Freiberg Alumni Network
Welcome to Freiberg Alumni Network.
You have studied, researched, taught or worked at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg? Then you have come to the right place. You are a part of the university and we would like to stay in touch with you. The Freiberg Alumni Network, FAN for short, is the link to your former university.
If you register, you will stay informed, receive regular newsletters and can participate in special alumni events.
The motto of the Freiberg Alumni Network is: We stay in touch!
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| March 4, 2026
Detecting harmful styrene cheaply and reliably: Dr Erich Krüger Foundation funds project for new rapid biosensor test
In future, a new type of biosensor should be able to reliably and cheaply detect the harmful chemical styrene. Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg are developing a rapid test that could even be used for other harmful substances in the future.
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| Feb. 20, 2026
Using green electricity instead of gas: more environmentally friendly production for brown glass tested
The production of amber glass in Germany emits around 0.58 million tonnes of CO2 per year. A new method will soon make the process more environmentally friendly: In a research project, researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg have further developed an all-electric melting process for the production of amber glass and tested it on a laboratory scale. The so-called glass melting tank is heated entirely with electricity instead of natural gas: around 86 per cent of CO2 emissions could be saved in this way. This corresponds to the annual CO2 emissions of around 77,000 households. In addition, the amount of colour or sulphur carrier can be halved.
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| Feb. 18, 2026
The power of lightness: How new processes unlock the potential of magnesium for lightweight construction
It is lighter than aluminium. Despite this, magnesium has hardly been utilised by industry to date, as its processing into components is considered complex and energy-intensive. After three years of research, a team from various departments at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, together with industrial partners, developed and tested an end-to-end process chain for lightweight magnesium components - from the melt to the functional prototype.
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| Feb. 2, 2026
Strong in research and future-proof: third-party funding at record level in 2025
With around 72 million euros, TU Bergakademie Freiberg recorded a sharp increase in third-party funding in 2025. According to the university's internal statistics, income from third-party funding, including project funding from the state of Saxony, rose to its highest level to date.
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| Jan. 30, 2026
Milestone on the way to a large scale e-fuels plant
For the first time, the Freiberg petrol synthesis plant at the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering (IEC) has produced renewable petrol. 23,000 litres of almost climate-neutral petrol were produced. The green fuel is based on e-methanol, which was produced in Kassø, Denmark. The collaboration with the international partner is a decisive step that TUBAF and its industrial partner, CAC ENGINEERING GmbH, have taken in the direction of an industrial plant for e-fuels. With this development step, the team can both operate the production plant more process-efficiently and reliably demonstrate that up to 90 per cent CO2 savings compared to fossil petrol are possible with the help of a carbon cycle.
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