News & Events

Collaboration with SPARC Industries on plasma simulation
Published on Wednesday, 02 October 2019
The University of Luxembourg and SPARC Industries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop software technology for space applications.

Space Master students discover the lunar lab
Published on Thursday, 10 October 2019
On 26 September 2019, the first cohort of students from the Interdisciplinary Space Master gathered on the Kirchberg campus for a networking event during which they had the opportunity to learn mor...

PhD Defense: Development of an innovative U-shaped steel-concrete composite beam solution: Experimental and numerical studies on the mechanichal behaviour

Event date: Thursday, 17 October 2019

Hour: 14:00 16:00

Place: Kirchberg Campus, Salle des Conseils

Speaker: Maxime TURETTA

University and ArcelorMittal extend collaboration in steel engineering
Published on Friday, 18 October 2019
ArcelorMittal Chair of Steel Construction

Valentiny Foundation - Vortragsreihe Energie
Event date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Hour: 19:00 20:00
Place: Valentiny Foundation 34 route du vin, L-5440 Remerschen

International exchanges about value stream management standards
Published on Friday, 22 November 2019
The University of Luxembourg hosted the International Standardization Organization Technical Committee ISO/TC 154 plenary meeting in October 2019. International experts from 18 participating c...

Ferro-Tech wins the PRODPILOT productivity Grand Prix
Published on Friday, 06 December 2019
“Don’t find fault. Find a remedy”, a famous quote from Henry Ford describes very well the basic idea behind the INTERREG A- Greater Region project PRODPILOT.

LuxCube team goes to ESA Academy training workshop
Published on Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Andrija Djordjevic, student in the Bachelor of Science and Engineering in mechanical engineering at the University of Luxembourg, participated in a CubeSat training workshop given by the European S...

Characterization of cohesive powders: from fundamentals to applications
Event date: Thursday, 23 January 2020
Hour: 9:30 15:30
Place: Université du Luxembourg Belval campus

L’Université du Luxembourg et l’OAI bâtissent le futur
Published on Tuesday, 28 January 2020
La convention signée fin 2019 entre l’Université du Luxembourg et l’Ordre des Architectes et des Ingénieurs-Conseils (OAI) va au-delà de la simple institutionnalisation des liens entre le monde aca...

6th Young Water Professionals BeNeLux conference
Event date: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Hour: 9:00 14-02 \| 18:00
Place: Campus Limpertsberg 162a, avenue de la Faïencerie L-1511 Luxembourg

Young professionals exchange about water issues
Published on Tuesday, 25 February 2020
On 12-14 February 2020, the University of Luxembourg hosted the sixth edition of the Young Water Professionals BeNeLux conference. More than 150 students, researchers, professors and professionals...

International Workshop on Improving GNSS and SAR Tropospheric Products for Meteorology
Event date: Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Hour: 9:00 26-02 \| 18:00
Place: Luxembourg

Engineering students build their own drones
Published on Tuesday, 24 March 2020
During their first semester, students from the Bachelor in Engineering at the University of Luxembourg have worked in teams to design and develop drones.

International experts exchange about weather prediction
Published on Friday, 27 March 2020
On 25-26 February 2020, the international workshop on improving Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Tropospheric Products for Meteorology gathered...

University publishes an ISO standard for Value Stream Management
Published on Monday, 30 March 2020
For the first time, the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) published an ISO standard under the lead of Luxembourg. With support of the Institut luxembourgeois de la normalisation, de...

New Bachelors in Engineering, Medicine, Physics and Mathematics
Published on Wednesday, 15 April 2020
The University of Luxembourg will launch four new Bachelor programmes – in engineering, medicine, physics and mathematics - starting in September 2020.

Cross-border cooperation continues irrespective of lock-down
Published on Tuesday, 21 April 2020
The University of Luxembourg is part of several Interreg projects that support cooperation between local and regional partners from the Greater Region. PRODPILOT, one of these projects, focuses on...

Deuxième comité d’accompagnement réussi du projet PRODPILOT
Published on Monday, 15 June 2020
Le 28 mai 2020, le deuxième comité d'accompagnement du projet INTERREG V A PRODPILOT s'est déroulé avec succès malgré les difficultés causés par la crise sanitaire. En raison de la situation actuel...

Future Engineering Talks: European Dimension and Civil Engineering
Event date: Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Hour: 17:10 19:00
Place: Online

Academic promotions announced
Published on Friday, 26 June 2020
The University of Luxembourg is pleased to announce the following academic promotions.

Carte Blanche: About crises, climate change, time constants & hydrogen
Published on Friday, 24 July 2020
Europe mobilises billions of Euros these days to fight against the virus crisis. But what is the difference to the climate crisis? It is the so-called time constant, the time between an...

Call for application Grand Prix PRODPILOT
Published on Thursday, 06 August 2020
In 2020, the PRODPILOT consortium will award the PRODPILOT Grand Prix for the second time in the Greater Region with the motto "Making companies aware of productivity potential".

LaserSTAMP project: outstanding results for laser industry
Published on Friday, 14 August 2020
Launched in September 2016, the multidisciplinary cross-border project “Laser and Surface Treatment Assisted Metal Polymer assembly (LaserSTAMP)”, coordinated by the University of Luxembourg in col...

Using drones to better predict urban flooding
Published on Monday, 28 September 2020
The University of Luxembourg and the start-up RSS-Hydro are working together to optimise the prediction of flooding in Burange in the south of Luxembourg. Supported by the City of Dudelange, t...

