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Volkswagen Foundation provides funding for FAU research on coronavirus
The Volkswagen Foundation is funding research at FAU in a number of research areas related to the coronavirus as part of its ‘Corona Crisis and Beyond’ programme. From over 1100 applications received by the Foundation, 100 projects have been selected for funding including five projects at FAU. Each project will receive funding for the duration of 1.5 years which amounts to around 120,000 euros.
Ensuring state food and nutrition security through alternative food networks
Research on Covid-19 and food and nutrition security in Bangkok and Singapore.
In their project ‘Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Urban Food Systems and Citizenship – Lessons (Still to Be) Learnt from Singapore and Bangkok (COVLess)’, FAU geographers Prof. Dr. Fred Krüger and Prof. Dr. Axel Drescher are investigating how urban alternative food networks, such as community-supported agriculture, can combine urban food and
Moonrise project tests 3D printing on lunar rover prototype
13 Jan 2021
LZH research concludes with laser system mounted on arm of lunar vehicle test-bed.
Moon light: laser sintering of lunar dust
A project investigating the feasibility of carrying out 3D printing of moon-dust on the lunar surface has concluded by successfully testing its prototype laser system on a lunar rover test-bed.
Moonrise, a consortium led by Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) together with the Institute of Space Systems (IRAS) of the Technical University of Braunschweig, has spent two years designing a laser platform potentially able to melt lunar regolith into structural forms. The work was funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
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