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IPH | Milad Younesi worked as a mechanical engineer in Iran before his flight to Germany. Just six months after his arrival, the 27 year old is working again in his profession – for the time being as an intern at the Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH).
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PZH | “Future Lab: Production and Society”: This is the title of a new lecture series for employees of the Hannover Centre for Production Technology (PZH). The invited lectures will deal with future-relevant topics such as climate change or sustainable economic models.
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IFA | Since 1966, the Institute of Production Systems and Logistics (IFA) has been successfully conducting research on the production-related correlations between logistics, production processes and human resources. What has characterized the institute over the decades? And what are the future prospects?
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IMPT | The “Studium Initiale” paves the way for professionals without university entrance qualifications who would like to take up studies at a university. The spectrum ranges from orientation courses providing an insight into various degree programmes over soft skill workshops to subject-specific modular courses.
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IPH | What will the production of the future look like? Researchers of the Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH) are always looking for the latest trends – without losing track of their key issue, which is digitalization. Minister Olaf Lies could see this for himself during his visit.
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ITA | At the 32nd German Supply Chain Conference, Tobias Krühn proved the practical relevance of doctoral theses: The PhD graduate of ITA convinced the jury with his lecture on the control of highly flexible intralogistics systems and was presented the Science Award for Supply Chain Management.
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match | A novel cooling technology shall make air conditioning systems, electronic cooling devices and freezers more efficient and reduce their energy consumption considerably. Scientists of the Institute match are doing research on how to design devices, in order to utilize the electrocaloric effect in an optimal way.
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IFA | Time and performance pressure are challenges not only faced by industrial companies. Meanwhile, even hospitals are more and more confronted with competitive constraints. So comparing healthcare centers with industrial companies seems to make sense. Is there a chance for mutual learning?
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ITA | Optical waveguides used for data transmission can easily be printed at low cost – a serious future alternative to glass fibre optic networks. The aim of researchers of the Institute of Transport and Automation Technology (ITA) is to improve the quality of printed optical waveguides.