Student information event: exciting insights on Science Day

The Medical Engineering study program demonstrates a simulator for endoscopic surgery. Have you always wanted to know how an endoscopic procedure works? And even experience one live? The simulator gives you the opportunity to do this.

Medical devices and mechatronics form an important part of research and teaching in the Medical Technology study program, along with robotics and simulation.

Suitable for people aged 14 and above.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 9, room 03.260

More information can be found in the program app. [de] 

The Institute for Literary Studies offers an audio play workshop.
We are going to make an audio play. We will complete the entire process ourselves, including coming up with a story, and the lines to speak, and recording ourselves on the microphone. The aim is to completely produce a short audio play by the end of the day.
What is an audio play? An audio play is a story to listen to, like a movie, but in your head. You don't need to bring anything with you, just your imagination and free time from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

When registering, please remember that participation in the workshop is only possible if you can attend the whole day. We have a lot to do! If you are interested, please register by email prior to the event.

For school students and prospective students aged 16 to 20.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Universitätsstr. 38, room 0.118 

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The study program "History of Natural Science and Technology" on the beginnings of intelligence research
From the early days of intelligence research, we will be presenting two simple instruments from "psychophysics" from the 1920s. We will also be providing information about the History of Science and Technology (GNT) bachelor's degree program.

Suitable for people aged 14 and above.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 47, upper foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

What is it like to ride a bike with rear-wheel drive?  How can you balance an inverted pendulum? How does a walking robot work and can a machine walk without motors? 

These questions from engineering cybernetics will be answered at our booth, with experiments to try out for yourself. You can even try the bike! Come and make the robot walk and let us explain what all this has to do with cybernetics.

Suitable for those of primary school age and above.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: in front of the building at Pfaffenwaldring 9

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

We taste what we smell - The world of food aromas
Can you taste the difference between strawberries and raspberries? If your answer to this question is "yes", then you're wrong! This is because about 80 percent of the taste sensation we experience when enjoying food comes from aromas that we smell. We invite you on a journey into the world of aromas, which either indulge our sense of smell and taste every day, or put it to a hard test.

Open to anyone who is interested.

Time: 1 p.m. 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 55, foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

(Digital) Education
Technological progress and social prosperity without vocational training? Unthinkable. But how does vocational learning work and what do vocational educators do? What role do emotions actually play in aptitude diagnostics in the application process and how does vocational training deal with current issues surrounding artificial intelligence and chat GPT? Presentations and simulations illustrate these questions and invite you to try them out.

For children aged 15 and above.

Time: 1 p.m. 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 9, foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

This lecture at 1:30 p.m. in the Boysen Lecture Hall will present current student projects about spaceflight with the Student Small Satellites Group University of Stuttgart e.V. (KSat Stuttgart e.V.). For example, the sas ferrofluid project FARGO was deployed on the ISS for four weeks in April. For this project, new, wear-free technologies were tested in space. At the booth in the foyer, you are invited to marvel at a FARGO flight model, and members of the student team will be on hand to answer questions throughout the day.

In April, a university group at the University of Stuttgart, Hybrid Engine Development, or HyEnD e.V. for short, broke the world altitude record for student hybrid rockets. On Science Day, students will be on-hand to report on the two launches undertaken in Sweden just a few weeks ago.

Open to anyone who is interested.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 29

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

[Photo: Screenshot NASA]

In "Phosphorus: A Story of Mysterious Contradictions,"
students and friends of the WAREM program tell an imaginative and colorful story on the theme of "water."

Event language: english

Time: 14:30 and 17 h
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 7, Mezzanine

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The University of Stuttgart's racing and green teams will be introducing themselves at a presentation at 3 p.m. The students who participate in the University of Stuttgart's racing teams are passionate about motorsports and engineering. The teams have already won several world championship titles with their racing cars.

The Greenteam's racing car will be on display all day, opposite Pfaffenwaldring 9.

The university's racing team will also be available all day, stationed in front of the Institute of Automotive Engineering Stuttgart.

