Long Night of Sciences – the Capriccio group is in!

We are very happy to announce that the Capriccio Group takes part in the “Long Night of Sciences 2025” (Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften) which takes place in Nürnberg, Fürth and Erlangen on the 25th of October 2025 from 5 p.m. to midnight! The Capriccio group is involved in three events we would be happy to welcome you at:

At 7 p.m. you can attend the 30 minute long presentation of Eva Maria Richter (Capriccio group, Mechanical Engineering) and Prof. Daniel Köhn (Professor for Tectonics, Geology), who dive into the question what cracks between continents have to do with a broken plastic fork. In the context of the collaborations emerging from the research training group FRASCAL (FRActure Across SCALes, https://www.frascal.research.fau.eu/) Eva and Daniel dare to think outside the box in this “Geology meets Engineering” event.

At 8 p.m., witness a panel discussion, organized and moderated by Eva Maria Richter, which focuses on the question “What is it like as a women in mechanical engineering?”. Because at the Long Night of Sciences, we should not forget that science is made by (female) scientists after all. In this discussion, we are happy to welcome a variety of inspiring women from different engineering fields who find themselves at different steps in their career, amongst which are Prof. Silvia Budday (Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Continuum Mechanics and Biomechanics), Dr. Sabine Thürauf (Assistive Intelligent Robotics), as well as doctoral candidate Patricia Schmul (Chemical Engineering) and the two Master students Julia Wimmer (Electrical Engineering) and Marlene Ziegler (Mechanical Engineering). This is the perfect opportunity for school pupils and university students alike (and of course, everyone else) to get new perspectives!

Finally, at 9:30p.m., Eva Maria Richter will present what the Capriccio group is actually really doing in their research. But boring science presentations are a thing of the past – in her 30 minute presentation, she will dive into the question why Superman’s suit is never tearing apart, and if we – on earth – could build such a ‘supersuit’ with a ‘supermaterial’ and what ‘supersimulations’ have to do with it. Join her on this journey from the smallest atoms to the biggest superheros!

All events will take place at lecture hall H19 on the south campus of the technical faculity in Erlangen. Keep in mind that all events will take place in German. Get your tickets now (https://nacht-der-wissenschaften.de/) and join us at the night where science comes to life!