Current Projects

Prof. Dickhut has obtained the project "MODULOX - Modular LOX Test Bed" from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the DLR within the national space program.

Together with IABG GmbH, Prof. Thomas Pany, who holds the Professorship of Satellite Navigation, has acquired funding from the Bavarian space program for the GAP-AT project.

Development of software tools and carrying out of computations for high-precision tuning of satellite signals from various satellite navigation systems for ESA and ADD.

Prof. Thomas Pany has obtained the Ghosthunter III project “Implementing wrong-way driver detection using up-to-date commercial technology and cooperative threat warning systems”.

Development of a fiber-plastic composite pressure tank for high-pressure storage of gases at cryogenic temperatures for space applications at the professorship of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Dickhut.

Development of deep learning applications and their application to space-related problems in Space Operations (OPS) and Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT).

together with RWTH Aachen University and WORK Microwave GmbH, Prof. Thomas Pany successfully obtained funding for the project "Firefly" from DLR Space Management.

MaST: Project to deepen the understanding of the formation of phase boundaries in high-pressure mixtures and developing cross-scale models of such phenomena.

Professor Thomas Pany has successfully applied for funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy for the “Innovations of the Galileo GNSS System (Galileo Fusion)” research project.

Development of an antenna array based on software radio technology for simultaneous acquisition of many satellites for quality analysis of their navigation signals.

Development of a diagnostic package to characterize plasma parameters of electric propulsion (EP) systems using non-invasive optical and spectroscopic methods.

Professor Jochen Schein has successfully attracted funding for the Plasma Jet Pack (PJP) project from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.

Professor Roger Förstner and Professor Thomas Pany have successfully applied for funding for the "KaNaRiA-NaKoRa" project from the German Space Program – Navigation.

Professor Förstner and Professor Pany have acquired funding for the project OPA3L “Optimally Assisted, Highly Automated, Autonomous and Cooperative Vehicle Navigation and Localization.”

ESA-funded project on the improvement of the lifetime of electric propulsion thrusters using different propellants by reducing sputtering effects on the materials.