Dec 13, 2022
International DAAD scholarship holders 2022 support PhD students of the ILK
DAAD RISE scholarship holder Emily Kay-Leighton (University of Victoria / Canada, right) and her supervisor from the ILK, Dipl.-Ing. Tino Wollmann (left) compare the simulation and the experiment.
Every year, the DAAD program RISE Germany arranges research internships for a large number of students from North America, Great Britain or Ireland, both at the TU Dresden and at other non-university research institutions in Dresden. After a successful application process, the RISE scholarship holders complete a research stay in Dresden lasting a maximum of three months and funded by the Federal Foreign Office and further through institutional cooperation. This year, the Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) at TU Dresden offered an internship to five RISE interns.
The RISE program offers benefits on several levels: The individual supervisors of a RISE research trainee gain support for their own research. The host institution increases internationalization - especially in the area of education, but also by generally expanding its visibility in North America, the UK, and Ireland. The fellows, in turn, benefit through professional development (both theoretical and practical). And finally, the program as a whole, i.e. for the guests as well as for the host, is characterized by the opportunity for diverse cultural experience on the one hand and the deepening of foreign language skills on the other.
Come-Together of the DAAD RISE scholarship holders and their supervisors from Dresden at the Elbe
This year, Emily Kay-Leigthon from the University of Victoria (Canada) was able to support her supervisor Tino Wollmann in the complex topic of vibration analysis of fiber composite structures for aerospace applications in simulation and experiment. Nicholas Gunter from Sewanee University of the South (USA) worked under the guidance of his supervisor Jan Condé-Wolter on the development of new test methods for measuring the permeability of modern hydrogen storage systems in fiber composite structures. Veit Würfel from TU Dresden supervised Jonathan Simcoe from the University of Albama (USA) in the extremely production-relevant topic of squeeze flow behavior of thermoplastic fiber-reinforced plastic composites. Machine learning and artificial intelligence methods for generating microstructures inspired Stephanie Handford from the University of Mississippi (USA) in her internship with Christian Düreth. Kuan-Lin Huang from Imperial College London (UK) was also drawn to the field of machine learning. He supported his supervisor Lars Muschalski in the data-based prediction of the deformation of compliant mechanisms.
In addition, the ILK, together with the Akademischer Club Leichtbau an der TU Dresden e.V. (ACL), organized a come-together of all Dresden RISE scholarship holders at the Fährgarten Johannstadt this year. This allowed the ILK scholarship holders to network with other program participants at the TU Dresden and other Dresden research institutions. Due to the individual residence times of the foreign students in Dresden, this event took place on a central date in order to enable as many interns as possible to participate.
Further Links
DAAD program RISE Germany
Akademischer Club Leichtbau an der TU Dresden e.V. (ACL)