Our recent developments on performance assessment of structrural health monitoring systems have been published in Sensors journal. This work, coordinated by Manuel Rao, is a collaboration between the University of Naples and the University of Siegen. Abstract: Radar technology in the microwave and millimeter-wave frequency range are subject of current research for structural health monitoring...Read More

A joint work between the University of Siegen, coordinated by Octavio A. Marquez Reyes, and the University of Bologna has been published in the renowned Structural Health Monitoring journal. Abstract: This work presents an experimental investigation of a stand alone directional structural health monitoring (SHM) system based on a frequency-steerable acoustic transducer (FSAT) operating in...Read More

The project “Frequency Steerable Acoustic Transducers in DuraAct technology for Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures (FrADura)” has been selected for funding. The project partners are: University of Siegen (Coordination, Dr.-Ing. J. Moll) INVENT GmbH Associated partners: Gdańsk University of Technology (Dr. Beata Zima, Gdansk, Poland) us4us sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland)...Read More

A journal paper in collaboration with the University of Bologna and Fraunhofer IKTS (Dresden) has been accepted for publication in Advanced Intelligent Systems. Abstract: Elastic wave control underpins numerous technologies, from structural health monitoring and biomedical imaging to wireless communications and energy harvesting. Conventional phased arrays enable dynamic beamforming but are bulky, power-intensive, and complex,...Read More

The project “Development and testing of a reliable grout monitoring system for offshore wind turbines based on edge computing technologies (GROUTEDGE)” has been selected for funding. The project partners are: SWIFT GmbH (Reinheim, Coordinator) IMST GmbH (Kamp-Lintfort) Fraunhofer-Institut für Betriebsfestigkeit und Systemzuverlässigkeit LBF (Darmstadt) University of Siegen (Siegen) WindMW Service GmbH (Bremerhaven, associated) Funding number:...Read More

I was invited to report about our recent radar-based wind energy activities in the DGZfP expert committee Structural Health Monitoring. The presentation was divided into three sections: Grout-Radar, Tower-Radar and In-Blade Radar. A big thanks goes out to my working group, the numerous cooperation partners, and the funding agencies. Reference Grout-Radar: Maetz, T.; Kappel, J.;...Read More