Academic Partners and University Collaborations

The Fraunhofer Institute for High‑Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR maintains close national and international ties with universities and higher‑education institutions. Joint professorships, research groups, and teaching formats ensure effective knowledge transfer between academic research and application‑oriented development.

The FHR’s most strategically important university partnerships are based on joint appointments, structured research programs, and closely interlinked doctoral training frameworks. At the same time, institute staff are actively involved in academic teaching and contribute significantly to the education of early‑career researchers through lectures, theses supervision, and doctoral mentoring. This close integration of research, teaching, and qualification shapes the institute’s collaboration with the following universities:

RWTH Aachen University – joint appointment in Radar Systems Engineering; close integration of research, teaching, and doctoral training

Ruhr University Bochum – joint professorships and research groups, particularly in sensing and signal processing

University of Siegen – formal cooperation agreement; joint professorships; structured doctoral and research programs

In addition to its institutionally anchored partnerships, FHR maintains a number of further long‑standing collaborations that have evolved over many years. These partnerships make a significant contribution to scientific excellence, the development of young research talent, and the advancement of innovative radar and sensor technologies:

• Bonn‑Rhein‑Sieg University of Applied Sciences
• FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
• Koblenz University of Applied Sciences – Remagen Campus
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

RWTH Aachen University

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Knott – Professor at IHF; research, teaching, doctoral supervision; Executive Director of Fraunhofer FHR
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Heberling – Professor at IHF; research, teaching, doctoral supervision; Director of Fraunhofer FHR

• Dr. Delphine Cerutti Maori – Teaching activities and cooperation links with Fraunhofer FHR

Ruhr University Bochum

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Nüßler – Professor of Integrated High‑Frequency Sensors; research networks, teaching; Research Director of Fraunhofer FHR and Deputy Director of FHR
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Brüggenwirth – Professor of Cognitive Sensing; teaching (including AI‑based sensor data processing), joint research; Head of MFR Division at FHR

University of Siegen

• Dr. Daniel O’Hagan – Research collaboration and doctoral cooperation within the ZESS environment

FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences

• Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bertuch – Lecturer for “Antennas and Propagation”; teaching collaboration with FHR
• Michael Krist – Lecturer for “Antennas and Propagation”; teaching collaboration with FHR

Bonn‑Rhein‑Sieg University of Applied Sciences

• Stefan Vorst – Teaching assignment for project weeks in the Department of IWK

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

• Dr.-Ing. Lars Fuhrmann – Cooperation agreement and joint research group with Fraunhofer FHR