science & research

Hof University on the way to energy independence

Hof University of Applied Sciences would like to become independent of external energy in the future. To achieve this goal, the project "Energy self-sufficient Hof University" has now been launched. By the end of the year, Oliver Stark and his team at the iwe want to gain the necessary insights to achieve the big goal. [more]

published: 09.03.2023

“In the fast lane at 300km/h” – Dr. Gradel accompanies delegation trip to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

Bavaria is intensifying its economic relations with the Arabian Peninsula. A 30-strong delegation from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs from the fields of energy and hydrogen, environmental technology and medical technology traveled to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for this purpose - with them: Dr. Andy Gradel from the Institute for Water and Energy Management at Hof University of Applied Sciences. [more]

published: 28.02.2023

“Digital Lotse Wasser” offers digital solutions for water management

With the new online platform "Digital Lotse Wasser," Hof University of Applied Sciences aims to record and publicize modern digitization solutions for the German-speaking water industry. According to the researchers, only around 10 percent of the available digital aids are currently being used in the utility industry. [more]

published: 15.02.2023

Project launch: Efficient operation of buildings using different renewable energies

While the new building of the Institute for Water and Energy Management (iwe) at Hof University of Applied Sciences is still under construction, the emerging building is already becoming the subject of innovative research. In the OUR-E project that has now been launched, researchers and company representatives are initially analyzing the centerpiece of the new institute building, the central large-scale heat storage system. [more]

published: 07.02.2023

Innovative Women: “Making Tomorrow’s World Better”

In a video portrait in the "Innovative Women" series, researcher Jessica Wittmann from the Institute of Materials Science explains how surface coatings are developed from natural and sustainable raw materials such as cinnamon or crab shells to keep germ contamination as low as possible and where they are used. [more]

published: 27.01.2023

Digital support for cluster headache – university involved in development

The DMKG Cluster app has recently become available in the app stores. It was developed by the German Migraine and Headache Society (DMKG) in collaboration with the Institute for Information Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iisys) and smartlytic GmbH specifically for sufferers of cluster headache. [more]

published: 24.01.2023

Green hydrogen: New research focus at Hof University of Applied Sciences

With funding from the Hightech Agenda Bayern, Professors Tobias Plessing, Tobias Schnabel and Jörg Krumreich and Deputy Institute Director Andy Gradel are currently closing a gap in the research landscape on hydrogen technologies for the future at Hof University of Applied Sciences. Their research focus is on the production of green hydrogen. [more]

published: 07.12.2022

More attention for bioplastics – The K trade fair makes it possible!

For three years it did not take place due to corona, but now the Institute for Applied Biopolymer Research of Hof University of Applied Sciences (ibp) was finally able to participate as an exhibitor at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf. With more than 3000 exhibitors, it is one of the leading trade fairs in the field of plastics and rubber industry [more]

published: 09.11.2022

Applied research at iisys: Hofer speech recognition software is used worldwide

As part of the project "Digital Transformation of Medium-Sized Businesses with Artificial Intelligence (DAMMIT)", members of the System Integration research group at iisys led by Prof. Dr. René Peinl are also conducting research on the topics of speech recognition and speech synthesis. The data set for speech synthesis developed by the research group is now being used by Nvidia, one of the five most important players worldwide in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). [more]

published: 08.11.2022

Bavarian space travel gains momentum – ifm and 2x “Astro-Alex” are part of it!

Last week the Institute of Materials Science (ifm) participated in two important space events in Bavaria: Firstly, at the international trade fair Airtec in Munich, which focused in particular on the future direction in aerospace. The second was the Bavarian Space Summit in Weßling/Oberpfaffenhofen, where the Bavarian space community met [more]

published: 03.11.2022