Funded teaching-learning projects

The project will allow the on-site internship in measurement and automation technology to be conducted as home experiments. These experiments are based on Arduino data acquisition devices, which are now the standard for flexible measurement and control setups in scientific and technical environments. Therefore, first students learn the basics of how to use a modern data logging system, which they can subsequently use for various measurement tasks in major course work, their Diplom or Bachelor's thesis, and also beyond that in a possible doctorate or in everyday engineering work.
This system is extended by a number of different sensors and actuators, which allow to realize various measuring tasks required for the internship. Experiments such as temperature measurement, the acquisition of the dynamics of measurement processes and the control of complex motion processes are conducted, transferring the subject matter of measurement and automation technology to the real world.

Contact: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Stefan Odenbach
Institution: Chair of Magnetofluid­dynamics, Measurement and Automation Technology
FOSTER funding line: ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD

The funded anthology contains the revised contributions of the 5^th Dresden Early-Career Researchers Colloquium on Gender Studies, which took place at TU Dresden on December 11, 2019, that was the continuation of the series of now four predecessor projects. The aim of the early-career colloquia and conference proceedings as well as the intense promotion of early-career researchers is to enable outstanding research and assist students in obtaining their first serious publications, to provide visibility and sustainability for gender research at TU Dresden, to initiate networking, and to facilitate excellent inter-sectional gender research. The anthology features nine contributions by promising researchers from Dresden (two of them award-winning) as well as two contributions by students from Leipzig University (networking).

The editorial work was supported by equal opportunity funds; FOSTER financed the printing costs at the renowned publishing house Leipziger Universitätsverlag.

Contact: Prof. Dr. phil habil. Stefan Horlacher
Institution: Chair of English Literatures
FOSTER funding line: STUDENTRESEARCH@TUD

Website GenderConceptGroup

With a share of over 50 %, the construction sector is by far the largest waste producer in the world. In addition to the pollution caused by the waste generated, the production and processing of new building materials is a major driver of global climate change due to immense CO2 emissions. The move away from the linear manufacturing process (production-use-disposal) towards circular material cycles is therefore a declared goal for future-proof and sustainable building (UN Sustainable Development Goals 2025). In the summer school, possibilities of integrating such material cycles into architectural planning and building processes are to be analyzed, conceived, tested and evaluated using the case study of “Urban Mining”. The focus is on the communication and application of innovative research processes for the students with a view to further independent processing. In the long term, the summer school should have a permanent place in the extracurricular educational offer of the TU Dresden and thus represents the start of an educational series. The main advantage of the 14-day intensive program is an extraordinarily deep and motivated examination of the topic by the participants, as well as the extensive accompanying Understanding of the methods and principles used. The content-related, methodological and didactic results of the Summer School are published as a continuous publication and are constantly being further developed.

The requested funds are used to finance personnel and fee costs as well as material resources.

Contact: Julia Krafft, Lucas Klinkenbusch
Institution: Chair of Foundations of Architectural Design, Faculty of Architecture
FOSTER Funding Line: ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD

With the applied project, two interlinked research seminars for student teachers will be implemented in winter semester 2021/22 and summer semester 2022 and supported by a WHK. The aim is to provide student teachers with a practice- and research-oriented teacher training.

In the seminars, an analysis of the current state of cognitive and social competences as well as contextual conditions of students at the University School Dresden is developed in order to answer students' research questions. At the same time, the surveys and analyses serve as scientific support for the school experiment and also support the school's evaluation mandate as well as the qualification of the WHK and the participating academic staff. The seminars are held in the area of educational science. The seminars are offered in the field of educational science module 6 as well as in the supplementary field for student teachers (GS-OS-GYM). Students can attend the seminars for 1 or 2 semesters and take the examinations for the respective modules. In addition, further research activities are made possible, e.g. for the initiation of the academic state examination thesis or for publication via Qucosa.

The special feature for the students is to participate in a school experiment which tests innovative forms of teaching and learning and to be involved in the scientific transfer process. Research methods are applied in the future field of practice and methods are learned that are essential for their professionalisation.

About the University School

The University School Dresden is a joint project of the Landeshauptstadt Dresden and the Technische Universität. It is a public and free primary and secondary school run by the city, where innovative forms of teaching and learning are tested under scientific supervision. In addition, it is a training school for future teachers and in the future also a further education school for teachers.

University School pictures

Information about the research project at the TU Dresden: https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/unischule
Information about University School Dresden: http://universitaetsschule.org

>> Project of the Call for FOSTER 2021 <<

Contact: Matthias Ritter
Institution: Chair for Education with a Focus on Inclusive Education
FOSTER Funding Line: ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD

In the school experiment "University School Dresden", project work, as a methodical-didactic approach legitimised in educational science, is the pedagogical core on the one hand, and project management is the instrument on which the organisational structures of the school are based on the other (cf. Langner & Koerber 2021).