World Standards Day 2020: Prof. Peter Plapper awarded
Published on Wednesday, 14 October 2020
On the occasion of the World Standards Day 2020, Prof. Peter Plapper from the University of Luxembourg received the “National Delegate for Standardization trophy” from the Institut Luxembourgeois d...

FNR Awards 2020: congratulations to Maciej Chrzanowski
Published on Friday, 20 November 2020
Maciej Chrzanowski, who did his doctorate within the Department of Engineering at the University of Luxembourg, received an FNR Award for his outstanding PhD thesis: “Shear Transfer in...

PRODPILOT virtual Grand Prix 2020: congratulations to Parts Europe
Published on Friday, 11 December 2020
On 30 November 2020, the Interreg Greater Region PRODPILOT consortium awarded the company Parts Europe for their innovative productivity improvement project "Implementation of lean management&...

30 years Interreg: University of Luxembourg a strong research partner
Published on Wednesday, 16 December 2020
2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the interregional programme “Interreg” – one of the key instruments of the European Union supporting cooperation across borders through project funding. Launched...

Final SeRaMCo Conference: Precast Concrete in the Circular Economy
Event date: Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Hour: 9:00 16:30
Place: Online

Excellent Doctoral Thesis Awards 2020 in science
Published on Friday, 22 January 2021
The Doctoral School of Science and Engineering (DSSE) at the University of Luxembourg has recently awarded nine doctoral candidates for their outstanding doctoral thesis. The research topics includ...

Winter Workshop on Manufacturing, Mechanics & Characterisation of Advanced Engineering Materials
Event date: Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Hour: 9:00 29-01 \| 17:00
Place: Online

Latent dimensions of global trade: a data-driven approach
Published on Friday, 05 February 2021
How can we encode the specialisation patterns of countries? A new article published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE by researchers from the Universities of Luxembourg and Buenos Aires ...

ArcelorMittal Chair of Steel Construction: 10 years of collaboration
Published on Thursday, 11 February 2021
Launched in 2011 by the University of Luxembourg and ArcelorMittal, the Chair of Steel Construction has achieved numerous successes thanks to the support and motivation of both partners. Many new p...

New innovative and sustainable projects for the Greater Region
Published on Tuesday, 16 February 2021
The University of Luxembourg takes part in three new Interreg projects which tackle regional challenges in the construction, manufacturing and water sectors. The projects are carried out with sever...

Transforming shapes: the art of computational engineering
Published on Thursday, 18 February 2021
Researchers from the University of Luxembourg, the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research in Poland and the Franche-Comté Electronics Mechanics Thermal Science and Optics in France are wor...

Researchers exchange about advanced engineering materials
Published on Tuesday, 23 February 2021
The interdisciplinary workshop “Winter Workshop on Manufacturing, Mechanics & Characterisation of Advanced Engineering Materials” organised on 26-29 January 2021 by the University of Luxembourg...

University and Paul Wurth create Chair in Energy Process Engineering
Published on Thursday, 04 March 2021
Paul Wurth S.A., a company of SMS group, and the University of Luxembourg have entered into an agreement to create and finance the Paul Wurth Chair in Energy Process Engineering. The 5-year...

The future is now - how can humans and robots live together?
Published on Wednesday, 05 May 2021
TRANSCEND is one of six new interdisciplinary research projects which received multi-year funding in the context of the Audacity funding instrument of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies.

Celebrating women in engineering: An interview with Maryam Baniasadi

Published on Tuesday, 22 June 2021

23 June marks the International Women in Engineering Day. At the University of Luxembourg, we celebrate the work and achievements of women engineers.

Dr Maryam Baniasadi grew up in a middle...

Making concrete more sustainable
Published on Monday, 28 June 2021
Engineers from the University of Luxembourg with European partners are working on innovative concrete precast products made of recycled aggregates and sands. On 25 June 2021, Minister for Energy an...

Biodiesel from wastewater? Turning a problem into an opportunity
Published on Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Sewage, what was called wastewater for a long time, is not a waste, but contains valuable substances that can be used as raw materials for biobased products. However, worldwide this potential is ha...

Towards a global flood monitoring system
Published on Thursday, 29 July 2021
Severe flooding following the heavy rainstorms of recent weeks caused devastating damages in central Europe. Situational awareness on the ground is crucial for effective disaster response, and toda...

Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg 2021: discover the magic of science!
Event date: Sunday, 19 September 2021
Hour: 10:00 18:00
Place: Campus Kirchberg: 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, L-1359 Luxembourg Campus Limpertsberg: 162a, avenue de la Faïencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg

"Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg 2021": 560 visitors discover our labs
Published on Tuesday, 21 September 2021
On 19 September 2021, the University of Luxembourg welcomed 560 visitors on Kirchberg and Limpertsberg campus sites to discover the laboratories in engineering, space, mobility and physics in the f...

University launches a website for its Esch2022 projects
Published on Monday, 04 October 2021
In February 2022, the University’s hometown Esch-sur-Alzette will launch the European Capital of Culture 2022, under the leitmotiv REMIX. The University will support Esch2022 with eight diverse and...

Potential production of hydrogen in Luxembourg
Published on Wednesday, 20 October 2021
On 15 October 2021, the University of Luxembourg gathered representatives from academia, government and industry to exchange about the implementation of the hydrogen strategy published in September...