13 British scientists who work in the field of e-mobility/ battery research visited HIU on their three-day trip through Baden-Württemberg. Prof. Joachim Ankerhold, Vice President of the Ulm University and at the same time member of the HIU board of directors, welcomed the scientists from the Universities of London, Coventry, Warwick and Loughborough and overview the innovative capability at the Science Park on the Eselsberg. Prof. Maximilian Fichtner presented the research activities of the HIU before he and Prof. Stefano Passerini showed the group round the chemistry and physics labs.
The objective of the visit was to discuss potential cooperation in the framework of research projects at European or bilateral level. So far, the bilateral research collaboration between Germany and Great Britain has not been very much developed in the field of e-mobility/ battery research. On this occasion, the participants agreed on subsequent meetings to substantiate the cooperation.
Further stations of the delegation were the KIT and the ZSW, HIU partner institutions. The tour was organized by bw-i in cooperation with the UK Science and Innovation Network as well as the Baden-Wuerttemberg state agency e-mobil BW. The visit to Baden-Wuerttemberg was the counter-visit to a delegation trip to the UK in October/ November last year.