Qualitätsgesteuerte Fusion heterogener Scan- und BIM-Modelle
2025-11-01 – 2027-10-31
Topics & Projects
From its own satellite missions to research into hyperloop technology - the Department of Aerospace and Geodesy is involved in numerous projects across various disciplines. The core expertise lies in the professorships, which conduct research at the highest international level in all areas of aerospace and geodesy. The research leads to the direct application of the findings and the integration of various technologies in the overall system. Practical modules in the degree programmes and the promotion of entrepreneurial spirit support student ideas and innovations in the academic environment. In this way, committed students manage their own initiatives and make a name for themselves in national and international competitions.
Research Activities
12 Projects
Traceability for industrial 3D digitalisation by advanced scanning systems
2025-06-01 – 2028-05-31
3D laser scanning systems are vital for the digital transformation of geometric measurements. However, the current metrological tool kit cannot keep up with state of the art 3D laser scanning systems.…
Project websiteProcessing models for analysing the 3D vibration response of structures using terrestrial laser scanners (PROVILAS)
2025-02-01 – 2028-01-31
3D-terrestrial laser scanners are usually employed for the areal capturing of the geometry of various structural measuring objects. Repeated measurements enable the detection and analysis of changes…
Project websiteAI-Driven Detailing-on-Demand through Sustainable Point Cloud Surveys and Semantic 3D Understanding for Advanced Modeling of Existing Buildings
2024-11-01 – 2028-10-31
Recently, the optimization of existing buildings, especially in Germany (up to 80 % of all projects), has increased sharply, with the focus on the energy-efficent refurbishment of post-war residential…
Project websiteObtaining and maintaining information about the gravitational deformation of the SARAO radio telescopes at HartRAO
2024-01-01 – 2026-09-30
Radio telescopes are pivotal in receiving radio frequencies from space. These telescopes, typically featuring parabolic dishes, focus radio waves onto a central receiving point to amplify the incoming…
Reconstructing level of detail 3 semantic building models using street-level images and model-to-ray conflict analysis
2024-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Reconstructing detailed semantic 3D building models represents a fundamental challenge in photogrammetry, geodesy, computer vision and geoinformatics. Recent advancements have highlighted the…
Project websiteCalibration of Laser Scanners
2023-12-01 – 2027-11-30
The accuracy of terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) is mitigated by internal scanner misalignments (calibration parameters) whose magnitude mostly exceeds the one of random deviations. This has mainly…
Project websiteDeformation analysis based on terrestrial laser scanner measurements (TLS-Defo)
2023-12-01 – 2027-11-30
Within geodetic deformation analyses, congruency investigations statistically test geometric changes of two or more object states. A rigorous assessment of significance is needed to separate between…
Project websiteMeasurement Uncertainty: Determining generalized variance-covariance matrices of terrestrial laser scans considering all relevant error sources
2023-12-01 – 2027-11-30
Knowledge about the measurement uncertainty of an instrument is of vital importance in engineering tasks, such as deformation analyses. The corresponding stochastic information is needed to provide…
Project websiteReal-time monitoring of gravitational mass movements for critical infrastructure risk management with AI-assisted 3D metrology
2023-09-01 – 2025-08-31
The earth's surface is subject to constant change. Climate change is changing the general conditions - for example, intense, prolonged precipitation is causing more frequent landslides or rockfalls.…
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