2020

Es ist eine gelungene Kooperation von Handwerk und Wissenschaft: Zusammen mit der Universität Bayreuth und Fraunhofer in Erlangen hat Bernd Zeilmann, Obermeister der Elektro-Innung Bayreuth, ein intelligentes Energiesystem entwickelt, dass im Rahmen der Energiewende vor allem im gewerblichen und kommunalen Bereich eine effiziente und nachhaltige Energienutzung ermöglicht. Dafür wurde seine Firma, die Richter R&W Steuerungstechnik GmbH, zusammen mit ihren Projektpartnern, dem Lehrstuhl für Mess- und Regeltechnik an der Universität Bayreuth und dem Fraunhofer Institut für integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie IISB aus Erlangen, für den renommierten Seifriz-Preis nominiert.

An aircraft that can take off and touch down vertically, which is efficient in its energy consumption and also flies autonomously: The "TechFak EcoCar" team from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) won the New Flying Competition 2020 (NFC) in Hamburg with its "Night Fury" flying model. The international student competition is dedicated to the construction of model aircrafts that address important aspects of tomorrow's flying.

Dr.-Ing. Christian Reimann and M.Sc. Kevin Schuck from Fraunhofer IISB in Erlangen won 3rd place in this year's DLR Challenge of the INNOspace Masters competition. They were awarded for their idea to produce simple and costeffective high-temperature protective coatings on carbon composite materials for aerospace applications.

The digital Fraunhofer event in autumn 2020 presents the current technology highlights, workshops and live chats with experts. From October 26 to 29, 2020, the Fraunhofer Solution Days address topics of high relevance to the innovative strength of Germany and Europe. Each day of the event is focused on an important topic or lead market: plant and mechanical engineering, digital economy, health, and mobility. Fraunhofer IISB is pleased to welcome you with recent contributions to mobility and digital economy.

Johannes Geiling is the second innovation artist presented within the series "Place for Innovation Artists" of the Metropolitan Region Nuremberg.

Palomar Technologies, a global leader in total process solutions for advanced photonics and microelectronic device packaging, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen, Germany, announced their joint research initiative in the area of high-quality, void-free power module packaging for electric vehicles.

The progressing development of big data and mobility applications as well as of the Internet of Things requires the further miniaturization of electronic circuits. Sophisticated manufacturing techniques for computer chips, such as the sequential 3D integration of devices, are a key to success. In addition to experimental investigations, the use of simulation programs is of particular importance: Simulations allow significant cost and time savings in the development of new technologies and devices. The improvement of simulation tools is therefore the key focus of the EU project MUNDFAB („Modeling Unconventional Nanoscaled Device FABrication“) coordinated by Fraunhofer IISB (Erlangen, Germany).

Power for the mobility turnaround! Fraunhofer IISB is excited about the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize 2020 for our colleagues Dr. Bernd Eckardt und Dr. Stefan Matlok. They receive the award for the development of a completely new generation of extremely powerful DC/DC converters - key components for the fuel cell vehicles of the future.

In the joint project SYNERGIE, researchers from Fraunhofer IISB in Erlangen, Germany, together with industrial partners AlzChem AG and Wacker AG, investigated how metallic impurities are caused during the manufacturing of multicrystalline silicon blocks. The results of the SYNERGIE project now allow direct predictions as to how the purity of the auxiliary materials used in the production process affects the electrical quality of the end products.

IISB is partner in the newly established ZIM (Zentrales Inniovationsprogramm Mittelstand) network "Hidronik", funded by Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs. Within Hidronik, Fraunhofer IISB will combine conventional electronics with printed functionalities, like different kinds of large area sensors, to hybrid electronic systems. Hybrid integration enables new thin, flexible, and lightweight applications in industrial electronics, wearables, and IoT environments.