Smart Sensors Group
Welcome to the Smart Sensors Group of the TUHH! The working group has a strong interest in smart sensors for space environments and challenging environments in general. Our Research considers digital data and signal processing, real-time data processing, energy-efficient processing, as well as reliability, fault tolerance and embedded fault diagnosis in the context of 'smart' sensor and satellite technology.
The Teaching is related to the above-mentioned main topics and teaches general contents around technical computer science (Technische Informatik).
News 
Under the name RISA - short for Reliability Investigation of Low Power FPGAs for Space Applications - the flight model of the payload was handed over to the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Bremen following successful laboratory tests. This handover marks an important milestone, as the system will now be integrated into DLR's PLUTO satellite (Payload under Test Orbiter), which is due to be launched into space on the Spectrum rocket in the third quarter of 2025.
In the upcoming summer semester SS25, we will again offer interesting courses. The 'classic' lecture Smart Sensors for master students as well as our highlight Grundlagen Raumfahrtelektronik for bachelor students are on the List. One additional Seminare on the topic of RIOT OS complete the teaching activities.
Here we go! Our BMBF-funded joint project Biointakt - BioDivKI2 has started. Under the coordination of TU Clausthal and with the partners University of Göttingen, CAU Kiel, JKI, wer denkt was GmbH and Agvolution GmbH, we will be researching methods of biodiversity factor measurement based on robust intelligent acoustic sensors over the next 3 years. More information on the BioIntAkt website and our internal BioDivKI2 webpage.
On November 11, 2024 at 8:38 a.m., DLR's MAPHEUS 15 sounding rocket took off from Kiruna, Sweden, for a flight of over 300 km. Full press release of the TUHH can be found here. On board were 6 SpacePatches sensor systems from the Smart Sensors Group, which were developed as part of the ongoing AuRelia and SArES projects. Christopher Büchse played a key role in the project under the name RocketPatch. Many thanks to Dr. Jens Hauslage for enabling this opportunity and kudos to the entire DLR MAPHEUS team.
Missions to the moon and Mars are increasingly attracting the interest of manned space travel. What does this mean for researchers and space travelers? This question was the focus of the latest “Future Lecture” at Hamburg University of Technology. A particular highlight of the event was that TU Hamburg was able to welcome Dr. Markus Braun from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as a guest speaker.
In the upcoming winter semester WS24, we will again offer interesting courses. The lecture Energieeffizienz in eingebetteten Systemen and two Seminare on the topics of intra-satellite communication using LiFi, and sensors under space conditions. Another interesting course will be Research Based Learning
Every year, the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e.V. (VDI) and its local district association honor outstanding bachelor's, diploma and master's theses by young engineers in the Hamburg area. Julian Neundorf was awarded 2nd prize for his Master's thesis on “Investigation of the effect of different measurement voltage parameters in the bioimpedance measurement of potatoes”. Congratulations Julian!
Even though the experiments around BEAT were some time ago, things got exciting again last Friday. We received the hardware back from the ISS and subjected it to an initial inspection at DLR Bremen. Thank you again for the great collaboration with your colleagues at DLR Bremen. We are looking forward to the follow-up projects (BEAT and beyond!)
