Plastic in soil, water & air - causes, effects & solutions
Around four kilograms of plastics per capita end up in the environment in Germany every year - with some serious consequences for nature, people and water. How can we reduce this pollution? This was the central question of the S³Rem innovation network. [more]
#kickstart2024: With a financial boost towards your start-up
With KICKSTART, Hof University of Applied Sciences has launched a funding programme that starts at a very early stage of a potential start-up - with the ideas or prototype development. The KICKSTART teams have six months to develop their idea into an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) or prototype. We present: Development of a modular mobile station for the identification of [...]
Textile floating islands: students develop innovation for the city of the future
Floating islands in the centre of the campus? What looks like an art project at first glance is actually an innovative contribution to sustainable urban development. As part of the "AquaTex" project, students at Hof University of Applied Sciences have developed two planted floating islands that can purify water using special textiles. [more]
Students develop sustainable aid for development projects in Africa
How can it be ensured that water and energy systems in developing regions continue to function in the long term and enable the local population to lead a better life in the long term? This question was at the centre of the HIT-A project... [more]
Ukrainian-German cooperation: INWA develops sustainable water technologies
At the end of June, Dr Harvey Harbach, research group leader at the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa), welcomed Ukrainian researchers to the university as part of the project "Integration of the 'sponge city' concept to develop a model for the sustainable restoration and management of water resources in areas of Ukraine affected by military impacts (IKoMoWa)". The aim was to jointly [...]
Development company honours long-standing trailblazers
As part of the general meeting of the Society of Friends and Supporters of Hof University of Applied Sciences, the focus this time was on special personalities in addition to information on the development of the university: four deserving members of the Society of Friends and Supporters, Dr Dorothee Strunz, Dr Christian Heinrich Sandler, Ute Coenen and Jürgen Handke, were honoured for their many years of commitment. [...]
Doctoral thesis at Hof University of Applied Sciences soon possible: Participation in doctoral centre opens up new career paths
It is a scientific milestone for Hof University of Applied Sciences: from 2026, it is now expected that students will be able to complete their own doctoral theses in some research fields at the educational institution, which was founded in 1994, and obtain the corresponding academic degree. The background to this new right to award doctorates is the university's now confirmed participation in the REDIG (Resource Efficiency and Digitalisation) doctoral centre at OTH Amberg-Weiden and the [...]
Ukrainian-German cooperation for sustainable water technologies
As part of the project "German-Ukrainian strategy for phosphorus reduction in the municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent (DeUS-Phor)", three Ukrainian researchers visited the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems in May. During the visit to Germany, the participants agreed to draw up a project proposal for an exchange programme for internships and master's courses and to submit a joint application to Horizon Europe or Eureka next year [...].
With the city of Hof: research project for climate-resilient development area launched
The city of Hof is launching a pioneering research project with the Institute for Sustainable Water and Waste Management (INWA), among others. The aim is to develop the basis for a water- and climate-resilient new development area in Hof. [more]
Young, committed, successful: Talisa Salik impresses at "Jugend forscht"
The 18-year-old from Kulmbach had very special support from Dr Harvey Harbach from Hof University of Applied Sciences. [more]
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