For children aged 8 and above.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 12, room 12.01, and the outdoor area at Pfaffenwaldring 9

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

Advance your MINTset!
A workshop by students for prospective students: Using the Japanese Ikigai approach, we will be reflecting on our own abilities, talents and preferences and deriving possible components for a sustainable study program. In addition, elements of the innovative design thinking process help us explore our role in the team and creatively solve creative tasks such as "invent a towel that shows the weather." 

For anyone interested in developing and implementing (their own) ideas.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: In front of the building at Universitätsstr. 38

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

How can the biofilms that cause tooth decay be dissolved with the help of enzymes?
Students at the University of Stuttgart have been asking themselves exactly this question. With their solution-oriented approach, they are taking part in an international competition in the field of synthetic biology. The issue can be clearly demonstrated using our tooth model.
We will also by exhibiting a small model bioreactor and there will be a wheel of fortune with small prizes to be won. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Suitable for people aged 16 and above.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: In front of the building at Pfaffenwaldring 45

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

With "computer-aided design," cars or machines are designed on a computer before they are manufactured. We can show you how that works and what goes on behind the scenes!

Suitable for people aged 14 and above.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 9, room 0.232 

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

At 5 stations, young adults are invited to discover what makes them happy in their career. After the course, participants receive a personal road map to career happiness. It is worth it!

For everyone aged 14 and over and for adults!

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: In front of the building at Pfaffenwaldring 5a

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

In frei[raum], the aim is to create a room for the development and implementation of ideas. This means: TED Talks will be held on the topic of "start-ups", which should inspire all listeners to implement their own ideas. And a space will also be created where creativity can be given free rein - with Lego, soap bubbles, and a collection of ideas for solving the challenges facing society as a whole.

For anyone interested in developing and implementing (their own) ideas.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 45

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The Chair of Wind Energy uses various interactive stations to explain and illustrate how wind turbines work. And for younger children, there will also be a craft activity making paper pinwheels. These can even be tested in the miniature wind tunnel.

For children of preschool age and above.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Venue: Pfaffenwaldring 31, foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use will be demonstrating how to run a motor using the waste heat from a teacup. Children aged 8 and above are welcome to come and look at, and even touch, an eco show-house. While children aged 11 and above are invited to come and show whether they could be an energy manager.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Venue: Pfaffenwaldring 47, foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

How can you control a computer using bananas, or produce hydrogen in a jar of pickles? What's the deal with an engine levitated by light? These tricky experiments and tests on electromobility, energy supply, robotics and sensor technology invite visitors to get to know the exciting interdisciplinary world of science and technology.

For anyone interested, of primary school age and older.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Venue: Pfaffenwaldring 47, foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The success of the energy transition through more powerful storage systems, more efficient power units, optimized photovoltaic modules, or the development of more powerful smartphones and computers essentially depends on progress in materials research. Materials science is one of the most crucial technologies of the 21st century. This stand provides information about current topics in material research.

Open to anyone who is interested.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 47, foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

Using a smart grid model, which replicates a local grid, it is possible to observe the potential and problems of the energy transition and explore possible solutions. Visitors can try their hand at regulating a decentralized energy storage system. Is it possible to balance consumption and production?

For everyone from 10 years of age and above.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 47, upper foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

In addition to the floating sphere, which allows visitors to experience the power, dynamics and precision of electromagnetic systems, energy is the main topic here. The increased supply efficiency that can be achieved by modern power electronics is made visible by the lamp experiment. This can be seen in a thermographic demonstration.

For school students 12 years of age and above.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 47, upper foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

In experiments and hands-on activities, "Paul the Pore" shows the research of the Collaborative Research Center 1333 "Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Defined Directing Geometries" for more sustainability: Here, improved chemical catalysts are being developed to save energy and resources in industrial manufacturing processes.
More than 80 percent of all chemical products are already manufactured using catalysis. But how can we increase productivity and selectivity? To this end, the researchers of SFB 1333 are moving catalytic reactions out of solutions and into nanopores. On Science Day, experiments on a potato are used to explain what a catalyst is. Children can use the model to try out how a pore functions as a space for reactions.

For children aged 6 to 14

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 47, foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

[Photo: Elisabeth Ruethlein, IPOC Uni Stuttgart]

Is it possible to prevent global warming by keeping some of the sun's radiation away from the Earth's surface using a screen? 
Titled "The International Planetary Sunshade - An International Umbrella Project to Mitigate Global Warming," Tharshan Maheswaran reports on space-based research on climate change. Planetary solar protection could be used to complement other efforts to mitigate the climate crisis, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Presentation for anyone interested in climate change.

