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Visitors from Germany

Omid Nouripour, Chairman German Green Party

On September 12, Omid Nouripour, Chairman from the German Green Party (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN) met Jan Lüdert at the DWIH office in New York.

Meet the FUTURE FORUM speakers

5 Questions with Anne-Marie Sust

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Anne-Marie Sust, one of the speakers of the FUTURE FORUM: Fabricating the Future on October 7. Anne-Marie is a Sustainable Fashion Designer and Graduate of Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (UAS). Bielefeld UAS is Member of Campus OWL, a network of five higher education institutions in OstWestfalenLippe (OWL), Germany, with a liaison office in New York and main supporter of DWIH New York.

News from Campus OWL

A Circular Economy for More Sustainable Product Development – Project “ZirkuPro”

Manufacturing mechatronic products is associated with high energy demand, critical raw materials, and complex manufacturing conditions. One way to solve this problem is through a circular economy, which makes it possible to conserve resources and ensure sustainable development. Researchers from Paderborn University and the Fraunhofer Institutes IEM (Paderborn) and IZM (Berlin) are currently working to extend this principle to an integrated circular product development process for intelligent technical systems.

DWIH New York field trip

Sustainability Initiatives on Governors Island

The annual DWIH focus topic “Sustainable Innovations” encapsulates a broad range of applications, so the DWIH New York Team wanted to experience what this could look like on the ground. The team went on a field trip to Governors Island, located in the New York Upper Bay, to learn about local sustainability initiatives.

MONOCAB-OWL – A Visionary Monorail Vehicle for a New Mobility

The project MONOCAB-OWL was initiated to create an innovative monorail vehicle for sustainable mobility in rural areas. It’s a joint project of OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA and the Landeseisenbahn Lippe (e. V.).

Five questions with Dr. Max Jungmann

Meet the Speaker of our Scenario Workshop on June 17

Dr. Max Jungmann will be the speaker for the interactive scenario workshop “The Future of Climate Action”, co-organised by the Heidelberg University Association, Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI), Momentum Novum, Climate Action Summit (CAS) and the DWIH New York. In a short interview, he tells us about his background, what motivates him at work and what participants of the workshop can expect.

News from Campus OWL

Optimizing Energy Efficiency with Climate bOWL

A growing awareness of sustainability among the general population, along with rising energy costs, means that companies are increasingly focused on the goal of climate neutrality. This is the starting point for a joint project in which researchers from Paderborn University, doing interdisciplinary research at the Software Innovation Campus (SICP), work hand in hand with the chair of Automotive Lightweight Design (also Paderborn University), Bielefeld University, and the companies NTT Data Business Solutions AG, GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH, Miele & Cie. KG and Phoenix Contact Smart Business GmbH.