As part of the cooperation with research institutions and universities, Airbus Defence and Space has awarded, for the 12th time, the Argus research prize for the outstanding performance of young scientists in the field of communications engineering, radar technology and radio frequency technology, each prize worth €1,500.
New developments in these areas, which are the focal technologies of the company’s Ulm, Germany, site, are very important in the security and defence electronics businesses, e.g., for sensor systems in the field of flight safety and flight management, for Earth observation and geodesy or for the protection of aircraft, vehicles and critical infrastructures.
“Close cooperation with the science and research sectors is of fundamental significance for us as a high-tech company,” said Dr. Hans Brugger, head of hardware development at Airbus Defence and Space. “Moreover, initiatives such as Argus provide the graduates with valuable contacts to the world of industry.”
The prizes were awarded during the annual Professors’ Day at Airbus Defence and Space’s Ulm site. Professors from renowned universities and colleges as well as company experts make regular use of this platform for exchanging ideas. From 15 final papers submitted, a jury made up of five university professors and five Airbus Defence and Space specialists selected five outstanding papers.
Andreas Hofmann from the department of Radio Frequency Technology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg won the prize for the best bachelor’s thesis, dealing with the development and testing of new frequency synthesis concepts in radar systems for mobile platforms. In addition, the following were awarded a prize for their master’s dissertations: Dora Ahbe from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Steffen Probst from Leibniz University in Hanover, George Yammin from Ulm University and IbanIbanez Domenech from Aachen Technical University (RWTH).
Brugger said in his laudation, “Technological progress, above all in communications equipment, and the networking of different application areas mean that we have to widen our focus on hardware technology in the field of security electronics and sensors so that we can zoom in on system design and software development.”