Technical and natural science faculty at the JKU Linz

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The TNF tower, a center of the TN faculty

The technical and natural science faculty (short: TNF ) is one of the four faculties of the Johannes Kepler University (short: JKU) in Linz , Upper Austria . The faculty was set up in 1969 and is used for research and teaching in the fields of chemistry and plastics technology , mathematics , mechatronics , computer science and physics . The dean is chemistry professor Norbert Müller.

The faculty is located on the JKU campus in Linz-Dornach ( St. Magdalena district ), in the northeast of the city of Linz.

history

In 1965 - even before the then University of Social and Economic Sciences was officially opened - the National Council decided to expand the university to include a technical and natural science faculty. The college of professors ( Adolf Adam , Gerhard Derflinger and Hans Knapp ) met for the first time in 1968 and elects the statistician Adolf Adam as the first dean. Adam was also the rector of the college at the time.

Official studies at the TNF began in 1969. The first fields of study were technical mathematics, computer science, computer engineering and the mathematics-physics teacher training course. Computer science has been taught by Adolf Adam as part of the Linz Information Science Program since 1968 , but was not established as an official subject until 1972. In 1970 the study of technical physics was offered for the first time.

The teacher training course was expanded to include chemistry in 1977, and from 1979 the course industrial engineering - technical chemistry was also offered. The Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics was expanded in 1975 to include an attempt at business informatics, which became a regular course in 1985. Although this course is not part of the TNF, it is still strongly supported in teaching by its institutes. In 1990, the JKU was one of the first universities in the world to begin teaching mechatronics.

In 2002, the teaching degree course in computer science and computer science management was newly introduced. An inter-university course in molecular biology was established in 2004 together with the University of Salzburg. In 2005 the master's degree in Industrial Mathematics followed, which is taught together with the TU Eindhoven and the TU Kaiserslautern. The master's degree in bioinformatics was newly established in 2006, and in the meantime it has been expanded to include a bachelor's degree as an English-language cross-border degree in cooperation with the South Bohemian University of Budweis.

An inter-university bachelor's degree in Biological Chemistry has been offered since the winter semester of 2007 and the associated master’s degree in English since 2010. This is also a cooperation with the South Bohemian University České Budějovice .

The bachelor's degree in information electronics has been offered since the 2008/09 academic year , and the associated master's degree has been available since the 2011 winter semester.

In the 2009/2010 academic year, the bachelor's degree in plastics technology was newly established, followed by the master's degree in Polymer Technologies and Science and Management in Polymer Technologies .

History of computer science

The history of computer science studies in Linz began with the creation of the Linz Information Science Program (LIP) by Adolf Adam . In 1966 he received a call to the newly established university, among other things to set up the technical and natural science faculty. One year later, in the winter semester of 1967/68, the first lectures on the information science program in Linz were offered by the Institute for Statistics and Data Processing .

In May 1967, Ernst Reichl began planning the university's first data center. He also offered a focus on environmental informatics . As the newly elected rector, Adolf Adam wrote his groundbreaking memorandum “Informatik”.

In 1968 the faculty of professors of the Faculty of Science was constituted. In addition to his role as rector, Adolf Adam was elected dean. In the same year, the data center was put into operation under the direction of Jörg R. Mühlbacher .

When the TNF officially began studying in the winter semester of 1969, a provisional course in computer science with a focus on applications was also offered. The apprenticeship was mainly carried out by Adolf Adam, Miloš Lánský and Arno Schulz .

On June 29, 1971, by decree of the ministry, the computer science course at the JKU was approved. From the following winter semester 1971/72, regular study operations began. A number of computer scientists were subsequently appointed professors: Arno Schulz (1971), Franz Pichler (1972), Ernst Reichl and Günther Vinek (1973), Peter Rechenberg (1975) and Jörg R. Mühlbacher (1976). Günther Vinek left the university in 1976 because of a call to the University of Vienna.

On December 12, 1977, the TNF tower was put into operation before the construction work was completed and officially opened on November 28, 1978.

Computer science professor Ernst Reichl was elected rector for the 1981–1983 academic years in 1981. Another wave of appointments followed with Roland Traunmüller (1983), Peter Kopacek (1986), Roland Wagner (1987), Jens Volkert (1989) and Gerhard Chroust (1992). In 1993, three new professors were appointed: Helmut Beran , Richard Hagelauer and Gerti Kappel. Hanspeter Mössenböck followed in 1994 and Max Mühlhäuser in 1995.

