RESIS/KIT

at the 2026 AMS/AGS International Technical Exchange

The 14th AMS/AGS International Technical Exchange took place on October 19–23, 2026, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California. It was co-organized by LLNL’s National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) and the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and brought together aerial radiation measurement teams from about 13 countries. Dmytro Trybushnyi (RESIS) gave an online invited talk on the decision support system RODOS/JRodos: its history, models, validation and the presentation of results, and how predictive modeling can support aerial emergency response.

on the Practical Usage of Decision Support Systems 
in Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Management

As part of the IAEA Technical Cooperation project INT9188, a workshop was held at KIT from September 28 to October 2, 2026. The workshop focused on the role of decision support systems within the broader context of nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response (EPR).

Jonas Beil has been awarded this year’s Wolfgang Heilmann Prize from MTU Aero Engines. He is receiving the prize for his master's thesis on “A Concept for a Turbine to Generate Power from a Rotating Detonation Burner.” The 27-year-old studied mechanical engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and is now working as a scientist and doctoral candidate at the Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety (ITES). He was honored on September 9, 2026, during the German Aerospace Congress in Aachen. 

KIT / Silke Walz

Dr.-Ing. Neele Uhlenbruck, a former ITES employee, was awarded the 2026 Friedrich and Elisabeth Boysen Foundation Dissertation Prize on June 12, 2026. We are delighted that her outstanding dissertation has been recognized and offer our heartfelt congratulations on this award! Through her work on NECOC technology, she is contributing to the development of sustainable methods for utilizing CO₂. For more information on this research topic and related work, please visit our project website.

KIT/MPS

Reactor accident in the laboratory: stress test for fuel elements in a mini-nuclear power plant

Small, modular reactors are supposed to make nuclear power plants cheaper and safer. Researchers in Karlsruhe are testing whether small reactors can actually be superior to large ones in the event of an accident.

When the last three German nuclear power plants were taken off the grid in mid-April 2023, it seemed like a final farewell to nuclear energy. In reality, however, this only marked the end of the use of nuclear power for electricity production in Germany.

Research is still being carried out on this topic in Germany. At KIT, various working groups are dealing with issues such as the safety of nuclear reactors.

Markus Breig/KIT

With the NECOC process, KIT is closing carbon cycles—now the technology is being put into practice

Avoiding greenhouse gas emissions and closing carbon cycles—this is made possible by an innovation from KIT. The NECOC process converts the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into solid carbon—an industrially usable raw material. Now it is set to be used for the first time on an industrial scale in a cast iron foundry: KIT researchers are developing corresponding plant concepts for this purpose in collaboration with industry partners. The state of Baden-Württemberg is funding the project with approximately 1.4 million euros.

KIT

February 2026 marked the start of the new funding phase of the European Digital Innovation Hub - Applied Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity (EDIH AICS 2.0). Representatives of all consortium partners came together for the kick-off meeting to plan the seven work packages for the coming years and identify starting points for even closer cooperation.

A central focus is the further expansion of EDIH-AICS into a genuine one-stop store for AI and cyber security. In future, companies will be able to find all relevant services from the participating partners bundled at a central point of contact and the services will be closely interlinked with existing and new funding opportunities so that SMEs and start-ups receive targeted support.

KIT

Dr. Sadeeb Simon Ottenburger, mathematician and systemic resilience researcher in the RESIS (Resilient and Smart Infrastructure Systems) department at the Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety (ITES), has published a new research paper in the renowned mathematics journal Mathematische Annalen.
The paper entitled "A classification of 5-dimensional manifolds, homogeneous souls of codimension two and non-diffeomorphic pairs" presents new results in the classification of five-dimensional manifolds.

Joachim Grune / KIT

KIT researchers surpass NASA and achieve a technological breakthrough toward a CO₂-neutral energy system
Breakthrough green electricity generation with hydrogen: Researchers at KIT have set a record runtime with a new compressorless gas turbine. The burner, featuring a revolutionary pressure-gain combustion technology, operated for 303 seconds. This achievement not only exceeds NASA’s previous record of 250 seconds but also sets new standards for the use of hydrogen in energy supply, which—unlike natural gas—can be produced using renewable energy sources. Earlier this year, the researchers succeeded for the first time in generating electricity with a hydrogen gas turbine without a mechanical compressor. From April 20 to 24, 2026, they will present the gas turbine at the Hannover Messe.

Job description
Our award-winning and internationally acclaimed research into the production of industrially usable carbon from carbon dioxide and hydrogen from methane without producing carbon dioxide is entering the next round.

The positions offer varied, exciting tasks in a highly motivated, multidisciplinary team of several PhD students and experienced technical staff in an excellently equipped research environment.

„Computational fluid dynamics with OpenFOAM“

13.10. - 23.10.2025

The format of the course allows a very flexible participation!

The course consists of four parts, each extending over two days. During day1, participants receive videos of the lectures, slides, and do the proposed exercises. During day2, teachers are available at any time for a one-to-one discussion via Zoom meeting to solve issues related to exercises and answer questions. The course will be held in English.
Objective: The purpose of the course is to acquire the knowledge and practical skills necessary to use the software OpenFOAM.

Deadline: 30. September 2025!