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Applications closed for winter term 2013
Students will be notified of placement as soon as the process has been completed. See our FAQs for further details and next intake!
June 25, 2013: Company presentations and Faculty’s summer party
For more details see the flyer and poster.
May 03, 2013: Convocation Ceremony
We are happy to announce that 11 ECE graduates have successfully completed their M.Sc. – Studies in Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE) in the past semester. One ECE graduate has successfully completed his doctoral studies. Congratulations!
First impressions:
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April 15, 2013: ECE Info Meeting
Impressions of the first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in summer semester 2013.
January 29 - 31, 2013: Student Excursion
On January 29 - 31, 2013, Prof. Dahlhaus and the ComLab team will together with 35 Master students visit Nokia Siemens Networks and Rohde & Schwarz in Munich and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen to check future job options. During the visit, students will be introduced to activities and jobs of communication engineers in research and development.
January 16, 2013: ECE Info Meeting
This year’s first ECE info meeting will take place on Monday, January 16, 2013 at 10:00 am in room 1328.
March 1, 2013: First Impressions of the ECE Welcoming Evening
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November 28, 2012: "Long-Range Ultra-Wideband Radar Sensor for Industrial Applications"
M. Sc. Ahmed Abbas Hussein Ameri researcher at the Department of Microwave Electronics and ECE alumnus is defending his PhD thesis. The defense is public for students and members of the university and takes place in room 2348, WA 73 at 2 pm.
November 2, 2012: Convocation Ceremony at 15h in lecture hall 1603
Our recent ECE graduates have received their certificate awards. Congratulations!
First impressions:
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November 1, 2012: New student4student ECE!
New ECE speaker Waqas Ahmed is new Student4Student ECE. You can reach him from 9:30h to 12:30h at Student Services EECS on Wednesdays, via Skype from 11:00h – 12:00h CET. New deputy is Lakhank Makhani.
October 16, 2012: First Impressions of our Introductory Days
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October 15, 2012: ECE Info Meeting
Our first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in winter semester 2012/2013 is scheduled for Monday, October 15, 2012 at 10 am in room 1328.
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July 12, 2012: ECE welcoming evening of ECE incomers summer 2012
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October 1, 2012: New International Tutor!
Tina Sharbatitehrani from Iran has joined the ECE Team. We are happy to welcome her as international tutor ECE!
June 26, 2012: Company Presentations and Faculty’s Summer Party
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August 30, 2012: ECE goes dOCUMENTA (13)
For a hundred days Kassel hosts the world famous documenta exhibition of contemporary modern art. The motto of this year’s 13th documenta exhibition is DESTRUCTION and RECONSTRUCTION. More than a 150 artists from 55 countries have been invited. ECE students and staff enjoyed an English guided tour by a so-called worldly companion in the framework of the module "social communications".
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May 04, 2012: Convocation Ceremony
We congratulate all ECE graduates on their successful graduation from ECE!
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April 10, 2012: ECE Introductory Meeting
Our first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in summer semester 2012 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 10 am in room 1328.
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February 22, 2012: Country Presentations of ECE Newcomers Intake Winter 2011
First Impressions…
February 1, 2012: New ECE Studi4Studi
New ECE speaker Bikramjeet Buragohain took over Studi4Studi office. You can reach him from 9:30h to 12:30h at Student Services EECS on Wednesdays, via Skype from 11:00h – 12:00h CET.
New ECE speaker deputy is Waqas Ahmed.
January 12, 2012: Master thesis presentation on "Multi User Equalization and Detection for 3GPP TD-SCDMA"
B.Sc. Tigist Gebeyehu is going to present her Master Thesis at 1 pm at COMLAB.
January 30, 2012: ECE Info Meeting
The ECE info meeting will take place on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:30 am in room 1328.
January 27, 2012: "MEMS-based Tunable Optical Filter Arrays for Nano-Spectrometer in the Visible Spectral Range"
M.Sc. Onny Setyawat, researcher at INA, ECE alumna and 2008 laureate of the "nano + art" contest is defending her PhD thesis. The defense is public and takes place in room 2104, WA 73, at 14:30.
