Completed Projects

List of Completed Projects:

  • "IM WIND, Entwicklung eines sensorbasierten intelligenten Monitoring-Systems für Windenergieanlage" (2019-2022), Funding: BMWi ZIM, Project partners: Lehrstuhl für Statik der TUM, ASC GmbH, Elunic AG, GI-Engineering GmbH (Project description)
  • "Testing of adhesive bonds in electric motors," (2019-2022), Funding: BMWi, ZIM, Project partner: AP, Adhesive Products GmbH (Project description)
  • "Fast Impact Echo Scanner," (2019-2022), Funding: BMWi ZIM, Project partners: Brenner Bernard Ingenieure GmbH, Akustik Technologie Göttingen GmbH (Project description)
  • "Non-Destructive Techniques for the Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Heritage, NDTEgypt." (2020, with extensions until 2022), Project Partner: Cairo University, Egypt. Funding: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). (Project Description)
  • "Hydrophobic Hybrid Mortar," (2018-2021), Development of a super hydrophobic bio-mortar, Funding: BMWi, ZIM, Project partner: Munich School of Bioengineering (MSB, Professor Lieleg) (Project description)
  • "Entwicklung eines scannenden Prüfgeräts zur Detektion von Delaminationen in Betonfahrbahndecken" (Acoustic Pavement Scanner), (2015-2018), Funding: BASt, Federal Highway Research Institute, Research Project FE 08.0238/2015/CRB (Project description)
  • "MISTRALWIND: Monitoring and Inspection of Structures At Large Wind Turbines. Überwachung und Inspektion von Tragstrukturen von Windenergieanlagen," (2015-2018), Funding:Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) (Project description)
  • "Geophysics of cratering experiments: The laboratory perspective" (2009-2016), Subproject of "Multidisciplinary Experimental and Modelling Impact Research Network" (MEMIN), (2010-2019), Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (DFG, the German Research Foundation) as a "Forschergruppe". (Project description), DFG-GEPRIS Link
  • HEALCON: "Self-healing concrete to create durable and sustainable concrete structures," (2013-2016), Funding:  European Commission, Program FP7-NMP (Project description)
  • "MAIzfp: Kombinierte zerstörungsfreie Prüfmethoden zur Qualitätssicherung von Faserverbundwerkstoffen," (2013-2016), Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Project description)
  • ZIM: AiF-ZIM-Brandprojekt, entwicklung eines Messverfahrens zur Bestimmung der zeitlichen Entwicklung der Betonabplatzungen bei Brandversuchen (2013-2014), Funding: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWi) as part of the program “Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand” (ZIM), (“Central Innovation Programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)) (Project description (in German))
  • "Explosive Abplatzung von Beton unter Brandbeanspruchung (Explosive Spalling of Concrete under Fire Exposure)", (2009-2014) Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (DFG, the German Research Foundation) - Project Number: 157253546DFG, DFG-GEPRIS Link
  • Supplemental Funding for the EU-Project "SMooHS - Smart Monitoring of Historic Structures" (2008-2011) from the " Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau" of the "Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung" (BBSR).
  • "SMooHS - Smart Monitoring of Historic Structures" (2008-2011) Funding: European Comission, Program FRP7 (Cultural Heritage). IWB/MPA is leader of two workpackages. EU-Commission Fact Sheet
  • Innonet-RIWEA (Roboter zur Inspektionder Rotorblätter von Windenergieanlagen mit Thermographie und Ultraschall): "Inspection of wind turbine rotor blades". (2006-2009), Funding: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) - Project Number: 16IN0354
  • "Detection and localization of failures in steel reinforced concrete and fibre reinforced concrete" (1994-2006), Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (DFG, the German Research Foundation) - Project Number: 5479391 (Subproject A6 of the SFB 381).
  •  "Non-destructive evaluation of concrete structures using acoustic and electro-magnetic echo-methods" (2000-2011), Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (DFG, the German Research Foundation) (Subproject VIII of the FOR 384). DFG-GEPRIS Link
  • " Sustainable Bridges: Assessment for Future Traffic Demands and Longer Lives" (2003-2007), Funding: European Commission, Program FP6-SUSTDEV, EU-Commission-Fact Sheet
    • Workpackage 3: Development of a triggered scanning impact-echo system.
    • Workpackage 5: Monitoring techniques to investigate the status of railway bridges.
  • Investigation of the hardening process of fresh concrete with ultrasound techniques.