FH JOANNEUM’s Smart Production Lab opened its doors on 7 March 2018. A former factory building has been transformed into one of Austria’s largest training and research facilities for Industry 4.0 and digitisation with support from the municipality of Kapfenberg. It is open to renowned industrial partners, researchers and students as well as the general public: the integrated FabLab is a place where people can give free reign to their inventiveness.

Does breast feeding, bottle feeding and/or the mother’s diet have any influence on the subsequent development of obesity in children? Katharina helped researchers to find an answer to this question even before being born.

Victoria Binder works as a construction engineer for PORR GmbH Styria. An internship paved the way for joining the company which operates in the fields of civil engineering and building construction.

Complex electronics meet creativity and a love of detail: in his start-up enterprise, SuperSonic, FH JOANNEUM graduate Richard Sbüll is restoring classic tube radios dating from the last century. By incorporating the latest microelectronics he is turning old radios into unique collectibles.

Each year, students of the joanneum racing graz team design and build a racing car for the international Formula Student competition. This is the journey they have to complete.

Our students of “Luftfahrt / Aviation” and “Production technology and organization” are in for a treat: Roy Issa Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering of the School of Engineering & Computer Science at West Texas A&M University is currently their visiting professor. We talked with him about the differences between Austria and the U.S. when it comes to academics and characteristics.