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‘I’m a travelling salesman for visual computing’

Dieter W. Fellner is a pioneer in the field of computer graphics - between Graz and Darmstadt he sees himself as a ‘travelling salesman for visual computing’. He just received an award for his merits.

Run of the mill would be boring

What structural durability and bouldering have in common and how mechatronics engineer Peter Brunnhofer came to be head of the Fatigue Testing Laboratory at TU Graz is revealed in the interview.

A lightweight steel structure

TU Graz students score points with lightness of structural engineering: The bridge with which the team qualified for the ‘Nordic Steel Bridge Competition’ weighs only 50 kilograms and is two metres high.

Fighting bugs: students hacking for IT security

In global comparison, “LosFuzzys” are among the 40 best hacker competition teams. The Graz team is always on the right side of the force and does not shy away from Meltdown or Spectre.

A traineeship between Graz and Milano

Maria Rebucci and Laura Rebosio are students at Politecnico di Milano in Italy. They did their compulsory internship at TU Graz – most of all because of its excellent know-how in timber construction.

“If I want to be cool, I mention Gyro Gearloose”

Dieter Schmalstieg is the most successful inventor at TU Graz. In the interview he reveals how he imagines the world to be in 100 years and how inventions can contribute to it.

Every day an adventure

Legal amendments, cooperation, questions from students. For Anna Maria Moisi, head of the Registration Office at TU Graz, every day was unpredictable. Now she’s passing it on to Christian Dobnik.

Living laboratory equipment

Erich Leitner, Head of the Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, doubles as a measuring instrument: his senses are trained to evaluate food products objectively by their smell.