Understanding Wave Phenomena

Waves are everywhere, and understanding their behavior leads us to understand nature. The goal of CRC 1173 »Wave Phenomena« is therefore to analytically understand, numerically simulate, and eventually manipulate wave propagation under realistic scenarios by intertwining analysis and numerics.

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Christmas photo competition

There is an internal Christmas photo competition of the unit Executive Office and Strategy at KIT. This is our contribution to this contest. The ten elected winning photos will be published on KIT's social media channels.

The two awardees of the CRC Prizes 2025KIT (Francesco Amoroso)
CRC Prizes 2025

This year we have again two awardees of our CRC Prize. The one for the best Bachelor's thesis has been awarded to Marvin Schürle (left) and the one for the best Master's thesis has been awarded to Carl-Leandro Enslin. Congratulations!

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Work-life balance

Here is the second one. A general goal is to create a balanced work-life environment. We try to live and work according to this principle. Let's see how we captured this. Enjoy.

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Cooperation Analysis & Numerics

We have commissioned the production of two new films. This one here deals with the cooperation between Analysis and Numerics. The second film will be published here soon. Have fun watching.

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Karlsruhe PDE Seminar

Thierry Gallay from the Univ. Grenoble Alpes will give his presentation Dynamics of a Viscous Vortex in an External Flow in the Karlsruhe PDE Seminar on upcoming Thursday. We look forward to his visit and presentation.

To the PDE Seminar webpage
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Spring school 2026

The registration to our spring school Numerical Approximation of Waves - Multiple Scales and High Frequencies in March 2026 has been opened. Take a look at it, register, and join us in Karlsruhe at KIT.

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Published book

We are happy that our new book Wave phenomena has been finally published in the Oberwolfach Seminars series.

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Diversity film project

Finally, today we have published the video of our diversity project. You can share it now with friends and family. Have fun watching.

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