Completed Theses

Master Theses

• Energy-Autonomous Operation for Sustainable IoT Applications with Integrated GNSS
  Student: Nick Lihring
  Supervisor: Christian Busse

• Synchronization and Demodulation of Acoustic Frequency Shift Chirp Modulation on a Low-Power Microcontroller
  Student: Alhussein Abdelhamid
  Supervisor: Fabian Steinmetz

• Online Self-Localization for a Small Underwater Vehicle
  Student: Caroline Kühl
  Supervisor: Fabian Steinmetz

• Entwicklung eines Connectivity Boards für autonome mobile Roboter und fahrerlose Transportfahrzeuge
  Student: Jannes Hagemann
  Supervisor: Christian Renner

• Equalization in a Software-Defined Acoustic Backscatter Receiver
  Student: Jonathan Zorn
  Contact: Peter Oppermann

• Robust Trajectory Control Design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  Student: Jan Reich
  Contact: Christian Busse

• Multi-Frequency Acoustic Backscatter Reader and Transmitter
  Student: Cem Aygün
  Contact: Peter Oppermann

• Efficient Signal Processing for a Low-Power Acoustic Underwater Modem
  Student:Timo Kortbrae
  Contact: Fabian Steinmetz

• Robust Navigation of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
  Student: Yekaterina Lertxundi Sesma
  Contact: Christian Busse

• Chirp-Receiver for Acoustic Underwater Communication
  Student: Robert Oehlmann
  Contact: Fabian Steinmetz

• Konzeption und Analyse eines Heizsystems für Lithium-Ionen-Batterien
  Student: Jannick Brockmann
  Contact: Prof. Bernd-Christian Renner

• FPGA-Accelerated Signal Processing for a Tiny, Low-Power Acoustic Underwater Modem 
  Student: Sven Wrieden
  Contact: Prof. Bernd-Christian Renner

• Driverless Path Planning for a Formula Student Car 
  Student: Maxim Yastremsky
  Contact: Prof. Bernd-Christian Renner

• Comparison and Evaluation of Prediction Algorithms using Solar-Energy-Harvesting 
  Student: Eahab Issac
  Contact: Lars Hanschke

• Chirp Modulation for a Low-Power Acoustic Underwater Modem 
  Student: Fabian Steinmetz
  Contact: Jan Heitmann

• Medium Access Control in Underwater Environments 
  Student: Gabriel Garcia Ramos
  Contact: Jan Heitmann

• WiFi-Enabled and Solar-Powered Sensors for Smart Ports
  Student: Jan Heitmann (University of Lübeck)
  Contact: Bernd-Christian Renner

Bachelor Theses

• Characterization and Calibration of a Low-Cost Impedance Analyzer
  Student: Frederik Schulte
  Supervisor: Peter Oppermann

• Passive Localization of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
  Student: Bahne Schütze
  Supervisor: Yuehan Jiang

• Parameter Identification for a Lithium-Ion Battery
  Student: Mouaz Al Shbib
  Supervisor: Wiebke Frenkel

• Low-Power Operation of Microcontrollers with Repetitive Tasks
  Student: Konrad Nölle
  Supervisor: Peter Oppermann

• Simulation-based feasibility analysis of quadcopter precision landing
  Student: Moritz Bäcker
  Contact: Christian Busse

• Experimental Evaluation of Acoustic Underwater Positioning Accuracy using Real-Time Kinematic GNSS
  Student: Thore Hertrampf
  Contact: Christian Busse

• Centralized Calibration of an Underwater Localization System 
  Student: Felix Bootsveld
  Contact: Fabian Steinmetz

• Modeling and Experimental System Identification of an Underwater Vehicle 
  Student: Julian Mogk
  Contact: Christian Busse

• Modular Software Architecture for an Acoustic Underwater Modem Based on a Cortex-M4 
  Student: Timo Kortbrae
  Contact: Jan Heitmann

• Power Amplifier for a Low-Power Modem for Acoustic Underwater Communication 
  Student: Lucas Bublitz
  Contact: Bernd-Christian Renner

• Adaptive Gain Control for Acoustic Underwater Communication 
  Student: Philipp Bolze (University of Lübeck)
  Contact: Bernd-Christian Renner

