The introduction of the fifth generation of mobile communications (5G technology) promises significant societal changes given by high data rates, high system capacity, massive device connectivity, reduced latency as well as energy saving and cost reduction. The main goal of the research project is the fundamental investigation of massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output) communication...Read More
I was invited to present the latest developments in the MultiRadar project and PRIA-WIND project at the conference “Smart technologies for wildlife conservation and wind energy“ organized by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. More than 230 participants have joined the presentation. Link: https://www.natur-und-erneuerbare.de/aktuelles/details/naturvertraegliche-windenergienutzung-durch-smarte-technologien-im-artenschutz/Read More
Researchers met at Hochschule Bochum for the DFG scientific network meeting “Towards a holistic quality assessment for guided wave-based SHM”. More information on the project can be found here: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/424954879?language=enRead More
Millimeter wave radar technology was installed on a wind measuring mast in the alpine region. This sensor installation is a partnership with Windsfeld GmbH (https://www.windsfeld.at/index.html and https://www.windsfeld.at/imageandfilms.html) More information: https://salzburg.orf.at/stories/3066964/ Photos: Moritz MälzerRead More
The Journal of Sound and Vibration (impact factor of 3.429 in 2019) publishes our article on ultrasonic data transmission across metal structures affected by environmental conditions. Abstract: Variable environmental conditions present a major hurdle for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems which involve the signal processing of Ultrasonic Guided Waves (UGW). Two important cases of...Read More
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy funds the project DROSERA (DRohnen-Onboard-SichERheits-Assistent). The grant from Goethe University Frankfurt amounts to 190,000 EUR. Project partner: SWIFT – Gesellschaft für Messwerterfassungssysteme mbHRead More
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy funds the project In-situ-WIND (In-situ Monitoring of Grouted Joints in Offshore Wind Turbines) for which I am the Coordinator. The grant from Goethe University Frankfurt amounts to 485,864 EUR. The project duration is from June 2020 to Mai 2023. Project partners: Goethe University Frankfurt (Coordinator) IMST GmbH...Read More
The Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety funds the project PRIA-WIND (Platform for ensuring the protection of biodiversity in wind power projects) with 183.070 EUR. The project duration is from Mai 2020 to September 2020. More information can be found of the following website: https://www.z-u-g.org/aufgaben/ki-leuchttuerme/projektuebersicht/pria-wind/Read More
A journal paper describing a contribution to the open guided waves platform has been accepted for publication in Applied Sciences. Abstract: The third dataset dedicated to the Open Guided Waves platform aims at carbon fiber composite plates with an additional omega stringer at constant temperature conditions. The two structures used in this work are representative...Read More
Dear Colleagues, This Special Issue is aimed at the submission of both review and original research articles related to smart sensors in the framework of a structural health monitoring (SHM) system. This includes sensor technologies that automatically detect damage based on its direct sensing principle. On the other hand, a smart sensor or smart sensor...Read More
