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Thursday, 08 May 2025

08:50 - 09:00 Greeting

Room London
Chair Ulrich Schmid, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna (Austria)

 

09:00 - 10:30 PT - Plenary Talks

Room London
Chair Ulrich Schmid, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna (Austria)

09:00 PT5 - Hybrid measurements for complex systems: one of the next frontiers in metrology

Fernando Castro, National Physical Laboratory - NPL, Teddington, Middlesex (UK)

09:45 PT6 - Optical Sensors and AI in Automation

Michael Overdick, SICK AG, Waldkirch (Germany)

10:30 - 10:50 Break

Room Second floor

 

10:50 - 12:10 A5 - Acoustic Sensing

Room London
Chair Eric Starke, SICK Engineering GmbH, Ottendorf-Okrilla (Germany)

10:50 A5.1 - Low-Cost Acoustic Measurments by Calibration of Consumer Grade Hardware

F. Huber, F. Toth, TU Wien, Vienna (Austria)

11:10 A5.2 - Electro-acoustic Properties of Li(Nb,Ta)O3 Solid Solutions in Harsh Environments

H. Fritze, F. El Azzouzi, U. Yakhnevych, Y. Suhak, Technische Universität Clausthal - IEPT, Goslar (Germany), H. Schmidt,Technische Universität Clausthal - IMET, Clausthal-Zellerfeld (Germany), S. Ganschow, Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Berlin (G

11:30 A5.3 - A Compact, Cost Efficient, Modular, Intelligent Ultrasound Sensor Platform

W. Bost, C. Grandinetti, H. Hewener, S. Tretbar, Fraunhofer IBMT, Sulzbach (Germany)

11:50 A5.4 - Ultrasonic phased array interface using programmable I/O and microprocessor clock synchronisation

T. Nellius, K. Henne, M. Hartinger, L. Meihost, T. Hetkämper, H. Zeipert, L. Claes, B. Henning, Measurement Engineering Group, Paderborn University, Paderborn (Germany)

10:50 - 12:10 B5 - Modeling

Room Amsterdam
Chair Eric Benoit, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Chambéry (France)

10:50 B5.1 - Model-based Reconstruction of Freeform Surfaces with Radial Basis Functions

F. Fleischmann, D. Hilbig, Hochschule Bremen, Bremen (Germany), T. Binkele, OPTIMARE Systems GmbH, Bremerhaven (Germany), N. Müller, ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH, Bremen (Germany)

11:10 B5.2 - OPC UA for IO-Link Wireless in a Cyber Physical Finite Element Sensor Network for Shape Measurement

H. Beuster, L.-M. Bretthauer, G. Scholl, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg (Germany)

11:30 B5.3 - OEFPIL: An Alternative Method for Curve Fitting

A. Charvátová Campbell, R. Slesinger, M. Sira, Czech Metrology Institute, Okruzni (Czech Republic), V. Witkovsky, G. Wimmer, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava (Slovakia)

11:50 B5.4 - Methods of uncertainty evaluation using virtual experiments with the example of the tilted-wave interferometer

M. Stavridis, M. Marschall, F. Hughes, I. Fortmeier, C. Elster, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig and Berlin (Germany)

10:50 - 12:10 C5 - Gas Sensing II

Room Dublin
Chair Jens Zosel, Kurt-Schwabe-Institut für Mess- und Sensortechnik Meinsberg e.V., Waldheim

10:50 C5.1 - Programable Printing Technology Based on Spark Ablation for the Develoment of Gas Sensors

L. N. Sacco, Nigel Rising, N. Schouten, VSParticle, Delft (The Netherlands), L. Egger, M. Popov, A. Köck, Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Leoben (Austria), C. Dösinger, Lorenz Romaner, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben (Austria)

11:10 C5.2 - Continuous Estimation of Particle Emissions in Flue Gas of Wood Combustion using Gas Sensor Measurements

G. Hagen, R. Moos, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth (Germany)

11:30 C5.3 - Optomechanical Gas Pressure Sensing over Broad Pressure and Temperature Ranges

C. Reinhardt, S. Croatto, L. Stankewitz, M. Kunze, J. Schaffran, A. Lindner, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg (Germany), H. Masalehdan, A. Franke, N. Sültmann, R. Schnabel, University of Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany)

11:50 C5.4 - A Calibration-free Mid-Infrared TDLAS Sensor for Stand-Off Detection of Carbon Dioxide operating at 2004 nm

