Topic: Engineering
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Lecture series: « Les Chercheurs Luxembourgeois à l’Etranger »
Learn moreThe Section des Sciences Naturelles, Physiques et Mathématiques of the Institut Grand Ducal organises five lecture series “Luxembourgish researchers abroad” in October and November 2024.
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From lab to daily life: scaling up the hydrogen economy for a clean future
Learn moreDespite reductions in Europe and USA, CO2 emissions are still rising globally. While photovoltaic and wind energy productions are essential part of phasing-down fossil fuels, large-scale storage of renewable energy still needs to be developed, and hydrogen (H2) could play a major role. This green economy is now being prepared in part in Luxembourg by…
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Can we help in improving the resilience against flashfloods?
Learn moreThe project “Make North-West Europe resilient against increasing extreme flash flood events (FlashFloodBreaker)” gathering several partners from the Greater Region are working together to find new approaches to manage pluvial and fluvial flash floods-related risks.
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Celebrating Women in Engineering
Learn moreOn the occasion of the International Women in Engineering Day, Prof. Inès Chihi gave an inspiring speech at the European Investment Bank (EIB) about the challenges and opportunities for women in engineering.
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A hydrogen valley to drive the use of green hydrogen in Luxembourg
Learn moreLuxembourg has launched Luxembourg Hydrogen Valley (LuxHyVal), a project that targets the potential production of green hydrogen in Bascharage, south Luxembourg, in 2026. LuxHyVal is a collaborative effort of 17 partners from seven countries, with the University of Luxembourg as the main coordinator through Prof. Bradley Ladewig.
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Earthquakes and tall buildings: developing innovative solutions
Learn moreOn the occasion of the international conference of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH 2024) which took place, research scientist Teodora Bogdan from the ArcelorMittal Chair of Steel Construction presented the ArcelorMittal innovative solutions developed for the seismic market of high rise buildings.
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Greater Region project on circular economy of materials and metals
Learn moreThe University of the Greater Region (UniGR) has just been awarded significant funding from the Interreg VI Greater Region programme for the establishment of a second centre of expertise dedicated to the transition to a circular economy of materials and metals. The UniGR-CIRKLA project aims to continue to position the Greater Region as a European…
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Prof. Stephan Leyer joins the European Atomic Energy Community
Learn moreProf. Stephan Leyer, Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Luxembourg, has been recently nominated as member of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Scientific and Technical Committee (STC), for a 5-year term.
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Spotlight on young researcher in civil engineering
Learn moreDoctoral student Alfredo Romero Guzman explains how he is working with ArcelorMittal to make construction methods more sustainable.
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Perspectives of new synthetic fuels with reduced CO2 footprint
Learn moreResearchers and industrials exchanged about the challenges of developing and using new synthetic fuels in order to reduce the environmental impact. More than 50 participants attended the presentation of TotalEnergies Luxembourg-Belgium at the University of Luxembourg.