Technical University of Darmstadt

With a strong focus on tech transfer, TU Darmstadt addresses urgent issues of the future through research and teaching.

Courses

all disciplines
Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16)
Architecture (Course 4)
Biological Engineering (Course 20)
Biology (Course 7)
Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9)
Chemical Engineering (Course 10)
Chemistry (Course 5)
Civil and Enivronmental Engineering (Course 1)
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
Economics (Course 14)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (Course 21)
Linguistics and Philosophy (Course 24)
Management (Course 15)
Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3)
Mathematics (Course 18)
Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
Physics (Course 8)
Political Science (Course 17)
Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)

Location

Darmstadt

Host Type

Research

Tags

tech transfer

The Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) focuses on selected, highly relevant problem areas, with technology at the heart of all its disciplines. The university takes an interdisciplinary approach, with departments like natural sciences, engineering, and social science and humanities all cooperating on various projects.

In order to expand its expertise strategically, TU Darmstadt maintains a variety of partnerships with companies and research institutions. It is a vital driving force in the economic and technological development of the Frankfurt-Rhein-Neckar metropolitan area.

Although open to many labs and centers, MISTI Germany has worked closely with the Chair of Fluid Dynamics at TU Darmstadt to host MIT summer interns.

Student Story|Riley Davis, MechE '19

Riley Davis, MechE '19

Riley at the Chair of Fluid Dynamics in Darmstadt

At TU Darmstadt, I worked on a project to develop an automated data logger to read, process, and write analog and digital signals in real-time. Data to be measured came from the Air Spring Damper System developed by my direct supervisor. Many of the students within the Chair of Fluid Systems helped to contribute to this Air Spring System.

The ultimate motivation of this project is to create a plug-and-play board that functions as a soft sensor. Soft sensors are software setups that process several sensor measurements together to indirectly determine a target measurement that is unable to be measured by a physical sensor or is too expensive to measure directly. Once a reliable foundation of code and circuitry was developed, simple measurement setups with either Raspberry Pi or Arduino boards could be easily altered to measure a desired amount of sensors. I completed the first step in this long-term project: designing and building an automated data logger.

Working at TU Darmstadt has been an amazing experience for me. I am studying Mechanical Engineering and German at MIT, but for the first time here at TU Darmstadt, I was able to apply my skills in both these disciplines together at the same time. The opportunity to learn technical vocabulary, and at the same time, gain new knowledge about electronics and programming was invaluable.

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