November 22, 2011: "Towards a user-centric context aware system: Empowering users through activity recognition using a smartphone as an unobtrusive device"
Sian Lun Lau, M.Sc., researcher at ComTech, ECE alumnus and former ECE speaker is defending his PhD thesis. The defense is public and takes place in room 0505, WA 73.
Convocation Ceremony on Friday November 4, 2011 at 15h in lecture hall 1603
We are happy to announce that 8 ECE graduates have successfully graduated from ECE. Congratulations!
First impressions:
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October 20, 2011: Start of ECE lectures
First Impression of our ECE Introdays Winter term 2011/12.
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October 17, 2011: ECE Introductory Meeting for Incoming Students Winter term 2011
Our first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in winter semester 2011 is scheduled for Monday, October 17, 2011 at 10 am in room 1328.
Apply now for summer term 2012!
We have opened our application round for start of studies in April 2012. To the guideline for Application.
September 14, 2011: Talk on "Constrained Optimized Resource Allocation for Cooperative Communication"
Dr. Félix Brah from the ICTEAM Digital Communications, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium will give a talk on "Constrained Optimized Resource Allocation for Cooperative Communication". The talk will take place on Wednesday 14, 2011 at 1 pm in room 2315, WA 73 (ComLab).
October 04 - 06, 2011: Excursion to Berlin 2011
ECE students and researchers participated in this year's excursion to Berlin organized by the ComLab team. A detailed report is available here. More photos will follow soon.
July 1, 2011: ECE Welcoming of ECE Incomers Summer 2011
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June 28, 2011: Company Presentations and Faculty’s Summer Party
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May 27, 2011: Convocation Ceremony
We are happy to announce that 12 ECE graduates received their Master Awards in Electrical Communication Engineering. Congratulations!
First impressons:
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April 11, 2011: ECE Info Meeting
Our first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in summer semester 2011 is scheduled for Monday, April 11, 2011 at 10 am in room 1328.
December 22, 2010: Doctoral Thesis Defense on High Resolution 3D Nanoimprint Technology
M.Sc. Xiaolin Wang, ECE alumnus from China (Intake 2005) and researcher at the Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics - Technological Electronics Group (INA), is going to defend his doctoral thesis on
“High Resolution 3D Nanoimprint Technology: Template Fabrication, Application in Fabry-Pérot-filter-based Nanospectrometers”.
The disputation is public and takes place at 14h in room 1245 (AVZ), Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40.
February 2, 2011: ECE Infomeeting for ECE Newcomers
The ECE Infomeeting for ECE Newcomers will take place at 8:30 am in room 1328.
New ECE Skype time: Wednesdays from 11-12 o'clock (CET)
Our ECE speaker will be happy to answer your questions.
You can reach ECE via Skype on Wednesdays, 11 – 12 o’clock CET (Central European Meantime)
Skype name: ece.unikassel
January 21, 2011: Country Presentations of ECE Newcomers Intake Winter 2010
First impressions...
November 29 - 30, 2010: Student Excursion
On November 29 -30, 2010, Prof. Dahlhaus and the ComLab team will together with 22 Master students visit Fraunhofer Institutes in Erlangen and Nuremberg and company Keynote Sigos to check future job options. During the visit, students will be introduced to activities and jobs of communication engineers in research and development. Furthermore, the program comprises a visit of the famous Christkindlmarkt in Nuremberg.
First Impressions of our ECE Introdays Winter 2010
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October 2010 - New Module Handbook:
The new module handbook contains additional as well as modified modules and courses being offered from winter semester 2010/11 on.
Visit our modules site to see the new structure.
October 29, 2010: Convocation – Semester Celebration and Handout of Awards
We are happy to announce that 10 ECE Graduates will receive their Master-Awards in Electrical Communication Engineering. Congratulations!
