Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at TU Darmstadt

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The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (etit) is a department of the Technical University of Darmstadt . As of 2018, the electrical engineering and information technology department is one of the largest electrical engineering departments in Germany with 29 professorships , around 250 academic staff and around 2,400 students in 10 courses .

history

Erasmus Kittler (center) with his students at the TH Darmstadt, around 1886

In 1882, the electrical engineering pioneer and physicist Erasmus Kittler was appointed to the world's first chair in electrical engineering . A year later, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering was founded at the TH Darmstadt and the world's first electrical engineering course was offered. Among Kittler's first students were Michail von Dolivo-Dobrowolsky and Carl Hering .

Karl Wirtz was appointed to the first telecommunications chair in Germany in 1894. In 1907, Rudolf Goldschmidt developed the Goldschmidt alternator , which enabled the first radio link between the USA and Germany. He later invented several devices with Albert Einstein, including hearing aids and loudspeakers. In 1933 you received the patent for the construction of a loudspeaker.

After Kittler left teaching in 1914, the Technical University of Darmstadt awarded him an honorary doctorate and appointed Waldemar Petersen as his successor.

In 1930 Hans Busch was appointed professor at the newly established Institute for Telecommunications . He founded modern electron optics at the TH Darmstadt and thus created the basis for the electron microscope . Under the Nazi regime , the Faculty of Electrical Engineering from 1933 to 1945, like the TH Darmstadt, was brought into line with the National Socialist dictatorship.

In 1952 Karl Küpfmüller was appointed. He founded the system theory of electrical communications and thus made a significant contribution to the development of long-distance telephone traffic. In 1924 he established a relationship between the bandwidth and the duration of the oscillation of signals, which later became known as Küpfmüller's uncertainty relation .

From 1962 to 1974, Kurt H. Debus was the first director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center . During this time he was responsible for the start of the Apollo program including the six moon landings Apollo 11 to Apollo 17 . Apollo 13 was canceled prematurely. The following missions were carried out under his direction: 1961 Alan Shepard , first American in space , 1962 John Glenn , first American in orbit of the earth, 1969 Neil Armstrong , first man on the moon and 1973 start of the Skylab space laboratory .

Robert Piloty , who was appointed to the field of message processing in 1964 , influenced the development of data technology and the establishment of computer science as an independent specialist discipline. In 1968, the first computer science course in Germany was set up on the initiative of Robert Piloty and Winfried Oppelt at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

In 1969, graduates of the TH Darmstadt founded Software AG . The founders included Peter Pagé , a graduate in electrical engineering, and Peter Schnell , a graduate in mathematics and physics. A year later, John Tu completed a degree in electrical engineering. He later founded Kingston Technology .

In 1971 the Faculty of Electrical Engineering was divided into the three faculties of electrical power engineering, communications engineering and control and data engineering. In 1975 Gerhard Sessler , the developer of the foil electret microphone, was appointed to the chair for electroacoustics. In 1983 he developed the silicon microphone at the department.

The "Pinky" electric vehicle developed at TU Darmstadt won the Tour de Sol , the world championship for solar vehicles , in 1990, 1991 and 1992 . Pinky is exhibited today in the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The Akasol Academic Solar Technology Group later developed from the working group. Many companies come from Akasol, including Akasol AG of the same name .

The first chair for renewable energies in Germany was established in 1996 and occupied by Thomas Hartkopf . Hartkopf and his team developed the energy systems for the solar houses that won the Solar Decathlon in 2007 and 2009 .

In 1997 the departments of electrical communications engineering and control and data technology merged again to form the current department of electrical engineering and information technology. Two years later, the electrical power engineering department was joined.

In 2003, Technology Review , the newspaper of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), honored Rolf Isermann , professor at the TU Darmstadt, as a scientist because his research on new technologies will change the entire world of life and work. The magazine has named him the world's best representative in the field of mechatronics .

In 2013, Germany's first chair for bio-inspired communication systems was established in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.

Research priorities

The research profile of the department etit covers established research areas such as B. automation technology , microwave technology , communications technology, theoretical electrical engineering , data technology , microelectronics and the field of electrical power engineering . Part of the research at the department is made possible by interdisciplinary activities in graduate colleges , LOEWE priority programs and DFG special research areas.

In addition, there are three main research areas in the department:

Mechatronics, Automation & Sensors

The research focus deals with the research of the regulation of technical processes, the characterization and application of mechatronic systems and the necessary sensors for the acquisition of physical quantities. It includes the areas of automation technology, mechatronics, microtechnology and electromechanical systems, measurement and sensor technology as well as lighting technology . The research focus is characterized by a cooperation with the mechanical engineering department and semiconductor technology in connection with micro-engineered sensor systems.

Electrical Power Systems

The research focus Electrical Power Systems focuses on the generation, distribution and application of electrical energy.

Information & Communication Technology

The research focus Information & Communication Technology deals with system theory , the characterization of electronic components and networks and all applications relevant in the area of information transmission and processing . It covers the areas of data technology, high frequency and communication technology as well as the field of photonics .

courses

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology offers 10 courses and is involved in five other courses in cooperation with other departments at TU Darmstadt. The academic degrees Bachelor of Science , Bachelor of Education and Master of Science can be acquired in the courses .

Degree programs at the department etit abbreviation graduation
Electrical and Computer Engineering etit B.Sc., M.Sc. and B.Ed.
Information and Communication Engineering iCE M.Sc.
Mechatronics MEC B.Sc. and M.Sc.
Information system technology iST B.Sc. and M.Sc.
Medical technology MedTec B.Sc. and M.Sc.

Graduates and Scientists

Web links

Department of electrical engineering and information technology. Retrieved February 26, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ TU Darmstadt (ed.): History and personalities of the TU Darmstadt: Erasmus Kittler , accessed on February 20, 2016
  2. ^ Department etit (ed.): History of the department , accessed on February 24, 2016
  3. Kurt Jäger, Friedrich Heilbronner (ed.): Lexicon of electrical engineers . VDE-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 3800729032 , p. 467.
  4. ^ Technical University of Darmstadt: Rudolf Goldschmidt. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
  5. Kurt Jäger, Friedrich Heilbronner (ed.): Lexicon of electrical engineers . VDE-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 3800729032 , p. 75.
  6. ^ Christine Pieper: Hochschulinformatik in the Federal Republic and the GDR until 1989/1990 . In: Science, Politics and Society . 1st edition. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-515-09363-7 .
  7. ^ Institute for telecommunications of the department etit (ed.): On the history of Darmstädter telecommunications , accessed on February 24, 2016
  8. Prof. Rolf Isermann among the "Top Ten" future technologies. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
  9. ^ Department etit (Ed.): Research priorities of the department , accessed on February 24, 2016
  10. ^ Department etit (Ed.): Degree programs of the department , accessed on January 22, 2016