After a four-year break due to corona, Hof University of Applied Sciences is once again inviting the general public to the "Night of the Sciences" at the Hof campus on June 23. A diverse program of research, teaching, music and culinary delights will be on offer. Visitors can not only get to know the facilities, but also try out many future trends for themselves. [more]
published: 22.05.2023
As one of about 1,200 exhibitors, the Institute of Materials Science at Hof University of Applied Sciences (ifm) went to the JEC World 2023 trade fair in Paris for the first time at the end of April. The aim was to make itself known further on an international level - around 50 countries took part - and to keep an eye out for new project partners. [more]
published: 05.05.2023
For some it is simply prostitution, for some just a special form of relationship between old and young: in the Economic and Organizational Sociology course, the relationships between older, mostly wealthy men and their favored partners are now also the subject of research. [more]
published: 15.04.2023
The DIGITAL REGIONS project partners, who had met only once during the project period from 2019 to 2023 due to the pandemic, met in Ljubljana to publish the final results of the project. [more]
published: 12.04.2023
The strong growth in the research area leads to a significant change at Hof University of Applied Sciences: The former Institute for Water and Energy Management at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iwe) will in future be divided into two institutes with future-relevant focal points. [more]
published: 30.03.2023
The digitization of public administration is one of the state's major mammoth projects on the road to greater citizen-friendliness. In order to advance this, the Competence Center for Digital Administration (KDV) was established 2 years ago at Hof University of Applied Sciences. In the presence of Judith Gerlach, the Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs, the first results have now been presented. [more]
published: 27.03.2023
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
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
Dr. Harvey Harbach's research on sustainable food production at Hof University of Applied Sciences is one of the winning projects in the university competition for the "Year of Science 2023 - Our Universe". [more]
published: 22.02.2023
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
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
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
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
At the end of last year, Prof. Dr. Florian Adamsky from the Institute of Information Systems (iisys) was awarded the contract for a research project involving the protection of RAM in laptops and PCs. [more]
published: 20.01.2023
In the summer of 2021, water ran into the basement of the A building after heavy rain. But what had happened? Where did all the water come from? And what role did the ponds on the university campus play? In the aftermath, some things become clearer. [more]
published: 16.01.2023
In order to save greenhouse gases and natural gas, the increased use of electricity is necessary. A remarkable master's thesis from the "Sustainable Textiles" course is currently looking at how this problem can be solved, especially in the energy-intensive textile industry. [more]
published: 14.12.2022
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
The commercial service, operated by Berlin-based Researchgate GmbH, was launched in May 2008 and, according to its own figures, had attracted around 20 million members worldwide by November 22. [more]
published: 29.11.2022