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October 28, 2010: Doctoral Thesis Defence on Optimization of In-Line Defect Detection
M.Sc. Mehbub-ur Rahman, ECE alumnus from Bangladesh (Intake 2002) and researcher at the Department of Computational Electronics and Photonics (CEP) is going to defend his doctoral thesis on “Optimization of In-line Defect Detection by Eddy Current Techniques”. The disputation is public and takes place at 15h in room 2112/WA 71.
September 2010: Apply now!
If you hold a Bachelor’s degree from a University outside Germany you may now apply for summer term 2011 via uni-assist.
With a German Bachelor degree, you can still apply for the winter term 2010/11 until end of September 2010. You can apply via theonline services of the University of Kassel. Follow the instructions given at Bewerbungsverfahren: Für Studieninteressierte mit deutschen Zeugnissen or the following link.
October 18, 2010: ECE Info Meeting
Our first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in winter semester 2010/2011 is scheduled for Monday, October 18, 2010 at 10 am in room 1328.
August, 2010: From Practice to Policy - ECE goes EU Parliament in Brussels
ECE students participate in a Higher Education excursion to Brussels.
July 12, 2010: New ECE Studi4Studi
New ECE speaker Mohsin Khan took over Studi4Studi office. You can reach him from 9:30h to 12:30h at Student Services EECS on Mondays, via Skype from 11:00h – 12:00h CET.
A new ECE Speaker Deputy has been elected on our 2. ECE Info Meeting: Supreeth RAGUPRAKASH.
July 12, 2010: ECE Info Meeting
Our second ECE info meeting in summer term is scheduled for Monday, July 12, at 12:15h in room 1332.
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June 30, 2010: „Meet More, Mix More” first public viewing
ECE students participate in the making of the film:
"Meet More, Mix More" explores intercultural communication between German and international students at the University of Kassel.
June 29, 2010: Company Presentations and Faculty’s Summer Party
Company Presentations start 11h at Entrance Hall C, Wilhelmshöher Allee 73
Soccer-Sausages-Beverages-Music-Karaoke start 15h in front of Entrance Hall C.
If you want to play in one of the soccer teams, make sure to sign in via: www.campus16.org/Fussballturnier/Fussballturnier-FB16.html
Our teams: "Football Engineering" and "ECE panzer peles".
June 15 – June 18: ECE Goes INSS 2010
Seventh International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems
June 15 - 18, 2010 // Congress Palais // Kassel, Germany
First impressions...
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June 25, 2010: Welcoming for ECE Newcomers with Country Presentations
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June 2, 2010: Doctoral Thesis Defense on Filters and Hybrid Green VCSELs
M.Sc. Yanqi Wang, ECE alumnus from China (Intake 2002) and researcher at INA is going to defend her doctoral thesis on "Model Calculations and Implementation of Filters and Hybrid Green VCSELs based on Optical Thin Film Stacks“ on Wednesday, June 02, 2010, 16:00 h. The disputation is public and takes place at room 1245, AVZ, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40.
May 21, 2010: Convocation – Semester Celebration and Handout of Awards
13 ECE students have successfully completed their M.Sc. studies in Electrical Communication Engineering. Our ECE alumnus Dr. El-Hadidy held a memorable speech.
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April 12, 2010: Info Meeting for Incoming ECE students
Our first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in summer semester 2010 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, at 10:00h in room 1328.
March 2010: ECE goes Cairo/Egypt
Representatives of the ECE Program have attended workshops of the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD) in Cairo/Egypt.
The ECE Master program was presented both at Cairo University (Electronics and Communications Dept.) and at the IET Dept. of the German University Cairo (GUC).
There has been a broad interest and many contacts have been established. We are looking forward to welcome excellent students from Egypt.
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Impressions...
February 10, 2010: ECE meeting at 10:00h
This year’s first ECE meeting takes place at 10:00 a.m. in room 0315.
February 20, 2010: ECE Excursion to the world’s biggest computer museum
Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum with special exhibit Claude Shannon “Codes & Clowns”
Apply now!
