The Institute of Technical Physics (ITEP) is an organizational unit of the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) in the Helmholtz Association (HGF).
The central fields of activity of the ITEP are superconductivity and cryogenics with their applications. The main focus of technical developments is currently on nuclear fusion and superconducting components for power- and magnet technology. The development of superconductors, especially high-temperature superconductors, cryogenic components and the characterization of low-temperature structural materials are also essential for this.
The work of the ITEP is application-oriented, but is accompanied by fundamental developments to the necessary extent. In the medium and long term, they are involved in national collaborative projects, virtual institutes, EU projects and cooperation with industry.
In the long term, the work of the ITEP is anchored in the "Fusion", "Storage and Networked Infrastructures" and "Matter and Universe" programmes of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.
Superconductors at room temperature and atmospheric pressure could fundamentally change our modern world: low-cooling data centers, efficient power grids, advances in nuclear fusion.
What sounds like the fulfillment of a dream unfortunately has a few catches.
Giovanni De Carne leads the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Real-Time Systems Integration for Energy Technologies at the Institute of Technical Physics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) since 2020.
On 07 November 2022, Giovanni De Carne received a tenure-track W1 professorship.
We would like to congratulate him and wish him continued success.
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What?
At the KIT Open Day, the ITEP offered exciting insights behind the scenes of laboratories and research facilities, spectacular do-it-yourself experiments, and manifold presentations about the institute in 9 stations. Here you can find all posters as well as many impressions of the event.
When?
17.06.2023
10 am - 6 pm
Where?
KIT Campus North
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen