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Fraunhofer IMS, the competence center for microelectronics and smart sensor systems within the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, is excited to announce its advanced capabilities in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) on a 200 mm wafer manufacturing environment. The IMS facilities are tailored for low-volume R&D and pilot manufacturing, ensuring flexibility and scalability for various projects.

Experience the future of artificial intelligence up close: This will be possible at the ZaKI.D AI StartUp Festival, a highlight of RuhrStartupWeek 2024. On September 25, 2024, participants will meet visionary founders, experts and up-and-coming talents from Duisburg and the surrounding area as well as projects with a focus on AI. 

For all women studying a STEM subject, who have just completed their studies or who have already gained their first experience in science and research: The terahertz.NRW network invites you to a day full of insights and dialogue about the current world of terahertz research.

Artificial intelligence is a comprehensive and changing technology that is already transforming our working and private worlds. This is accompanied by changes in tasks, but above all new jobs are emerging that require new skills. In order to actively help shape this change, the City of Duisburg has proposed the »Zentrum für angewandte Künstliche Intelligenz Duisburg (ZaKI.D)« for funding in the 5-StandorteProgramm. This programme strengthens municipalities that are particularly affected by the coal phase-out and want to implement forward-looking projects for structural change.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a process that enables a new form of signal amplification for diagnostic tests. Through the advanced use of luminescent single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in bioanalytics, test procedures can be carried out more sensitively, quickly and cheaply. The sensors can be used for enzymatic processes. Their adaptability to different reaction conditions opens up a wide range of applications for standard methods such as ELISAs (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay). The results were published on 15 December 2023 in the journal »Angewandte Chemie International Edition« and open up new possibilities for improving diagnostic procedures and saving detection agents.

Within the project »KoVit - Contactless vital signs recording for an objective follow-up of post-Covid to support medical diagnostics« , the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS is working with the Department of Infectiology at Essen Uni-versity Hospital, Fimo Health GmbH and MedEcon Ruhr GmbH to sustainably improve the lives of post-COVID patients. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Educa-tion and Research (BMBF) as part of the »Hybrid Interaction Systems for Maintaining Health Even in Exceptional Situations (HIS)« program and will run from September 2023 to August 2024.

Independence from fossil fuels and the switch to regenerative energy sources require extensive electrification of production and mobility. This increases the need for compact, energy-efficient, and reliable power electronics. In the PowerCare project , novel vertical gallium nitride power semiconductors as well as real-time failure models are developed and used in a motor drive. Here, PowerCare takes a new approach to the monitoring concept by using a miniaturized motor controller with integrated AI failure prediction. The project thus lays the foundation for the next evolutionary stage of intelligent, sustainable power modules.