Month: June 2023

Teaching Award of the Faculty of Transport Sciences 2023: We are looking for your nominations!

Victor Nitzsche

Our faculty’s teaching award is going into a new round! After we awarded the prize for the first time last year and honoured Prof. Udo Becker and Dr. Stefan Frank, we would like to award two teachers again this year. The prize, endowed with 250 €, is to be awarded to one teacher each in undergraduate teaching (basic studies in transport engineering / Bachelor Transport Economics) and in postgraduate teaching (advanced studies in transport engineering / Master’s degree programmes). The teaching awards will be presented on Faculty Day, this year on 10 November.

Of course, you as students of the faculty should again be involved in the selection process. Until 16.07.2023, you have the opportunity to indicate in this survey the course and teacher to whom you would like to award the prize. Based on your nominations, the FSR will then make a preliminary selection, which will take into account not only the number of nominations but also your reasons and the size of the course. The final decision on the awarding of the teaching prize is made by the Faculty Council.

You can nominate all courses at our faculty that you have attended in the last two semesters.

We look forward to your numerous participation in the survey so that we can award the best teachers of our faculty!

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Invitation to the summer party

Oke Brandenburg

It will soon be that time again: On 21.06.2023, we are organising our faculty’s summer party like last year. From 6 pm onwards, you can chat, celebrate and network with fellow students and faculty members on the POT-Wiese.

Food and drink will be provided. There will be delicious food from the grill, as well as various homemade salads, cakes and other snacks. There will also be cold drinks with and without alcohol (draught beer 2€, draught soda and lemonade 1,50€). Please bring your own plates and cutlery to avoid unnecessary waste (disposable tableware is available for an extra charge).

Our “Listige Vereinigungen” Spätverkehr, Euroavia and Verkehrte Welt will also be represented again with action stalls and offer you an extended range of drinks and games.

We look forward to your numerous coming and a nice evening with you!

Paddle boat regatta 2023

Victor Nitzsche

It’s summer again, and that means the obligatory paddle boat regatta is upon us! What could be better in the summer heat than a relaxed boat trip on the Elbe?

The participation fee is 12 euros and includes paddles and life jackets. Even though we call it a regatta, it is not a sporting event, fun is the main focus on the trip from Königstein to Obervogelgesang, always down the Elbe.

We will meet on Saturday, 08.07. at 09:15 at the main station under the glass dome. The tour will last until about 4pm, so remember to take something to drink with you.

Please register via OPAL by 20.06.2023. We look forward to seeing you!

Action week “DO it NOW” from June 19 to 28

Jakob Eichholz

Action week “DO it NOW” from June 19 to 28

The Green Office cordially invites you to the Sustainability Week. During the action week “DO it NOW” between June 19 and 28, 2023, the diverse activities and actors:inside the university, but also the urban society will be presented. The main festival area between June 19 and 24 is the Mommsenstraße in Dresden. Here, a section will be closed to car traffic in order to create a participatory festival.

The sustainability week, the participatory festival and the ESD state exhibition will be opened on 19.06. at 10.30 a.m. on Mommsenstraße (in front of the Alte Mensa). We cordially invite you – the Local Agenda and actors of sustainability at the TUD are expected.

Numerous offers throughout the week invite you to participate and network. Here is a selection of events:

  • Sustainability breakfast – educational snacks and future chat (AG BNE of the TUD) on 21.6., 10 – 12 o’clock on Mommsenstr. in front of the Old Mensa.
  • Workshop “A Voice for Tomorrow’s People: Philosophy from the Future”.
  • Workshop “Celebrating sustainability and organizing sustainable events” (seeds of change) on 6/20, 2:50 – 4:20 pm,
  • Claiming Campus on 20. and 21.6. from 11 a.m. on Mommsenstr. in front of the Alte Mensa
  • Speeddating with sustainability initiatives on 21.6., 3 – 4.30 p.m. on Mommsenstr. in front of the Alte Mensa
  • Workshop “Climate Fresc” of arche noVa on 22.6. between 10 am and 1 pm on Mommsenstr.
  • Workshop “Planetary nutrition and other co-benefits – what is healthy for us is also healthy for our earth” (Health4Future) on 23.6., 11.10 – 12.40 p.m.
  • Workshop “Sustainability despite and through digitalization – workshop on background and options for action at the individual and structural level”, 6/23, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m,
  • Nonviolent communication” workshops on 6/26 and 6/27, 4:40 p.m. – 6:10 p.m. each day

Concerts, film evenings, clothes swap parties and the presentation of projects round off the program.

All information and the entire program for the Sustainability Week can be found at: https://tu-dresden.de/umwelt/nachhaltigkeitswoche.

Discussion round “car free campus”

Christoph Heinzelmann

Mommsenstraße will be free of cars and open to people for the week of 19-23 June. A model for the future, or even for the entire campus? The FSR Verkehr invites you to discuss this with other students and staff. The event will take place in the open on Tuesday 20.06. at 16:30 directly on Mommsenstraße, drinks can be purchased on site.

The event is part of the TUUWI Mitmachfest.

Mitmachfest – TU Umweltinitiative (tuuwi.de)

Next stop Dr. / PhD

Christoph Heinzelmann

A discussion evening on the topic of “Next Stop: Dr. / PhD” is to take place on 27.06.2023. The event will report on the career path of a doctorate at our faculty. The situations of three doctoral students currently working on their doctorates at the faculty will be presented in a realistic way. Language is English, questions in German are possible.

The event will consist of 15-minute presentations by the doctoral candidates on their research project and their general situation. In addition, there will be entertaining mini-games between the talks, which are intended to debunk or confirm myths surrounding a doctorate in a humorous way. Many memes are waiting for you!
Afterwards, there will be plenty of room for questions from the audience, which should lead to a lively discussion.