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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institution
Section overview
- Description
- Activities
- Subordinate institutions
- Networks
- Coordinated projects
- Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- Coordinated collaborative projects of subordinate institutions
- Subordinate institutions as work package leader of collaborative projects
- Involved in research projects
- Contact
Description
On October 01, 2009, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) was founded by a merger of Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe and Universität Karlsruhe. The basis was the KIT Merger Act that was adopted unanimously by the Baden-Württemberg state parliament in July 2009. KIT bundles the missions of both precursory institutions: A university of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg with teaching and research tasks and a large-scale research institution of the Helmholtz Association conducting program-oriented provident research on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany. Within these missions, KIT is operating along the three strategic fields of action of research, teaching, and innovation.
With roundabout 8.000 employees and an annual budget of about EUR 700 million, one of the largest research and teaching institutions worldwide is established in Karlsruhe. It has the potential to assume a top position worldwide in selected fields of research. The objective: KIT will become an institution of top research and excellent scientific education as well as a prominent location of academic life, life-long learning, comprehensive advanced training, unrestricted exchange of know-how, and sustainable innovation culture.
With KIT, an institution of excellent international research and teaching in natural sciences and engineering is being established:
* KIT will attract the best experts from all over the world.
* KIT will set standards in teaching and promotion of young scientists.
* KIT will become the leading European center of energy research.
* KIT will play a role in nanosciences that will be visible worldwide.
* KIT will be a leading innovation partner of industry.
Activities
- Research
Subordinate institutions
- Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research
- Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences Section I: Chair of Food Process Engineering
- European Institute for Energy Research
- Institute for Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics
- Institut für Angewandte Biowissenschaften
- Institute of vehicle system technology
- Departments Food Chemistry and Food Toxicology
- Institute of Industrial Management and Industrial Production
- Institute for Technical Chemistry
- Institute of Bio-and Food Technology Area II: Technical Biology
- Botanical Garden of KIT
- Botanical Institute
- Molecular biology and biochemistry of plant, Botanical Institute II
- keine Angabe
- Chair for Biomolecular Separation Engineering
- Institute of Geography and Geoecology
- Institute of Toxicology and Genetics
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry
- Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology
- Institute of Chemical Process Engineering
- Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences, Section III Bioprocess Engineering
- Institute of Functional Interfaces
- Institute of Soil Mechanics and Rock Mechanics
- Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis
- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik
Networks
Coordinated projects
- Collaborative project: Ensuring high baking quality and nitrogen-use efficiency through optimization of storage protein composition and enzymatic activity - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Functionalization of insect-based flours by extrusion processing for the applications in bakery products - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Inducing haploidy by using novel genome engineering tools providing a faster breeding progress of mono- and eudikotyledonous crops - subproject C
- Collaborative project: Intensification of separation processes in the food industry through digital twins and intelligent process control (InSeLDiP) - subproject B
- Collaborative project: Systemic optimization of the value chain meat using the example of pig farming through the development and embedding of digital tools - subproject B
- Complementary chemical-biotechnological process development for the novel production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from inulin-accumulating plants - subproject 3: FDCA chemocatalysis
- Evaluation procedure of greenhouse gas reductions for rice originating from Southeast Asia: Digital platform for quantification and planning using the example of Vietnam
- ForestValue: Innovative joints in hardwoods
- Formulation of recommendations for sustainable floodplain-forest management tested for their practicability and with a particular focus on poplar forests to optimize the forest functions biodiversity, income and climate protection, with special regard to climate change and ash dieback disease. Coordination
- GREENERGY - cultivation of fast growing tree species in grassland sites to increase the resource potential for the use of wood for energy; Subproject 3: Legal Framework of the grassland use
- Improvement of the combustion of pure rapeseed oil fuel in modern heavy-duty engines
- Measures to reduce direct and indirect climate-relevant emissions that result from denitrification in agricultural soils SP B
- ModOKlim - A1 Climate scenarios and thresholds for regional climate change mitigation strategies - Estimation of hail hazard in the past and the future - KIT
- Rediscovery of regional ancient grain varieties for the sustainable production of organic food
- Sophisticated genome engineering by testing CRISPR tools for their applicability in the crop plant species Solanum lycopersicum
- Use of naturally available methane to power agricultural machinery (MethAnLand) Using the example of a cow barn model, methods are being researched to first enrich the resulting methane-air mixture in such a way that methane can be separated at economic cost. In addition, the processes necessary for the use of methane on agricultural farms are examined.