In 1999 Peter Rechenberg retired , his successor at the Institute for Practical Computer Science (today: Institute for Pervasive Computing ) will be Alois Ferscha , who was appointed in 2000 . A new computer science curriculum was also introduced in 1999. In 2000, Max Mühlhäuser accepted an offer at the TU Darmstadt , his successor was Gabriele Anderst-Kotsis in 2002 . In 2001 Gerti Kappel moved to the Vienna University of Technology .

In 2002, the computer science course at the JKU was one of the first in Austria to switch to the Bachelor / Master system to be established through the Bologna process . As part of this changeover, the computer science and computer science management teacher training course was also newly introduced. In 2004 Armin Biere was appointed to succeed the retired Franz Pichler . Gerhard Widmer , who was appointed to the JKU by the Vienna University of Technology, followed Helmut Beran . In 2005 Roland Traunmüller retired.

The curriculum for the bachelor's / master's degree was amended with the 2007/08 winter semester. Gerhard Chroust retired in October 2007, and Alexander Egyed succeeded him in March 2008 . Jens Volkert retired in October 2009. In 2009 the computer graphic artist Oliver Bimber (formally as the successor to Roland Traunmüller) was appointed.

building

As a campus university, most of the facilities of the JKU and thus also the TNF are located on the JKU campus in the north of Linz. The institutes mainly occupy areas in the TNF tower (chemistry, physics), in the physics building (physics) and semiconductor physics building (physics) as well as in the JKU Science Park component I (mechatronics), component II (mathematics, plastics technology) and component III (computer science). A mechatronics institute is housed in the university fund building, and there are also laboratory rooms in the microelectronics building .

Since the opening of component I of the JKU Science Park (also known as the mechatronics wing , or MT for short ) in October 2009, the mechatronics institutes, which were previously housed in company building 01 on the Voestalpine site, have been located on the campus. The opening of component III in summer 2012 also made it possible to take in some IT institutes that were previously located in branch offices on Freistädter Straße.

Are housed outside the university campus

  • in the software park Hagenberg premises of the institute for application-oriented knowledge processing (department of computer science) as well as the institute for symbolic computing and the fuzzy logic laboratory Linz-Hagenberg (both department of mathematics)
  • in the Gruberstrasse in Linz, the Institute for Biophysics (Department of Physics)

Teaching

The Faculty of Technology and Natural Sciences offers bachelor's, teacher training, master's and doctoral studies.

  • chemistry
    • Bachelor's degree in Biological Chemistry
    • Master's degree in Biological Chemistry
    • Bachelor's degree in technical chemistry
    • Master's degree in technical chemistry
    • Master's degree in Polymer Chemistry
    • Master's degree in industrial engineering - technical chemistry
  • Electronics and information technology (until September 2017: information electronics )
    • Bachelor's degree in electronics and information technology
    • Master's degree in electronics and information technology
  • Computer science
    • Bachelor's degree in bioinformatics
    • Master's degree in bioinformatics
    • Bachelor's degree in computer science
    • Master's degree in Computer Science
  • Plastics technology
    • Bachelor's degree in plastics technology
    • Master's degree in Polymer Technologies and Science
    • Master's degree in Management in Polymer Technologies
  • mathematics
    • Bachelor's degree in technical mathematics
    • Master's degree in computer mathematics
    • Master's degree in industrial mathematics
    • Master's degree in mathematics in the natural sciences
  • Mechatronics
    • Bachelor's degree in mechatronics
    • Master's degree in mechatronics
  • physics
    • Bachelor's degree in Molecular Biosciences
    • Master's degree in molecular biology
    • Bachelor's degree in technical physics
    • Master's degree in technical physics
    • Master's degree in biophysics
    • Master's degree in nanoscience and technology
  • Teacher training TN
    • Subjects: chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science and computer science management
  • PhD programs TN

Institutes and research facilities

There are 58 institutes at the faculty (as of 2018). There are also five Christian Doppler laboratories and the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

