The Scholarship Papers 2025

2025 Scholarship Papers

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

TOUZA, William
Understanding The Impact of Extreme Conditions on Insulation Material
Host: University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria; Research Area: Electrial Engineering

GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

BRAUN, Markus
Physical basis of rateenhancements in de novo designed retro aldol enzymes
Host: Stanford University; Research Area: Biotechnology

REMONDA, Adrian
Achieving Long-Time Horizon Optimization through Integrated Hierarchical and Model-Based Approaches
Host: University of California San Diego; Research Area: Architecture

THRAINER, Christina
AI-Based Culvert-Sewer Inspection
Host: University of New Orleans; Research Area: Computer Sciences

IMC UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

BODENBURG, Johanna
Gene activation strategies to discover novel drug leads from the marine fungus Corollospora
Host: University of Florida; Research Area: Applied Chemistry

BÜRGMAYR, Mario
Acridine and Photocatalysis
Host: University of Florida; Research Area: Applied Chemistry

CRIGAN, Micael
Building an Immune Shield against the Attack in Type 1 Diabetes
Host: Joslin Diabetes Center; Research Area: Medical and Parmaceutical Biotechnology

CISÁROVÁ, Klaudia
Utilization of CRISPR base technologies for better understanding of gene mechanisms behind cholesterol uptake
Host: Birgham and Women´s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Research Area: Medical and Parmaceutical Biotechnology

RAPPL, Melanie
EXPLORING RED EMISSIVE CARBON DOTS FOR NEUROLOGICAL TREATMENT
Host: University of Miami; Research Area: Natural Sciences

WOERTER, Felix
AI-Driven Analysis of Narrative Divergence in EU and National Rhetoric Related to EU Policy Implementation
Host: University of Virginia; Research Area: International Business & Economics

JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY

RUBATSCHER, Peter
Innovating Aerial Videography with Natural Language Instructions
Host: Colorado School of Mines; Research Area: Artificial Intelligence

MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK

DOUVEN, Andreas
Development and Clinical Evaluation of a Handheld Robotic Device for Spasticity Assessment and Rehabilitation
Host: Yale School of Medicine; Research Area: Medical Technologies

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ

CONNOLLY, Sally
Role of TGF-β Ligand Signaling in Dendritic Cells (DC)-Dependent Immuno-Regulation
Host: University of California San Diego; Research Area: Medical Sciences

RITH, Julian Maxim
Exploring the role of mutant proteins in a ligand-driven targeted protein degradation
Host: The Scripps Research Institute, California

SYARIF, Ayu Hutami
Integrated Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis of Immune Cells Uncovers Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry (PRISm) Associated Cellular and Molecular Signature
Host: Baylor College of Medicine; Research Area: Artificial Intelligence

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK

AUFSCHNAITER, Andreas
Pro-immunogenic Activators to Reprogram Cancer
Host: University of Washington; Research Area: Biomedical Sciences

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

KRAVUTSKE, Yanniklas
Enhanced Detection of Pediatric Epileptogenic Cortical Malformations Using MindGlide: A Deep Learning Approach
Host: Stanford University School of Medicine; Research Area: Medical Sciences

MONTANUNIVERSITY LEOBEN

ALLGÄUER, Raphael
Comparative Analysis of HEFA-Route, Syngas-Based FT and Methanol-to-Jet Route for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Host: University of California, Berkeley; Research Area: Industrial Energy Technology

KOBALD, Alexander Maximilian
Reliability analysis of sol-gel derived NaNbO3 thin films in metal-insulator-metal capacitor architecture through investigation of degradation mechanisms
Host: The Pennsylvania State University; Research Area: Material Science and Engineering

RAHIMILARKI, Mohsen
Model development in CFD-DEM framework for studying erosion of chesive materials
Host: University of California, Santa Barbara; Research Area: Technical Engineering

RINGHOFER, Samuel
Three Paths to Cleaner Skies: Assessing the most promising SAF production routes for technical and financial feasibility
Host: University of California, Berkeley; Research Area: Industrial Energy Technology

TU VIENNA

DIRNBÖCK, Selina
Ab-initio quantum embedding for real materials
Host: University of Michigan; Research Area: Technical Physics

ELL, Maximilian
Noise analysis of non electrogenic cells
Host: Harvard University; Research Area: Electrical Engineering

FARSANG, Monika
Reinforcement and Supervised Learning with Neural Circuit Policies
Host: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Research Area: Computer Technology

KALMAN, Viktor
Modeling and Simulation of Temperature Swing Adsorption for Direct Air Capture with toPSAil
Host: Georgia Institute of Technology; Research Area: Technical Chemistry

SCHLOEGLHOFER, Martin
Liquefaction of H 2 under the Assistance of External Magnetic Fields
Host: San Diego State University; Research Area: Technical Engineering

SCHWARZINGER, Pia
Integrating causal inference and machine learning for enhanced financial forecasting
Host: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Research Area: Computer Technology

SHAKIBHAMEDAN, Salar
Efficient Multimodal Federated Transfer Learning on Edge Devices
Host: University of California, Irvine; Research Area: Electrical Engineering

SHRIKHANDE, Shardul
Advancing the Understanding of Friction Surfacing: a solid-state metal additive manufacturing process
Host: University of Wisconsin-Madison; Technical Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE KUFSTEIN TIROL

SCHAAF, Manuel
To which extent do country specific risks and challendes influence the transferability of the US nearshoring strategy to Austrian companies?
Host: York College of Pennsylvania

STAFFNER, Sebastian
Bureaucracy, Sustainability, and Housing Affordability: A Comparative Study Between Austria and the United States

ZIMMERMANN, Lorenzo
Smart City Initiatives: A Comparative Study of Urban Planning, Transportation Systems and Digital Infrastructure Projects In The USA and Germany
Host: San Francisco State University; Research Area: Industrial Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA

ROHRMOSER, Theresa
Multimodal fluorescence lifetime imaging and polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography for brain surgery guidance
Host: University of California - Davis; Research Area: Medical Technology

UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK

RUETZ, Lisa
A revised segmental RNA labeling method for NMR spectroscopy
Host: Harvard University; Research Area: Natural Sciences

UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

SADIKAJ, Ylli
Foundations for Interpretable Graph Multi-Modal Learning
Host: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Research Area: Engineering Science

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

PADDOCK, Justin
Electric Machine Thermal Model Development to Supplement DrivingCycle Analysis
Host: Graz University of Technology; Research Area: Mechanical Engineering

SHRIKHANDE, Shardul
Advancing the Understanding of Friction Surfacing: a solid-state metal additive manufacturing process
Host: WU Wien; Research Area: Mechanical Engineering