Why are women still underrepresented in STEM-study programmes, despite the fact that career opportunities for engineers, IT specialists and mathematicians are better than ever? Dr Yves Jeanrenaud, guest professor for gender studies at Ulm University, believes that stereotypes like the computer geek and the nerdy scientist keep young women from considering a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). 

A collection of commissioned portraits of five inspirational females from the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) were unveiled at the virtual launch of Accenture’s Women on Walls at Dublin City University in celebration of International Women’s Day.

The European research project BADGER (roBot for Autonomous unDerGround trenchless opERations, mapping and navigation), coordinated by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), has presented a prototype of an autonomous underground robot with intelligent navigation for urban environments. 

Great success for researchers from Ulm University, the University of Stuttgart and their partners from the industry! Their joint project QSens has been selected as one of seven innovation networks nationwide in the highly competitive Clusters4Future competition sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). In collaboration with specialized companies, researchers from Ulm and Stuttgart intend to develop the quantum sensors of the future up to market readiness. Applications range from personalised medicine to automated driving and information technology. Over the next ten years, the BMBF will provide funding of up to EUR 450 million for Cluster for Future, while the industry will contribute a similar amount.