P. Schaffer, H. H. Imtiaz, B. Lang, M. Kupper, A. Bergmann, University of Technology, Graz (Austria)

10:50 - 12:10 D5 - Piezoelectric MEMS I

Room Zürich
Chair Michael Schneider, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna (Austria)

10:50 D5.1 - Noncontacting Determination of the Piezoelectric Coefficient d33 of Lithium Tantalate up to 400 °C

H. Wulfmeier, N. Warnecke, D. Kohlmann, H. Fritze, Clausthal University of Technology, Goslar (Germany)

11:10 D5.2 - Evaluation of piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUT) for the broadband detection of ultrasonic elastic waves

H. Zeipert, L. Claes, B. Henning, Paderborn University, Paderborn (Germany), C. Stoeckel, S. Mulay, Fraunhofer ENAS, Chemnitz (Germany)

11:30 D5.3 - Experimental comparison of receive sensitivity of circular and ring piezo-electrodes geometries for PMUT resonator membranes designed in PiezoMUMPS process

N. Plantak, M. Katalenic, D. Oletic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb (Croatia)

11:50 D5.4 - Impact of Damping Effects on Piezoelectric Actuation Used in Acoustofluidic Cell Trapping

B. Leikam, S. Pandey, O. Hayden, G. Schrag, Technical University of Munich, Munich (Germany)

12:10 - 13:00 Science Slam

Room London
Chair Jeet Biswas, Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany)

 

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

Room Ground floor

 

14:00 - 15:30 A6 - Flexible Sensors

Room London
Chair Veda Sandeep Nagaraja, Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Ireland)

14:00 A6.1 - Sustainable sensors research on food, environment; Research on healthcare and wearables by Tyndall National Institute: Offerings on INFRACHIP

A. O’Riordan, B. O’Flynn, D. Iacopino, S. Konigulu, V. S. Nagaraja, Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Ireland)

14:30 A6.2 - Flexible, Printed Sensors research in Joanneum Reasearch and access through INFRACHIP

O. Werzer, G. Scheipl, B. Stadlober, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Weiz (Austria)

14:50 A6.3 - AMO research in graphene and 2D material devices for sensing applications and their access through INFRACHIP

G. Rinke, S. Suckow, H. Kleinjans, Z. Wang, M. C. Lemme, AMO GmbH, Aachen (Germany)

15:10 A6.4 - Flexible Magnetoresistive Sensors for Novel Applications

A. Nicolicea, M. Pelkner, M. Melzer, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin (Germany), E. S. Oliveros-Mata, Y. Zabila, D. Makarov, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Dresden (Germany)

14:00 - 15:30 B6 - Event Based Vision

Room Amsterdam
Chair Daniel Platz, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna (Austria)

14:00 B6.1 - Fast Tracking using Event-based Vision Sensors and Binary Frames

J. Baßler, M. Heizmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe (Germany)

14:30 B6.2 - Performance Comparison of Area-scan and Event-based Image Sensors

A. Manakov, B. Jähne, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg (Germany)

14:50 B6.3 - Motion Compensation of Event-Streams for Multitarget Tracking in Sensor-Based Sorting

P. Bäcker, G. Maier, Fraunhofer IOSB, Karlsruhe (Germany)

15:10 B6.4 - Ev2Gray: Generating Intensity Images from Event Streams

J. Baßler, M. Heizmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe (Germany)

14:00 - 15:30 C6 - Hydrogen Sensor Technology

Room Dublin
Chair Matthias Bartholmai, BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin (Germany)

14:00 C6.1 - Toward a Digital Twin of Hydrogen Pressure Vessels Enabled by Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors

C. Karapanagiotis, M. Schukar, M. Breithaupt, K. Hicke, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung, Berlin (Germany)

14:30 C6.2 - Hydrogen Safety - Dealing with Confined Spaces

K. Nattuveettil, C. Liebner, C. Tiebe, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin (Germany)

14:50 C6.3 - Analysis of Methods for Predicting H2 Sensor Responses

R. Sarif, C. Tiebe, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung, Berlin (Germany), C. Herglotz, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus (Germany)

15:10 C6.4 - Digital Certificates: Enabling Automation in Quality Assurance and Metrological Traceability

M. Melzer, N. Brunner, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin (Germany)

14:00 - 15:30 D6 - Piezoelectric MEMS II

Room Zürich
Chair Stefan J. Rupitsch, University of Freiburg, Freiburg (Germany)

