I had the possibility to visit Dr. Frederic Cegla, Dr. Zahra Sharif Khodaei and Prof. Peter Cawley at Imperial College London. Our recent developments in the area of guided wave-based acoustic data communication have been presented in a group seminar setting. The title of the presentation was “Guided wave-based acoustic data communication in cylindrical and...Read More

About 130 researchers from all over Germany came together in Berlin in January 2018 to discuss the most recent advances in bat research (www.tdff.de). I have given a talk on the B²-Monitor project with the title “FMCW Radar System at Millimeter-wave Frequencies for the Detection of Bats at Wind Turbine Installations: Initial Results From a...Read More

I have been awarded Outstanding Reviewer for Smart Materials and Structures 2017 (Impact Factor: 2.909 in 2016)Read More

Grouted connections (GC) are structural joints formed by a cementitious grout cast between two concentric circular tubes. They are widely used in the offshore construction of oil and gas platforms, and for offshore wind turbines (monopiles and jackets).Read More

We demonstrated the damage localization capabilities in a radar-based structural health monitoring system. An article has been accepted for publication in Wind Energy journal (John Wiley & Sons Ltd).Read More

In collaboration with the Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (Prof. Vogl, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main) I am studying ultra-wideband (UWB) microwave radar techniques for breast cancer detection. Moreover, microwave spectroscopy measurements have been conducted on breast biopsy samples.Read More

As part of the B²-Monitor project we have successfully demonstrated that damage can be detected with a radar-based structural health monitoring approach. An article has been accepted for publication in the SAGE-journal of Structural Health Monitoring.Read More

The AcoComm project (Acoustic Communication in Dispersive Waveguides for Structural Health Monitoring Applications) is funded by the German Research Foundation. Grant number: 349435502 (funding period: September 2017 – August 2019), project budget: 173.600 EUR.Read More

The RAMMS project (Reliable and Autonomous Monitoring System for Maritime Structures) is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Grant number: FKZ 03SX422B (funding period: September 2016 – August 2019), project budget: 294.896 EURRead More

The B²-Monitor project (Millimeter-Waves for Monitoring Bats and Blades) is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Grant number: FKZ 0325791A (funding period: May 2015 – April 2018), project budget: 326.063 EURRead More