News from Aalborg University

19.06.2019

Global challenges should be solved through megaprojects

Silo mentality does not solve the world’s problems. The global challenges facing the world community are complex and deeply interrelated. Finding workable solutions to these complex issues therefore requires that experts from different fields work together. That is the idea behind the megaprojects that Aalborg University will be launching across its five faculties

03.05.2019

Teachers, researchers and students honoured at the AAU annual celebration 2019

On Friday 3 May, Aalborg University’s annual celebration event gathered prominent researchers, staff, students and business partners for an afternoon of festivities.

26.04.2019

AAU helps to improve the condition of the Bangladeshi garment industry

Researchers from Aalborg University seek to accelerate the internationalization process, improve the occupational health and safety capability and ensure the sustainability of garment companies in Bangladesh. The project receives 10 million DKK from Danida.

02.04.2019

Gesturing at robots

New technology developed by researchers at Aalborg University makes it possible to control robots and other types of machinery through gestures and arm motions. The invention may completely change the way humans and machines interact.

02.04.2019

Unleashing the power of the microgrids

Autonomous microgrids may play a vital part in the future’s sustainable energy supply. Professor from Aalborg University receives grant of 39 million DKK for further research in smart cluster solutions for microgrids that makes sustainable energy distribution safer and more efficient.

11.02.2019

AAU students help develop LEGO® DUPLO® robot

Visitors to the LEGO® World event on 14-17 February in Copenhagen can play with Robot Robert - A fun playmate designed and developed in collaboration between LEGO Group, Denmark, and students and researchers at AAU.

07.02.2019

Innovation Factory: New Technology and Competence Development Going Hand-in-Hand

New smart technologies are not enough when manufacturers need to generate innovation and growth. In order to achieve success with smart production, it also takes competence development. Researchers at Aalborg University (AAU) will explore this approach along with 60 production companies and 10 technology developers in the Innovation Factory North project.

01.02.2019

AAU researcher invents virtual sound bubble to replace headphones

Taewoong Lee of AAU is awarded the North Jutland University Foundation’s Innovation Prize for his unique sound algorithm that creates isolated ‘bubbles’ of sound so that multiple people can listen to different sound tracks in the same room without disturbing each other.

23.01.2019

DKK 60 million ($9.2 million) awarded to NASH research team

An international research consortium led by Prof. Sakari Kauppinen from the Center for RNA Medicine, Aalborg University in Denmark receives DKK 60 million ($9.2 million) from the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Challenge 2018 Programme to advance development of new therapies for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

22.01.2019

Ten Commandments to Boost Circular Economy

Circular economy is the future – inevitably. In conjunction with European partners, researchers at Aalborg University (AAU) have devised ten commandments to help businesses implement circular economy in their business model

01.08.2019 at 01.00 PM - 04.00 PM

PhD defence by Muzaidi Bin Othman on Energy Management of Shipboard Power System

02.08.2019 at 01.00 PM - 04.00 PM

PhD defence by Nor Baizura Bintiahamad on Integration of Microgrid Technologies in Future Seaports

14.08.2019 - 16.08.2019

Conference call: The Dark Side of Communication

15.08.2019 at 01.00 PM - 04.00 PM

PhD defence by Lorenzo Ceccarelli on Advanced Modeling of SiC Power MOSFETs aimed to the Reliability Evaluation of Power Modules