Smart Sensors Group

As part of the two ongoing projects SArES and AuRelia we develop a spacegrade SCG sensor SpacePatch. Using the technology of this sensor, measurements of SCG in zero gravity and under hyper-g were carried out from June 2 to June 13, 2025, during the 44th DLR parabolic flight campaign. The aim was to collect data in order to investigate the hypothesis of artifact formation under gravity conditions during SCG signal formation. The measurement campaign was successful and data was collected from all phases of the flight. The data is currently being evaluated to derive novel signal processing for SCG. Further information can be found in the DLR press release. Many thanks to DLR, NoveSpace and our project partner from Bielefeld University.

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!