Duration: 6'04'' Language: Deutsch/English Production Date: Januar 19, 2009

OSKar is part of a worldwide network of student chapters of the Optical Society (OSA) which is an association that aims to enhance cooperation between scientist, engineers, educators and business leaders working in the field of optics and photonics. The Optics Students Karlsruhe (OSKar) are a group of enthusiastic students coming from different academic and cultural backgrounds, united by our common interest in sharing optics and photonics knowledge.

Language: English

Duration: 03:50

Production Date: October 26, 2011

Producer: KSOP in cooperation with PKM/KIT

Documentation on the KSOP Industry Fair 2011 on the KIT Campus and the cooperation of KSOP with its industry partners.

Duration: 5'59''
Language: Ger./Engl.
Production Date: 09.03.2009
Producer: DFG

Nanotechnologies form the basis for the key technologies of the 21st century. As they do this, basic research findings have to be converted into applications and products. The Cluster of Excellence aims to contribute to developing such nanostructures with a specific function. The Cluster’s partners look forward to economic and social effects of the kind that were achieved in Silicon Valley, USA. The Rhine Valley is to become “Nano Valley”. The Cluster was founded as a DFG Research Centre in 2001 and has now been enhanced to a Cluster of Excellence. It previously concentrated on optical and electronic functions. However, much less research has been dedicated so far to exploring the use of biological principles for producing functional nanomaterials or structures. Now, the researchers have set their sights on the life sciences. They try to implement new analytical methods and to manipulate whole cells by infiltrating the cells with functional nanostructures. They also control the growth patterns of living cells through nanotechnologically structured surfaces, and they aim to build transporters for miniscule chemical reactions from biological cell compartments. The participating institutions are: * University of Karlsruhe (host institution) * Research Centre Karlsruhe

Duration: 5'59''
Language: Engl.
Production Date: 16.02.2009
Producer: DFG

Optical technologies and systems are a constant part of our everyday life. The German optics and photonics industry holds internationally a leading position. Nevertheless, these technologies are not properly covered by traditional programs. At KSOP, the Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics, graduates of natural or engineering sciences are perfectly prepared for the growing optics and photonics market by the KSOP M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs. The graduate school is attracting young international academics. KSOP Ph.D. students are converting a usual middle-class car into a “cognitive automobile” that detects the environment by optical sensor systems and reacts to traffic autonomously. They manipulate light propagation by artificial nanostructures and thus create the basics for future applications in optical information processing. Using biophotonic methods they investigate how nerve cells connect in the human brain. KSOP aims on becoming one of the leading research and education centers for Optics & Photonics in Europe.

Duration: 04'31''
Language: Ger./Engl.
Production Date: 19.01.2009
Producer: DFG

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) represents the merger of the Universität Karlsruhe with the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. Thus, there arises one of the largest research institutions in Europe. KIT combines two partners of similar size, resulting in roundabout 8000 employees and an annual budget of about 700 million Euros. In December 2007, a cooperation treaty was signed which provides the legal prerequisite for the merger. With the decision of the Federal Republic of Germany and the federal state of Baden-Württemberg to have both institutions merge in a public corporation from 2009, KIT now takes form and comes to life. Last details are worked upon with the aim to create a common statute. KIT will be an institution with two missions - that of a state-funded university focusing on teaching and research and that of a large-scale research centre within the Helmholtz Association. In sum, KIT stands for excellence in Research, Teaching, and Innovation.