M.Sc. Johannes Braun
Research Assistant
Institute: EET | Institute of Electrical Power Engineering
Team: Smart Diagnostics and Online Monitoring Group | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Faouzi Derbel
Publications: IEEE Explore
Telephone +49 (0)341 3076 1276
Send an email | johannes(dot)braun(at)htwk-leipzig.de
HTWK Leipzig | Wiener-Bau Faculty of Engineering
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ZUBAT
A forward-looking, Wake-Up-based, opportunistic IoT platform for the early detection of forest fires
Through the collaboration between Professor Krondorf’s and Professor Derbel’s research groups, the ZUBAT project aims to improve the efficiency and response time of early forest fire detection using an advanced, wireless sensor network.
Funding: BMBF/VDI
Project duration: 01/2025 – 12/2028
REFRAME
Resource-efficient and safer bicycles designed to meet higher load requirements, achieved through precise digital models and evaluation based on real-world load measurements
The aim of the REFRAME project is to drive forward the digitalisation of bicycle development using measurement-verified digital models, thereby ensuring its future viability.
Funding: Saxon State Ministry of Science, the Arts and Tourism (SMWK)
Project duration: 10/2023 – 12/2024
FUBE
Lightweight wireless sensors for space-based wildlife monitoring
The collaboration between Professor Krondorf’s and Professor Derbel’s research groups aims to develop an energy-efficient, satellite-based positioning system which, using lightweight sensors, will enable, amongst other things, the monitoring of wildlife.
Funding: BMBF/VDI
Project duration: 09/2022 – 08/2026
SUSIC
Smart Utilities and Sustainable Infrastructure Transformation
Digitalisation project: The overall project is divided into sub-projects led by the University of Leipzig and HTWK Leipzig. The sub-project at the University of Leipzig focuses primarily on the economic modelling of the overall system, whilst the project at HTWK Leipzig is specifically dedicated to micro-grid modelling of selected prototype system variants and, as an interface with the University of Leipzig’s sub-project, provides real-world data points on sector coupling. As a result of this coupling, concrete solution strategies for municipal energy supply systems and recommendations for their operation can be provided.
Funding: SMWK, SAB
Project duration: 2020–2022
Project partners:University of Leipzig
MIBRAG
Multiple integrated RF-based bearing vibration sensors for automated gearbox diagnostics
Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft mbH (MIBRAG) operates several opencast mines in the south of Leipzig using a variety of bucket-wheel excavators. These steel colossi are powered by high-performance engines, which transmit their power via multi-stage gearboxes. MIBRAG modules are being developed in collaboration with the company for the diagnostics and optimal maintenance of the rolling bearings in the planetary stage.
Project partner: MIBRAG
Project duration: since 2016
DemoS TP1
Sensor-based management and monitoring system
A user-friendly, sensor-based monitoring and management system is being developed to maintain the building fabric. This system will dynamically address the challenges posed by changes in usage patterns in the context of demographic change. The sensor technology from TP2 will form an important part of the system, thereby offering new monitoring capabilities. This will enable the indoor climate and the building environment, as well as their impact on the building fabric, to be monitored.
Funding: European Social Fund (ESF)
Project duration: October 2016 – July 2019
AiS
Self-sufficient intelligent sensor networks in manufacturing
Through this project, the AiS research group aims to make energy-autonomous sensor technology available for a wide range of applications in factories and plants. Information on processes and workflows, the condition of machinery, restocking, transport routes and similar aspects enables more efficient planning and a faster response to unforeseen circumstances in production. This helps to conserve important resources. The savings in materials and energy also boost competitiveness and facilitate sustainable production.
Funding: European Social Fund (ESF)
Project duration: 2013–2014
