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At the Institute of Electrical Engineering (ETI) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), experts in power electronics, electrical machines, drive control, and energy storage systems conduct research. With about 70 employees, interdisciplinary cooperation of these neighboring research areas takes place in order to improve the increasing requirements in terms of power density, functionality, and energy efficiency and to create innovations.
In addition to research and teaching, the ETI is working on a wide range of projects in close cooperation with industry and public project sponsors to find innovative solutions and concepts for the future. In addition, the ETI offers an extensive equipment pool in which prototypes are built and tested for use.
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Every year, The smarter E Europe exhibition—Europe’s largest alliance of energy exhibitions—recognizes pioneering innovations that shape the future of the energy world. At this year’s edition, we are proud to celebrate “The Smarter E Outstanding project award 2025” granted to project “BiFlow”. The project realizes a hybrid energy storage concept in real-world and demonstrates an innovative heat sector coupling solution.
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On May 8, 2025, 35 students from Prof. Marc Hiller's master's course “Power Electronics” attended the Students Day at the PCIM Expo & Conference in Nuremberg. PCIM is the leading international trade fair for power electronics, intelligent drive technology, renewable energy, and energy management. This makes the PCIM Expo & Conference the most important global industry gathering and the home of power electronics. During a tour of the expo, the students had the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in the field of power electronics firsthand. In addition, new technologies were presented as part of a wide range of presentations.
The Institute of Electrical Engineering (ETI) would like to thank the European Center for Power Electronics (ECPE) based in Nuremberg for the excellent organization of the Student Day and the KIT Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology for covering the travel expenses
The ETI presented a multilevel converter with integrated battery modules at the Hannover Messe. The approach of using second-life batteries in the efficient converter met with a great response from trade visitors and politicians.
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On 3 April 2025, the annual Girls' Day took place at KIT. As part of one of 78 (!) workshops offered at KIT, schoolgirls in grades 5-7 at the Electrotechnical Institute (ETI), for example, had the opportunity to build their own electric motor. All participants mastered the task with great success and joy, so that in the end everything ran “smoothly”. Many thanks to all the helpers who made this great day at KIT possible.