Chemistry and plastics technology

  • Institute for Analytical Chemistry (Board of Directors: Wolfgang Buchberger)
  • Institute for Inorganic Chemistry - Center of Nanobionics and Photochemical Sciences (CNPS) (Board of Directors: Günther Knör )
  • Institute for Chemistry of Polymers (Board of Directors: Oliver Brüggemann )
  • Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Substances (Board member: Achim Walter Hassel)
  • Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Substances (Board: Christian Paulik)
  • Institute for Catalysis (Board of Directors: Marko Hapke)
  • Institute for Organic Chemistry (Board of Directors: Norbert Müller)
  • Institute for Physical Chemistry (Board member: N. Serdar Sariciftci )
  • Institute for Polymer Extrusion and Compounding (Board of Directors: Jürgen Miethlinger )
  • Institute for Polymer Injection Molding and Process Automation (Executive Board: Georg Steinbichler)
  • Institute for Polymeric Materials and Testing (Board of Directors: Reinhold W. Lang )
  • Institute for Polymer Product Engineering (Board of Directors: Zoltan Major)
  • Institute for Polymer Science (Head: Sabine Hild)
  • Institute for Process Engineering (Board of Directors: Oliver Brüggemann)
  • Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS) (Board: N. Serdar Sariciftci)

Computer science

  • Institute for Application-Oriented Knowledge Processing (provisional director: Josef Küng)
  • Institute for Bioinformatics (Board of Directors: Sepp Hochreiter )
  • Institute for Computational Perception (Board of Directors: Gerhard Widmer )
  • Institute for Computer Architecture (provisional director: Robert Wille)
    • Department of Applied Systems Research and Statistics (Head: Robert Wille)
  • Institute for Computer Graphics (Board of Directors: Oliver Bimber )
  • Institute for Formal Models and Verification (Board of Directors: Armin Biere )
  • Institute for Integrated Circuits (Board of Directors: Robert Wille)
    • Department for Integrated Circuits and System Design (Head: Robert Wille)
    • Department for Energy Efficient Analog Circuits (Head: Harald Pretl)
    • Department of Medical Electronics (Head: Richard Hagelauer )
  • Institute for Networks and Security (provisional director: Michael Sonntag)
  • Institute for Pervasive Computing (Board of Directors: Alois Ferscha)
  • Institute for Signal Processing (Executive Board: Mario Huemer )
  • Institute for Software Systems Engineering (Board of Directors: Alexander Egyed )
  • Institute for System Software (Board of Directors: Hanspeter Mössenböck )
  • Institute for Tele-Cooperation (Head: Gabriele Anderst-Kotsis)
    • Department for Cooperative Information Systems (Head: Gabriele Anderst-Kotsis)

mathematics

  • Institute for Algebra (Board of Directors: Manuel Kauers)
  • Institute for Analysis (Board of Directors: Aicke Hinrichs)
    • Functional Analysis Department (Head: Aicke Hinrichs)
    • Department of Dynamic Systems and Approximation Theory (Head: Petro Yudytskiy)
  • Institute for Applied Geometry (Board of Directors: Bert Jüttler)
  • Institute for Financial Mathematics and Applied Number Theory: (Board of Directors: Gerhard Larcher )
  • Institute for Industrial Mathematics (Board of Directors: Ronny Ramlau)
  • Institute for Numerical Mathematics (Board of Directors: Ulrich Langer )
  • Institute for Stochastics (Head: Evelyn Buckwar)
  • Institute for Symbolic Computing (RISC) (Board of Directors: Peter Paule)
  • Institute for Knowledge-Based Mathematical Systems (FLLL - Fuzzy Logic Laboratorium Linz-Hagenberg) (provisional director: Susanne Saminger-Platz)
  • Doctoral College Computational Mathematics (Head: Veronika Pillwein)

Mechatronics

  • Institute for Design and Control of Mechatronic Systems (Board of Directors: Luigi del Re)
  • Institute for Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (Executive Board: Wolfgang Amrhein)
  • Institute for Electrical Measurement Technology (Board of Directors: Bernhard Zagar)
  • Institute for Lightweight Structures (Board of Directors: Martin Schagerl)
  • Institute for Mechanical Engineering and Hydraulic Drive Technology (Board of Directors: Rudolf Scheidl )
  • Institute for Mechatronic Product Development and Manufacturing (Board of Directors: Klaus Zeman )
  • Institute for Medical and Biomechatronics (Executive Board: Werner Baumgartner)
  • Institute for Microelectronics and Microsensors (Board of Directors: Bernhard Jakoby )
  • Institute for Telecommunications and High Frequency Systems (Executive Board: Andreas Springer)
    • Communication Technology Department (Head: Andreas Springer)
    • Department for High Frequency Systems (Head: Andreas Stelzer)
  • Institute for Control Engineering and Process Automation (Executive Board: Kurt Schlacher)
  • Institute for Robotics (Board of Directors: Andreas Müller)
  • Institute for Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (Executive Board: Philipp Gittler)
    • Department for Particulate Flow Modeling (Head: Stefan Pirker)
  • Institute for Technical Mechanics (Board of Directors: Hans Irschik)
  • JKU HOERBIGER Research Institute for Smart Actuators (Board of Directors: Wolfgang Amrhein)

