A joint work related to the Radkom-QS project has been accepted for publication in the Structural Health Monitoring journal. Abstract: This paper presents the design and experimental realization of a cooperative radar network for structural health monitoring of wind turbine blades. Therefore, 40 radar sensors operating in the frequency band from 58-63.5 GHz are partially...Read More

A research article has been published in Remote Sensing that investigates flying insects using a continuous-wave radar at W-band. Abstract: Remote sensing techniques in the microwave frequency range have been successully used in the context of bird, bat and insect measurements. This article breaks new ground in the analysis of freely flying insects by using...Read More

A joint work with Dr. Beata Zima from Gdansk University of Technology has been accepted for publication in Ultrasonics journal. Abstract: The article presents the results of numerical and experimental investigations of guided wave propagation in aluminum plates with variable thickness. The shapes of plate surfaces have been specially designed and manufactured using a CNC...Read More

I am grateful to have been elected to the International Scientific Committee of the European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (EWSHM). My special thanks go to the current members of the committee and the trust they have placed in me. Website 10th EWSHM: https://www.ewshm2022.com/ Website 11th EWSHM: https://www.ewshm2024.com/Read More

A joint paper with Masoud Mohammadgholiha, Antonio Palermo, Nicola Testoni and Luca De Marchi (University of Bologna) on piezoceramic frequency steerable acoustic transducers has been published in IEEE Sensors journal. The device enables a frequency selective acoustic beamsteering which could be extremely helpful for baseline-free ultrasonic structural health monitoring systems. Abstract: This paper presents a...Read More

A joint work with colleagues from the University of Bologna (Italy) and Fraunhofer IKTS (Dresden) has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. Abstract: Digital beamforming methods in plate–like structures are widely exploited for Lamb waves-based damage imaging. Among them, the Delay and Sum (DAS) imaging technique is the...Read More

A joint work between Dr. Leandro Maio and Dr. Vittorio Memmolo (University of Naples) and Goethe University of Frankfurt on ice detection using guided ultrasound waves has been accepted for publication in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing! Abstract: From aeroplane wings to overhead power lines, through giant blades of wind turbines, a build up of...Read More

A joint work between Saarland University, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und ‐prüfung (BAM), Fraunhofer IKTS and Goethe University of Frankfurt has been accepted for publication in Sensors journal (Special Issue: Smart Sensors for Damage Detection).   Abstract: Data-driven analysis for damage assessment has a large potential in structural health monitoring (SHM) systems, where sensors are permanently...Read More

Four contributions for the 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (Madrid, Spain, 27 March to 1 April 2022) have been accepted for publication. Maetz, T.; Hägelen, M.; Jetten, R. & Moll, J., Detection of Water Through Steel-Lined Grout Using a Stepped-Frequency Continuous Wave Radar, 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (accepted December 2021),...Read More