Seven Canadian scientists from the field of energy storage visited the HIU on their European tour. Prof. Stefano Passerini, Director of the HIU, introduced the HIU research activities before giving a tour through the chemistry and physics laboratories. Prof. Joachim Ankerhold, Vice President of the Ulm University and member of the HIU board of directors, welcomed the researchers at the Ulm University with an overview of the science park on the Eselsberg. Prof. Axel Groß also presented the new POLiS cluster of excellence. Further stations of the delegation trip were the KIT and the ZSW – also partner institutions of the HIU.
The Canadian scientists belong to the NEST Network (Energy Storage Technology Network), which brings together researchers in Canada to develop next-generation energy storage technologies. The researchers, who belong to Ryerson University, École Polytechnique de Montréal, University of Waterloo, University of Ottawa and Simon Fraser University, visited several European institutions to explore collaborations within research projects.