Note, that if you hold a Bachelor’s degree from a University outside Germany you may apply for winter term 2010/11 via uni-assist.
With a German Bachelor degree, you can still apply for the summer term 2010 until end of March 2010. Note that you do not have to apply via uni-assist, but via theonline services of the University of Kassel. Follow the instructions given at Bewerbungsverfahren: Für Studieninteressierte mit deutschen Zeugnissen or the following link.
December 11, 2009: PhD Disputation on Reliable RF Power Amplifier
M. Sc. Rui MA, ECE alumnus from China (Intake 2004) and researcher at the MICEL is going to hold his PhD disputation on the topic:
"Reliable RF Power Amplifier Design Based on a Partitioning Design Approach"
on Friday, 2009-12-11 at 15:00h in room 0315, WA 73.
Read his testimonial here...
December 09, 2009: Welcoming for Incoming Students
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November 16, 2009: Excellent ECE Graduate
Mr Zemene Walle Mekonnen from Ethiopia graduated in regular study period and with excellent overall mark.
He takes up PhD studies at ETH-Zürich, Communication Technology Laboratory. Congratulations and best wishes!
November 6, 2009: Convocation – Semester Celebration and Handout of Awards
Three ECE Graduates receive their Master-Awards in Electrical Communication Engineering. Congratulations!
First impressions...
Tongji-Forum October 09 - 11, 2009 in Berlin
Representatives of the ECE Master program attended the Tongji-Forum held in Berlin. Our ECE graduate Qiu Wang, who came to Kassel through the cooperation agreement with Tongji “Deutschkolleg”, presented the ECE program, his experience and gave an outlook on the future.
October 12 - 14, 2009: Introductory Days for Incoming ECE students
Welcoming of incoming students taking up studies in winter semester 2009 is scheduled for Monday, October 12, at 9:30h in room -1603. Our first ECE info meeting will take place at 10:30h in room 1328.
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ECE Graduate in Context Awareness Telemedical Project
As of summer term 2009 ECE students may now chose „Java Code Camp“ in the module Software Components for Communication Systems R1.
This course was introduced to the curriculum in the context of various projects in ComTec, such as the industrial driven projects for application products development, VENUS - a LOEWE Elite research project for pervasive computing and the MATRIX project.
Sian Lun Lau is ECE graduate and involved in the project. Read more…
August 13, 2009: ECE skyping now
You can reach ECE via Skype on Thursdays, 11 – 12 o’clock CET (Central European Meantime)
Skype name: ece.unikassel
Our ECE tutors or ECE speaker will be happy to answer your questions.
June 30, 2009: First Impressions of Faculty’s Summer Party
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June 25, 2009: Welcoming for ECE Newcomers
First impressions of the ECE welcoming...
Kassel Master Student in Electrical Communication Engineering attends “EUREL Students Meeting in Graz (Austria) 5th – 7th of June 2009”
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Read more about convocations...
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May 15, 2009: Convocation – Semester Celebration and Handout of Awards
Three Graduates received their Master-Awards in Electrical Communication Engineering.
Two ECE-Graduates received their doctoral degrees in winter-term 2008-2009.
Congratulations!
First ECE Intake via uni-assist:
Meet our ECE Incomers Summer 2009
8 students have joined the ECE program this summer term.
Meet our new batch...
April 14, 2009: Info Meeting for Incoming ECE students
Our first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in summer semester 2009 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, at 10:00h in room 1328.
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First graduate from the new accredited exam regulations ECE 2008
Mr Mohammed Abdel-Awwad, Egyptian government scholar, completed his M.Sc. studies in Electrical Communication Engineering as first graduate from the new accredited exam regulations ECE 2008 within the regular study period of 3 semesters with very good result. His Master's thesis focusses on the Development, Optimization and Fabrication of 3D UV-transparent NanoImprint Template.
Congratulations!
New ECE-Speaker is Haseeb Ahmad KHAN
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January 30, 2009: ECE meeting at 11:15h
This year’s first ECE meeting takes place 11:15 in room -1319.