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- Agro photovoltaics: contribution to resource-efficient land use, sub-project 5
- Agrosystem for future: RUN
- Bioactive compounds with health promoting potential of by-products of juice production and extraction of apple pectin: in vitro characterization of the action profile and enrichment value-adding components
- Biogeochemistry of denitrification from plant-soil mesocosm studies to biogeochemical modelling at the ecosystem level
- BonaRes (Modul A, Phase 2): SUSALPSII - Sustainable use of alpine and pre-alpine grassland soils in a changing climate - subproject A
- BonaRes (Module A, Phase 3): SUSALPSIII - Sustainable use of alpine and pre-alpine grassland soils under changing climate, subproject A
- Co-creating sustainable transformations of food supply chains through co-operative business models and governance
- Collaborative project: AI-Based valuation system for plant level autonomous valuation - subproject A
- Collaborative project: Bee-based biomonitoring to unlock the synergetic mechanisms of agriculture and pollinator insects - subproject A
- Collaborative project: Breeding and mass propagation of peat moss in Sphagnum farming to create a sustainable supply of renewable raw material for horticultural growing media. Subproject 3: Establishment and optimization of axenic in vitro propagation of Sphagnum in a photobioreactor, Design and construction of a new type of a photobioreactor for large scale mass propagation of Sphagnum seeding material
- Collaborative project: Development of a process for the production of Cronobacter sakazakii-free spray-dried milk and cereal based food powders – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Electronic platooning system for agricultural machines – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Electronic towing bar for agricultural machines with surroundings sensor system and adoption of geo-referenced information – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Expansion of ecological, silvicultural and technical knowledge about forest fires. Subproject 1: Improved understanding of forest fire dynamics in German forests using deep learning and fire propagation simulations
- Collaborative project: Expansion of ecological, silvicultural and technical knowledge about forest fires. Subproject 5: Development of silvicultural strategies for the rejuvenation of fire-damaged stands
- Collaborative project: Research on basic principles for the production of breakfast cereals with reduced energy density enriched in dietary fibre and polyphenols - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Self-configuring, mobile networks in the area of agriculture for tracing, optimising and documenting harvesting processes (LaSeKo) – Subproject 2
- Collaborative projects: Lignocellulosic Biorefinery - Digestion lignocellulose raw material and full use of components (Phase 2), sub-project 7: economic-ecological evaluation, material and energy flow modeling
- Collaborative: Polymeric surfactants from renewable raw materials with enhanced performance characteristics. Project 9: Synthesis of acyl peptides.
- Design of the properties of expanded starch-based products using high-speed extrusion, based on a neuronumerischen process control strategies
- Development of an extrusion process for the preparation of emulsifiers for food applications on the basis of protein-polysaccharide conjugates
- Double emulsions for fat reduction: Fundamental investigations on influencing the microstructure of double emulsions and how the structure influences product properties relevant for consumers (mouth feel, creaminess, fatty taste, saturation)
- Economic and ecological evaluation of a biorefinery concept for the production of fucoxanthin and EPA on a pilot scale and transdisciplinary developed scenarios on an industrial scale in Germany
- Energy efficient and gentle homogenization of milk and effects on the texture of dairy products
- Ensuring survival of the wild vine Vitis vinifera L. var sylvestris Gmelin in the Rhine water meadows by specific in situ management
- Establishment of a gene targeting technology in plants
- Fluorescence image analysis of leaf compounds
- FOR 536 P5: Quantification and biogeochemical modeling of C and N turnover processes and biosphere-atmosphere exchange of C and N compounds
- FOR 536 Z1: MAGIM project coordination, coordination of MAGIM spatial experiments and development of a Geo Information System (GIS) for the Xilin river catchment
- GABI-FUTURE-collaborative projects: Targeted gene in barley (GABI-PRECISE) (Subproject D)
- GlobE - Food Security in East Africa: Improving the resilience of rice productivity to climatic conditions
- Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) - product analysis, technical evaluation, agricultural use of farmland -
- IdenWays - Identifying ways to reduce agricultural GHG emissions: A multinational modeling approach to optimize C and N cycles between livestock and cropping systems
- Influence of homogenization on the internal structure and the resulting properties of certain pulpy fruit juices and purees and demand for energy in the production
- Influence of the interaction between the functional groups of pectins and selected product ingredients for the stabilization of oil droplets in food emulsions
- Joint project MtSynfuels, sub-project 2: Scientific support - questions on reaction engineering and accounting
- Joint project: B2G - Innovative production of gaseous fuels from biomass
