The Institute for Unmanned Aerial Systems (IUAS) at the University of Applied Sciences Offenburg has over eight years of experience in the research, development and operation of flight control systems and unmanned aerial vehicles for a range of industrial applications. There are currently 10 experienced permanent employees working at the institute, around 20 students and seven professors from various faculties.
Since its existence, IUAS has successfully completed more than 20 funded research projects and is currently researching five active projects with a total annual budget of around € 300,000.
Professor Schröder is head of the Institute for Unmanned Aerial Systems (IUAS) and has been successfully cooperating with academic partners from France for more than 30 years. He was responsible for numerous cooperative doctorates, was active in two German-French INTERREG programs and numerous other national and international funded research projects. As a physicist he has many years of experience in the field of navigation and precision instruments as well as the design of helicopters and surface aircraft.
Tasks: Project leader at IUAS | Aerodynamic Design | Flight Control
Professor Ettrich represents the specialist areas of mathematical and numerical modeling (CFD) as well as the experimental investigation of flows and heat transfer processes. As part of the project, he will be responsible for aerodynamic design and aerodynamic optimization through computer laboratory simulations and wind tunnel experimental investigations.
Tasks: Engine Simulation & Computational Fluid Dynamics | Project Administration
Professor Junk leads the lab for computer-aided manufacturing methods and rapid prototyping, equipped with state-of-the-art 3D capture devices and printers. He will be responsible for the mechanical design and manufacture of the models for the wind tunnel tests as well as parts of the prototype production for the long-haul aircraft.
Tasks: Additive Manufacturing
Stefan Staiger is an experienced electrical engineer who has already proven himself in several projects at the Institute for Unmanned Aerial Systems (IUAS) as a very reliable, independent and committed academic employee. He is a graduate engineer in electrical engineering and information technology and develops electronic control and communication systems for UAVs at the IUAS.
Tasks: Electronics | Programming | Assembly | Flight Tests
Raimund Lehmann is an experienced electrical engineer who has already proven himself in several projects at the Institute for Unmanned Aerial Systems (IUAS) as a very reliable, independent and committed academic employee. He is a graduate engineer in electrical engineering and information technology and has a great deal of experience in low-level programming of UAV’s electrical components.
Tasks: Electronics | Programming | Assembly | Flight Tests
Steffen Schrock has extensive experience in the field of construction, rapid prototyping and is successfully involved in several projects in the laboratory for computer-aided manufacturing methods and rapid prototyping. He has a commercial education as a mechatronics engineer, a bachelor and a master of science in industrial engineering.
Tasks: Production of Prototypes | Additive Manufacturing | Rapid Prototyping | Rapid Tooling
Mihrican Cevahir has been responsible for project management and budget controlling in various projects at the University of Applied Sciences Offenburg for more than 7 years. She graduated in economics with a focus on accounting.
Tasks: Coordination and Management of the INTERREG project ELCOD
We would also like to thank the participating students…
Armand Besset | Pierre Ferkous | Philip Wambsganß | Patrick Neuenfeldt | Armin Kleiser | Ertugrul Akcebe | Kevin Maurer | Arda Yigit | Lars Pattscheck | Thomas Stürz | Julius Klose