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International Affairs at the ILK

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Oct 25, 2024

Korea & Germany – Advancing International Discourse in Research and Development

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Oct 24, 2024

Innovative lightweight technology wins first place in the Rolls-Royce Innovation Award

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Oct 19, 2024

Cooperation event at the Rectorate of the TU Warsaw on October 3, 2024

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Info page for international guests and students

Don't panic! We will take care of you. We want you to feel comfortable during your first days at the TU Dresden and in your new or temporary home. That's why we've put together reports of experiences, interesting links and important information for you on the ILK welcome page.

M2BRIDGE

M2BRIDGE aims at a sustainable and long-term partnership of the TU Dresden with the University of Patras. Based on the cooperation history of the ILK and MEAD, new research projects are to be initiated, joint teaching expanded and the institutional framework of the cooperation strengthened in 2023-2025. The project exploits the synergies between the excellent material sciences and lightweight engineering of TU Dresden on the one hand and the long experience of UoP in aeronautics on the other hand and brings together the complementary competences in the field of functionally integrative lightweight engineering and multi-material design.

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COMPOLL

The main vision of the bilateral project COMPOLL is a better understanding of the challenges, shortcomings and solutions regarding the pollution awareness in the two countries, India and Germany. The main aspects will be identified on the ground of comprehensive dialog. As the initial point, it is planned to tackle this goal by the holistic analysis and meta-integration in terms of environment improvement of five priority research areas at the TU Dresden.

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EDI:TUD

The project "Successful - Digital - Integrated: Studying at the TU Dresden (EDI:TUD)" aims to closely accompany international students on their entire path from the beginning of their studies to graduation. This is intended to avoid dropouts, shorten the overall duration of studies, improve study results and facilitate integration into TU Dresden. It relies heavily on the close networking of German and international students.

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Autumn School of University of Patras & TU Dresden

Autumn School of University of Patras & TU Dresden 2021: Auf dem Weg zu einer nachhaltigen Lehr- und Forschungskooperation zum Thema Leichtbau im Multimaterialdesign.

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International cooperation and internationalization at the ILK

The world's leading scientists work together on an interdisciplinary basis to find answers to the questions of our time. Throughout its 30-year history, the Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) has always been committed to worldwide networking and to complementing its own competencies with the expertise of international partners. On all levels - from student exchanges and visiting scientists to the implementation of joint international projects - a broad international network with leading research institutions has been established and is growing year by year. Our strategic focus is on building collaborations with established partners in India, South Korea, Singapore, China and Greece, as well as furthering cooperation with Poland and the UK in the areas of education, digitization, joint research, knowledge transfer and dissemination.

International education projects at the ILK

DAAD-UGC mobility and education project COMPOLL "Combating environmental pollution through internationalization of education in Germany and India", 2020 - 2024, project partner: IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India
DAAD education project for the integration of international students EDI:TUD, 2021 - 2023
DAAD-PPP mobility project "Development of the innovative technology of the production of hybrid structures", 2021 - 2022, project partner: AGH University of Krakow, Poland
DAAD mobility and education project M2BRIDGE "Towards a Sustainable Cooperation in Teaching and Research in Lightweight Engineering and Multi-Material Design", 2023 - 2025, project partner: UPAT, Patras, Greece
DAAD PPP mobility project FANTASTIC "Determination of fatigue strength and analysis of fracture mechanisms of TMC", 2023 - 2024, project partner: AGH University of Krakow, Poland
ERASMUS+ KA-171 mobility program with Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès (EPT), Senegal, 2023 - 2024
DAAD-DST PPP mobility project ML-CALS "Machine Learning-Driven Capacity Assessment for Lightweight Shell", 2024 - 2026, project partner: IIT (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

ILK Summer Schools

1st Greek-German Autumn School 2021 on Lightweight Engineering and Composite Design, UPAT, Patras, Greece, Nov 08^th - 12^th, 2021.
Dresden International Summer School 2023 on Function Integration at Lightweight Systems for Industry 4.0, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Apr 24^th - 28^th, 2023 (funded in the TUD funding program Internationalization).
Summer school for highly talented Korean high school students: Trial Study Program on Sustainable Lightweight Engineering, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Jul 24^th - 28^th, 2023.
COMPOLL Winter School 2023 on Pollution, Life-Cycle Assessment and Recycling, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, Nov 27^th - Dez 01^st, 2023.
M2BRIDGE-DCIM Summer School 2024 on Crash and Impact of Aircraft Structures with Function and Sensor Integration, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Jun 25^th - 30^th, 2024.
M2BRIDGE Summer School 2025: UPAT, Patras, Greece.

In addition to the in-house summer schools, the ILK is significantly involved in the organization and design of the DCIM summer schools.

A general overview of the Dresden summer schools can be found on the website "Season of Excellence", where DRESDEN-concept has been summarizing the diverse range of courses on offer for you since 2023.

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