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HV-com²
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Lightning Research in the Alpine Region

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7th Symposium "Insulation Systems in High Voltage Technology"
3rd Symposium "Emissions During Electricity Transmission"
RTLRA
Lightning Research 2025
How do lightning discharges and thunderstorms occur?
2nd Symposium "Emissions During Electricity Transmission"
OpenLab Night 2019
Book launch: Tesla Nikola(us) und die Technik in Graz
Research Project VOLTAIR
A Day with the Lightning Researcher
Lightning Observation in the Alps
On the tracks of the Thunderstorm
DC on all (Voltage) Levels
High-Powered Research
Renovation and the new Laboratory "AC Halle"
Awards
Best Student Paper Award - Bernhard Schober
Master Thesis Award by the Association of Austrian Electricity Companies - Patrik Ratheiser

Study Award of the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation - Patrik Ratheiser
PhD Thesis Award by the Association of Austrian Electricity Companies - Lukas Schwalt

Best Paper Award - Bernhard Schober and Uwe Schichler
Best Student Paper - Oliver Pischler

CMD Prize 2018 - Uwe Schichler
Young Scientist Award - Lukas Schwalt

Distinguished Member Award - Stephan Pack
Best Student Paper - Alexander Pirker

Excellent Student Paper - Alexander Pirker
Research and Innovation - Bernhard Tscharre

Young Author Award - Alexander Pirker
Inventor of Graz University of Technology

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Public High Voltage Experiments
Public High Voltage Experiments

Day of Lightning Protection 2018
Long Night of Research

Participation of Prof. Schichler at a ceremony in Darmstadt
Participation at Siemens CKI-Konferenz 2017

Symposium „Insulation Systems in High Voltage Technology“
Symposium "Emissions during electricity transport"

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Lightning Research – Lightning in the Austrian Alps

Publication in e&i Heft 3/2017 Science News (Paper only in German available)

Source: Published in e&i, issue 3 (2017), p. a26. Vienna, Springer-Verlag

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Project Management

Ao.Univ.-Prof.Dr. Stepahn Pack

Inffeldgasse 18, Room HSEG022
8010 Graz

Phone: +43 316 873 7416
Mail: packnoSpam@tugraz.at