New Analysis Laboratory for the Ruhr Innovation Lab

Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, said at the award ceremony: “We are making sure that the funds from the ‘North Rhine-Westphalia Plan for Good Infrastructure’ are consistently invested in those topics of greatest importance for the future and in state-of-the-art facilities at our universities. In this analysis laboratory, which is unique worldwide, scientists are developing sustainable materials that will find their way into everyday products across all areas of our lives. At the same time, we are creating the best possible working conditions for the researchers at the Ruhr Innovation Lab, the planned center of excellence of TU Dortmund University and Ruhr University Bochum. After all, excellent research and teaching require an excellent infrastructure.”

Around €45 million from the “North Rhine-Westphalia Plan for Good Infrastructure”, the regional government’s investment package, are being channeled into the new laboratory. TU Dortmund University is contributing €4.6 million of its own funds. Here, the aim is to make sustainable use of existing infrastructure. The scheduled decommissioning of the DELTA electron storage ring facility in Dortmund at the end of 2026 after over 30 years of successful operation presents an opportunity to repurpose the building for future research projects. Ten new individual laboratories, whose major instrumentation and facilities will be at the disposal of the Ruhr Innovation Lab working groups in Dortmund and Bochum, will be set up there.

AI-driven materials research