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Katharina Fellnhofer receives Marie Curie Fellowship
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Dr Katharina Fellnhofer (D-MTEC) has been awarded the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship, which is funded by the European Commission and hosted by ETH Zurich and Harvard University. Her fellowship research initiative “Roller-Coaster” investigates entrepreneurs’ and venture capitalists’ entrepreneurial intuition in the course of financial decision-making.
Prof. Johann Kolar elected to the "National Academy of Engineering"
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Prof. Johann Kolar, head of the Power Electronic Systems Laboratory (PES), has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering?(NAE) "for contributions to power-?electronic technologies, multiobjective design optimization, education, and technology transfer to industry." Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.