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Networking and making friends as International in Graz

Having lived in Kosovo her whole life, moving to Austria to study at TU Graz was life changing for Fjolla Hasani. She writes about overcoming the challenges of moving abroad and making friends, e.g.…

How do lightning discharges and thunderstorms occur?

The Austrian Alpine region shows one of the highest lightning activities in Europe. Lukas Schwalt from the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance at Graz University of Technology…

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Are Batteries Safe?

Energy storage systems are becoming increasingly important, powerful and widespread. However, this also means that the demands on their safety and durability are growing.

Using the principle of exclusion to choose your studies

School is history, but what happens next? Camilla Reis kept a cool head and simply excluded what she was not interested in. This is how she came to study Software Engineering and Management at TU…

Summer heat and mobile phone batteries: Tips and info

Battery expert Martin Wilkening from TU Graz knows how much sun mobile phone batteries can tolerate, what exactly happens in the event of a battery fire and how best to keep a mobile phone cool in…

"Programming is like reading a good book"

Naomi Pfaff changed from psychology to computer science studies at TU Graz. How she got into programming, why a fantasy game makes female teenagers learn better and when she learned who Billie Eilish…

Resistance against National Socialism: exhibition by architecture students

Architecture students at Graz University of Technology have designed a travelling exhibition that reconstructs traces of the resistance to the Nazi regime in Styria on the basis of four case studies.…

… Finding your first accommodation in Graz

Veronika Novak, a student at TU Graz, reveals what to keep in mind when housing in Graz for the first time. New students can profit from her advice and learn to navigate the obstacles in finding the…

Contributions to a future energy System based on renowable energy and hydrogen

A modern energy system based on renewable energy like wind and solar power inevitably needs a storage system to provide energy on demand.

Internal combustion Engine - An alternative energy converter for hydrogen

Hydrogen is regarded as the energy carrier of the future.