Research Areas
The Research Experience Program offers cutting-edge research experience in a wide variety of scientific fields. Please feel free to click through the headlines and to inform yourself about participating departments and possible research projects.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Institute of Acoustics and Speech Communication
Chair of Acoustics and Haptics (Prof. Altinsoy, Erkan)
Chair of Speech Technology and Cognitive Systems (Prof. Birkholz Birkholz, Peter; Wilbrandt, Alexander, M.Sc) Research area: Capacitive Sensing of Articulatory Data: A sensor unit consisting of capacitive sensors shall be integrated as a new hardware backend into the data acquisition software of the research group. After successful integration the student will dive deep into signal analysis to be able to evaluate the usefulness of capacitive sensing in the field of articulatory research. - Institute for Semiconductors and Microsystems
Chair of Microsystems (Prof. Richter, Andreas; Prof. Marschner, Uwe)
Computer Science
- Institute of Applied Computer Science
- Chair of Networked Systems Modeling (Prof. Sommer, Christoph)
- Institute of Artificial Intelligence
- Chair of Scientific Computing for Systems Biology (Prof. Sbalzarini, Ivo Fabian)
- Institute of Software and Multimedia Technology
- Junior Professorship in Immersive Media (Prof. McGinity, Matthew)
- Institute of Computer Engineering
- Chair of Adaptive Dynamic Systems (Prof. Göhringer, Diana)
- Chair for Processor Design (Prof. Kumar, Akash)
Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Institute for Solid Mechanics
- Chair of Computational and Experimental Solid Mechanics (Prof. Kästner, Markus)
- Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (Winkler, Anja)
- Institute for Aerospace Engineering
- Chair of Space Systems (Dr. Bach, Christian)
- Institute of Mechatronic Engineering
- Chair of Machine Tools development and Adaptive Controls (Prof. Ihlenfeldt, Steffen, Dr. Penter, Lars)
- Endowed Chair for Construction Machines (Dr. Breitenbach, Thomas)
- Institute of Natural Materials Technology
- Chair of Food Engineering (PD Dr. Jaros, Doris)
- Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology
- Chair of Energy Process Engineering (Prof. Unz, Simon)
- Institute for Materials and Science
- Chair of Material Science and Nanotechnology (Prof. Cuniberti, Gianaurelio)
Architecture
- Institute of Public Buildings and Design
- Chair of Social and Health Care Buildings and Design (Prof. Marquardt, Gesine)
Civil Engineering
- Institute of Construction Management (Prof. Otto, Jens)
- Institute of Construction Materials (Prof. Mechtcherine, Viktor)
- Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Technical Hydromechanics (Prof. Stamm, Jürgen)
Environmental Sciences
- Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy (Prof. Dornack, Christina)
- Institute of Forest Growth and Computer Sciences
- Professorship Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis (Prof. Berger, Uta)
Research area: agent-based modelling
- Professorship Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis (Prof. Berger, Uta)
- Institute of Geography
- Professur für modellbasierte Landschaftsökologie / Chair of Computational Landscape Ecology (Prof. Cord, Anna)
- Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Junior Professorship in Environmental Remote Sensing (Prof. Forkel, Matthias)
Transportation and Traffic Science
- Dresden Institute of Automobile Engineering
- Chair of Combustion Engineering and Drive Technology (Prof. Atzler, Frank)
- Institute of Transport Planning and Road Traffic
- Chair of Integrated Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering (Prof. Gerike, Regine)
- Institute of Traffic Telematics
- Chair of Transport Systems and Information Technology (Prof. Michler, Oliver)
- Chair of Traffic Control and Process Automation (Dr. Jaekel, Birgit)
- Institute of Transport and Economics
- Chair of Big Data Analytics in Transportation (Prof. Kerschke, Pascal)
- Research Group Logistics and Transportation Engineering (Dr. Preis, Henning)
Business and Economics
- Economics
- Chair of Economics, esp. Public Economics (Prof. Thum, Marcel)
Research areas: International public goods, Political economy and societal change, International coordination of economic policies - Chair of Economics, esp. International Economics (Prof. Leßmann, Christian)
Research areas: Development economics, Growth and distribution, Regional and international cooperations, Administrative reforms - Chair of Economics, esp. Economic Policy and Economic Research (Prof. Kemnitz, Alexander)
