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The Greek-German Autumn School 2021

The DAAD-funded “1st Greek-German Autumn School on
Lightweight Engineering and Composite Design” between
the TU Dresden and the University of Patras (UoP) took
place from November 8-12, 2021 in Patras. The aim of the
Autumn School was to introduce the scientific location
Dresden to the participants and to familiarize them with
the teaching and research approaches at the TU Dres-
den in general and in engineering sciences in particu-
lar. A seven-member delegation from TU Dresden, led
by Prof. Niels Modler (ILK, Chair of Function-Integrative
Lightweight Engineering), joined Institute Director Prof.
Vassilis Kostopoulos and his team for the Autumn School,
which was attended by a total of 23 Masters and PhD stu- © Carlo Dietrichs
dents from the UoP. The intensive and busy week ended Participants of the DAAD Autumn School 2021.
with an information event on studying in Germany and at
the TU Dresden, organised together by the DAAD office
in Athens and the Goethe Centre Patras.

In addition, the Autumn School brought together the
complementary competences of the ILK and the Applied
Mechanics Laboratory (AML) of UoP in the field of func-
tionally integrative lightweight structures in order to fur-
ther develop current research questions and to lay the
foundation for further joint projects. Furthermore, the
AML and the ILK signed a Memorandum of Understand-
ing and the International Affairs Advisor of the School of
Engineering Sciences and representatives of the ILK hold
initial talks with the Rectorate of the UoP on the estab- © Carlo Dietrichs
lishment of a Joint PhD Framework Program between the Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the AML
two universities. and the ILK.

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