Overview: Fields of Expertise

The mathematics of the human body

Biomechanical engineer Justyna Niestrawska investigates the mechanical behaviour of the aorta at TU Graz and represents it using mathematical formulas. And wins the German Aorta Prize while doing so.
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Not At All Discrete

It’s not in the name: with their excellence initiative in discrete mathematics, TU Graz, the Uni Graz and the University of Leoben are causing people to notice – because they’re not discrete at all.
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Improved “energy harvest” in solar cells

Oliver Hofmann, solid-state physicist at TU Graz, is working on the simulation and prediction of material properties. All this to optimise solar cells. He gets help from a supercomputer in the USA.
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Environmental sensor systems: a deep breath for science

Alexander Bergmann and his team at TU Graz’s Institute of Electronic Sensor Systems have made it their aim to improve our quality of air and life by means of sophisticated sensor systems.
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An International PhD via Thinface

In the last four years, 14 young scientists worked in the field of advanced materials across Europe in the training network Thinface and are now completing their cross-border doctoral degrees.
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TU Graz participating in new IoT lead project

In the IoT4CPS lead project, Austrian high-tech industry along with research institutes and universities to develop new security concepts in the Internet of Things.
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VerticalFarming: Lettuce from the skyscraper next door

Vertical farms are greenhouses – only the cultivated areas are not laid out next, but rather stacked up on top of each other. A Graz-Viennese concept combines structure with urban architecture.
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Maria Cecilia Poletti, researcher, TU Graz. Photo source: Lunghammer, TU Graz — Maria Cecilia Poletti, researcher

The Fields of Expertise provide a platform for networking and multidisciplinary scientific research. In this unique space I meet passionate scientists from different institutes and faculties who share their knowledge, discuss ideas and methodologies, and create innovative technological solutions. It is fascinating to see what is possible. The total is greater than the sum of its parts!