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January 05, 2009 "Energy-Efficient GaN Transistors for Mobile Phone Technology"
Kassel press HNA reports on the latest scientific achievements of our ECE Alumni Dr Zena Asdesach and Dr Srinidhi Embar. The researchers work on the development of energy-efficient GaN transistors for mobile phone technology at the Microwave Technology Lab.
Read more ...(German version)
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December 10, 2008: This year's Welcoming for ECE Newcomers
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November 6, 2008: ECE PhD Disputation on Linear Power Amplifier Design
M. Sc. Asdesach Zena Markos, ECE alumnus from Ethiopia (intake 2002) and researcher at the HFT Dept. is going to hold his PhD disputation on the topic: „Efficiency Enhancement of Linear GaN RF Power Amplifiers using the Doherty Technique“ on Friday, 2008-11-06 at 14:30h. The disputation is public and takes place in room -1606, WA 73.
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Promotion Tour Russian Federation and Ukraine 2008
Prof. Dahlhaus has attended the Promotion Tour of the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD) which started in St. Petersburg. The study programs of the University of Kassel, in particular the ECE Master program, have been promoted on three different student fairs, namely in St. Petersburg (Russian Federation), Kiev (Ukraine) and Charkow (Ukraine). There has been a broad interest in the different fields and many contacts have been established. We are looking forward to welcome students from St. Petersburg, Kiev and Charkow for the ECE program in the near future.
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Meet our new ECE Incomers Winter 2008
22 students have joined the ECE program in winter semester 2008.
Meet our new batch....
First Impressions of the Introductory Days
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October 13 - 15, 2008: Introductory Days for Incoming ECE students
Our first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in winter semester 2008 is scheduled for Monday, October 13, at 9:30h in room 1328.
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October 6 - 9, 2008: Four-Day Field Trip to communication technology companies and research institutions
The ECE students went on a four-day excursion trip to south Germany, namely Munich and Stuttgart, between October 6th and 9th together with Prof. Dahlhaus, coordinator of the ECE program, and the VDE Kassel, a professional association of electrical engineers in Germany. The trip included visits to notable communication technology companies and research institutions including Rohde & Schwarz, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Agilent Technologies.
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July 1, 2008: New tutors for prospective ECE students
Two tutors for prospective ECE students have started their work. They will stay in touch with applicants in order to
- advise appicants on appliation procedures
- advise applicants on questions about their coming to Kassel, administrative issues etc.
- support the ECE alumni database and ECE website.
The tutors can be reached by e-mail at
First Impressions of Faculty’s Summer Party held on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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July 1, 2008: New activity Students4Students
Two currently enrolled ECE students have started their work to
- advise their fellow students on questions about registration procedures for exams, about premises at University of Kassel (libraries, refectory etc.)
- organize extra-curricular activities and provide support (e.g. excursions)
- organize ECE specific evaluation schemes.
The advisors can be reached by e-mail at
http://www.uni-kassel.de/mailto/studi4studi-ece.at.eecs.uni-kassel.de
Our Students4Students will be available every Friday 09:30h to 12:30h at Student Services EECS.
May 30, 2008: Convocation - Semester Celebration and Hand Out of Awards
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April 23, 2008: ECE Info Meeting for Incoming ECE students
Our first info meeting for the new ECE students taking up studies in summer semester 2008 is scheduled for Wednesday, April 23, at 9:00h in room 1328.
Senior ECE students are most welcome!
April 14, 2008: ECE program has been reaccredited
The new ECE study regulations 2008 have now officially been reaccredited by the agency ASIIN in Dusseldorf, Germany. The regulations are in force until Sept. 2013 and will replace the ECE study regulations 2004. The program is classified as being research-oriented, the program duration is three semesters.
January 25, 2008: ECE PhD Disputation on Linear Power Amplifier Design
M.Sc. Endalkachew S. Mengistu, ECE alumnus from Ethiopia (intake 2001) and researcher at the HFT Dept. is going to hold his PhD disputation on the topic: „Large-Signal Modeling of GaN HEMTs for Linear Power Amplifier Design“ on Friday, 2008-01-25 at 15h. The disputation is public and takes place in room -1606, WA 73.