Project Works

• Path Planning for μ AUVs Using Machine Learning Techniques
  Student: Björn Wohltmann
  Supervisor: Wiebke Frenkel

• Enabling Concurrent Transmissions on top of Zephyr IEEE abstractions
  Student: Jan Lüken
  Supervisor: Prof. Renner

• Design of a Reconfigurable Energy-Storage for a Batteryless Sensor Node
  Student: Tushar Dinesh Shiralkar
  Supervisor: Johannes Göpfert

• Simulation Tool for Wake-Up Radio based Intermittent Wireless Sensor Networks
  Student: Konstantin Gosch
  Supervisor: Johannes Göpfert

• Backscattering Underwater Beacon
  Student: Gerrit Schill
  Supervisor: Peter Oppermann

• Developing Load Models for 𝜇AUVs
  Student: Lucas Rousselange
  Supervisor: Wiebke Frenkel

• Simulation Tool for AUV Swarms
  Student: Erik Lamprecht
  Supervisor: Wiebke Frenkel

• Analysis, Implementation, and Comparison of Positioning Controllers in ArduSub Firmware
  Student: Dennis Nguyen
  Supervisor: Christian Busse

• Acoustic Frequency Shift Chirp Modulation on a Low-Power Microcontroller
  Student: Julia Wüpperling
  Supervisor: Fabian Steinmetz

• Software Defined Radio Implementation for a Backscatter Receiver
  Student: Oliver Janus
  Supervisor: Peter Oppermann

• LoRa-enabled Real-Time Kinematic GNSS for Long Baseline Acoustic Positioning
  Student: Nick Lihring
  Supervisor: Christian Busse

• Implementation of a Microcontroller Based Acoustic Backscatter Receiver
  Student: Karthik Lokesh
  Supervisor: Peter Oppermann

• Orthogonal Codes for Acoustic Underwater Localization
  Student: Sergej Keller
  Supervisor: Fabian Steinmetz

• Development and Sensor Board for a Micro Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
  Student: Frank Zimdars
  Contact: Fabian Steinmetz

• Modeling and Experimental System Identification of an Underwater Robot
  Student: Jan Reich
  Contact: Christian Busse

• Inertial Sensor-based Position Estimation for an Underwater Vehicle
  Student: Aysha Sundas
  Contact: Christian Busse

• Acoustic Underwater Wake-Up Receiver 
  Student: Lucas Bublitz
  Contact: Fabian Steinmetz

• A new Home for the ahoi Modem, a low-power Acoustic Underwater Modem 
  Student: Juan David Londoño
  Contact: Fabian Steinmetz

• Impedance Matching on Piezoelectic Transducers for Acoustic Backscatter Communication
  Contact: Peter Oppermann

• Autonomous Navigation for a Small Underwater Vehicle Based on Acoustic Localization 
  Student: Christian Horst
  Contact: Jan Heitmann

• Energy Harvesting on a LoRa-Enabled Environmental Monitoring Buoy 
  Student: Sebastian Stapel
  Contact: Jan Heitmann and Lars Hanschke

• Beyond Energy-aware Rate-based Scheduling 
  Student: Kerem Saka
  Contact: Lars Hanschke

• Finding Dependencies in Program Flows for Energy-Harvesting Systems 
  Student: Mahmoud Sherrah
  Contact: Lars Hanschke

• Online Self-Localization for a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Based on ToF-Ranging 
  Student: Fabian Steinmetz
  Contact: Jan Heitmann

• Energy-Aware Scheduling and Solar-Harvesting Prediction on an Ultra-Low-Power Co-Processor 
  Student: Alexander Sowarka
  Contact: Lars Hanschke

• Simulations for Wireless Sensor Networks in Sub-1-GHz Bands
  Student: Kaushik Hariharanagarajan
  Contact: Lars Hanschke

• Chirp-Modulation for Resilient Acoustic Underwater Communication
  Student: Ankit Ghosh
  Contact: Bernd-Christian Renner

• Experimentation and Evaluation Support for Acoustic Underwater Communication
  Student: Eahab Isaac
  Contact: Bernd-Christian Renner