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Cell phones put under the microscope - dissecting modern cell phones under the microscope! What parts does it consist of? How do they work? What has changed in recent years?

Prof. Giovanni Del Galdo is head of the Department of Electronic Measurement and Signal Processing and offers courses for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Media Technology majors.

Key data:

Time requirement: 90 minutes

Suitable subjects: physics, technology, science, mathematics

Suitable grade level: 8 to 12

Illustrative examples: Cell phones

Prerequisite: beamer

Almost everyone operates their own WLAN at home. But in many cases it doesn't work properly. Prof. Jörg Robert gives an introduction to the technology and explains problems that can occur. With this, everyone can improve the performance of their WLAN at home.

Prof. Jörg Robert is unfortunately the head of the department for reliable machine-to-machine communication and offers lectures on the topic of wireless communication. He has also been actively involved in the development of WLAN for many years.

Key data:

Time required: 40 - 60 minutes

Suitable subjects: physics, technology

Suitable grade level: 10 to 12

Illustrative examples: Laboratory equipment

Prerequisite: Beamer

Most people know a rainbow, but what is an arc of light? Yet we encounter them every day - or rather every night. Because street lamps still use electric arcs. Modern xenon headlights on cars also use this technology. Prof. Frank Berger presents how such an arc is generated, what it consists of and what it can be used for in exciting experiments directly in the laboratory.

Prof. Frank Berger is head of the Electrical Devices and Systems department and offers courses for the Electrical Engineering and Information Technology degree program.

Key data:

Time required: 60 minutes

Suitable subjects: physics, natural sciences

Suitable grade level: 10 to 12

Visual examples: Laboratory equipment

Prerequisite: Campus visit

It's reminiscent of science fiction - levitating objects, resistance-free electric current flow and ultra-strong magnetic fields. What exactly lies behind these phenomena and how we can use the behavior of these materials to our advantage is explained by Prof. Hannes Töpfer.

Prof. Hannes Töpfer is head of the Department of Theoretical Electrical Engineering and offers courses for the Electrical Engineering and Information Technology program.

Key data:

Time required: 40 - 60 minutes

Suitable subjects: Physics

Suitable grade level: 10 to 12

Examples: small demonstration objects

Prerequisite: none

The development from cordless phones to smartphones was only made possible by a multitude of technical innovations. Today, a modern smartphone not only contains a powerful computer, but also a multitude of sensors that make the cell phone smart. The lecture offers a look inside a smartphone and explains the technologies used to realize it.

Prof. Jens Müller is head of the Department of Electronics Technology and teaches courses for the Materials Science program.

Key data:

Time required: 45 minutes

Suitable subjects: Physics

Suitable grade level: 10 to 12

Visual examples: disassembled cell phones

Prerequisite: beamer/smartboard

An everyday wisdom says that lightning always strikes at the highest point of the environment. But is that really the case and why? Prof. Frank Berger demonstrates this in an impressive experiment in the university's laboratories.

Prof. Frank Berger is head of the Electrical Devices and Systems department and offers courses for the Electrical Engineering and Information Technology degree program.

Key data:

Time required: 60 minutes

Suitable subjects: physics, natural sciences

Suitable grade level: 10 to 12

Visual examples: Laboratory equipment

Prerequisite: Campus visit

The smartphone needs 200 different materials! What comes next? Materials with memory in medicine. Mobility with superconductivity: Will we all soon be floating? What will the energy supply of the future look like? Prof. Schaaf provides answers to these and many other questions. What makes these new materials so interesting can be experienced in exciting experiments.

Prof. Peter Schaaf is head of the Department of Materials in Electrical Engineering and advisor to the Materials Science program.

Key data:

Time requirement: 45 or 90 minutes

Suitable subjects: physics, chemistry, biology, natural sciences, technology

Suitable grade level: 7 to 12

Visual examples: materials and utensils for small demonstrations

Prerequisite: materials for experiments

Today, radars are ubiquitous: they are used in driver assistance systems, airport security, ship navigation and weather forecasting. However, if you look closely, it is truly astonishing that radars are able to reliably detect objects over long distances at all. Why it is nevertheless possible and what this means for the realization of modern radars will be answered in this lecture and made clear with a demonstration.

Jun.-Prof. Thomas Dallmann is Head of the Department of Radio Technologies for Automated and Connected Vehicles and offers courses for the Electrical Engineering and Information Technology program.

Key data:

Time required: 45 minutes

Suitable subjects:Physics, technology, science, mathematics

Suitable grade level: 10 to 12

Visual examples:Utensils for live demonstration (radar module, reflector, tripods)

Prerequisite: Beamer/Smartboard

MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA - the formats in which music is traded are as numerous as the music genres. MP3 co-inventor Prof. Brandenburg dispels myths and explains what really matters. How we will listen to music in the future, what the cinema of tomorrow will sound like and who will be working on it is also a topic.

Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg is a senior professor in the Electronic Media Technology department and offers courses for the Media Technology degree program.

Key data:

Time required: 90 minutes

Suitable subjects: physics, natural sciences, music

suitable grade level: 8 to 12

Visual examples: sound examples

Prerequisite: projector