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Week 5 / NR. 1 - 2021

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		New heads of department at AU Engineering Aarhus University now has its new management for the engineering area in place, and on 1 March 2021, four heads of department will take up their positions >>>

		Focus groups submit recommendations for further strategy work At the end of last year, four focus groups toiled intensively to contribute input to work on a common ambition and strategic direction for the faculty. This article is about the many ideas and other input the focus groups have passed on for an overall strategy for Tech >>>

		Time for by-elections to the Academic Council Election of VIPs and TAPs to the Academic Council will take place on 8-10 March. You can check your voting rights until 9 February. The nomination period is 10 February to 19 February >>>

		New website with guides to good research data management A new website on research data management will make it easier for researchers to quickly find help and guidance >>>

	In other news


	Four new engineering departments for Denmark More students want to start on an engineering programme in the winter Gender Equality at AU The 2021 salary negotiations process will begin soon State of infection at Technical Sciences

	Names and grants

		Two new VILLUM Young Investigators at Faculty of Technical Sciences Since 2011 the Young Investigator-programme from the VILLUM Foundation has supported the carriers of young and ambitious researchers. This year two new promising talents has received a grant amounting to approx. 12 mio. DKK >>>

		Electric car of the future to be developed in Denmark Aarhus University is to head development of the next generation of electric car batteries with a recharging time of just six minutes. The EU is investing a total EUR 11.5 million in the project >>>

		Research project to eliminate ‘forever chemicals’ The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted funding to a project to develop a multi-step system to treat water for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The method is based on nature's own enzymes and a completely new nanomaterial being developed by researchers at Aarhus University >>>

		Research infrastructure pool designates two recipients from the faculty Two research projects at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, have received a total of DKK 28.9 million for research equipment and facilities to support Danish work on green development >>>

	Research and Innovation


	Almost a third of Danes have cut down on the meat in their diets Robotic colleague takes over the production line at Aarhus factory Artificial intelligence puts focus on the life of insects Data generating growth in agro-industry Drone technology gaining ground in the maritime sector The road to future zero emissions demands a new form of ammonia production No insect crisis in the Arctic - yet

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	Tech Staff News is sent to all Technical Sciences employees and PhD students via a distribution list that will be updated about three times a year.The newsletter is distributed in Danish with a link to the English edition. If you would like to receive the English version directly, you can sign up for it. Please mention it to your colleagues from abroad. You are also welcome to sign up for the Natural Sciences newsletter. To sign up: Newsletters for staff at Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences If you have been signed up for the newsletter by mistake, you can unsubscribe via the link at the bottom of this e-mail. Editorial team Mie Lundgaard, Dean's Secretariat, Technical Sciences Anne-Mette Siem, Nat-Tech Communication Rasmus Rørbæk, Nat-Tech Communication Please send us comments and information about events, suggestions for news etc. to Rasmus Rørbæk at rrorbek@au.dk

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