Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR

Fraunhofer FHR is among thirteen universities, research organisations, and technology companies, to receive a 670 thousand Euros grant to boost research in the field of Nanoarchitectronics (NTX).

On August 1st, 2016, Dr. Peter Knott and Prof. Dirk Heberling step in as joint heads of the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR. Together, they are taking over from Prof. Joachim Ender, who is retiring after successfully leading the institute since 2003.

Recycling black plastics, such as those found in car instrument panels, used to be impossible because their absorption properties made them simply invisible to typical optical analysis systems. But Fraunhofer researchers have developed a new technology that can sort black plastics according to type – and at affordable prices.

Abandoned items of luggage found at airports and train stations are a case for the emergency services, who have to assume that these items might contain bombs. In the future, police will have the support of a remote-controlled sensor system as they go about their duties. Fraunhofer researchers are developing this sensor suite in cooperation with industry partners and criminal investigation authorities.

The workshop aims at bringing together scientific experts in the field of electromagnetic scattering simulations, specifically in the context of radar signatures. A few months prior to the workshop, several test cases will be published, which will serve as benchmarks to compare results obtained by different simulation codes.