18.02.2022

TU Ilmenau initiates concrete projects with Swedish technology delegation

On February 17, a delegation of southern Swedish companies and technology networks visited the Technische Universität Ilmenau and the Thüringer Innovationszentrum Mobilität located here. During the visit, concrete ideas for new cooperations in the future fields of energy and mobility already emerged. The visit of the South Swedish delegation to the TU Ilmenau was part of a two-day visit to Thuringia organized by the Thuringian State Development Corporation, during which both sides explored options for cooperation.

Beim EasyMile, einem autonom fahrenden Kleinbus mit Elektroantrieb, könnte Technologie der TU Ilmenau mit schwedischem Know-how zusammengeführt werdenEasyMile 2021
Beim EasyMile, einem autonom fahrenden Kleinbus mit Elektroantrieb, könnte Technologie der TU Ilmenau mit schwedischem Know-how zusammengeführt werden

A Thuringian-Swedish cooperation could be established in the energy and mobility sectors. The Swedish delegation is interested in the competences of the TU Ilmenau in the fields of energy storage and energy distribution systems. Yesterday's talks focused specifically on the drastic reduction of battery charging times through the use of nanomaterials. The university's research work on intelligent energy distribution in the age of renewable energies is also likely to lead to a concrete bilateral research project.

In the future field of mobility, new concepts of the TU Ilmenau and the Thüringer Innovationszentrum Mobilität in the areas of vehicle technology and power electronics met with great interest among the Swedish guests. For example, the internationally renowned science center may draw on Swedish know-how for its campus bus project. When the self-driving, electrically powered minibuses will shuttle between Ilmenau train station and TU Ilmenau, they would draw power for their propulsion from an electrical supply system integrated into the road. The technology developed by a Swedish startup makes much smaller batteries possible in the EasyMile EZ10, helping to save volume, weight and energy costs.

Prof. Jens Müller, Vizepräsident für Internationale Beziehungen und Transfer der TU IlmenauTU Ilmenau/Michael Reichel
Prof. Jens Müller, Vizepräsident für Internationale Beziehungen und Transfer der TU Ilmenau

The program of visits to Thuringia was coordinated by the State Development Corporation of Thuringia and, on the Swedish side, by GreenTech Village from Lund in southern Sweden. The establishment of the Cleantech Scandinavia investor cluster brings together partners in the fields of sustainable innovation, industry and finance at an international level - as a Thuringian delegation did last November on a trip to research institutions and technology companies in the Öresund region. Just over four months later, there was a return visit to Thuringia. On behalf of the TU Ilmenau, Prof. Jens Müller, VVice President for International Affairs and Transfer, was present at both the first visit to Sweden and yesterday's meeting in Ilmenau: "The contacts we have made are extremely promising and we want to maintain the pace we have set since we first got to know each other until the initiation of the first projects yesterday. Some of the participants in our visiting programs may even meet again in four to five weeks, back in Ilmenau."

Contact

Prof. Jens Müller

Vice President for International Affairs and Transfer
+49 3677 69-5020
vpi@tu-ilmenau.de

 

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