Institutes and Chairs

Institute of Acoustics and Speech Communications (IAS)

Chair of Acoustics and Haptic Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ercan Altinsoy

Vehicle acoustics and sound design
Vibration measurement / vibroacoustics
Audiohaptic interaction / virtual
Auditory meaning association / haptics
Modelling of perceptual quality of systems
Memristors

Chair of Speech Technology and Cognitive Systems
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Birkholz

Articulatory speech synthesis
Speech recognition
Measurement techniques for speech research
Machine learning

Juniorprofessorship of Intelligent Materials for Human-Computer Interaction (CeTI)
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yitian Shao

Juniorprofessorship of Social affective touch (CeTI)
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Merle Fairhurst

Juniorprofessorship of Intelligent materials for human-computer interaction (CeTI)
Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anindya Nag

Institute of Electronic Packaging Technology (IAVT)

Chair of Electronic Packaging Technology
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Karlheinz Bock (Head of the chair)
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Zerna (Professor extraordinarius)

Thick-film technology and photonic packaging
Assembly, quality management and optimization of production processes
Non-destructive inspect
Bio-compatible electronics packaging and micro interconnect technologies
ion and reliability evaluation
3D system integration

Juniorprofessorship of Nanomaterials for Electronic Packaging
Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iuliana Panchenko

Institute of Automation (IFA)

Chair of Automation Engineering
Prof. Dr. techn. Klaus Janschek

Automation and mechatronics systems design
Industrial automation (closed processes, teleautomation, SPS & motion control)
Robotics & mechatronics (navigation, mobile robotics, optical computers, opto-mechatronics)

Chair of Process Control Systems Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Leon Urbas

Digital Transformation of Process Industries (Modularization, Open Architectures, Integrated Engineering)
Semantic Information Integration Technologies (Smart Data, Co-Simulation, Real Time Semantics)
Human-Technology-Cooperation (Assistance Systems, Digital Companion Technologies, UX)

Institute of Electrical Power Engineering (ETI)

Chair of Electrical Machines and Drives
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Hofmann

Modelling, design and optimization of transducer systems
Magnet bearing technology, direct drives and mechatronic drive solutions
Renewable electromechanical transducers, esp. for wind energy plants
Motor and drive systems in hybrid and electric cars
Cooling systems for electrical machines
Converters, industrial electronics for variable speed drive systems and generators

Chair of Power Electronics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Bernet

Power semiconductors including control
Power converters
Switched mode power supplies
Control of converters and drives
Power electronic systems for industrial drives, regenerative energy sources, electrotechnology (e.g. laser, welding, plasma) and traction

Chair of Electromagnetic Theory and Compatibility
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Hans Georg Krauthäuser

Electromagnetic compatibility of complex systems
Numerical methods
Statistical methods in electromagnetics
Alternative EMC test procedures
Mode Stirred Chambers

Institute of Electrical Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering (IEEH)

Chair of Electrical Power Supply
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jan Meyer

Power quality
Planning and operation of grids
Smart grid
Protection and control technology
Transformers and instrument transformers

Chair of High Voltage and High Current Engineering
PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Stephan Schlegel (p.p.)

Insulation arrangements under DC- and impulse voltage
Basic principles for live working
Heating and ampacity of conductors
Design and long term behaviour of current carrying electrical connections

Institute of Electromechanical and Electronic Design (IFTE)

Chair of Electromechanical and Electronic Design
Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. Jens Lienig

Electronic design automation
Design of electronic systems
Electromechanical systems
Simulation and optimization
Electromechanical design
Medical device engineering

Chair of Design Methods for Adaptive Microelectronic Systems
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Schneider

Modelling methodology: creating behavioural models
Design methodologies and tools
Optimisation methods in system design
Thermal design

Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBMT)

Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hagen Malberg

Biomedical devices for diagnosis and prevention of life-threatening cardiovascular diseases, telemedicine
Technical function support in biomedical systems at cell, tissue and organ level
Multimodal image processing and autostereoscopic visualization and navigation
Non-invasive measuring systems for biomechanical analysis of body movement and innovative rehabilitation technology in orthopedics

Institute of Principles of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEE)

Chair of Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
Prof. Dr. phil. nat. habil. Ronald Tetzlaff

Theory and modelling of nonlinear systems and circuits
Identification of dynamical systems
Theory of continuous-discrete systems
Statistical signal and system analysis
Biomedical signal analysis

Chair of Electron Devices and Integrated Circuits
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Michael Schröter

