) at the Mads Clausen Institute, SDU. Despite his only 40 years of age, Morten Madsen has already manifested himself as an internationally acknowledged researcher within organic solar cells.
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Scouts served with marshmallows frozen with liquid nitrogen at SDU Sønderborg
SDU Sønderborg, along with the rest of the town, welcomed scouts and guides from all over the world for Jamboree Denmark 2017. SDU students put on a thrilling science show that demonstrated how closely the worlds of scouts and engineers are connected.
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