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Floating Art: How Research Moves Masterpieces

10. September 2025

Object, possibly a work of art, fixed in a mounting system with black clamps and an electronic component with cables in the middle — © TU Wien/Stefan Jakubek

A research team at TU Wien led by Stefan Jakubek has developed an innovative transport solution that protects sensitive objects from vibrations.

Young Author Award for Johanna Bartlechner at IFAC AAC 2025

05. July 2025

Award winners on the podium in Eindhoven, Netherlands — © 11th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control

Johanna Bartlechner, a PhD candidate at the Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics at TU Wien, has been awarded the prestigious Young Author Award at…

3rd Price of the Vehicle Association Anniversary Foundation!

04. July 2025

A group of five people stand in a solemn setting. The congratulator stands in the centre, holding a framed certificate in his hands. — © Schuster - Foto Fischer

Dr. Alexander L. Gratzer was honored by the Austrian Vehicle Industry Association for his dissertation on semi-automated and autonomous driving.

Karl Titze Prize 2024 for Benjamin Fuchs

25. June 2025

Prizewinner stands behind the podium and thanks the audience — © Klaus Ranger

Award for an outstanding achievement in the field of mechanical engineering

Second Place at the Houska Award 2025

11. April 2025

Group photo with award winners and certificate — © Alexander Mülller - www.alexandermüller.at

Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Hametner and Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Stefan Jakubek won second place for the project "Innovative…

Simulation Day 2025 on 29th January

17. January 2025

Attendees listening to presentation during SimDay 2024 — © Florian Toth

Annual Finite Element Simulation Day

Scholarship for Johanna Bartlechner: Innovation in mobility

21. November 2024

Johanna Bartlechner receives the Women's Stipendium — © Foto und Filmwerk

Innovation for the future: VERBUND-Frauenstipendium supports research on fuel cell systems at the Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics

CDG-Award for Christoph Hametner

30. September 2024

Christoph Hametner receives a research award for CDL — © Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft/APA-Fotoservice/Reither

The Christian Doppler Society honours special achievements in application-oriented basic research: One of two prizes goes to the Institute of…

CDG supports dissertation in the field of energy transition at our Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics!

27. August 2024

A hydrogen lorry and a red lorry drive uphill on a winding road

The Christian Doppler Research Association (CDG) is supporting a dissertation in the field of energy transition at the Institute of Mechanics and…

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