science & research

“Researcher hike”: From the university to Gumpertsreuth

The daily teaching and research routine does not always allow to think about the "overall situation" and the general conditions at the university. For this reason, Vice President Valentin Plenk, who is responsible for research at Hof University of Applied Sciences, invited the research professors to a short hiking trip. The idea was to ask where the researchers needed support from the administration in their daily work and which processes they felt still needed to be changed [more]

published: 15.07.2022

ADerN project: local heating network aims to remove obstacles to expansion

Following the kick-off in March of this year, the ADerN network now invited participants to its second meeting at the Einstein1 start-up center. The aim of the ADerN project is to increase the acceptance of regenerative local heating networks among the population, to network players in the Bavarian local heating industry and thus to strengthen the industry in the Free State. [more]

published: 06.07.2022

Virus- and bacteria-free surfaces – an interview with Jessica Wittmann on the “KH Bett” research project

Since 2020, Jessica Wittmann has been researching an unusual idea: The fisheries waste chitosan is to be used to arm surfaces against viruses and bacteria and thus inhibit the spread of pathogens. So will we already be lying in such a coated bed during a future hospital stay or will we soon be riding in a bus whose seats are practically free of viruses and bacteria? [more]

published: 15.06.2022

Partnership for more sustainability in Bangladesh’s textile industry

In the context of sustainable development, the textile industry in Bangladesh is currently placing greater emphasis on compliance with social and environmental sustainability standards. To this end, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is implementing the project "Higher Education and Leadership Development for Sustainable Textiles in Bangladesh (HELD)" on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) [more]

published: 30.05.2022

New Aquaponics facility: At the Hof Zoo, you can now live and breathe sustainability

The Zoological Society of Hochfranken and the Institute for Water and Energy Management (iwe) at Hof University of Applied Sciences have launched the environmental education project "Aquaponics at the Zoo - Living Sustainability". It was possible to expand the existing aquarium of the Savannah House into an aquaponics facility at the Hof Zoo [more]

published: 25.05.2022

Hypertext project with Kronach law firm enters second round

The JuraLink project started in July 2021 in cooperation between the Kronach law firm Wittmann and the Visual Analytics research group of the Institute for Information Systems (iisys). After the successful completion of the first project phase, the partners extend the cooperation. JuraLink II started in January 2022. [more]

published: 23.05.2022