- Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
- Aircraft Design
- Astronautics
- Astronomical and Physical Geodesy
- Autonomous Aerial Systems
- Big Geospatial Data Management
- Carbon Composites
- Cartography and Visual Analytics
- Communication and Navigation
- Data Science in Earth Observation
- Earth System Modelling
- eAviation
- Engineering Geodesy
- Flight System Dynamics
- Geoinformatics
- German Geodetic Research Institute
- German Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Helicopter Technology
- Land Management
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration Technologies
- Pico- and Nano Satellites, and Satellite Constellations
- Remote Sensing Technology
- Satellite Geodesy
- Space Propulsion
- Sustainable Future Mobility
- Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion
Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Stemmer
- laminar-turbulent flow reversal
hypersonic boundary layer flows.
Ablation
Modeling of supercritical flows and simulations in rocket combustors.
Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
Prof. Dr. Christian Breitsamter
- Configurational aerodynamics of aircraft and spacecraft.
- Vortex flows and high lift, highly agile configurations
- Transient aerodynamics and aeroelasticity
- Helicopter airframe, rotor and propeller aerodynamics
- Membrane wing and fluid-structure interaction
Astronomical and Physical Geodesy
- Global and regional modeling of the earth’s gravity field and gravity data from satellites
- Operational processing of the ESA gravity field mission GOCE
- Satellite sensor analysis
- Mass transport process in the Earth system
Autonomous Aerial Systems
- Realtime control of aerial platforms in unknown, dynamic and possible cluttered environments
- Aerial manipulation tasks as grasping, inspection by touching or transportation
Big Geospatial Data Management
- Geometric as well as geospatial big data
- Spatial algorithms and data structures
- Infrastructure for big geospatial data
- Methods in machine learning, artificial intelligence and in computational geometry and topology
Land Management
Prof. Dr. Walter Timo de Vries
- Urban and rural development
- Public restrictions cadastres
- Capacity development for land policy
Carbon Composites
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Drechsler
- Materials science
- Structural mechanics and manufacturing technology
- Fiber-reinforced materials (carbon composites)
Data Science in Earth Observation
- Signal processing and data science in earth observation
- Explorative signal processing and machine learning algorithms
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI)
- Realization of global and regional geodetic reference systems
- Studies of geodynamics
- Sea level changes and ocean currents from radar measurements of satellite altimetry
Earth System Modelling
- Earth system science
- Analysis, modelling, and prediction of extreme events and abrupt transitions
- Process-based and data-driven models
Flight System Dynamics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Holzapfel
- Flight control / trajectory optimization
- Sensor technology
- Data fusion and navigation
- Modeling, simulation and parameter estimation
- Avionics and safety critical systems
Geoinformatics
- Virtual 3D city and landscape models
- City system modeling
- Smart cities
- 3D geodatabases
- 3D geoinformation systems, GIS & simulations and indoor navigation
Helicopter Technology
Prof. Dr. Ilkay Yavrucuk
- Modeling of aeromechanical phenomena
- Dynamic behavior of helicopter subsystems
- Overall design optimization
Engineering Geodesy
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Holst
- Advanced methodologies for geodetic monitoring of infrastructural, industrial and environmental objects
- Quality analysis of geodetic sensors
- Technological advances and automatization in static and mobile laser scanning
- Interdisciplinary applications in the context of digitizing the reality
Cartography and Visual Analytics
- Cartography and visual analytics
- Geodata integration
- Spatial cognition
- Mixed Reality and visual data mining
- map-based multimodal navigation services
Communication and Navigation
- Integer Ambiguity Resolution
- Joint Tracking Receiver
- Measurement Campaigns
- Precise Point Positioning of Geostationary Data Relays
Lunar and Planetary Exploration Technologies
- Regolith-Volatiles Interaction
- Production of Oxygen and Water
- Instrumentation for in-situ Analysis in planetary Environments
Remote Sensing Technology
- Developing of methods, algorithms and operational processing systems for extracting geoinformation from remote sensing data
- Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
- Analyzing high-resolution image sequences
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Urban (DEM, building reconstruction, construction)
- Traffic (vehicle detection, road extraction, driver assistance)
- Vegetation (forest monitoring, single tree detection, tree classication)
- Water and glaciers (glacier area, glacier flow)
- Medical (medical Image analysis, tomography, radiolgy)
Pico- and Nanosatellites and Satellite Constellations
Prof. Dr. phil. Alessandro Golkar
- Satellite Constellation Design and Simulation
- Federated Satellite Systems
- Systems Engineering & Systems Architecture Studies
- Advances Space Mission Concepts
- Pico- and Nanosatellite Systems
Space Propulsion
- Turbomachinery aerodynamics
- Propulsor technologies
- Design & make concepts
- Systems & cycles
Astronautics
- Satellite systems, in particular for robotic applications
- Systems engineering (system modeling and optimization)
- Human space flight systems (life support systems and ISRU)
- High-velocity impact physics (investigation of micrometeorite impacts)
Satellite Geodesy
- Global satellite navigation systems (GPS / Galileo)
- Precise localization for geodynamic applications
- Precise orbit determination and modeling for navigation satellites and low-orbit satellites
Sustainable Future Mobility
- Practically viable, longer term solutions that reduce transportation emissions
- experiments and computational modeling of combustion processes
- Advancing the Hyperloop technology
Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion
- Aerodynamic optimization of compressors and turbines
- Development of technology for future propulsion systems
- Innovation in design concepts for gas turbine components and systems
- Concepts of novel heat exchange architectures for gas turbines.
Honorary Professorships
- Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gerd Buziek
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johann Dambeck
- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Eineder
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Strunz
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Stützer