Student Research

If you are interested in writing a thesis with a topic from the area of aeronautics, aviation, systems engineering, machine learning or space sysems, consider writing your thesis at our institute. In projects with our partners from the industry, public funded projects and DFG financed research we cover a broad spectrum of topics and are always looking for student assistance.

Current tenders 🖊️

  • Prüfstandsentwurf für die Zustandsüberwachung von Flugzeugsitzaktuatoren

    Test rig construction for the condition monitoring of aircraft seat actuators

    2024/11/19

    Advanced Design Project (ADP)

    The reliability of business class seats is a key factor in the economical and customer-oriented operation of aircraft. The built-in actuators in particular, which ensure the functionality of the seats, are subject to wear and degradation due to frequent use and changing loads. In order to make maintenance measures more efficient and avoid unexpected failures, the development of condition monitoring procedures is increasingly important. A key step in testing such procedures is the simulation of realistic loads and the recording of relevant operating data using test benches. Business class seats are already available at the institute as a basis for the development of such a system. The test bench is intended to reproduce typical loads, control the performance of the engines and enable data recording.

    Supervisor: Max Weigert, M.Sc.

    Announcement as PDF

  • Aufbau einer Simulation für die Zustandsüberwachung von Flugzeugsitzaktuatoren

    Simulation development for the condition monitoring of aircraft seat actuators

    2024/11/19

    Masterthesis, Bachelorthesis

    The constant availability of cabin elements in the aircraft is an essential part of efficient, customer-friendly and economical processes for the operator. Particularly in the case of business class seats, failures of individual components can prevent them from being allocated to passengers and thus prevent optimal flight services. The coordination of maintenance procedures is often challenging due to tightly scheduled flights and therefore has significant potential for optimization. By recording usage data, it should be possible in future to monitor the condition of worn seat components so that maintenance measures can be prepared and carried out in a more targeted manner. The physical behavior of brushless DC motors can already be simulated at the FSR using a MATLAB Simulink model, taking into account various degradation mechanisms.

    Announcement as PDF

For many of the work carried out by us there is no prefabricated task but we assign them individually: After your inquiry we can find a task in a personal conversation that fits your interests. Contact us – contact information of the respective contact persons can be found on the pages about our research fields .

In individual cases we also supervise bachelor and master theses in cooperation with our partners from industry. Prerequisites for the performance of such work can be found in this summary (opens in new tab) . If you are planning an external thesis please contact us with sufficient lead time so that we can review your request.

ADPs/ ARPs are usually held as block events in a team of up to 8 students and with a task set in cooperation with one of our partners from industry. You can contact us as a team or as an individual in response to our calls for proposals presented below. Contact information can be found in the respective calls for proposals.

More information about ADPs

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