physics

  • Institute for Applied Physics (Board of Directors: Thomas A. Klar )
  • Institute for Biophysics (Board of Directors: Peter Hinterdorfer)
    • Department of Applied Experimental Biophysics (Head: Peter Hinterdorfer)
    • Department of Molecular Biophysics and Membrane Biophysics (Head: Peter Pohl)
  • Institute for Experimental Physics (Board of Directors: Peter Zeppenfeld)
    • Department of Atomic and Surface Physics (Head: Peter Zeppenfeld)
    • Department of Soft Matter Physics (Head: Siegfried Bauer †)
  • Institute for Semiconductor and Solid State Physics (Board of Directors: Andreas Ney)
    • Solid State Physics Department (Head: Reinhold Koch)
    • Department of Semiconductor Physics (Head: Armando Rastelli)
    • Department of Nanoelectronics
  • Institute for Theoretical Physics (Board of Directors: Thomas Renger )
    • Department of Theoretical Biophysics (Head: Thomas Renger)
    • Department of Many-Particle Systems (Head: Arthur Ernst)
  • Center for Surface and Nanoanalysis (ZONA) (Board of Directors: Kurt Hingerl)

Christian Doppler Laboratories

  • Monitoring and evolution of very large software systems (MEVSS)
  • Combinatorial Oxide Chemistry (COMBOX)
  • Structural strength control of lightweight constructions
  • Multi-scale modeling of multi-phase processes
  • Digitally supported high frequency transceivers in future mobile communication systems

people

dean

Chemistry professor Norbert Müller has been the dean since October 1, 2017 .

Its predecessors were:

  • 1968–1969: Adolf Adam (mathematics)
  • 1969–1970: Eduard Nachtigall (chemistry)
  • 1970–1971: Miloš Lánský (computer science)
  • 1971–1973: Paul Otto Runck (mathematics)
  • 1973–1974: Helmut Paul (physics)
  • 1974–1975: Hans Knapp (mathematics)
  • 1975–1977: Günther Vinek (computer science)
  • 1977–1979: Helmut Heinrich (physics)
  • 1979–1981: Bruno Buchberger (mathematics)
  • 1981–1984: Hermann Janeschitz-Kriegl (chemistry)
  • 1984–1985: Peter Rechenberg (computer science)
  • 1985–1987: Helmut Paul (physics)
  • 1987–1989: Peter Weiss (mathematics)
  • 1989–1991: Heinz Falk (chemistry)
  • 1991–1993: Hartwig Thim (physics)
  • 1993–1997: Urbanus M. Titulaer (physics)
  • 1997–2000: Heinz Engl (mathematics)
  • 2000–2007: Richard Hagelauer (Mechatronics)
  • 2007–2009: Wolfgang Buchberger (chemistry)
  • 2009–2013: Erich Peter Klement (mathematics)
  • 2013–2015: Franz Winkler (mathematics)
  • 2015–2017: Alois Ferscha (computer science)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal law of June 30, 1965, with which the University Organization Act is again amended. BGBl. 195/1965.
  2. ↑ Informationselektronik.at
  3. ↑ JKU campus plan , jku.at - an overview
  4. ↑ JKU RISC Contact. Retrieved April 10, 2013 .
  5. ↑ JKU FLLL Contact. Retrieved April 10, 2013 .
  6. ^ Institutes of the TN faculty
  7. ^ Chemistry and plastics technology. In: www.jku.at. Retrieved June 18, 2016 .
  8. ↑ JKU ›TN Faculty› Team. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
  9. ^ Franz Strehl (Ed.): Johannes Kepler University Linz , University Press Trauner, Linz

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