My dissertation project "Learning in Project on the Basis of Learning Paths in the Subject WTH/S" analyses process flows of projects at the university school with the aim of identifying elements that can be implemented for the mainstream school. In this way, project work is to be made usable as an approach to correspond to individual development paths in cooperative processes (cf. Langner & Koerber 2021). Against this background, the teaching-learning project "Learning and Researching in Project" was developed as an additional support and advisory service for students of the module " Situation-based Project", in which students work on partial research questions in this context along project concepts they have developed for teaching at the Unischule Dresden.

The funding applied for will support and motivate the students' project implementation and enable the offer, which is designed to develop competences in scientific work. In the long term, the project thus contributes to the sustainable development of the content and didactics of teacher training courses, in particular the subject WTH/S.

>> Project of the Call for FOSTER 2021 <<

Contact: Karen Wittig
Institution: Center for Teacher Education and Educational Research (ZLSB)
FOSTER Fundling Line: ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD

Research in the engineering sciences is characterised by the fact that the accuracy and truthfulness of research results must be directly verified with real examples. The research topics in the field of dynamics and mechanism technology, such as the current "Flypulator", "RopeBot" or also "SFB/Transregio 96", among others, require the involved researchers to have solid theoretical expertise and at the same time competence in measurement, control and regulation technology.

Due to the complexity of the field, students need a multimodal teaching opportunity to understand and explore the complex and diverse acoustic and vibration phenomena. This is not possible without extensive scientific and technical support. With the applied for "Engineering Suitcase for Acoustics and Vibration Analysis", students will be introduced to student research step by step. They are given the opportunity to deal with current research in courses or student projects, to actively participate in it and to further develop it in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary manner together with their supervisors.

The technology applied for can find long-term applications in research and teaching, and future students can also benefit from it. Excellent young scientists can thus be discovered, recruited and promoted in good time.

>> Project of the Call for FOSTER 2021 <<

Contact person: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beitelschmidt
Institution: Institute of Solid Mechanics
FOSTER Funding Line: ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD

With a share of over 50 percent, the construction sector is by far the world's largest producer of waste. In addition to the burden of the waste generated, the production and processing of new building materials is a significant driver of global climate change due to immense CO2 emissions. Turning away from the linear manufacturing process (production-use-disposal) towards circular material cycles is therefore a declared goal for a future-oriented and sustainable building (UN Sustainable Development Goals 2025).

In the "ShelterLAB" format, possibilities for integrating such material cycles into architectural planning and construction processes are to be analysed, designed, tested and evaluated using "Urban Mining" as a case study. The focus is on conveying and applying innovative research processes to students with a view to further independent work.

The Shelter Lab takes place once per semester as an extracurricular extension of the range of courses. The main advantage of the intensive workshop is the extraordinarily deep and motivated engagement of the participants with the topic, as well as the accompanying comprehensive understanding of the methods and principles applied. The results of ShelterLAB in terms of content, methods and didactics are published as an ongoing annual publication and are constantly being further developed.

>> Project of the FOSTER Call 2021 <<

Contact: Julia Krafft, Lukas Klinkenbusch
Institution: Faculty of Architecture
FOSTER Funding Line: ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD

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The loss of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes has been progressing for many years, also in Germany. Dr. Hölting tries to counteract this by providing students of geography in this project with species knowledge and practical knowledge on how to deal with innovative methods of biodiversity monitoring. In order to improve the effectiveness and practicability of monitoring systems and measures for the conservation of biodiversity, there is an increased transdisciplinary cooperation with farmers and nature conservation associations.

The aim of this research project is to investigate the occurrence of different species groups (birds, plants, insects, mammals) in landscapes with different land use intensity and structural diversity. This allowed an evaluation of conservation measures for several taxonomic groups in their respective landscape contexts.
The students evaluate the self-collected data with their supervisors. Through the integration into the research project ECO²SCAPE, the students gaine extensive insights into types of communication and cooperation in an inter- and transdisciplinary research project and are able to discuss their results in a joint workshop with the Landschaftspflegeverband Nordwestsachsen e.V..

