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GSC 1070:  Darmstadt Graduate School of Energy Science and Engineering

Subject Area Fluid Mechanics, Technical Thermodynamics and Thermal Energy Engineering
Process Engineering, Technical Chemistry
Term from 2012 to 2019
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 194657927
 
Final Report Year 2020

Final Report Abstract

The mission of the Darmstadt Graduate School of Excellence Energy Science and Engineering is to educate tomorrow’s leading energy engineers and scientists in the related field of expertise covering a large number of different disciplines, which are needed to identify and master the most demanding scientific, engineering, economic and social challenges in an interdisciplinary approach. The main challenge for our society is a continuous transition from the carbon-based, non-renewable primary energy sources of today to renewable and environmentally friendly energy resources of tomorrow. The strategies to meet this challenge are to improve conventional energy technologies and progressively enhance their efficiency, to meet the more stringent demands on pollutant emissions, and to simultaneously develop innovative, advanced renewable energy technologies, which must be brought to a competitive technological readiness level to provide safe, reliable and cost-effective solutions. The Graduate School of Excellence Energy Science and Engineering unites the comprehensive expertise on energy research in different departments at TU Darmstadt, and offers a programme of interdisciplinary education and research for students and young scientists. Scientists working in the fields of Engineering as well as Natural and Social Sciences collaborate on a wide range of research topics from fundamental understanding of phenomena to the development of technological solutions, design of technological systems, as well as the integration into social, economic and environmental frameworks. The educational programme consists of a master’s course as a preparation phase and a PhD research phase, both involving a novel interdisciplinary curriculum. The standard entry requirement for the Graduate School is the Bachelor’s Degree; but students with a master’s degree are also accepted. The central innovative element of the Graduate School is to organise both education and research in Multidisciplinary PhD Research Teams. Key elements of this training programme are an early involvement of students in research projects, training in transferable skills, and a comprehensive mentoring and supervision concept. Four research platforms - (I) formation and use of designer fuels, (II) building integration and energy self-sustaining urban settlements, (III) smart energy networks and (IV) flexible energy converters with low CO2 emissions - were established within the Graduated School as the main interdisciplinary research areas. Institutionalised international research and industry exchange programmes are additional interactive elements. Close collaboration between academia, industry, government and the public is an integral part of the Graduate School to address the complex technological, economical, legal and social implications of a future sustainable energy economy.

Link to the final report

https://dx.doi.org/10.2314/GBV:169666425X

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