Sanda Wolf was the first woman to gain a doctorate at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, formerly the Department of Electrical Engineering, around 50 years ago with her dissertation entitled "Thermal noise and frequency dependence of high-impedance resistors". She was the first woman ever to gain a doctorate in electrical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH). Being the only woman among hundreds of men did not intimidate her either during her studies in her home town of Bucharest or during her doctorate in Karlsruhe. We would like to congratulate Dr.-Ing. Sanda Wolf on her golden doctorate.
Ron Kikinis, professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) in Boston, is received this year’s “International Excellence Award of KIT” and the “Fellowship of the SCHROFF Foundation.” With these honors, KIT recognizes the globally renowned expert in the fields of medical image processing, image-guided therapy, and biomedical informatics. The award includes a research fellowship of up to six months at KIT. The award ceremony took place on February 10, 2026. KIT Press Release
From January 27 to January 29, our department supported Hackdays. Thirty-five students from Humboldt High School worked in teams on their own project ideas, using our Mobile Maker Space. In addition to working with microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators, the focus was also on providing insights into research and study. Marwin Madsen (IRS) gave the participants an insight into current research and the department's degree programs. We are pleased to be able to offer Hackdays at five more schools in the 2025/2026 school year. We would like to thank our project partners, the Center for Media Learning at KIT, the Klaus Tschira Foundation, and the Schroff Foundation.