Habitats In the third homework assignment, the students came into direct contact with insects. In teams of two, habitats were created and colonized with a freely chosen insect species. Falko Matthes was available to answer questions about keeping insects. The habitats and the observations made were documented and presented at the start of the semester. …
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Visit to the Institute of Zoology, Department of Animal Ecology, MLU
Visit to the Institute of Zoology, Department of Animal Ecology, MLU A half-day visit to the Institute of Zoology AG Animal Ecology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg gave the students a deep insight into the current research projects of the doctoral students and professors at MLU. At the beginning, Prof. Dr. Claudia Fricke gave a …
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Lecture by Artist Yana Zschiedrich
Lecture by Artist Yana Zschiedrich Yana Zschiedrich is an artist from Leipzig and presented her work Hybris and the collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute to the students in a lecture on site. The students gained wonderful insights into artistic work and research in collaboration with an institute and the challenges that need to be overcome …
Presentation
Presentation The preliminary conclusion of the project was the semester exhibition in the workroom. The students presented their work to the university public with a video and short lecture. All projects were presented on shelf brackets on the wall, while the manifestos were displayed on the pillar in the room – similar to an advertising …
Jahresausstellung
Jahresausstellung From July 15 to 16, 2023, the exhibition “Precious Particle” took place for the annual exhibition. It showed the results of the works created during the semester and gave the public an insight into various creative processes. The annual exhibition made it possible to see and touch the works, read accompanying texts and understand …
Presentation
Presentation On Monday, July 10, a total of seven groups presented their projects. Beforehand, the students set up the exhibition. The final designs were suspended from the ceiling so that it was clear at first glance what the individual concepts were about. Further process results or the tool molds were presented underneath and showed the …
Particle foaming for real
Particle foaming for real The molded parts for the Floppy, POLLA and Varii projects were foamed at Kurtz Ersa in Kreuzwertheim (Bavaria) using Wave Foamer. The other projects LAR, minus20 and PackVac, on the other hand, were produced at the Fraunhofer ICT in Pfinztal near Karlsruhe. For both partners, using the mold materials plaster, ABS, …
Tooling
Tooling Before the students could travel to Kurtz Ersa and Fraunhofer ICT to foam the designs on the industrial machines, they had to produce functional molds. In addition to building the molds in the university workshops, design aspects of mold construction, pressure and heat resistance, demolding, dimensions and material thicknesses of the component or material …
Talk: Stephan Schenk from Stapelstein
Talk: Stephan Schenk from Stapelstein As part of our semester project “Precious Particle”, Stephan Schenk introduced us to his idea of stacking stones and his resulting company.Stapelsteine are semicircular “stones” made of EPP (expanded polypropylene) that are about 30 cm tall and can be stacked as high as you like. He explained the individual steps …
Interim Presentation
Interim Presentation In the interim presentation, the students briefly and informatively presented their sprint project designs to each other. Among the guests at the presentation was Stephan Schenk, who gave the students feedback on their designs the following day as a guest critic. The exhibition of the 22 projects gave everyone a good overview of …