Study

Vorlesungen und Seminare / Lectures and Seminars

Winter-Semester

• Spacecraft System Analysis (WueCampus)
• Satellite Image Processing (WueCampus)
• Seminar Satellite Image Processing

Summer-Semester

• Umweltbeobachtung
• Remote Sensing
• Seminar Satellite Image Processing

 

Possible topics for Bachelor- and Master-Thesis, Internships

There are a variety of interesting topics available. This website is not necessarily up to date. If you are interested in latest research topics in the below mentioned directions, send a message to Prof. Dr. Marco Schmidt. 

Remote Sensing

• Crop Yield Estimation Based on Satellite Data using Deep Learning
• Sensor data fusion of multispectral and radar data
• Cloud height recontruction from multispectral images
• Implementation of an InSar Processing Pipeline for Sentinel 1
• GPU Optimized Preprocessing of Satellite Image
• Development of an efficient look-up table for atmospheric correction using the 6S model in Python
• Development of a Low-Light Image Stitching Pipeline for Drone Data
• Implementation of COG query & download for USGS (Landsat) and EOSDIS (MODIS)
• Creation of Fire Risk maps using Multispectral and Radar Satellite Data Timeseries
• Mapping of Burned Areas and potential Areas on Risk during an active fire event
• Development of a Live Simulator for Satellite-based edge AI processing

Environmental Monitoring

• Environmental monitoring using a sensor cargo bike
• Low cost sensor boxes for environmental monitoring
• Snow Depth Estimation Using a ReelBased Temperature Diode Tape System
• Automatic identification of insects using embedded systems
• Design and Validation of a Snow-Shedding and Anti-Burial Mechanism for Autonomous Sensor Platforms
• Cross-Technique Benchmarking of Snow Depth Retrieval Methods Using Open Satellite and In-Situ Data
• Benchmarking Empirical and Machine-Learning Models for Estimating Snow Water Equivalent from Snow Depth Across Climate Regions
• Development of a lightweight plug and play sensorbox for detecting toxic gases for UAVs
• Development of a lightweight plug and play sensorbox for weather monitoring for UAVs

Satellite Technology

• Synthesis of AI-Accelerators in PolarFire FPGA-SOCs
• Satellite Communication for Smart Metering
• Real-time Architecture for UWE-5 Software
• New concept for snow height measurements with experimental validation
• FPGA-Based Edge AI for Small Satellites
• UWE-5 ADCS
• Development and Validation of a Pt100 Temperature Measurement System for Thermal Vacuum Testing
• Synthesis and Benchmarking of Parallel multi-protocol conversion using FPGA
• Verification and Comparative Evaluation of Reaction Wheel Attitude Control Algorithms via SIL and HIL Testing for the UWE-5 3U CubeSat
• RAID using FRAM modules on a low power On-Board-Computer
• High-speed communication link between FPGAs for heavy data rate transmission
• Implementation of the SpaceWire protocol on a PolarFire SoC FPGA
• Design of a next-generation OBC board for the UWE satellite family
• Implementation of the open-source CubeSat Space Protocol (CSP) for the UWE satellite subsystems
• Commissioning and Calibration of the NanEyeC Camera as a Sun Sensor

Robotics

• Engineering a Two-DOF Single-Wheel Testbed for High-Speed Planetary Robots
• Snow depth/height measurements with mobile platforms 
• Wireless Communication Architectures for Planetary Rovers Using PCB-Integrated Antennas
• SlopeX  (Extreme Slope Explorer)

 

Please contact Prof. Dr. Marco Schmidt. if you would like to have more information about a topic.