From Theory to Practice: Projects at the FH Potsdam at a Glance

The "students4students" project was launched in 2021 at the Department of Social Sciences and Education to offer students in their first and second semesters continuous support. The aim is to provide students with targeted counselling to help them succeed in their studies. From winter semester 2023/24, a three-year support and research project will be carried out with funding from the European…

Virtual reality, mixed reality and augmented reality have now become design spaces for very different action scenarios. And although the use of text is necessary for a large number of applications, it is noticeable overall that the handling of type and typography in VR/AR/XR is treated as a lower priority. We want to change this.

laeneAs identifies educational barriers and develops innovative educational offers for refugees in two rural real labs in Bavaria and Brandenburg.

Development of an English-language online course between the Design Department and the College of Design at the partner university National Taipei University of Technology in Taipei

How do young people in Poland and Germany experience the process of transition from foster families and residential youth groups to independence?

In the interdisciplinary project "PeP – Projekt elektronische Prüfung", digital examination formats are to be developed, used and evaluated for 12 digitised lectures in four departments at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

With the modernisation of the servo-hydraulic test cylinder control system procured in this ERDF project from the InfraFEI 2021 funding programme, the laboratory is able to carry out examinations of building structures, components and fasteners as part of research projects and final theses with a focus on building maintenance.

With the measurement technology equipment procured in this ERDF project from the InfraFEI 2021 funding programme, building reactions can be recorded, evaluated, analysed, assessed and findings derived.

With Materialnet, the search and selection of materials and commodities as well as the evaluation of their technical suitability and ecological impact, works as easily and intuitively as online shopping.
The platform prototype for Materialnet was funded as part of the Innovation Fund of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

The Game with Limits – My Climate Budget was developed by Prof. Holger Jahn and Tobias Jänecke as part of the materialnet research project and on the occasion of the 2021 Environmental Festival Potsdam. Since then, the Game with Limits has been used at various events. So far, more than 600 citizens have been reached and sensitised to the topics of climate, CO₂e, residual climate budget and self…