- Joint project: gene bank for wild plants for food and agriculture
- Joint project: optimization of the production of microbial rhamnolipids based on renewable resources sub-projects 3: work-up and process development
- Linking land use intensity, biodiversity, soil microbial processes and organo-mineral interactions for a mechanistic understanding of nitrogen turn-over in grassland ecosystems
- Mechanical stress as a pretreatment step for separation EPS-producing bacterial starter cultures: impact on efficiency and scalability of the centrifugation step
- Microstructured multidisperse Hull capsules as a carrier of bioactive substances: studies on the influence of molecular interactions and diffusion barriers on the stability and the release of substances from the Wild Blueberry
- Quantification of the horizontal and vertical variability of nitrate production, - involved in consumption and discharge of key microbial processes and - populations in an N-saturated spruce forest soil
- Recombination: an old and new tool for plant breeding (RECBREED)
- Reduce the caking tendency of spray-dried powders containing lactose
- Research Network: Integrated bioproduction, Integrated chemical-biotechnological production of synthesis components based on renewable resources in a bio-refinery, Subproject 10: process and product review
- Rhizo4Bio (Phase 1): RhizoTraits - Rhizosphere traits increase resilience of yield in innovative cropping systems - subproject D
- Scale-up of improved nozzles for high-pressure homogenization and emulsification
- Spray drying by Effervescent Atomization
- Studies on flavor development during roasting of cocoa with particular reference to the control of the temperature-time profile
- Studies on the integration of simultaneity homogenizing and mixing (SHM) technology in conventional homogenization processes with flat valve products for the processing of milk
- Subproject 1: conditioning of green biomass by electroporation assisted drainage
- Synthesis of methanol from biomass - phase 2: Gasification
- Synthetic fuel production from biomass - production by fast pyrolysis and gasification of slurry or high pressure entrained flow gasification and synthetic fuel from biomass - phase III and IV gas purification and fuel synthesis
- SYSSIFOSS – usage of synthetically structural remote sensing data for improved forestry stocktaking models
- The early infection phase of Ustilago maydis: adaptation to the plant environment
- Use of genetic resources of the European wild grape for the breeding of black rot and mildew resistant grapevines
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 1.1 Development of a Regional Climate Model System for West Africa
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 1.2 Seasonal Climate and Regional Weather Forecasts
Coordinated collaborative projects of subordinate institutions
Subordinate institutions as work package leader of collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
- Analysis of the interaction between plants and fungi during colonization
- Assessment of wind erosion susceptibility of agroforestry systems
- BeechConnect - Optimizing hardwood structures by using modern connections
- BonaRes (Module A, Phase 3): SUSALPSIII - Sustainable use of alpine and pre-alpine grassland soils under changing climate, subproject A
- Breeding and mass propagation of peat moss in Sphagnum farming to create a sustainable supply of renewable raw material for horticultural growing media
- CEPRI - Revolution on Six Legs
- Determination of vegetation cover, leaf area index LAI and real evapotranspiration using remote sensing data and experimental field data obtained from e.g. the TERENO (Terrestrial Environmental Observatories) -project
- Development of concepts as well as cost-efficient processes and techniques for precipitation water treatment and disposal
- Development of innovative strategies for sustainable plant protection in viticulture. Part: Identification and comparative analysis of candidate genes for resistance to contribute to the elucidation of different resistance mechanisms
- Digestive degradation of high-fat emulsions
- Energy crop information and demonstration centres
- Functional characterization of the human metabolome
- Heat from wood - Fine particle emissions: Fuel impact, furnace contest, secondary measures, characterisation and toxicity
- Impact of diet and exercise intensity on metabolic effects
- Impact of nutrition and physical activity on human metabolism and risk factors for life style associated diseases
- Influence various whole grain fractions on obesity
- Investigations on UV-inactivation of microorganism using flow-conducting elements
- Joint research project 'Organic soils': Improvement and operationalisation of quality assurance and uncertainty analysis for the emission reporting for the sector Agriculture and LULUCF
- Laser labeling of fruit and vegetables: Evaluation of the effect on apples
- Metabolic markers of diet and physical activity in humans
- Microalgae
- MINCA - Mitigation of nitrogen charge on the Catchment scale
- Modifications of chromosomal centromer function in carrots through CRISPR/Cas-based technology
- VitiFuture
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 1.3 Interaction between Land Surface and Regional Climate
Contact
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
(KIT)
Kaiserstraße 12
76131 Karlsruhe
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Phone: +49(0)721 608-0
Fax: +49(0)721 608-4290
Email: info(@)kit.edu
