Collaborative research centers (CRC)
Collaborative research centers are long-term research institutions at universities where scientists work together on interdisciplinary research programs. These centers are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
MIN Faculty Collaborative Research Centers
International CRC/TRR 181 - Energy transfer in Atmosphere and Ocean
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Carsten Eden
Universität Hamburg
Theoretical Oceanography
Bundesstr. 53
20146 Hamburg
E-Mail: carsten.eden@uni-hamburg.de( carsten.eden"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Co-Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Monika Rhein (Uni Bremen)
1. Funding period: 2016 - 2020
2. Funding period: 2021 - 2024
Departments involved: Mathematics, Earth System Sciences
The energy of a closed system is steady. It is not lost but rather converted into another form, such as when kinetic energy is transferred into thermal energy or vice versa heat results in a force.
How exactly the energy transfer between waves, eddies and local turbulences in the ocean and the atmosphere works, often remains unclear. The interdisciplinary project „Energy Transfers in Ocean and Atmosphere“ wants to change this: oceanographers, meteorologists and mathematicians from Hamburg, Bremen and Rostock work closely together to achieve this goal. The aim is to develop energetically consistent mathematical models and thus enhance climate analyzes and forecast accuracy. The project is funded by the German Research Foundation. The Departments of Mathematics and Earth System Science are involved in five projects form the project Area M: Mathematics, new concepts and methods (M1, M2, M4, M5, M6).
Participations in Collaborative Research Centers
CRC 986: Tailor-Made Multi-Scale Materials Systems—M3
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Gerold Schneider (TUHH)
Third funding period: 01.01.2021 - 30.06.2024
Second funding period: 01.07.2016–30.06.2020 (extension until 31.12.2020)
First funding period: 01.07.2012–30.06.2016
Researchers from CRC 986 are developing entirely new materials and components in a cooperation between the Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Universität Hamburg, and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Center for Materials and Coastal Research (HZG). Experimental and theoretical methods from the fields of physics, chemistry, materials science, materials and process engineering are used across disciplinary boundaries in 20 projects. The MIN Faculty is involved in three projects within the CRC under the aegis of the TUHH led by Prof. Dr. Horst Weller and Dr. Tobias Vossmeyer (physical chemistry) as well as Prof. Dr. Kornelius Nielsch (applied physics). The CRC develops multi-scale hierarchical materials to achieve tailor-made mechanical, electrical, and photonic properties. These comprise building blocks based on polymers, ceramics, metals, and carbon, which combine to form structured units.
CRC 986 has been granted a total of almost €9 million in funding.