Development of compact models for high-frequency (HF) circuit design
Numerical device simulation and investigation of semiconductor devices
Simulation and design of integrated circuits
Measurements and characterization of HF-devices and -circuits
Nanoscale device modelling and simulation

Chair of Highly-Parallel VLSI Systems and Neuro-Microelectronics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Georg Mayr

Ultra-low-power Multi-Processor-Systems-on-Chip (MPSoCs) in deep-submicron technologies, for applications in automotive, Internet-of-Things, industry 4.0 areas
Bio-inspired (neuromorphic) circuit design and high-density neural implants
Analogue circuit design of System-on-Chip components: clocking, AD

converters, sensor/actor interfaces, power management, etc.
Machine learning and sensor processing in hardware

Chair of Measurement and Sensor System Technique
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Czarske

Digital adaptive system technology
Compressed sensing/time reversal virtual arrays
Computational imaging
Laser interferometry for process techniques
Digital holography
Optogenetics, Brillouin and fluorescence microscopy

Chair of Circuit Design and Network Theory
Prof. Dr. sc. techn. habil. Dipl. Betriebswissenschaften Frank Ellinger

Design of integrated analogue and mixed-signal circuits (ICs) and systems in advanced CMOS, BiCMOS and Beyond Moore technologies
High-frequency ICs for wireless communication in the range of 0.1 - 220 GHz and up to 100 Gb/s
Very power efficient adaptive circuits
ICs and architectures for multiple intelligent antenna systems
Very fast ICs for optical data transmission up to 100 Gbit/s
Hybrid positioning systems based on FMCW radar, GPS, inertial sensors etc.
Flexible and stretchable circuits in thin-film technology and organic electronics

Chair of Organic Devices
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Mannsfeld

Institute of Communication Technology (IFN)

Chair of RF and Photonics Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Plettemeier

High frequency systems
Microwaves photonics
Antennas
Remote sensing

Integrated Photonic Devices
Prof. Dr. Kambiz Jamshidi

Integrated photonic devices for communications
Silicon photonics
Optical signal processing

Vodafone Chair of Mobile Communications Systems
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Fettweis

Algorithms for modulation, coding and synchronization of mobile radio channels
Efficiency studies of multicellular radio systems
Algorithms and concepts for the realization of the tactile Internet
Methods and tools for the development of digital signal processors
Embedded multiprocessor systems

Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Frank H. P. Fitzek

5G communication networks and access systems
Network coding
Compressed sensing
Software defined networks
Distributed cloud storage
Network function virtualization

Chair of Information Theory and Machine Learning
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rafael F. Schaefer

Applied information theory
Digital signal processing
Communications theory and coding

Junior Professorship of Haptic Communication Systems
Assistant Professor Giang T. Nguyen

In-Network Computing
Haptic Communications
Resilient networked systems

Junior Professorship for Quantum Communication Networks
Asst.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Riccardo Bassoli

Institute of Solid State Electronics (IFE)

Chair of Solid State Electronics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gerald Gerlach (Head of the chair)

Thermal infrared sensors
Hydrogel-based sensors
Ultrasonic sensors
Optical sensors
Functional thin films
Modelling and simulation of sensor systems

Chair of Coating Technologies in Electronics
Prof. Dr. Elizabeth von Hauff

Institute of Semiconductors and Microsystems (IHM)

Chair of Semiconductor Technology
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Johann W. Bartha

Micro- and nano-patterning for the fabrication of integrated devices, micro systems, sensors and actors
On-chip interconnect technologies, e.g. Damascene and Through Silicon Via (TSV) technologies
Deposition of ultrathin functional films with PVD, CVD, ALD and ECD
Functional characteristics of devices

Chair of Nanoelectronics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Mikolajick

Materials for electron devices
Innovative device concepts
Electrical characterization of devices and materials

Chair of Optoelectronic Components and Systems
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hubert Lakner

Technology for development and manufactoring of Micro Opto Electro Mechanical Systems (MOEMS)
Design, simulation and description of MOEMS, system development for micromirror devices, microscanner
Adaptive optics, integrated optics
Nanooptic - Nanophotonic - Nanosystems

Chair of Microsystems
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Richter (Head of the chair)
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Uwe Marschner (Professor extraordinarius)

Sensor and actuator systems
Point-of-Care systems and high throughput analysis
Micro and nanofluidics
Multimodal imaging systems
Energy harvesting

Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies
Prof. Dr. Yana Yanzof

Institute of Control Theory (RST)

Chair of Control Theory
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dipl.-Math. Klaus Röbenack

Modelling for control purposes
Methods for analysis and design of control systems
Validation of new methods in case studies