>> Project of the FOSTER Call 2022 <<

Contact: Dr. Lisanne Hölting
Link to Dr. Höltings Website
Additional Contact Person: Julian Wendler
Link to Mr. Wendlers Website
Partners involved: Landschaftspflegeverband Nordwestsachsen e.V., Biosphärenreservat Oberlausitzer Heide und Teichlandschaft
Institution: Professur für Modellbasierte Landschaftsökologie
FOSTER Funding Line: Enable2Research

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Since the winter semester of 2021/22, TU Dresden students of architecture can take part in the ARCH4HEALTH Student Research Lab. It started on the topic of "Emergency Rooms" and was continued in the summer semester of 2022 on the topic of "Radiotherapy" and further in the winter semester of 2022/23 on "Orientation and Wayfinding Systems”, focusing on school buildings. In the ARCH4HEALTH Student Research Lab, students go through the entire research process while working on their own research projects. The aim of this FOSTER scheme was to make the results of the student research projects visible - on the one hand through the publication of an anthology and on the other hand through a poster session with invited guests.

The value of the scheme is noticeable through the exchange with the practice. The poster session with guests from practice was a valuable experience for the students. They were able to put their own research results into the broader context and received feedback on their research process and results. In addition, the teaching team was able to establish valuable contacts with actors in the healthcare sector in Dresden and Saxony, which could be used in the following semesters. Through these contacts, for example, a visit to a hospital was organized for the students and important opportunities for data collection arose for some students.

FOSTER sponsored the publication and poster session of the ARCH4HEALTH Student Research Lab results.

Contact: Kathrin Büter, Carolina Kolodziej und Anne-Sophie Schoß
Einrichtung: Chair of Social and Health Care Buildings and Design
FOSTER-Förderlinie: Enable2Research & STUDENTRESEARCH@TUD

Within the framework of a one-week exchange with the University of Brest in France, a longer-term dialogue on urban and architectural history research on both "reconstruction cities" was to be initiated, accompanied by conferences and workshops.
Focal points were:
- City identity,
- Dealing with the architectural heritage,
- guiding principles for the design of the built environment.

Guided by scientists, the students had the opportunity to deal with architecture and urban development on site. The project, which will last several years, will ultimately involve a comparative examination of the cities of Brest and Dresden, which were heavily destroyed during the Second World War. The Faculty of Architecture offered a cross-institutional teaching package: a seminar on the history of architecture, a design (urban planning / preservation of historical monuments) and a design-analytical project (e.g. architectural photography). The focus was on the broad spectrum of methods used in architectural research.

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Contact: Hans-Georg Lippert
Institution: Faculty of Architecture, Institute of Architectural History, Architectural Theory and Historic Preservation
FOSTER funding line: ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD
 

The aim of the project is to set up and run an interdisciplinary summer school on the interdisciplinary use of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR).
The Summerschool will be prepared by doctoral students from various departments, who will then be responsible for imparting the knowledge. The target group are students from the fields of medicine, engineering and construction and environment, who bring in core competencies on VR and AR from modules of their advanced studies.
Research projects from all participating areas form the foundation of the competence transfer.
All participants work independently to learn a "common language" that enables them to communicate user requirements for the design of digital working environments. The participants are sensitized to the special features and the interfaces between the specialist areas. As a result, a virtual hospital room is available for further competence acquisition. After the Summerschool, the participants will be able to imitate and carry out interdisciplinary research projects in their future careers.

Further information is available on the Summerschool homepage.

>> Project of the FOSTER Call 2021 <<

Contact: Dr. Doreen Pretze [1], Marie-Christin Willemer [1], Prof. Karsten Menzel [2], Dr. Bernhard Saske [3], Prof. Kristin Paetzold [3]
Institution: [1] Medicine, [2] Construction Informatics [3] Virtual Product Development
FOSTER Funding Line: ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD

Knowledge in medicine is constantly expanding, as are diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities. Doctors should therefore have a positive attitude towards science and lifelong learning, and have the skills to critically assess new scientific findings. The basic scientific training required for this during studies is currently not considered sufficient and a doctorate is not compulsory. 

In response to this, a modular Longitudinal Curriculum for Scientific Competence (LCWiss) is currently being designed at the Faculty of Medicine. The guiding didactic principle is research-based learning. The aim of the proposed project is to implement further measures to improve the scientific education of medical students in the long term:

1. curricular mapping for the further development of LCWiss 
2. integration of aspects of research-based learning into existing courses  
3. development of an offer with a focus on scientific competence for the promotion of student inclination 
4. expansion of the LCWiss OPAL course and creation of self-assessment  modules to support self-organised learning.  

The measures will be implemented together with medical students in order to develop needs-oriented offers. An accompanying evaluation will ensure the sustainable further development of LCWiss. 

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Contact: Dr. rer. nat. Günther, Lydia 
Institution: Faculty of Medicine
FOSTER funding line: Research-oriented teaching-learning activities (FoLLA) | ENABLE2RESEARCH

Biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes has been progressing for many years, also in Germany. Overall, there is a lack of practicable monitoring approaches and systemic knowledge about the effectiveness of conservation measures in the respective landscape context. In order to improve the effectiveness and practicability of monitoring systems and measures for the conservation of biodiversity, there is now increased transdisciplinary cooperation with farmers and nature conservation associations. 