Research areas: Family Economics, Education Economics, Illegal Migration
- Chair of Economics, esp. Public Economics (Prof. Thum, Marcel)
- Business Administration
- Chair of Business Administration, esp. Energy Economics (Prof. Möst, Dominik)
Research areas: Electricity markets, system analyses and integration of renewable energies into the overall system; Power grids, analysis and evaluation of infrastructures; Gas market, new gases and international commodity markets; Regulatory framework and business models; Success factors of renewable energies in emerging - Chair of Business Administration, esp. Organization (Prof. Blagoev, Blagoy)
Research areas: Organizational temporality, Change and persistence in organizations, Sustainable organizing, New forms of working and organizing - Chair of Business Administration, esp. Sustainability Management and Environmental Accounting (Faculty of Business and Economics) and Chair of Business Administration, esp. Environmental Management (IHI Zittau) (Prof. Sassen, Remmer)
Research areas: Corporate Biodiversity Management, Management and Assessment of Sustainability at Universities
- Chair of Business Administration, esp. Energy Economics (Prof. Möst, Dominik)
- Business Information Systems
- Chair of Business Information Systems, esp. Business Engineering (Prof. Wiener, Martin)
Research areas: IS project control, Technology-mediated control ("algorithmic control"), Gig/Sharing economy platforms, Data-driven business models, (Digital) business engineering
- Chair of Business Information Systems, esp. Business Engineering (Prof. Wiener, Martin)
Psychology
- Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Chair of Behavioural Psychotherapy (Prof. Hoyer, Jürgen)
Education
- Institute of Vocational Education and Vocational Didactics
- Junior Professorship in Organisational Development in Education (Prof. Kondratjuk, Maria)
Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies
- Institute of English and American Studies
- Chair of American Studies with a Focus on Diversity Studies (Prof. Junker, Carsten)
- Chair of English Linguistics (Prof. Lange, Claudia)
- Chair of North American Cultural Studies (Prof. Georgi-Findlay, Brigitte)
- Chair for North American Literature with a Focus on Future Studies (Prof. Ingwersen, Moritz)
- Institute of German Studies
- Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature and Culture (Prof. Knaebele, Susanne)
- Institute of Slavic Studies
- Chair of Linguistics and History of Slavic Languages (Prof. Kuße, Holger)
Medicine
- Institute of Medical Biology and Hygiene, Institute of Virology (Prof. Dalpke, Alexander)
- Paul Langerhans Institute (Prof. Solimena, Michele)
Centers of TU Dresden
- Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC)
- Taubenberger Group (Dr. Taubenberger, Anna)
- International Center for Computational Logic (ICCL) (Prof. Kroetzsch, Markus)
- Center for Regenerative Therapies (CRTD)
- Bergmann Group (PD Dr. Bergmann, Olaf)
- Brand Group (Prof. Brand, Michael)
Research area: Molecular neurobiological studies of vertebrate brain and retina regeneration
- Center for Tactile Internet (CeTI) (Prof. Fitzek, Frank/Dr. Radeke, Rico)
- Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks (Prof. Fitzek, Frank/Dr. Radeke, Rico)
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed)
- Chair for Biological Algorithms (Prof. Friedrich, Benjamin)
- Mesoscopic 3D Systems (Dr. Kirchner, Robert)
DRESDEN-concept-Partners
- Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (Prof. Wolfram, Mark)
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Materials
- Thermo-controlled Reactions (Dr. Gedan-Smolka, Michaela)
Research areas: PDF 1, PDF 2, PDF 3, PDF 4
- Thermo-controlled Reactions (Dr. Gedan-Smolka, Michaela)
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology anf Genetics
- Ivo Sbalzarini Group (Prof. Sbalzarini, Ivo Fabian)
- Dye/Eaton Group (Dr. Dye, Natalie)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
- Research on Cellular Neurobiology (Prof. Falkenburger, Björn)
If you do not find appropriate research projects here, please use our faculty structure. We may be able to create new spots in other departments as well.
- Click on faculties & units on the top left corner
- Choose the school
- Select a faculty of your interest
- Click on the faculty and then institutes and chairs on the top main bar
- Scroll through the list and find your program of choice!
If you are a TU Dresden or DRESDEN-concept member and would like to be involved in the REP, please send us a request. We would love to add your department to our list.