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Guest researcher Paulus Tangeni Tjakula dreams big when it comes to hydrogen technology

Four Namibian Master’s students spent six months at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig last year. This is what Paulus Tangeni Tjakula had to say. We were curious to hear about Paulus Tangeni Tjakula’s impressions of Germany and his experiences while living and researching in Braunschweig. He felt that adjusting to life in Germany was…

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Nothing exploded! Reassuring words from Namibian guest researcher Ndamononghenda Uunona

Four Namibian Master’s students spent six months at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig last year. They were all interviewed during their stay in Germany, and this is what Ndamononghenda (Mona) Uunona had to say. First things first We were relieved to hear that nothing exploded while Ndamononghenda Uunona (known as Mona) was doing her…

Four Namibian Master’s students standing outside the University of Namibia. The Berlin Bear statue behind them has raised its paws to wish them good luck.

PTB hosted four Namibian Green Hydrogen Master’s students

Four green hydrogen scholarships awarded Namibia has one of the world’s highest potentials of wind and solar power generation. In 2020 the country created a vision of producing green hydrogen and developing a green economy. Namibia is inspiring the international hydrogen community. Projects are being developed with its unprecedented dynamic hydrogen production as well as…

Welcome to PTB’s newly established International Cooperation Department!

Since 1 October, PTB Braunschweig’s Technical Cooperation Department has had a new name: International Cooperation. We moved from Division Q, »Scientific-technical Cross-sectional Tasks« to the newly established Division 9, »Legal and International Metrology«. In the new division, we, as Department 9.3, will pursue our task of assisting the establishment of quality infrastructure in developing countries…