Hans-Rolf Tränkler

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Hans-Rolf Tränkler (born July 26, 1941 in Munich ) is a German engineer and professor of measurement technology and sensor technology . He is one of the leading professors who have shaped the subject of measurement technology and sensor technology in teaching and research.

Life

Hans-Rolf Tränkler was born in Munich in 1941 . His father was a mechanical engineer. After graduating from Maria-Theresia-Oberrealschule Munich, he studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Munich, now the Technical University of Munich (TUM), from 1960 . During his studies he worked as an intern at Siemens AG and International Instruments Inc. in Orange, Conn., USA .

After graduating in 1965, he was a scientific assistant and senior academic at the TUM Institute for Measurement and Control . In 1969 he received his doctorate from Ludwig Merz on the subject of "Increasing the transmission accuracy of strongly fluctuating measured values ​​through a measuring channel with digital logarithmization".

In 1974 Tränkler was offered the position of Scientific Council and Professor of Measurement Technology at the University of Dortmund and in 1977 he moved to TUM as Professor of Measurement and Control Technology . In 1980 he received the chair for electrical measurement technology at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich (UniBwM). Despite further honorable appointments at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (1982) and at the Technical University Berlin (1985) Tränkler worked at the UniBwM until his retirement in 2006.

Tränkler is married to Sabine Tränkler and has two sons. In his scientific work he was actively supported by his wife Sabine.

Activity in teaching and research

The subject of measurement technology and sensor technology is a compulsory subject for all electrical engineering students at the universities of the Bundeswehr. Tränkler represented it in lectures, exercises, internships and seminars.

Although the students of the armed forces initially leave the university after completing their diploma or master’s degree in order to pursue their officer duties, Tränkler was able to lead a total of 33 engineers from other universities in Germany and abroad to doctorate (Dr. These doctoral candidates hold positions of responsibility at universities, colleges and in industry.

In his research work, which was usually carried out together with doctoral students, Tränkler dealt with the following topics:

  • Frequency-analog sensors
  • Digital and digital-friendly measurement technology
  • Correction of characteristics of an inductive planar sensor
  • Hysteresis correction of sensor signals
  • Gain selectivity through signal processing on gas multi-sensor systems
  • Impedance spectroscopic evaluation of sensor signals
  • Calibration-free temperature measurement with pn junctions
  • Intelligent house instrumentation
  • Carbon dioxide sensors for controlling the ventilation of buildings
  • Impedance spectroscopy for battery diagnosis
  • Modeling and simulation of the current density distribution in the human body.

Tränkler introduced an error model for the first time in the pocket book of measurement technology, which links zero point, slope, linearity and hysteresis errors additively to the total error.

After retiring from UniBwM in 2006, Tränkler took over the role of spokesman for the research area microsystem technology and sensor technology at the Institute for Technology of Intelligent Systems (ITIS) eV, which was founded as an affiliate of the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich. Since 2014 Tränkler has also been the owner of the company "Scientific System Studies Tränkler" and continues his research work at both institutions.

Cooperation with foreign universities

Tränkler has a cosmopolitan character and tried very hard to cooperate with foreign universities. After the doctoral graduates returned to their home countries, the connections were deepened.

In 2001 he initiated the “Tunisian-German Conference Smart Systems and Devices” in Tunisia , in cooperation with the University of Sfax. This conference has been continued since 2007 in a one-year cycle as the "International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices". Because of his commitment, Tränkler was appointed honorary professor (Prof. hc) by the University of Sfax in 2006 .

In Indonesia launched Tränkler 2001, the "Indonesian-German Conference Instrumentation, Measurements and Communication for the Future" at the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB). Since then, this conference has taken place every two years. Biomedical engineering has also been part of this event since 2009.

In Russia Tränkler, together with his professor colleague Gutnikov, initiated the “International Conference Sensors and Systems” in St. Petersburg in 2002.

At the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, the workshops on "Distributed Intelligent Systems and Technologies" under the direction of Professor Shkodyrev there have been based on a suggestion by Tränkler since 2002.

Together with Professors Elmar Schrüfer and Friedrich Schneider from the Technical University of Munich, Tränkler set up the East Scholarship Program . As part of this program, graduates from Eastern European universities were able to complete their theses in the laboratories of Munich universities for six months. This program was not financed by the state, but by third-party funds. More than 70 students had taken part in this program by 2004. Some of them later did their doctorate at the Technical University of Munich and the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich.

