11/2017 - In the end of October, the IEEE SENSORS 2017 took place in Glasgow, UK. The conference covered a broad range of multidisciplinary topics related to sensors and their applications. Alexander Bergmann and Reinhard Klambauer represented the institute at the conference. Reinhard Klambauer held a poster presentation about “A New Principle for an Ultrasonic Flow Sensor for Harsh Environment”.

09/2017 - In the end of September the research group of the project FC Diamond had a meeting with all project partners in Duisburg, Germany.

05/2017 - Larisa Karpenko-Jereb, who leads the research project FC Diamond at the institute, attended the  Annual International Conference-School «Ion transport in organic and inorganic membranes» in Russia to talk about her latest research results. She also was a member of the jury responsible for the poster session.

08/2017 - From July 16 to 20, the 19th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena (ICPPP) took place in Bilbao, Spain. Philipp Breitegger presented a poster about "Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for environmental trace gas sensing with WSNWS" and Benjamin Lang gave a talk with the title "A photoacoustic cell for high flow rate environments".

07/2017 - In the EU-funded project DownToTen project scientist Markus Bainschab built two prototypes, with which exhaust gases can be diluted. The prototypes then were sent to projekt partners Ricardo UK and AVL List GmbH to undergo various measurements and tests. Markus visited project partner Ricardo UK in Shoreham-by-Sea (GB) to support the measurements.

05/2017 - On the 18th of May the seminar “The Worlds of Nanoparticle Analysis” took place at the campus. The seminar has been organised by the institute in cooperation with TSI GmbH, a company specialised in the design and production of precision measurement instruments. The talks covered topics such as the analysis of particles, measurement methods, particle emissions of motor vehicles and the challenges of particle sensors in general. In addition to selected aerosol equipment of TSI GmbH the international participants could also take a look at the Roller Test Bed for Heavy Duty Vehicles at the Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics.

04/2017 - On the 10th of March a group of young scientists from the Sensor Application Center SappZ of the OTH Regensburg visited the institute. They are researching in similar areas as IES and were interested in the institute’s research fields, projects and laboratories. The visit also include tours at the Institute of Electronics and Institute of Microwave and Photonic Engineering. The next day’s programme was a visit at CTR Research Centre for Smart Sensors & Systems Integration in Villach, Carinthia.

03/2017 - In the end of February Markus Bainschab went to Finland for 2 weeks to carry out measurements for the research project DownToTen with project partner Tampere University of Technology. The first prototype of the sampling system for measuring particles down to 10 nm was set up, tested and compared to various existing systems.

24/12/2016 - On the 14th of December IES had it's Christmas Party with all staff members, PhD students, diploma students, external lecturer and friends. The team whishes everyone a restful Advent Season and a successful New Year!

12/2016 - From 30th of October - 2nd of November Alexander Bergmann, Benjamin Lang and
Mario Schriefl took part at the IEEE Sensors Conference in Orlando, Florida.
The latest research findings, ideas, and applications in the area of sensors
and sensing technology have been presented there.
Mario Schriefl gave a talk about "Design Principles for Diffusion Chargers Sensing Particle Number Concentration" and Benjamin Lang presented a poster with the title "Design Framework for a Gas Sensor Based on an Open Photoacoustic Resonator".

Besides the sharing of information with researchers from all over the world,
our colleagues could enjoy the warm weather and the sunny beaches.

12/2016 - As part of the lecture "452.052 Environmental Sensing" the lecturer, Mr Schindler, took the students to an air quality monitoring site at Petersgasse 128, Graz.

08/2016 - Recently the 22nd European Aerosol Conference took place in Tours (FR). This conference provides a platform where aerosol scientists and engineers from all over the world come together in order to discuss their research results and gain information about novelties in the fields of aerosol science, aerosol measurement instrumentation, health effects of aerosols etc. Alexander Bergmann, Martin Kupper and Mario Schriefl from IES attended the conference.
Mario Schriefl gave a talk with the title „Characterization and Modelling of a Novel Particle Number Detector“.
Martin Kupper presented a poster with the topic: “A Simulation and Experimental Attempt for a High Temperature Condensed Nuclei Magnifier using Organic Working Fluids”. Besides a wide range of interesting lectures, presentations and poster sessions during the conference, some nice places in and around Tours could be discovered.

08/2016 - During the summer months IES received support and cake :) from five summer trainees. They helped our research assistants with their literature research, helped to prepare measurement setups and did small programming tasks in C and C#.

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05/2016 - At the moment our rooms are under heavy construction. We are looking forward to move to our new rooms and laboratory at the beginning of July. After the construction work has finished we are going to equip our aerosol and electronic laboratory and put it into duty.

01/03/2016 - On the first of March 2016 the new instute officially opened it's not yet existing gates. With a small team of six highly motivated people we are aiming for a fully operational institute as soon as possiple.