A new course at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen is starting. In research and development, THM teams create innovations for industrial practice. The university is expanding its international cooperation network, thereby opening up additional opportunities for students to study abroad. A graduate's thesis receives a prize. A new professor has started work. The THM invites you to public lectures. Here you will find news from teaching, research and university life as a whole.
Fitness bachelor and party mood
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It is important to get through everyday working life active and healthy. The university sport gym at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ) has been contributing to this for a long time. It celebrated its opening 20 years ago in May.
The vision of the fitness studio was and is to be a place of training, meeting, motivation and community. “Back then, it was rather unusual for a university of applied sciences to have its own fitness studio. Today we can proudly say that this has become a reality. It’s a very family-like atmosphere here, mental health is also promoted in addition to physical health,” reports Dagmar Hofmann, head of university sport .
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Meeting of the construction industry
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More than 120 guests from industry, commerce and research accepted the invitation from Prof. Dr. Joaquín Díaz, Dean of the Civil Engineering Department at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ), followed for a colloquium full of specialist lectures. There were perspectives on the future of the industry and the cities.
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Europe, the Basic Law and freedom
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The cornerstone of our democracy and free way of life is turning 75 years old. There is a high risk of slipping into worn-out phrases when remembering what this living document means to us on a daily basis. This is because the Basic Law guarantees your freedoms on a daily basis. 79 years after the end of the Hitler regime and 34 years after the end of the last dictatorship on German soil, very few people give a thought to this basis for the privileges of our democracy.
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Mastering your studies with visual impairments
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Studying is a big challenge for those with visual impairments. Technical subjects in particular are rarely chosen by them. At the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ), visually impaired students have been able to count on the support of the Center for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (BliZ) for 25 years, as Blista students from Marburg have found out. BliZ organized an open day for them.
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Studying via distance learning made easy
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The distance learning center (FSZ) of the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ) is offering information events about its Master degree courses in the summer semester of 2024.
The first will take place on May 25th from 11 a.m. on the Friedberg campus at Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße 10. There, the participants get to know the FSZ team and receive course-specific information. These refer to the three distance learning master degree courses each with 120 ECTS: Business Administration and Engineering (MBA Eng.), Logistics (M.Sc.) and Facility Management (M.Sc.).
Another event will take place via Zoom on July 1st from 7 p.m. It serves as a decision-making aid for taking up distance learning. Prof. Dr. Heinert, one of the two course directors at the FSZ, talks about the Master degree courses and answers questions.
Participation in the events is free and possible without registration. Further information and access to the Zoom meeting at: www.thm.de/fsz/service/information/termine/
Joint center for health, healing and nursing professions
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Deep specialist knowledge, a broad horizon of knowledge, diverse research activities: scientifically sound academic training in the field of health, healing and nursing professions offers numerous advantages. Against this background, the Justus Liebig University Gießen (JLU) with its Department of Medicine and the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ) with its Department of Health are establishing a joint center for health, healing and nursing professions in Gießen . JLU President Prof. Dr. Katharina Lorenz and THM President Prof. Dr. Matthias Willems signed a cooperation agreement at JLU on May 21, 2024.
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From the backyard to the green lecture hall
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When a backyard becomes a high-traffic space, it needs to be cleaned up. This is what the THM is doing with an open space on the Wieseck: Students submitted their ideas for quality of stay, sport and teaching in the “Create a Difference” competition.
The area on the Wiesenstrasse campus, between the two THM high-rise buildings, was hidden behind the A15 building for a long time. It was used as a parking lot as well as a temporary storage area, and students occasionally did outdoor workshop work. But when the C-Campus was renovated a few years ago and the Wieseck between Moltkestrasse and Eichgärtenallee was redesigned to be more natural, the closed building bridge at the level of the first floor disappeared and was replaced by a public, ground-level bridge over the stream. Since then, the path from the cafeteria to the library has led directly through the backyard.
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One man, two universities, three professions
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He was a professor at the Gießen Ludoviciana and is considered the founding father of today's Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen : Hugo von Ritgen. The lecture “Hugo von Ritgen, the structural engineer – theory and practice” by Prof. Nikolaus Zieske and Annika Jung in the Upper Hessian Museum is dedicated to his work.
Ritgen combined the professions of architecture, engineering and art history in one person. Zieske, architecture professor at the THM , and the former student Jung will examine the question of the extent to which his intensive examination of historical contemporary construction methods, in particular the plank arch structure, on the space-forming supporting structures in the buildings he designed. They illustrate his implementation methods using the cemetery chapel in Gießen and the roof structure of the ballroom at the Wartburg in Eisenach.
Annika Jung wrote her master's thesis on this topic with Prof. Achim Vogelsberg and successfully completed her degree in civil engineering. Nikolaus Zieske has held the professorship for the field of “Design and Building in Existing Buildings” at the THM Department of Construction since 2002.
Professional experience in mechanical engineering and mechatronics
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alain Roger Biahmou Tchebetchou started his service at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ) in the summer semester of 2024. He teaches sustainable product development of technical systems at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Materials Technology in Friedberg.
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