Science Day 2025: Stuttgart, Germany, 24.5.2025

During the Science Day 2025 (Tag der Wissenschaft) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, a day full of discoveries and insights into the world of science, it was possible to experience engineering, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences in an exciting, understandable and up-close way.

COOLPOL was presented by Stefan Mönch as an interactive digital twin of an electrocaloric heat pump ("Elektrokalorische Wärmepumpe") at the booth of the Institute of Electrical Energy Conversion (IEW). 

https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/university/forall/scienceday/

https://www.iew.uni-stuttgart.de

smart materials summit (smart³) 2024: Saarbrücken, Germany, 8.11.2024

During the smart materials summit 2024 in Saarbrücken, Germany, Stefan Mönch from the University of Stuttgart, Institute of Electrical Energy Conversion (IEW), presented the COOLPOL project as part of an invited keynote presentation entitled “Elektrokalorik - Mit Wechselspannung effizient Kühlen und Heizen?” ("Electrocalorics - efficient cooling and heating with alternating voltage?"). The event was in the Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology gGmbH (ZeMA).

http://www.smarthoch3.de

https://zema.de

Researchers' Days 2024: Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, 28.-30.11.2024

During the Researchers' Days from the FNR at the booth “From Heat to Watts: Materials Marvels” in the Rockhal, in Esch-sur-Alzette (Belval), Emmanuel Defay from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) presented Smart Materials able to transform waste heat in electricity (ELEC_FROM_HEAT European Research Council (ERC) Advanced EU project) and generate cold efficiently for future fridges (CECOHA FNR project and COOLPOL European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) EU project).

The booth was also visited by the Minister for Research and Higher Education of Luxembourg, Stéphanie Obertin. 

https://researchersdays.science.lu/fr

https://www.list.lu/en/event/list-at-the-researchers-days-2024/