Where curiosity creates knowledge: Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering takes part in the Science Night on June 26 with over 30 offers

Experience experiments, look behind the scenes, discover future technologies: The TUD Dresden University of Technology (TUD) is once again participating in this year's Dresden Science Night on June 26, 2026 with numerous offers. Visitors to the TUD can look forward to over 250 lectures, experiments, guided tours and much more at interactive stations.

The Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering will also be participating this year with numerous program items:

• "Learning from nature - exciting things for young and old!"; Institute of Materials Science

• Testing aluminum materials; Institute of Materials Science

• Powder metallurgy: iron, steel and copper - very small and yet very big; Institute of Materials Science

• Radiographic effect - a look inside the materials; Institute of Materials Science

• 3D/4D Body Scans & Virtual Avatars - Innovations for Sports, Protective Clothing and Textile Processing; Chair of Development and Assembly of Textile Products, Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology

• Tensioning ropes: When robots pull the strings: Rope robotics to see and touch; Chair of Dynamics and Mechanism Design

• Craftsmanship in the air: Flying robots with fingertip sensitivity: Flight experiments with fully actuated flying robots in the drone laboratory; Institute of Solid Mechanics, Chair of Dynamics and Mechanism Design

• The art of lightness - a look behind the scenes; Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology

• Experimenting with Hydrogen; Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy

• Cryogenics, the fascination of low temperatures: Exciting insights into the wondrous world of cryogenics of liquid gases such as nitrogen, hydrogen and helium; Institute of Power Engineering, Schaufler Chair of Refrigeration, Cryogenics and Compressor Technology

• The heart of the refrigerator - the compressor; Institute of Power Engineering, Schaufler Chair of Refrigeration, Cryogenics and Compressor Technology

• The Interactive Refrigerator - Where the cold is created; Institute of Power Engineering, Schaufler Chair of Refrigeration, Cryogenics and Compressor Technology

• The Interactive Refrigerator - Ice is created at the evaporator; Institute of Power Engineering, Schaufler Chair of Refrigeration, Cryogenics and Compressor Technology

• The Interactive Refrigerator - The Fascination of Refrigerants; Institute of Power Engineering, Schaufler Chair of Refrigeration, Cryogenics and Compressor Technology

• Thermodynamics meets the environment: from footprints to sCO2 turbines; Institute of Power Engineering, Chair of Thermodynamics

• Gravity and weightlessness in process engineering; Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, Chair of Transport Processes at Interfaces

• Extracting and using valuable materials from algae and plastics ...; Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, Chair of Chemical Process Engineering

• Experience fiber and textile-based high-performance materials for high-tech applications up close; Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology, Chair of Textile Technology

• Build your own racing car; Institute of Manufacturing, Chair of Forming and Machining Technology

• Experience energy research at the Center for Energy Technology, Institute for Energy Technology

• The AKR-2 training nuclear reactor in teaching and research; Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy

• Hydrogen - The Energy Source of the Future?; Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy

• How does a nuclear power plant work? What are SMRs? What is a Generation IV nuclear power plant?; Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy

• The final repository for radioactive waste - what actually has to go into it?; Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy

• The wind tunnel at TU Dresden, Institute of Aerospace Engineering

• Project Neutralpath: Learn about the development of climate-neutral and smart urban districts, Institute of Power Engineering, Chair of Building Energy Systems and Heat Supply

• Energy technology up close: Insights into the test facilities and research of energy process engineering, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, Chair of Energy Process Engineering

• Bridge Builder à la Solid Mechanics, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Chair of Computational and Experimental Solid Mechanics

• Stress Optics Experiments, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Chair of Computational and Experimental Solid Mechanics

• Hands-on Fluid Mechanics, Institute of Fluid Mechanics / Chair of Fluid Mechanics

• Rousing Currents - Sediment and Plants in Water, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Chair of Fluid Mechanics

• Decelerate! -How high-speed recordings contribute to the understanding of flows, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Chair of Fluid Mechanics

• Analyzing turbulent flows - how to find order in chaos; Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Chair of Fluid Mechanics

• Solid, liquid, fluffy - science to eat: food technology to amaze, snack and puzzle for young and old; Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Chair of Food Engineering

• Hands-on agricultural technology: test stands from the Chair of Agricultural Systems Technology, tractor rides for young and old, barbecue and drinks stand; Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Chair of Agricultural Systems Technology

• Bent wood - scooped paper - a round thing: wood and paper; Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Chair of Wood Technology and Wood-Based Bioeconomy

When does it start?

The 23rd Dresden Science Night will take place on June 26, 2026 from 17:00 to 00:00.

What does it cost?

Participation in all events is free of charge.

What is the Dresden Science Night?

Dresden's universities, non-university research institutions and science-related companies open their buildings, laboratories, lecture halls and archives to the public for the Dresden Science Night. Interested parties can experience science and technology, research and innovation, art and culture in a variety of lectures, experiments, guided tours, exhibitions and films.

To the program: Dresden Science Night at the TUD