The research work is to be implemented within the framework of a project seminar and several final theses in 2023. The aim of this research project is to investigate the occurrence of different species groups (birds, plants, insects, mammals) in landscapes with different land use intensity and structural diversity. This enables an evaluation of conservation measures for several taxonomic groups in the respective landscape context. 

Students of geography will gain species knowledge and practical knowledge on how to use innovative methods of biodiversity monitoring in this project. They will evaluate the self-collected data with the supervisors; a joint scientific publication is aimed for. Through their involvement in the ECO²SCAPE research project, the students will gain extensive insights into types of communication and cooperation in an inter- and transdisciplinary research project and can discuss their results in a joint workshop with the Landschaftspflegeverband Nordwestsachsen e.V..

More information can be found here and here.

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Contact: Lisanne Hölting, Prof. Dr. Anna Cord
Institution: Chair of Model-Based Landscape Ecology
FOSTER funding line: Research-Oriented Teaching-Learning Activities (FoLLA) | ENABLE2RESEARCHOther

The aim of the project is to set up and run an interdisciplinary summer school on the interdisciplinary use of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR).
The summer school will be prepared by doctoral students from various departments, who will then be responsible for imparting the knowledge. The target group is students from the fields of medicine, engineering sciences and construction and environment, who will contribute core competences in VR and AR from modules in their advanced studies.
Research projects from all participating areas form the foundation of the competence transfer. The Carus Teaching Centre is a partner in the virTUos project with the sub-project HybParc. The Chair of Virtual Product Development is working on medical research projects such as Smaffold or OptiKneBM and the Institute of Construction Informatics is developing cloud-based solutions for Building Information Modelling in the joint project iECO.
All participants work independently to learn a "common language" that enables them to communicate user requirements for the design of digital working environments. The participants are sensitised to the special features and the interfaces between the specialist areas. As a result, a virtual hospital room is available for further competence acquisition. After the Summerschool, the participants will be able to imitate and carry out targeted interdisciplinary research projects in their future careers.

Contact: Dr. Doreen Pretze [1], Marie-Christin Willemer [1], Prof. Karsten Menzel [2], Dr. Bernhard Saske [3], Prof. Kristin Paetzold [3]
Institution: [1] Medicine, [2] Construction Informatics [3] Virtual Product Development
FOSTER funding line: Research-oriented teaching-learning activities (FoLLA) | ENABLE2RESEARCH

The research-oriented teaching and learning project "Lifelong Learning: Meeting the Challenge of Socio-Ecological Transformation" deals with the development of possible strategies in a fundamental socio-ecological transformation. Education is seen as a key to actively shaping processes of change towards a sustainable world from a societal perspective. Along the basic ideas of lifelong learning (LLL) and education for sustainable development (ESD), students will develop concepts in various research and educational formats. The focus is on promoting critical thinking, developing pedagogical professionalism, and expanding action competence. Furthermore, the project aims to promote and expand design competence (de Haan 2008; BMBF 2021) as an essential element of a holistic understanding of ESD. The research focus is on specific educational institutions in Dresden, such as the Technical University, as well as on informal learning places such as museums or clubs.

De Haan, G., et al. (2008). Nachhaltigkeit und Gerechtigkeit. Grundlagen und schulpraktische Konsequenzen. Springer.

Contact: Jun.-Prof. Maria Kondratjuk
Institution: Faculty of Education, Institute of Vocational Education and Vocational Didactics, Junior Professorship in Organisational Development in Education 
FOSTER funding line: ENABLE2RESEARCH

The aim of the project of Mr. Ritter, Ms. Nowak and Ms. Bartels is to establish a research colloquium for student teachers (FKL) on a peer level at the TU Dresden, which supports students during the preparation of scientific state examination theses, especially empirical theses. 

In this way, the quality of empirical theses is to be assured and a practical familiarization with research and interpretation procedures is to be made possible. Last but not least, the FKL should offer students the opportunity to exchange ideas about challenges and thus relieve them emotionally, among other things. The FKL enables students to develop an affinity for research and empirical work and thus contributes to the promotion of young scientists. In addition to a higher quality of final theses for student teachers, this format offers particular advantages for affiliated project projects, in the context of which state examination theses are written. Thus, student research can contribute to the success of research projects.

Contact: Dr. Matthias Ritter, Julia Nowak and Hannah Bartels
Institution: Faculty of Education
FOSTER funding line: Research-orientated teaching | ENABLE2RESEARCH@TUD