Electrified airplanes, fuel cells, weightlessness and heat accumulators - in the new DLR_School_Lab at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, schoolchildren can now immerse themselves in the world of research.

Interested parties are invited to an open exchange on topics related to climate protection and sustainable development on Thursday and Friday, February 9 and 10, 2023, as part of the BTU4FUTURE Festival at the Cottbus Central Campus of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

The BTU is involved with two subprojects in the joint project "Kompetenzaufbau für Batteriezellfertigung in der Hauptstadtregion-KOMBiH". The focus is on the development of new qualification programs for skilled workers along the entire value chain of battery technology. The BMWK is funding the two projects with more than 1.1 million euros.

Climate-friendly processes for energy generation, conversion and storage are being developed by researchers at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft together with more than 70 partners from science, industry and society in the joint project SpreeTec neXt. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

In December 2022, a paper by Dr. Christin Hoffmann and Prof. Dr. Kirsten Thommes was published on the relationship between traffic density, truck driver behavior, and emissions.

A live experiment in the state-of-the-art Science Gallery showroom at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on Wednesday, December 14, 12 p.m., will demonstrate how a computer can detect a person's workload from brain waves

To optimize biogas production and make this a cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels, the international research team of the Micro4Biogas project is developing customized microbial communities.

The sustainable transformation of our built environment and the potential of using organic materials such as wood or bamboo to combat the climate crisis are the topics of a lecture by climate researcher Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

Minister of Science Dr. Manja Schüle hands over the grant to the BTU's new Energy Innovation Center (EIZ). More than 90 scientists from 14 disciplines are researching the effective and efficient energy supply of the future together with more than 40 partner institutions.

Up to 100 experts from all over the world will attend the third specialist conference on neuroadaptive technologies, NAT'22 for short, from October 9 to 11, 2022. The conference is being organized by the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).