Author: Victor Nitzsche

+++ Update February 12, 2023, 1:30 p.m. +++

After an initial inspection of the damage, a clearing and subsequent expert examination of possible causes for the damage is now being initiated. For the cleanup, the electricity in stairwell 4 must be switched off.

This leads to the following adjustments in the blocking of house 2:

• The second and third floors of House 2 are expected to remain completely closed until the end of this week. Only through an expert can the release take place, we will inform you as soon as this happens.
• The first floor can be used again without restrictions as of now.
• The basement and the second floor can be used during daylight hours (7:30h -16:30h). The reason for the time restriction is the need for illuminated escape routes, which cannot be provided until further notice due to the power shutdown in stairwell 4.

The barriers and signage in the building are adjusted according to this regulation.

Study room E067a in the basement will thus be accessible from 7:30 to 16:30. Access to the lecture halls POT/51, POT/151 and POT/81 is still possible.

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In the night from 03. to 04.02.2023 an accident occurred in house 2 on the 3rd floor of the POT. In front of lecture hall 361, the ceiling plaster came loose on an area of approx. 50 m². Fortunately, no persons were harmed in the process. For the time being, all floors in house 2 are closed for this reason. Study room E067a in the basement is also affected and will not be accessible until further notice. However, access to the lecture halls POT/51, POT/151, POT/251, POT/351 and POT/81 is possible. Only the areas hatched in the graphic below are blocked. We will inform you as soon as the closure is lifted again!

Last year, the COSMO Science Forum was opened in Dresden’s Kulturpalast. Since November, a series of research projects on the topic of “Urban Mobility” have been presented there in a first focal exhibition. The complex topic is being examined from as many different perspectives as possible and projects on autonomous driving, the future of cycling and (traffic) planning for sustainable urban districts are being exhibited.

At the end of the exhibition, a panel discussion will take place in which concrete theses for the future of mobility in Dresden will be developed. This event will take place on Thursday, 09 February 2023 at 7 pm in the COSMO Science Forum and will last approximately 90 minutes. A short impulse by all speakers (approx. 5 minutes) will be followed by a discussion on stage before the audience joins in the discussion.
The following persons will be guests as speakers:

• Prof. Angela Mensing-de Jong, Chair of Urban Planning
• Frank Fiedler, Office for Urban Planning and Mobility Dresden
• Dr. Michael Vogt, Director of the Dresden Transport Museum
• Marie Neumann, co-founder Stadt:wirken

You can also find more information here: https://www.kulturpalast-dresden.de/de/veranstaltung/podiumsdiskussion-urbane-mobilitaet.html

Am 12. Oktober 2022 um 18.30 Uhr (Einlass ab 18.10 Uhr), im POT/06 veranstaltet die Bezirksvereinigung Sachsen der Deutschen Verkehrswissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft eine Fachveranstaltung mit Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema „Verkehr in Dresden – Wohin geht die Reise?“

Im Anschluss an drei kurze und aussagekräftige Impulsvorträge von Lutz Auerbach vom Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe GmbH, Martin Gawalek von der Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG sowie Frank Fiedler vom Stadtplanungsamt der Landeshauptstadt Dresden werden diese drei Hauptakteuren des Dresdener Verkehrs bei einer interessanten und aufschlussreichen Podiumsdiskussion miteinander und mit dem Auditorium ins Gespräch kommen.

Durch die Veranstaltung führt Prof. Arnd Stephan, Inhaber der Professur für elektrische Bahnen an der TU Dresden und stellv. Vorstandsvorsitzender der Bezirksvereinigung Sachsen.

Die Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist für alle kostenfrei möglich. Aus organisatorischen Gründen wird um eine Anmeldung per Email an sachsen@dvwg.de gebeten.

If you want to stay on campus during a free period, you can use the SLUB, the refectories or our common room E067a as well as the free lecture rooms at that time. To find out easily where you can find a free lecture room at the moment, the free room search in the Campus Navigator is now available again without restrictions. You can find it at https://navigator.tu-dresden.de/huefm/start?language=en. There you can search for free rooms at a certain time as well as for times when a room you want is available.

The Stiftung Lausitzer Braunkohle supports students from Master’s and diploma degree programmes whose focus is on a climate-friendly environment and resource-conserving energy production.

The scholarship includes one-off financial support of up to 3,600 euros, help in finding a topic for the final thesis and arranging work placements. 

The application deadline is 06 June 2022. You can find more information about the application in the current call for applications.

If you have any further questions, please contact Ms Sophia Trotzer at Deutschlandstipendium.
Phone: +49 351 463-37881
E-mail: sophia.trotzer@tu-dresden.de

Our “listige Vereinigung” Verkehrte Welt is organizing an excursion to Stuttgart from June 23 to 26, 2022. The program includes visits to the Stuttgart Hbf signal box, the main workshop of the Stuttgarter Straßenbahn AG (SSB) and the construction site for Stuttgart 21. You can find more details directly on the website of Verkehrte Welt.

For the participation in the trip a participation fee in the amount of 200 € is to be paid. Registration is still possible until May 30 and should be done by mail to vorstand@verkehrte-welt.org. The Verkehrte Welt is looking forward to you!

If the household appliance no longer works or sewing work is needed, a visit to the first RepairCafé on the main campus of TU Dresden on 17 May can help. The self-help workshop will be open that day between 5 and 7:30 p.m. and will help those seeking help to make defective devices – hopefully – functional again under the guidance of tech-savvy volunteers. 

The RepairCafé is the kick-off for repair events that will now take place regularly at the SLUB Makerspace in the DrePunct Library (Zellescher Weg 17 in the BZW). Not only the volunteers of the RepairCafé Dresden/Freital initiative as well as many volunteers from the TUD cosmos provide support, but also the SLUB employees with knowledge and equipment from 3D printers to sewing machines. Anyone is welcome who would like to be supported and advised on repairs free of charge.

In addition to repairing, the café character will not be neglected. Coffee and cake are available for refreshment and conversation. It would be nice to register for the RepairCafé so that the Green Office knows what equipment is needed, but spontaneous participants are also welcome. You can register online at: https://tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/umwelt-und-klima/greenoffice/anmeldung-repaircafe or by calling the TU Dresden Green Office at 0351-463 33037.

Are you a student and have you studied excellently, but have no opportunity to present your results? Then come to StuFoExpo 2022, the fifth exhibition of student research at TU Dresden, on 10 November 2022 and present your research projects – whether they are final theses, seminar papers or internship report. The most convincing projects will be chosen by a jury and the audience, and will be rewarded with price money. Find out how you can participate and how other students have presented their projects on the homepage: https://tud.link/yftl.