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ITM Annual Report 2020 just released

The annual report will report on academic and research activities as well as public relations at ITM which took place in the last year.

Annual Report 2020 (Flipbook)

https://flipbook.webspace.tu-dresden.de/ITM-Jahresbericht/2020/index.html

Annual Report 2020 (Download)

https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/itm/ressourcen/dateien/institut/itm-jahresbericht/ITM-JB_2020_ONLINE_download.pdf?lang=en

Further publications can you find here:

https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/itm/das-institut/veroeffentlichungen



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