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Faculty of Engineering
University of Southern Denmark
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Sustainable sewage sludge
20.12.2012
Researchers from the Institute of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology are part of a new research cooperation in recycling of the vital element, phosphorus, from sewage sludge.

Recent research in robotics will safeguard jobs
07.12.2012
Researchers from The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute have been granted 18.3 million Danish kroner from the Danish Council for Strategic Research to find new methods to expand the use of robots and thus to strengthen industrial competitiveness.

Research group gets support for development of supercomputers
29.10.2012
The Nano Optics research group of Professor Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi receives 1,4 mil. Dkr for the development of optical technologies for the next generation of supercomputers

Teaching Award for inspiring supervision
09.10.2012
Last Friday, associate professor Karsten Holm Andersen from the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute received the Teaching Award of the University of Southern Denmark, among other things for his unusually inspiring supervision and for his energetic work on the Formula Student project.

New cooperation leads to Ph.D.-agreement
30.08.2012
A new chapter in the cross-border cooperation between the University of Southern Denmark and the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences

New research contributes to energy-efficient animal feed production
15.08.2012
A new industrial Ph.D. project in cooperation between a private company from Vejle, Graintec, and the Faculty of Engineering is to contribute to the development of energy-efficient methods for producing feed for fish and animals.

Breakthrough for solar energy
06.08.2012
New research makes possible new - and far more efficient - ways to convert solar energy into electric power. Professor Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi from the Institute for Technology and Innovation stands behind this research, published today in the acknowledged journal Nature Communications.

17 mio. Dkr for development of intelligent energy systems for market gardening
22.06.2012
Scientists from the Faculty of Engineering are heading a new project which is to make market gardening more energy efficient, to the benefit of both environment and economy.

New consortium handles waste and environment
18.06.2012
Scientists from the Institute of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology is part of a new consortium, INNOSORT, which is to develop an efficient waste sorting, beneficial to Danish environment as well as Danish export possibilities.

Acoustics congress tells off Danish Radio concert hall
11.06.2012
On 18-20 June, the University of Southern Denmark is hosting an international congress for acoustics. Among the speakers is the sound engineer behind the Sidney Opera House, who takes a long look at the the acoustics of danish concert halls.

Peder Thusgaard Ruhoff in management of newly founded organisation
01.06.2012
The Faculty of Engineering is represented in a new organisation which is to strengthen the possibilities for collecting, processing and calculating data in Danish research.

TEK researcher won in Ph.D. cup
15.05.2012
This week, Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu from the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute won at the Ph.D. cup of the Danish daily paper "Information"

Learn more about future technology and critical resources
03.05.2012
On Friday the 11th of May, the Faculty of Engineering at the SDU has the honor of receiving Professor Thomas Graedel, Yale University, who will talk about future technology and critical resources. All are welcome.

Rising demand on meat strains sustainability
23.03.2012
Researchers from the Institute for Chemical, Biological and Environmental Technology are taking part in a project on the extraction of energy, nutrients and organic matter from farm waste

4 mill. DKR for cross-border cooperation
19.03.2012
The Mads Clausen Institute in Sonderborg is part of a new project which is to strengthen and develop the border region of southern Denmark.

Papers on nanooptics in the top ten
03.01.2012
Two papers by researchers from the Institute of Technology and Innovation were so popular that they ended up in the top ten downloads on Optics Letters in November 2011.

Interdisciplinary inventions are a hit
20.12.2011
The ceremonial hall at Odense Town Hall was buzzing with talk, ideas and excitement when three months of hard work by 230 students were presented, evaluated and nominated on 15 December.

New head of institute at the Mads Clausen Institute
14.12.2011
Professor Horst-Günter Rubahn will take up the position as head of institute at the Mads Clausen Institute (MCI), the Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) on 1 January 2012

Large-scale SDU venture into welfare technology
02.12.2011
University of Southern Denmark will be heading a large-scale national research venture into welfare technology; with a budget of almost 190 million Danish kroner.

John Erik Hansen was awarded the annual Teaching Prize at the Faculty of Engineering
06.10.2011
Inspiring and dedicated teaching was honoured at SDU

Counter-terrorism conference in Odense 2012
23.09.2011
The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute will host next year’s international counter-terrorism conference EISIC (European Intelligence & Security Informatics Conference on Counterterrorism and Criminology).

Summer course on demining robots and weed robots
09.08.2011
20 students spend a month of their summer holidays building robots for cultivation and demining.

Conference on new sustainable production
25.05.2011
On 1 June 2011 the Mads Clausen Institute will focus on smart growth based on nature's own principles at an international conference titled 'Cradle to Cradle in Public and Private Procurement'.

Simulator strengthens research in robot vehicles
13.01.2009
The Open source program RobWork Studio brings research in robot vehicles to virtual life at the RoboLab at the Faculty of Engineering. Together with a simulator developed at the RoboLab the program reproduces a mathematical model of reality, thus allowing the researchers to test drive robot vehicles before they venture into real life.

Lecture Highlights Study Programmes and Learning Models
25.03.2008
Teaching methods and management and quality assurance of study programmes is what is on the agenda when the Faculty of Engineering hosts a colloquium on Thursday 27 March

New Energy Centre Brings Intelligent Energy Consumption into Focus
A frequent issue with politicians and experts is how to produce sustainable energy. But what happened to the question of how to use the energy more intelligently? To answer this question Syd Energi and Danfoss Foundation have donated 9.5 and 6.5 million kroner, respectively, to a new centre for energy at the University of Southern Denmark.

University of Southern Denmark Awarded for Suggestion for a Future Innovation Policy
An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Southern Denmark was awarded second prize for their suggestion for a future Danish innovation policy. The prize competition was launched by the Danish Council for Technology and Innovation (DCTI).

Researcher from KBM won best journal paper award
Esmaeil S. Nadimi, researcher at Institute of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, has won the best paper award for his paper in the scientific journal ’Biosystems Engineering’. The award ceremony took place at a congress in France.

Anders Awarded ‘Engineering Student of the Year’
Chemical Engineering Student Anders Fjeldbo Haubjerg has been awarded ’Engineering Student of the Year’ by Vestas.

Students invent bicycle parking for the city of Odense
One week of hard work culminated Thursday 23 September when 34 students presented their innovative ideas for 1000 new bicycle parking spaces in Odense city centre.

International social network mining experts visit University of Southern Denmark
Between 9 and 11 August Faculty of Engineering will host an international conference on advances in social network analysis and data mining. These are methods that can also be used in the fight against terrorism.

Open Seminar on ‘The Dark Web’
Explore ’The Dark Web’ in a PhD seminar at The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute on Monday 13 September and Tuesday 14 September 2010.

New Head of Institute at SENSE
The best possible framework for employees and students, trust and presence – that is the main focus of Peder Ruhoff, the newly appointed Head of Institute...

Terror networks in the spotlight at University of Southern Denmark
Faculty of Engineering will host a new international conference to speed up the fight against terrorism.

Congratulations to the Summer Graduates
At the graduation ceremony on 26 June 2010 the Faculty of Engineering sent the newly graduated engineers off into the world, hoping to see them again someday

New Unit Strengthens Technological Innovation
How does Region South Denmark prevent brain drain and strengthen technological innovation? Faculty of Engineering at University of Southern Denmark may have part of the answer...

Researchers Win Robotics Competition in the USA
Robotics researchers from Faculty of Engineering defeated teams from both Harvard and MIT

Associate Professor Appointed Editor of Scientific Journal
Associate Professor Nasrullah Memon from the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute has been appointed editor-in-chief of the journal Social Network Analysis and Mining, which is published by the Springer publishing company.

International Study Start at the Faculty of Engineering
Almost 90 new students from countries such as the USA, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Mexico and Singapore will start their studies at the Faculty of Engineering this week.

Wind Power and Electricity Network
Wednesday 18 November Institute of Sensors, Signals and Electrotechnics invites to a seminar with Senior Engineer Vladislav Akhmatov from Siemens Wind Power. The seminar will focus on wind turbine energy and grid-connection.

Dean in Research Council
The Dean at the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Per Michael Johansen, joins the Board of The Danish Council for Strategic Research

PhD Students on Their Way to UC Berkeley
Two PhD students from The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute are going to one of the best universities in the world, UC Berkeley in California, as visiting researchers.

University of Southern Denmark Inaugurates a New Counter-terrorism Lab
Monday 26 October 2009 the Faculty of Engineering, together with a number of high-profile guests, launched its latest venture in counter-terrorism research; the Counter-terrorism Research Lab at The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute

University of Southern Denmark Rearms Against Terrorism
The first anti-terrorism research lab in Europe – Counter-terrorism Research Lab – has become reality at the University of Southern Denmark

Nomination of Teacher of the Year at the Faculty of Engineering
Henrik Johnsen Vindt from the Department of Industrial and Civil Engineering has been nominated Teacher of the Year at the Faculty of Engineering. The prize-giving was held at the Annual University Festival on 2 October 2009.

Robot Experiences for All
Interactive robot exhibitions, audience-created art and a conference about how robots can help solve the climate problems – these are but some of the things you can experience during this week’s RoboDays, when Odense is all about robots.

Newly arrived students from 20 different countries
Approximately 200 young exchange students from Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany and Korea and other countries took part in the Orientation Day at the Faculty of Engineering on Wednesday 27 August.

Get Engaged From the Very Beginning
- Welcome! All the new engineering students were welcomed with a firm handshake by Dean Per Michael Johansen to the study start at the Faculty of Engineering on 25 August.

New Honorary Professor at University of Southern Denmark
Professor Katharina Al-Shamery, a renowned professor of chemistry at the university in Oldenburg, has been employed as an honorary professor at the Mads Clausen Institute (MCI), University of Southern Denmark, since 1 July. Hereby the University of Southern Denmark strengthens its focus on organic molecular nanotechnology.

Workshop on Fewer Green House Gases
Faculty of Engineering is part of an international workshop on intelligent use of energy in green houses. The workshop will be held at the University of Southern Denmark in autumn 2009.

Anti Terrorism Researcher at the Faculty of Engineering
Since 1 May 2009, Associate Professor, PhD, Nasrullah Memon has been employed at the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, Faculty of Engineering.

Anker Boye stepped on it in the Faculty of Engineering’s racing car
- The race is on, boys ... and girls, Anker Boye said cheerfully, when he made a dramatic opening of the Harbour Culture Festival in Odense in the engineering students’ homebuilt racing car.

Discarded Blackcurrant Used as Colouring Agent
The residual product from blackcurrant pulp is one of the ingredients in Morten Busch Jensen’s PhD project. The objective is to produce natural colouring agents to be used in products such as sweets, cakes and squash.

A More Environmentally Friendly Island
How do we turn Funen into a zero energy island? And can we make the project good business? Last week twenty-five students from Denmark and Finland settled in the former abattoirs (or slaughterhouses) in Odense in order to come up with new solutions to change the climate.

Wii Controller Controls the Lawnmower
A lot of money can be saved when the lawnmower robot, Casmobot, in the near future can be programmed into mowing football fields and baffle walls on its own. Until then you can control it with your Wii controller

Algae and Manure Provides Green Energy
Algae make biogas plants more efficient and economically viable. Recent research at the Faculty of Engineering shows that these small plants are full of energy and can help ensure heating in the future.

Head of Institute Focuses on Natural Medicine, Healthy Food and the Work Environment
Professor Lars Porskjær Christensen has taken up the position as Head of Institute at Institute of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark.

Denmark Needs GMM Engineers
Globalisation, learning and financial crises were on the agenda when the Faculty of Engineering hosted a post-workday meeting on Tuesday 13 January in connection with the first Global Management and Manufacturing graduates entering the job market.

New Head of Institute at the Mads Clausen Institute
Just Justesen will take up the position as head of institute at the Mads Clausen Institute in Sønderborg, Faculty of Engineering on 1 February 2009.

We Must Choose Intelligent Energy Solutions
Plunging blindly into green solutions will not solve the climate problems. Centre for Energy and Environmentally Efficient Technologies evaluates solutions based on what is best for the environment.

Inauguration of Clean Room
NanoSYD, a centre at the Faculty of Engineering, celebrates official opening

Researchers and Students Work Hard on Autopilot
Deep down in the basement below the Mads Clausen Institute in Sønderborg, researcher Jerome Jouffroy and his students work hard and intense in a brand new research area: Cyber sailing.

Book on Nanotechnology – now in three languages
Professor Horst-Günther Rubahn, Mads Clausen Institute, is the author of a new work on nanotechnology called ‘Basics of Nanotechnology’.

New Weapon against Influenza
The final project by an engineering student may facilitate the battle against dangerous viruses. For the future, determining the type of influenza that a patient suffers from will, most likely, take the doctors less than two hours. This means, that they will be able to dose the correct medicine faster, something which may mean life and death to a number of people.

Eighty Young People Try Out Engineering Study Programmes
What is it like to study engineering? Which study programmes can I choose and what job opportunities will I have after graduation? 80 students on their last year of upper secondary school have been playing engineers for three days – and as a result they have learned more about their future possibilities.

Young People Build Robots in Their Summer Holidays
Play and learning is the focal point when twenty young people at the ages of 12-16 years spend four days of their summer holidays on building and programming their own advanced robots. They participate in this year’s Robot Summer Camp organised by RoboCluster at the Faculty of Engineering.

Personal Study Start
Study start must be about belonging and feeling welcome, which was why the dean personally welcomed the students...

Lecture on Global Network Manufacturing
Thursday 4 September Faculty of Engineering starts the series of colloquia for this autumn

Students Race Silverstone
There was a lot of drama on the famous Silverstone Formula 1 race circuit in England when 26 students from University of Southern Denmark participated in the so-called Formula Student competition with their own racing car.

How Can Software Systems Keep Up with Business Changes?
On Tuesday 17 June, the Faculty of Engineering welcomes you once again to a colloquium – this time with an external guest speaker, Professor Ron Morrison, who will give a presentation on the theme ‘An Active Architecture Approach to Dynamic Systems Co-evolution’.

Engineers Won for Best Sustainable Idea
Five happy engineering students in Design won first prize in the DevelopSolution competition and received the award in front of some 400 guests at Børsen in Copenhagen.

Engineering Students Awarded Generous Scholarships
Four happy engineering students, eager to depart, were on 14 May each awarded a scholarship of 16,000 DKK from the Ingeniør Jens Jespersens Fond

New development strategy
Applicability and essentiality – key to the new strategy for the development of the Faculty of Engineering.

Lecture in Artificial Muscles
Assistant Professor Benny Lassen from the Mads Clausen Institute will bring artificial muscles into focus at the colloquium on Applied Mathematical Modelling on Thursday 24 April

Inaugural Lecture on Nanooptics
Thursday 17 April the Institute of Sensors, Signals and Electrotechnics invites to an inaugural lecture by Professor Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi.

Do I Want to Study in Poland, Portugal, Turkey or …?
The study fair, which was part of International Week at the Faculty of Engineering, gave the engineering students an opportunity to get answers to questions regarding studying abroad.

International Week Strengthens Relations
This week the Faculty of Engineering hosts an International Week and thus adds special focus to cooperation across boarders.

New Head of Institute at the Institute of Industrial and Civil Engineering
Associate Professor Rune Brincker has, as of 1 April, taken up the position as Head of Institute at the Institute of Industrial and Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering. He has an impressive research career with a large number of publications in international periodicals as well as several patents to his credit.

Institute Strengthens Research in Nanooptics
The recent employment of Professor Sergey Bozhevolnyi at the Institute of Sensors, Signals and Electrotechnics means a strengthening of the research in nanooptics – a technology with several possible applications – whether it concerns saving lives or making computers that are a thousand times faster …

Study Fair: Learn More about Our Master Programmes
Thursday 6 March between 10.00 and 14.00, the Faculty of Engineering hosts a study fair where you will be able to hear about the faculty’s master programmes

Environmentally Sound Energy on the Agenda
Thursday 28 February the Faculty of Engineering will hold a colloquium on energy and environmentally effective technologies by Head of Institute Svend Christensen and Associate Professor Birgir Norddahl from the Institute of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology

Construction Expert Becomes Emeritus
One of Denmark’s greatest experts in concrete constructions, Bjarne Chr. Jensen, becomes Emeritus at the Institute of Industrial and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, as of 1 February 2008

Obituary
Highly respected Associated Professor has passed away suddenly

Frands Voss Honoured in China
Director of Institute appointed Honorary Doctor at a Chinese University

The Faculty of Engineering part of International Elite in Supply Chain Management
Carsten Dittrich, Amanuensis at the Institute of Industrial and Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, is the first person in Denmark to qualify as instructor in the internationally used Supply Chain Management model called SCOR.

New Advisory Board Strengthens the Engineering Educations
How do we make the engineering education even more relevant to the business sector? This issue is taken seriously by the Faculty of Engineering, who, as of 1 January, has established a board consisting of representatives from the business sector. The so-called Advisory Board is to help develop and future-proof all the faculty’s engineering programmes.

The Faculty of Engineering Wishes You a Merry Christmas
Now is the time of Christmas dinners, presents and family time. Many of the students have handed in projects and are preparing for the exams in January … but before then a well-deserved Christmas holiday awaits.

Once Again Engineering Students Receive Scholarships
The desire to travel and see the world is great among the engineering students at the Faculty of Engineering and on 18 December five students received two travelling scholarships to support their internships abroad.

From Oil to …?
- Colloquium highlights the environmentally efficient technology of the future and invites for interdisciplinary cooperation

Great Interest in the Robotic Lab
It was buzzing with concentrated interest when a group of leaders and production and development workers from the Danish business sector visited the robotic lab of the Faculty of Engineering on 29 November. The visit was part of a conference called ‘Robots Strengthens Flexible Production’ which brought into focus the use and implementation of as well as the opportunities in robotics.

How to Gain Ecologically and Socially Sustainable Solutions
Ecosoc – a centre of interdisciplinary research and development projects is the title of the colloquium which will take place on Wednesday 28 November at the Faculty of Engineering in Odense. Associate Professor Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen will highlight interdisciplinary research projects with focus on the development of ecologically and socially sustainable solutions.

The Faculty Strengthens Cooperation across Borders
Monday 19 November is the beginning of the International Week at the Faculty of Engineering. Researchers, teachers and administrative staff from ten different countries will participate in the event which will run for a full five days.

How do we control the forces of nature and create magnificent buildings?
Learn more about the fascinating engineering accomplishments, which control the gigantic forces of nature and creates skyscrapers more than a hundred metres tall, when the Institute of Industrial and Civil Engineering invites for colloquium at the Faculty of Engineering on 12 November between 15.00 and 16.00.

Queen Margrethe II inaugurates Alsion
Alsion, which among other things houses the Mads Clausen Institute from the Faculty of Engineering, was officially inaugurated on 30 November 2007 with a royal visit and 800 guests.

Colloquium Colloquy on Academic Job Structure
Employees at the Faculty of Engineering can learn more about the academic job structure on Wednesday 3 October, when the Faculty of Engineering organises a Colloquium on the subject.

International Study Start at the Faculty of Engineering
More than 200 new international students from more than 50 universities arrived at the Faculty of Engineering on Thursday 30 August

Notice of Death
Admission Course at the Faculty of Engineering hit by the tragic death of one of their students

The Faculty of Engineering wishes you a wonderful summer
The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark wishes employees and students a wonderful summer

A Significant Increase in the Number of Engineering Students
The interest in engineering educations at the University of Southern Denmark is increasing significantly.

Healthier Fish, and a Healthier Environment, Using Algae
The increasing need for environmentally sound fish farming is the basis of the PhD Project that Line Hougaard Christensen, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, during the past three years has researched for. Wednesday 4 July, she presented her exciting results at the official PhD Thesis Defence

Festive Occasion for 151 Proud Graduates
The Ceremonial Hall at the Faculty of Engineering at Niels Bohrs Allé in Odense was full of happy, dressed up, newly qualified engineers and diploma graduates, who together with their families and friends had turned up at this summer’s graduation ceremony.

The Faculty of Engineering Celebrates its Graduates
Saturday 30 June at 10 a.m., the Faculty of Engineering celebrates its graduates and sends them off into a job market where the demand for engineers is the greatest ever…

The Faculty of Engineering Congratulates their first PhD Candidates
‘The conclusion of your PhD studies is not an ending, it is a launching pad into an exciting future’, said the ceremonial speaker, Mette Bock, when the University of Southern Denmark held its PhD concluding ceremony on 21 June. This day the Faculty of Engineering could congratulate their first PhD Candidates

A Stronger International Environment at the Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark attracts an increasing number of international students. This positive trend strengthens the study environment at the faculty and optimises the international networks for the benefit of all the students

A Festive Occasion at the Faculty of Engineering
The sun was shining from a clear blue sky at the official inauguration of the Faculty of Engineering on 7 June. The event was celebrated with a mixture of professional events, inspiring speeches and festive jazz

Energy Cooperation Launched
A new dynamic cooperation was launched by the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark and the local power industry with the celebration of the new company Energi Invest Fyn (Energy Invest Funen) on 25 May, 2007.

News from the Faculty of Engineering
The official inauguration of the Faculty of Engineering…

International Week
A stronger international cooperation and knowledge exchange – that is the objective of the International Week at the Faculty of Engineering ...

Student Election
Elections for the academy council and the study board at the Faculty of Engineering will be held on 22 May. This is where students can participate in their education and in the faculty at which they are enrolled.

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