Swedish student delegation visits SE²A

As part of the internationalisation of teacher training, Faculty 6, under the leadership of Prof. Katja Koch and Prof. Rüdiger Heinze, has been cooperating with the Swedish school Osbecksgymnasiet for many years. After a particularly successful visit last year, guests from the Swedish grammar school honoured us again this year.

In a short Lecture  Dr. Doris Pester, CEO of the Cluster of Excellence SE²A, introduced around 15 students between 18 and 19 years old from Laholm, accompanied by their teachers Gerth Jonsson and Sofie Jansson, to the NFL and the cluster SE²A as a hotspot of German aviation research. Starting with a small experiment, the students could find out what it takes to make an aircraft fly. She explained that, between lift and gravity and thrust and drag, many more challenges have to be faced if we want to reach sustainability in future aviation.

Being prepared for global mobility with its ever growing demand and climate change on the other side, new technologies are needed to deal with these challenges. The unique access to an own research airport offers the excellent opportunity to the test new solutions. Interdisciplinarity and interconnectivity within  the Cluster of Excellence SE²A with all relevant aviation disciplines and institutes on board, offers best conditions for fundamental research in aviation.