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 29, Boysen lecture hall

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

Mobility makes a fundamental contribution to our quality of life. Excessive pollution, climate change and risk prevention are major challenges both now and in the future. How must transport be designed so that we can remain mobile and achieve environmental goals?
How can future risks be taken into account and traffic minimize during the planning phase for new housing developments? What role will autonomous vehicles play? Is there an environmentally friendly alternative to cars? How might rail transport contribute, and how can tracks, trains, staff and passengers best be reconciled?

For everyone from 6 years of age and above.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 7, foyer 

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The diversity of the "wild sisters" of honeybees is often overlooked. The BeeLife learning app playfully shows the great importance of wild bees for our ecosystem. On Science Day, you can test the app and learn a lot of interesting facts about wild bees.

This event is well-suited to children in grades 5 and 6, but also for any other interested parties from 6-99 years of age.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Outdoor area - near the "Universität" S-Bahn station.

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

It is impossible to imagine the infrastructure of modern cities without technical textiles. They enable innovative roof structures in building construction, and geotextiles even secure the subsoil in road construction. As filter elements in power plants, textiles ensure clean air, and as carrier materials for bacteria, they ensure clean wastewater. Textile composites based on carbon fibers are already used in the construction of sports vehicles and they will shape the vehicle construction of the future. High-performance textile materials are an indispensable part of ensuring that the cities of the future are reliable, safe and friendly.
 
Open to anyone who is interested.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 9, ground floor

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

Meet our team of flying robots that enable animal welfare on a large scale and thus support environmental protection. The robotics team consists of multirotor drones and aerial robots that record animal behavior in the wild and help conservationists develop better strategies.

For everyone from 10 years of age and above.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 47, upper foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The Green Office is a key aspect of the university's plan to become a climate-neutral university. This is where exciting projects around sustainability and climate protection, such as on the topic of carpooling, take place. The aim is to approach the future together in the best way possible. Therefore, there is also an opportunity for visitors to give feedback, suggestions, and new input on the topic of sustainability. In our crossword puzzle, young and old are invited to join in and win.

For everyone from 8 years of age.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Outdoor area - near the "Universität" S-Bahn station.

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

On Science Day, it is possible to trace all processes of the urban water cycle in fully automated, computer-controlled facilities. This begins with water extraction, then treating the drinking water before distribution. In the last phase, the water is contaminated again by the households. It is then transported to the sewer system and finally cleaned and returned to the relevant water bodies. The overall process becomes easier to understand when the individual elements of the cycle are made visible.

For everyone from 10 years of age and above.

Time: from 1 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 7, mezzanine floor

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

[Photo: Festo Didactic]

How can we improve resource efficiency in the construction sector in the future? What does architecture look like when we use material where it is really needed? What role do naturally renewable raw materials play here? And how do robots support this new approach to building?

For all from 6 years.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Outdoor area in front of the building Pfaffenwaldring 5a

More information can be found in the program app. [de] 

An innovative research project can be admired on the outside wall of Pfaffenwaldring 9: This offers not only a heterogeneous plant composition with diverse flowers (as well as nectar and pollen content), but also increased structural diversity and nesting sites for insects and birds.

Three different green facade systems can be seen at the test site. This research project demonstrates for the first time the synergetic linking of measures to increase biodiversity and to enhance the structural quality of façade systems with respect to the micro- and indoor climates.

For all from 6 years.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Outdoor area in front of the building Pfaffenwaldring 9

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

You are invited to learn more about innovative joining techniques for precast elements made of ultra-high strength concrete. Discover gradient concrete, where the interior of the structural component is adapted to suit the respective static and constructional requirements by means of micrograding or mesograding, or bioconcrete, which can be produced in a CO2-neutral manner with the help of microorganisms. 

And make sure you don't miss seeing the world's first adaptive demonstrator skyscraper (D1244) at Pfaffenwaldring 14.

Suitable for people aged 16 and above.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 7

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

Whether clothing keeps you warm, protects you against rain, or is fire-proof depends heavily on the synthetic fibers used to make it. But fibers are not only used for clothing; in the form of carbon fibers, they stabilize components and reduce their weight. Nowadays, polymers can be used to produce materials for many different applications.

For children aged 12 and above.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 47, upper foyer

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The CampUS hoch i booth will showcase the climate impact of the building sector (on campus) and feature exhibits on smart technologies for climate neutrality at the University of Stuttgart. The exhibits are interactive, and visitors can experiment with them and try out ways to reduce associated climate emissions. The "Bauhütte" shows innovative materials and technologies used for sustainable buildings and neighborhoods, using Campus Vaihingen as an example.

Suitable for people aged 16 and above. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Outdoor area near the S-Bahn

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The careful use of resources and the reduction of emissions, such as those generated in cement production, are more important today than ever before. Advanced, ecological, and sustainable materials are required to enable climate-friendly and resource-conserving construction and, at the same time, to ensure socially compatible and economical construction. In addition to the use of appropriate building materials, this also includes the sustainable use of existing buildings, which can be made possible by renovation, conversion, and reinforcement measures.

For children of primary school age and above.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 7, Outdoor area

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

While jamming with two guitars, visitors are accompanied by a colorful visualization that helps them to harmonize better with each other.

Technology also aids interaction when working on the exhibit by the transregional Collaborative Research Center 161. Here you can work together to build a simulated wind turbine using augmented reality. Such simulations are being increasingly used in research and industry.

For everyone from age 10 and above

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Allmandring 19

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

Let's Talk Science - Everything you ever wanted to know about AI and robotics but didn't dare to ask until now: With PhD students from the International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems (IMPRS-IS), real experts will be on hand to answer your questions. 

For everyone aged 14 and older

Time: 1 p.m. 7 p.m.
Location: Allmandring 19

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

Drawing floor plans on paper still plays an important role in planning teams. Mixed reality can be used to overlay such plans with digital information such as 3D views, physical measurements, or cost information. This allows the creation of personalized views of the same plan. We will show you how to do this using a standard tablet.

For everyone from 4 years of age.

Time: 1 p.m. 7 p.m.
Location: Foyer at Pfaffenwaldring 9

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

Geodata is now freely available. We will show you how, for example, three-dimensional worlds from a randomly selected map section can be generated by computer using the data from the OpenStreetMap project. Like a computer game, you can then view and explore these map sections.

For children aged 14 and above.

Time: 1 p.m. 7 p.m.
Location: Universitätsstr. 38, room 0.008

Mehr Infos in der Programm-App.

The Makerspace is a ­DIY­ workshop for digital teaching. On Science Day, you can try out equipment such as 3D printers, laser cutters, embroidery machines and cutting plotters during small workshops and hands-on activities. For those who want to take home a souvenir, we offer smart crafts such as a 3D-printed dinosaur kit, personalized stickers, and airplanes fresh from the laser cutter.

Children aged 6 and above, with support from parents if required.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 45

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

The products of our work might be virtual, but they are still beautiful to look at and absolutely harmless. We conduct computer-aided simulations of chemical reactions and are able to make the movements of atoms and molecules visible to the human eye. We can teach you everything you need to know about the nature of temperature, the processes of evaporation, and even show you a complex chemical reaction as it takes place. We offer a unique opportunity to take part in the experiment yourself, using virtual reality. You are invited to build your own small molecules in the virtual world and watch them form their own optimal 3D structure.

For everyone aged 14 and older

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 45

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

We want to bring the fascinating world of 3D measurement and visualization technology to life. Visitors can measure things three-dimensionally with nanometer precision, get creative in the 3D color space and take a 3D photo as a memento.

In addition, there will be many small hands-on experiments on the topic of 3D, and we will also be giving you some insights into current research projects.

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Pfaffenwaldring 9, room V 9.12

More information can be found in the program app. [de]

Nowadays, computer simulations are an indispensable tool in understanding physical phenomena. Applications span all orders of magnitude, from atoms and molecules to galaxies. Come and experience how the behavior of single molecules, liquids and other materials can be visualized and understood using computer simulations. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: foyer of Pfaffenwaldring 53

More information can be found in the program app. [de]