EADS Defence & Security (DS) has awarded its 2007 ARGUS science prizes to five students achieving outstanding research results in communications and high frequency techniques. The award ceremony took place during the ‘Professor's Day’ at EADS DS's Defence Electronics’ facility in Ulm, Germany, which annually provides a platform for scientific discourse between the company’s electronics experts and renowned scientists.
Now in its fifth year the ARGUS awards honor young talents in high frequency and microwave technology. Research in these fields is crucial for new solutions in aerospace and defence electronics, e.g. for data links, radar systems or the protection of aircraft against missile attacks.
A ten man jury comprising experts from DS and university professors awarded prizes for five diploma theses. The first prize went to Carsten Schmidt from the University of Stuttgart (supervised by Professor Thomas Eibert) for Design and Implementation of a Novel Nearfield-Farfield Transformation with Complete Correction of Probe Influence. The second prize was awarded to Sabine Dieter from Ulm University (supervised by Professor Wolfgang Menzel) for her thesis Analysis of Measures to Enhance Target Dynamics of FMCW Sensors for Short Distances. Extremely high frequencies were the subject for Marcel Ruf, University Erlangen-Nürnberg (supervised by Professor Lorenz-Peter Schmidt), who developed a Concept and Realization of Sub-harmonically Pumped Mixers for the THz Range. Christoph Schilling of Ulm University (supervised by Professor Schroer) presented the results of his thesis on Comparison of Channel Estimation Methods for Pilot Signal Supported OFDM Systems. Denis Becker from Karlsruhe University (supervised by Professor Werner Wiesbeck) presented a thesis with the modest title Processing of Modulated DBF Radar Signals, which considered an approach to analyze and process the entire angular measurement range of a radar without any ambiguity being generated from grating lobes of the antenna arrays.
During the presentation, Professor Heinrich Daembkes, head of Defence Electronics system and software engineering at EADS Defence & Security, said, "The cooperation between science and industry is of enormous importance in our business. Thus, we receive creative stimuli for the innovative solutions our customers expect and at the same time, we are able to offer professional perspectives to young engineers in an international company working at the leading edge of technology."