Participation in committees

Tränkler was the initiator and founding member of the working group of university teachers for measurement technology (AHMT). In addition to his teaching and research activities, he has held numerous functions inside and outside the university. The most important are listed below:

  • 1989/90 Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
  • 1991/92 member of the Senate of the UniBwM and vice dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
  • 1993 Founding Chairman of the Institute for Intelligent Systems Technology (ITIS)
  • 1995/96 Vice President of the UniBwM
  • 1995 Chairman of the Congress Advisory Board SENSOR `95
  • 1997–2001 Chairman of the Science Council of the AMA Association for Sensor Technology
  • 1999–2002 responsible spokesman for the large-scale project “Intelligent House Instrumentation (IWO-BAY)”, funded by the Bavarian Research Foundation
  • 2000–2003 expert appraiser of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for measurement technology
  • 2004 Co-worker of the concept "Energy self-sufficient microsystems" for a funding focus of the BMBF on the initiative of the VDE / VDI Society for Microelectronics, Microtechnology and Precision Engineering (GMM)

Publications (selection)

  • A linear harmonic measurement oscillator. In: Electrotechnical Journal. (ETZ) - B, 25, 9, May 1973, pp. 220-222.
  • The technology of digital measurement. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-486-20171-9 .
  • Measuring technology. In: hut, basics of engineering. 34th edition. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2012.
  • Pocket book on measurement technology with a focus on sensor technology. 4th edition. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-486-23670-9 .
  • MR. Tränkler, E. Obermeier (Ed.): Sensortechnik. Manual for practice and science. Springer-Verlag, Berlin et al. 1998, ISBN 3-540-58640-7 .
  • T. Doll, I. Eisele, H.-R. Drinker: intelligent gas multi-sensor system. Geronimo-Verlag, Rosenheim 1998.
  • T. Flaschke, H.-R. Drinker: Potential of impedance sensors using the example of soil moisture measurement. In: Technical measurement. tm, 66, 4, 1999, pp. 146-150, Oldenbourg Verlag Munich.
  • O. Kanoun, H.-R. Impregnator: Calibration-free temperature measurement through parameter extraction from the current-voltage characteristic curve of pn junctions. In: Technical measurement. tm, 67, 4, 2000, pp. 171-176, Oldenbourg Verlag Munich.
  • MR. Tränkler, F. Schneider: The intelligent house. (= Measuring and automating ). Richard Pflaum Verlag, Munich u. a. 2001, ISBN 3-7905-0794-6 .
  • M. Gürtner, M. Horn, D. Paelczak, F. Schneider, H.-R. Tränkler, O. Zhelondz: Final report on the project "Development of CO2 sensors for private use". Funded by the German Federal Environment Foundation, AZ 17204, 2003.
  • U. Tröltzsch, O. Kanoun, H.-R. Tränkler: Battery test procedure for the diagnosis of device batteries with impedance spectrometry. In: Technical measurement. tm, 71, 9, 2004, pp. 509-518, Oldenbourg Verlag Munich.
  • O. Kanoun, U. Tröltzsch, H.-R. Tränkler: Benefits of Evolutionary Strategy in Modeling of Impedance Spectra. In: Electrochimica Acta. 51, 2006, pp. 1453-1461, Elsevier.
  • A. Tetyuev, O. Kanoun, H.-R. Tränkler: Soil type characterization for moisture measurement by impedance spectroscopy. In: Proc. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2006. Sorrento 2006, pp. 735-740.
  • Y. Aronshtam, H.-R. Tränkler: Computer Modeling and Simulation of the Current Density Distribution in the Human Body. In: Technical measurement. tm, 78, 7-8, 2011, pp. 365-369, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag Munich.
  • MR. Tränkler, L. Reindl (Ed.): Sensortechnik. Manual for practice and science. 2nd Edition. Springer Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-29941-4 .
  • SN Kunz, Y. Aronshtam, H.-R. Tränkler, S. Kraus, M. Graw, O. Peschel: Cardiac Changes Due to Electronic Control Devices? A Computer-Based Analysis of Electrical Effects at the Human Heart Caused by an ECD Pulse Applied to the Body's Exterior. In: Journal of Forensic Sciences. May / June 2014.
  • MR. Tränkler, G. Fischerauer: Measurement technology. In: The engineering knowledge. Springer Vieweg, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-662-44029-2 .