Plan your ECE Timetable for Summer Semester now!
Our Lecture Planning Software HIS-LSF is online now. Have a look at
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Ladies first - First Lady: Rana elected new ECE speaker
For the first time since the ECE program was implemented as DAAD Master plus program in 1998 a female ECE speaker was elected on the ECE Meeting held on 2008-01-18. Rana Mahdy, DAAD scholar from Iraq (ECE intake 2006) is new ECE speaker!
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March 2008: Best wishes for exam period
Exam period for winter term 2007/2008 has started. Exams for winter term take place during month of March 2008.
For list of exams and on-line registration to exams confer to https://oka.eecs.uni-kassel.de/index.php.
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January 18, 2008: ECE meeting at 14:30h
This year’s first ECE meeting scheduled for 14:30h in room 0446.
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January 18, 2008: New Year’s Reception for International Students at 19h
This year's Multicultural Entertainment Program presented by international students of the University of Kassel takes place at the refectory (Mensa) Wilhelmshöher Allee 73 and starts at 19h... (open end).
November 2007: New ECE Module Handbook
New ECE module handbook published.
ECE Students join Excursion to SMA on 2007-11-21
Visit to SMA Technology AG, market leader in the field of solar inverters, is expecting continuous growth in the coming years.
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October 2007: Highly efficient Doherty amplifier. ECE Graduate Asdesach Zena Marcos awarded at EuMIC 2007
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Nov. 09, 2007: Convocation - Semester Celebration, Handout of Awards
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Welcoming of new ECE students on 2007-10-11
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September 2007: ECE Goes Documenta
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New ECE-Students visit the world's largest computer museum: Heinz-Nixdorf MuseumsForum
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First Impressions of Faculty’s Summer Party on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Students honoured Prof. Hillmer for “Best Student Cooperation”:
Company Presentation
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To read the full report about the meeting click here or on one of the photos.
Prof. Dahlhaus elected as new Chairman of the Board of Examiners ECE on June 13, 2007
He assumes office from Prof. Kompa, initiator of the ECE-programme, who held this position since 2002.
New ECE-Cooperation with Tongji-University Shanghai
Qiu Wang and Gu Wenwei have taken up their studies under the cooperation agreement with Tongji–University, Shanghai, in winter term 2006/07. The cooperation agreement was signed in April 2006. It provides for up to 5 applicants p.a. to take up their studies at the University of Kassel in the accredited Master Course „Electrical Communication Engineering“. The admission procedure is coordinated by the ECE admission office at the University of Kassel and „Deutschkolleg” of Tongji-Universität, Shanghai. Qiu Wang and Gu Wenwei arrived just in time:
- Arrival from Shanghai at Frankfurt International Airport: 6 a.m. - Oct/12/2006
- PPT-Präsentation at Kassel on this year’s ECE Welcoming: 18 p.m - Oct/12/2006
ECE-Graduate Laureate „NanoFutur“
Dr. Kannan Balasubramanian from India took up M.Sc.-studies in Electrical Communication Engineering at the University of Kassel in 2000. He is now laureate in the BMBF Contest NanoFutur in section LifeScience with his project
Functionalized nanotubes and nanowires for applications in analytical (bio)chemistry and medical diagnostics.
Congratulations!
First ECE-Graduate according to the accredited Exam Regulations ECE 2004, July 2006
Ms Zou Lulu has successfully completed her M.Sc.-Studies as first graduate from the accredited modularized exam regulations ECE 2004 within the regular period of studies. As Ms Lulu has returned to her homecountry China, she could not participate in this term’s graduation ceremony. Ms Lulu majored in ECE 3 „Optoelectronics and Optical Communication“. She wrote her excellent M.Sc.-Thesis under Prof. Hillmer on
Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth and Characterization of AlGaAs/GaAs.
Congratulations!