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Leading the nation in research
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Robot eye checks quality
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A development project at the Giessen -Friedberg University of Applied Sciences is focusing on a quality control method for the automotive industry. A team from the Department of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Computer Science has created a system for automatically checking the fit of assembled body parts.
New building on Gutfleischstrasse
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For a total of 7.8 million euros, the Applied Biosciences ( Department of Hospital and Medical Technology, Environmental and Biotechnology) will receive new laboratories and offices in Giessen 's Gutfleischstrasse.
Award-winning concepts for hospital operations
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Andreas Heß has received the inaugural Innovation Prize from the Society for the Promotion of the Hospital Technology Management (KTM) degree program. The engineer, who studied KTM at the Giessen -Friedberg University of Applied Sciences, was awarded the €2,000 prize for his diploma thesis. In it, he examined the allocation of building operating costs in the calculation of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using a Hessian university hospital as a case study. Thorsten Tavernier received the second prize for his work on "Risk Management – Hazard Assessment in Hospitals.".
An attractive future for a barracks
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A hands-on approach is a tradition at the Department of Civil Engineering at the Giessen -Friedberg University of Applied Sciences. For example, the Hugo von Ritgen House in Giessen southern district was transformed into an attractive study center largely through the self-help efforts of faculty and students. Now, another "self-help project" can be admired in the courtyard of this Department building. Architecture and civil engineering students are enthusiastically working to renovate an old barracks for a new purpose.
Manufacturing technology specialist
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Prof. Dr. Markus Schneider has taken up his post at the Giessen -Friedberg University of Applied Sciences. His areas of expertise at the Friedberg Department Business Administration and Engineering are manufacturing technology and machine tools.
Following in the footsteps of Marie Curie
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An excursion led Prof. Dr. Joachim Breckow and Hans Hingmann, along with students from the Institute of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, to Jáchymov in the Czech Republic. On the way there, the scientists from Giessen visited a radiometry seminar at the University of Regensburg. Breckow gave a lecture on the effects of radiation from radioactive substances at low doses.
125 new parking spaces
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The Giessen -Friedberg University of Applied Sciences has opened a parking garage on Giessen 's Ringallee, providing 125 new parking spaces. The site previously served as a parking lot. The capacity was increased by the construction of a second level, accessible via a ramp and, for pedestrians, via five sets of steps.
Target agreement between the state and the university of applied sciences
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The state of Hesse has now concluded target agreements for the years 2006–2010 with all state universities in Hesse. For the Giessen -Friedberg University of Applied Sciences, President Prof. Dr. Günther Grabatin signed the agreement in Wiesbaden. It specifies the details of the Higher Education Pact between the state government and the universities, in which the partners agreed to continue the joint structural and development planning that began in 2002. The Giessen -Friedberg University of Applied Sciences was the last Hessian university to approve the Higher Education Pact in May of this year.
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