literature

  • W. Kriesel , H. Rohr, A. Koch: History and future of measurement and automation technology. VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-18-150047-X .
  • Research report for the reporting period from 1998 to 2002. University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Institute for Measurement and Automation Technology, Professorship for Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems.
  • Research report for the reporting period from 2002 to 2006. University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Institute for Measurement and Automation Technology, Professorship for Sensors and Measurement Systems.
  • O. Kanoun, E. Wagner, R. Werthschützky (Eds.): Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans-Rolf Tränkler turns 65. In: Technical measurement. tm, 73, 7/8, 2006, Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich.
  • O. Kanoun, J. Mark (Ed.): Attractiveness of the sensor system, Professor Hans-Rolf Tränkler on his 65th birthday, contributions from former employees. Shaker Verlag, Aachen 2006, ISBN 3-8322-5290-8 .
  • W. Kriesel, F. Sokollik , P. Helm, R. Seela: KNX / EIB for building system technology in residential and functional buildings. 5th edition. Hüthig Jehle Rehm Verlag, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7785-4054-1 .
  • W. Richter , M. Engshuber: Alexander von Humboldt's measurement technology - instruments, methods, results. epubli Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-8442-8969-5 .
  • W. Kriesel: Future models for computer science, automation and communication. In: Frank Fuchs-Kittowski ; Werner Kriesel (Ed.): Computer science and society. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski . Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2016, ISBN 978-3-631-66719-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A linear harmonic measuring oscillator. In: Electrotechnical Journal. (ETZ) - B, 25, 9, May 1973, pp. 220-222.
  2. ↑ The technology of digital measurement. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1976.
  3. ↑ D. Kohn: An adaptively structured measuring system for the on-line correction of the transmission characteristics of measuring sensors. In: Progress Reports. Row 8, No. 120, VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1986. (Supervision of the dissertation by H.-R. Tränkler)
  4. ↑ M. Haas: Correction of hysteresis errors in sensors through signal processing on the basis of mathematical models. In: Progress Reports. Series 8, No. 413, VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1994. (Supervision of the dissertation by H.-R. Tränkler)
  5. ↑ T. Doll, I. Eisele, H.-R. Drinker: intelligent gas multi-sensor system. Geronimo-Verlag, Rosenheim 1998.
  6. ↑ T. Flaschke, H.-R. Drinker: Potential of impedance sensors using the example of soil moisture measurement. In: Technical measurement. tm, 66, 4, 1999, pp. 146-150, Oldenbourg Verlag Munich.
  7. ↑ O. Kanoun, H.-R. Impregnator: Calibration-free temperature measurement through parameter extraction from the current-voltage characteristic curve of pn junctions. In: Technical measurement. tm, 67, 4, 2000, pp. 171-176, Oldenbourg Verlag Munich.
  8. ↑ H.-R. Tränkler, F. Schneider: The intelligent house. (= Series measuring and automating ). Richard Pflaum Verlag, 2001.
  9. ↑ M. Gürtner, M. Horn, D. Paelczak, F. Schneider, H.-R. Tränkler, O. Zhelondz: Final report on the project "Development of CO2 sensors for private use". Funded by the German Federal Environment Foundation, AZ 17204, 2003.
  10. ↑ U. Tröltzsch, O. Kanoun, H.-R. Tränkler: Battery test procedure for the diagnosis of device batteries with impedance spectrometry. In: Technical measurement. tm, 71, 9, 2004, pp. 509-518, Oldenbourg Verlag Munich.
  11. ↑ O. Kanoun, U. Tröltzsch, H.-R. Tränkler: Benefits of Evolutionary Strategy in Modeling of Impedance Spectra. In: Electrochimica Acta. 51, 2006, pp. 1453-1461, Elsevier.
  12. ↑ Y. Aronshtam, H.-R. Tränkler: Computer Modeling and Simulation of the Current Density Distribution in the Human Body. In: Technical measurement. tm, 78, 7-8, 2011, pp. 365-369, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag Munich.
  13. ↑ SN Kunz, Y. Aronshtam, H.-R. Tränkler, S. Kraus, M. Graw, O. Peschel: Cardiac Changes Due to Electronic Control Devices? A Computer-Based Analysis of Electrical Effects at the Human Heart Caused by an ECD Pulse Applied to the Body's Exterior. In: Journal of Forensic Sciences. May / June 2014.
  14. ↑ Taschenbuch der Messtechnik. 4th edition. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1996.
personal data
SURNAME Drinker, Hans-Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and professor of measurement technology and sensor technology
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich