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  • 23.05.2023

    New camera technology could revolutionize the recycling of plastic materials

    A Danish three-leaf clover develops super-high-resolution hyperspectral cameras that determine our plastic waste's chemical composition and various additives. The technology will have a massive impact on future plastic recycling.

  • 18.04.2023

    New Master's programme in Physics and Technology in Sønderborg

    In 2024, the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) will launch a new Master's degree programme in Physics and Technology in Sønderborg. The programme allows graduates to work in fields such as energy technology, nanotechnology or medical technology.

  • 01.03.2023

    10 million for new elite centre with the sun at its centre

    A new elite research centre under the SDU Climate Cluster takes a holistic approach to solar energy. The centre will not only design, build and develop paper-thin, flexible solar panels that can be mounted on all kinds of things, but also look at how they are implemented in society and how consumers better embrace the new solutions.

  • 24.01.2023

    SDU researchers will keep an eye on dangerous bacteria

    Researchers from SDU's campus in Sonderborg are working with Canadian colleagues to develop a warning system that can detect dangerous bacteria and viruses that emerge as permafrost melts in the Arctic. The SDU researchers bring in-depth knowledge of sensors and monitoring of bacteria.

  • 06.12.2022

    Thin-film technology to boost green transition

    Thin-film technology plays a crucial role in combating climate change, and The Mads Clausen Institute at SDU in Sønderborg is a world leader in organic solar cell research. The researchers are working to make ultra-thin, flexible and transparent solar cells an integral part of our everyday lives. Their expertise and experience will also be used in the research and development of energy storage and green hydrogen technologies.

  • 08.09.2022

    Villum Experiment: Million grants for researchers from the Mads Clausen Institute

    The Experiment programme aims to find answers to the big, the small and the really quirky research questions. On the list of the technical and scientific research projects that receive this year's Experiment grants, you will find three researchers from the Mads Clausen Institute, who will now have the opportunity to realise their creative ideas within the interaction of light with advanced materials.

  • 11.08.2022

    Sønderborg hosts international climate conference with big names

    The international 100% Climate Neutrality Conference will be held on 26 and 27 September at Alsion in Sønderborg. Here you will have the opportunity to meet Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and vice-chancellor, Robert Habeck, world-leading climate researcher and prorector at SDU, Sebastian Mernild and former Chairman of Danfoss, Jørgen Mads Clausen.

  • 07.06.2022

    60 million for a new Center of Excellence at SDU: To investigate light, ultra-thin materials and quantum physics

    Denmark will soon have 11 new basic research centres. One of them will be placed at Mads Clausen Institute at SDU's Faculty of Engineering. Supported by DKK 60 million, the center will research quantum technology, which may impact future communication and information processing.

  • 02.05.2022

    Women in Science

    On Friday, 22 April, SDU Sønderborg was able to present women in science in connection with Forskningens Døgn.

  • 06.04.2022

    So ein ding: SDU can provide you with a very close look at the bumblebee

    A whole new world opens up before you when you look through a microscope. At SDU, we have some very unique microscopes, which not only help our researchers but also companies, in connection with analysing and characterising materials and surfaces, which gives completely new insights into why a product may fail.

  • 01.04.2022

    Curiosity drives nano scientist: Morten became professor at the age of 40

    When you already can dress up with a professor’s title at the age of 40, you should think that a tight career plan lies behind it. However, this is not the case for Morten Madsen. Great research results and an academic career are just a by-product of an unquenchable curiosity to understand the world around him.

  • 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.

  • 17.12.2021

    Scientists turn your face mask into a weapon against viruses

    Researchers from SDU Sønderborg have, together with international colleagues, created a ground-breaking concept where nanoparticles with special properties can be integrated into textiles. This means that in future we may experience bandages or face masks, which protect against viruses and bacteria.

  • 22.11.2021

    SDU signs strategic cooperation with Indian super-university

    SDU and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) have signed an agreement to establish an IITD-SDU Collaborative Platform. The platform benefits not only the two universities, but also both Denmark and India.

  • 17.11.2021

    Sergey Bozhevolnyi, Kannan Govindan, Devika Kannan are among the world’s most-cited researchers

    The Faculty of Engineering is proud to announce that three researchers have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list from Clarivate.

  • 04.11.2021

    Mysterious substance over Lyksborg Fjord

    The stars radiated clearly above Lyksborg Fjord and the local planetarium, where 30 interested visitors from both sides of the Danish-German border had met to hear about the most mysterious substance in the universe, namely dark matter.

  • 06.05.2021

    Millions to NanoSYD researchers from Independent Research Fund Denmark

    This year, 191 original projects received support for a total of DKK 668 million under the two instruments DFF-Forskningssprojekt1 and DFF-Forskningsprojekt2. Associate Professor Jakob Kjelstrup-Hansen and Professor MSO, Morten Madsen, are among the recipients - both from the research center NanoSYD at SDU.

  • 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

  • 19.04.2021

    Professor Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi is the winner of prestigious prize

    Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi scoops yet another prize. This time it’s the EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY's prestigious EPS-QEOD Prize.

  • 01.02.2021

    New EU project will make your windows generate solar energy

    Transparent solar cells can be used in windows. But until now, they have either not been particularly effective or very transparent. A project that also includes a group of Danish researchers from the Mads Clausen Institute at SDU in Sønderborg will change that.

  • 07.01.2021

    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.

  • 07.12.2020

    BHJ prizes awarded to researchers from SDU in Sønderborg

    One of Southern Jutland’s large humanitarian funds, the BHJ Foundation, awarded two research prizes at an event at SDU Sønderborg on 6 December. While the awardees and the prize-givers were physically present at Alsion, the audience could follow the ceremony online.

  • 27.11.2020

    Martin Thomaschewski receives prestigious PhD award from Danish Academy of Natural Sciences

    Electro-optical devices that are smaller than a human hair can revolutionise computers and telecommunication. On Friday, Martin Thomaschewski received the PhD award from the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (DNA) for his work with just these electro-optical devices.

  • 27.11.2020

    Sergey Bozhevolnyi one of the world’s most cited researchers

    Professor Sergey Bozhevolnyi has – once again – been awarded the title 'Highly Cited Resarcher’.

  • 20.11.2020

    Joel Cox becomes Sapere Aude Head of Research

    Danish research has just been enriched with 36 new research projects with DKK 220 million to new, talented Sapere Aude: DFF Research Leaders. Among the recipients is Joel Cox from SDU Nano Optics, who receives DKK 6.2 million.

  • 17.11.2020

    SDU researchers and Abena join forces to create face masks that neutralise and alert about corona

    Nanoscientists from SDU and Abena, a production and trading company, want to create a face mask that not only neutralises the coronavirus but also alerts the user when the face mask comes in contact with the virus.

  • 23.09.2020

    Bronchitis medicine shows promise as COVID-19 medicament

    After having virtually screened 640 existing medicinal products, researchers from Uppsala University and SDU found that the substance PC786 actively hits several SARS-CoV-2 receptors and thus turns out to be a candidate in the fight against COVID-19. The medicine clearly stands out from the others. The screening method can be used to find other promising candidates.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 03.09.2019

    MCI Industry Day - workshops, award ceremony and guided tours

    What can SDU and the Mads Clausen Institute do for you and your company? Find out on 4 November, when the institute, progressive in various research fields on a global basis, presents new possibilities within different research areas at the MCI Industry day from noon to 4 pm.

  • 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.

  • 01.10.2018

    Industry of the future – Growth through digitalisation and automation

    How may the Mads Clausen Institute (MCI) help you and your business?  Find the answer on Friday 2 November when the "Industry of the future-digitalisation and automation for your company" event is taking place from 12.00-16.00.  Here, the institute will introduce you to new possibilities in digitalisation and automation. 

  • 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 Centre 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 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 defence 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 defence 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.

  • 11.12.2015

    Study programmes across the border

    The Mads Clausen Institute and Fachhochschule Flensburg have launched a new cross-border education programme.

  • 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.

  • 11.10.2013

    Great demand for MCI Science Show

    Since the launch of the physics- and chemistry show MCI Science Show in the beginning of 2013, engineering students from Sønderborg has entertained several hundred children and young people.

  • 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.

  • 09.08.2013

    MCI employee on list of Top 50 professors on Twitter

    Associate professor Marcel Bogers from the Mads Clausen Institute appears on a list of the Top 50 professors on Twitter within leadership, innovation and strategy.

  • 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

  • 01.01.0001

    NanoSYD receives millions for research projects about green transition

    The Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) has granted money to three research projects at SDU NanoSYD. In two of them, SDU NanoSYD is leadpartner, whereas the third is a cooperation with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

  • 01.01.0001

    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.

  • 01.01.0001

    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.

  • 01.01.0001

    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.