14:00 D6.1 - High Throughput Magnetron Sputtering of Tilted c-Axis AlN Films for Biosensing Applications

P. Bergmann, E. Loos, M. Nestler, scia Systems GmbH, Chemnitz (Germany)

14:30 D6.2 - Noise in Piezoelectric MEMS: Modeling and Experimental Characterization

S. Zarepakzad, P. Egger, N. R. Haghighi, S. Muringakodan, M. Mortada, P. T. Das, U. Schmid, M. Schneider, TU Wien, Vienna (Austria), K. C. Schwab, Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California (USA)

14:50 D6.3 - DC Voltage Induced Parametric Potential Energy Modulation in Bistable Piezoelectric MEMS Membranes

S. Muringakodan, U. Schmid M. Schneider, TU Wien, Vienna (Austria)

15:10 D6.4 - Characterization of AlN-Based MEMS Kineto-Electric Transducer for Cultural Heritage Conservation

C. Trigona, S. Ahmed, A. M. Gueli, S. Baglio, University of Catania, Catania (Italy), M. Liuzzo, F. L. Iacono, G. Navarra, University of Enna “Kore”, Enna (Italy)

15:30 - 16:00 Break

Room Second floor

 

15:30 - 16:00 Industrial Talk

Room London

  Hightech radar solutions made in Germany: From contactless vital sign sensing to imaging radars with changeable antennas

Fabian Michler, Sykno GmbH

16:00 - 17:00 A7 - Metrology in the digital age

Room London
Chair Joao Alves Sousa, Instituto Portugues da Qualidade, Caparica (Portugal)

16:00 A7.1 - Determining Data Centre PUE with a Digital Twin

A. Kammeyer, F. Burger, D. Lubbert, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin (Germany), K. Wolter, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin (Germany)

16:00 - 17:00 B7 - Bio Sensing

Room Amsterdam
Chair Georg Pfusterschmied, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna (Austria)

16:00 B7.1 - Enhanced Signal Detection for Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Signal

S. Baghbani, A. Sarlak, S. J. Rupitsch, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg(Germany)

16:20 Cancelled shortly

B7.2 - A second generation dispatchable fibre-optic biosensor reader for monitoring sediment toxicity (Sundanse), R. S. Marks, A. A. Paul, G. Carmeli, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva (Israel)

16:40 Cancelled shortly

B7.3 - Field Enabled Bioluminescent Fiber-Optic Whole-Cell Bioreporter Biosensors for Toxicity Monitoring of Water and Sediments (Sundanse), R. S. Marks,vA. A. Paul, G. Carmeli, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva (Israel

16:00 - 17:00 C7 - Gas Sensing III

Room Dublin
Chair Ulrich Kaiser, DHBW Lörrach (Germany)

16:00 C7.1 - Simulation and determination of the coupling efficiency to photoacoustic resonators

D. Sieg, V. Kuczius, G. Rodriguez Gutierrez, J. Gaworski, S. Palzer, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund (Germany)

16:20 C7.2 - Design of a Refrigerant Leak Sensor based on the Photoacoustic Dual Chamber Detection Method

H. Yassine, C. Weber, N. Brugger, K. Schmitt, J. Wöllenstein, University of Freiburg, Freiburg (Germany), M. El-Safoury, Fraunhofer IPM,Freiburg (Germany)

16:40 C7.3 - Optimizing Analog Front End Architectures for Enhanced SNR in Photoacoustic Imaging

S. Kindorf, C. Weber, B. Bierer, J. Wöllenstein, Fraunhofer IPM, Freiburg (Germany)

16:00 - 17:00 D7 - Radar Sensors

Room Zürich
Chair Michael Heizmann, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe (Germany)

16:00 D7.1 - Recognising Wild Animals on Roads: Radar-based Sensor Systems for Accident Avoidance

M. Schneider, H. Mantz, T. Walter, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Ulm (Germany), M. Montoya-Capote, J. Berger, A. Reichel, N. Hollmach, tecVenture, Leipzig (Germany)

16:20 D7.2 - Portable Radar-Based Measurement System for Vibration Analysis of Large Infrastructures

V. C. Ramankutty, R. Martin, C. Sohrmann, Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden (Germany)

16:40 D7.3 - Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopy for Evaluating Blood Coagulation and Clotting

T. Liebchen, G. Ulisse, V. Krozer, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

17:00 - 17:20 Fairwell Reception

Room London
Chair Ulrich Schmid, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna (Austria)