Beiträge

Alexander Pfannschmidt took part in the FVA Information Conference in Würzburg and presented the results of the research project ‘Air Gap Forces in Electric Motors’. The event provided a central platform for exchange with experts from industry and research in the field of drive technology. The f...

The EnCN Energy Award honours students for their exceptional contributions to energy research and the energy transition. Award-winning theses focus on topics such as new energy technologies, the rational use of energy, efficiency improvements and the development of practical applications. In his...

Carla Marchfelder and Alexander Pfannschmidt took part in the EELISA Symposium at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The event provided an international platform for the exchange of innovative ideas and discussions on issues relating to various technical research fields. A c...

What a night! This year, our chair was represented at both locations in Erlangen and Nuremberg during the Long Night of Science. The booths focused on diagnostics for batteries and electric drives, and the interest was enormous. We were particularly pleased about the exciting exchange with visit...

It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to Prof. Dr. Piepenbreier, who held the Chair of Electrical Drives and Machines from 2000 to 2018. Over this long period, Prof. Dr. Piepenbreier shaped research and teaching in the field of electric drives at FAU with extraordinary commitment and gre...

The curious minds of the children’s university KinderUni Nürnberg visited us at the Energy Campus Nürnberg! The scientific staff of the Chair of Electrical Power Engineering, Carla Marchfelder and Simon Scherer, as well as Thomas Lehmeier from the Chair of Power Electronics showed the children aged...

As part of an exciting two-day excursion, we were able to gain in-depth insights into the key technologies of the energy and mobility transition together with our students - with visits to BMW, SGS and MAN Energy Solutions. Day 1 At BMW's Cell Manufacturing Competence Center (CMCC), we we...

On March 26, 2025 Monja Katharina Schilling, doctoral candidate at the Chair of Electrical Energy Technology (EET), successfully passed her oral doctoral examination for the degree of Dr.-Ing. at the Faculty of Engineering at FAU. Ms. Schilling thus completed her doctoral procedure on the topic “In...

On December 18, 2024 Qurban Syed, doctoral candidate at the Chair of Electrical Energy Technology (EET), successfully passed his oral doctoral examination for the degree of Dr.-Ing. at the Faculty of Engineering at FAU. Mr. Syed thus completed his doctoral procedure on the topic “Spoke Type Axial F...

With high-precision measurement technology for cyclization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in the consumer sector, the first part of the EET battery testing center at the Energy Campus in Nuremberg is now in operation. This enables the creation of detailed electrical and thermal cell mod...