Mo-Fr 9:30am-11:30am
Mo-We 1:00pm-2:30pm
Mo-Fr 9:30am-11:30am
Mo-We 1:00pm-2:30pm
Lectures:
- Advanced Signal Processing (MC / MT)
- Microsensors and Microelectronics (MC / MT)
- Photovoltaics (MEE)
- Photovoltaics (MC / ET)
- Seminar on Renewable Energy (MEE)
1963 born in Sigmaringen / Danube
1970–1983 Primary school and Karl-Maybach Grammar School in Friedrichshafen
1983–1984 Military service with Army Band No. 10, Ulm
1984–1990 Studied electrical engineering at the University of Stuttgart
(Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation)
1988–1989 Studied at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, UK
1990–1996 Research assistant at the University of Stuttgart
(Institute of Physical Electronics)
1995 Awarded a Dr.-Ing. degree for a thesis on thin-film semiconductors
1996–2005 Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart
Project manager in the field of microsystems technology
Optical communications technology
Micro-assembly for high-pressure pumps
Technical Specialist in the field of driver assistance systems
2005– Professor of Micro- and Nanotechnology at Ulm University of Applied Sciences
2012 City of Ulm Science Prize for work on radar sensor technology
2012–2020 Head of the IAF (Institute for Applied Research) at the University of Ulm
2018– Co-opted member at the University of Ulm
(Faculty of Engineering, Computer Science and Psychology)
2021– Member of the hawbw doctoral association
A selection of the working group’s current and completed projects (funding bodies):
- Seaframe (RFCH)
- ibCIGS (BMWE)
- Sicura (BMBF)
- Nemosens (MWK)
- FindMine (Urs Endress Foundation)
- InnoSüd (BMBF)
- OhDeer (mFund)
- Salus (ERDF)
- optiCIGS (BMBF)
- proCIGS (BMWE)
- MikroSens (ERDF)
Betreute (abgeschlossene) Promotionen:
Dr. Patrick Rippl „Radar Target Simulation and Analysis for Highly Dynamic Traffic Scenarios”, Dissertation Universität Ulm, 2025
Dr. Bernd Arendt „Verringerung der Falschalarmrate bei der Landminendetektion mit einem Ground-Penetrating-Radar”, Dissertation Universität Ulm, 2025
Dr. Johannes Iberle „Radarzielsimulator zur Generierung von mikro-Doppler-Signaturen verletzlicher Verkehrsteilnehmer“, Dissertation Universität Ulm, 2022
Dr. Ricardo Vidal Lorbada “Characterization and simulation of CIGS thin-film solar cells and interconnects”, Dissertation Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2021
Dr. Tetiana Lavrenko “Electrical characterisation, modelling and simulation of Cu (In, Ga), (Se, S)2 Solar Cells”, Dissertation Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 2020
Dr. Thomas Ott „Langzeitstabilität von Cu(In,Ga)Se2-Dünnschichtsolarzellen“, Dissertation Universität Ulm, 2019
Dr. Steffen Lutz, "MIMO-Radarsystemarchitektur und Parameterschätzung für komplexe Mehrzielszenarien", Dissertation Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2015
Dr. Klaus Baur, "Entwicklung eines 77 GHz-Radarsensors mit Winkelmessfähigkeit in Elevation und Azimut", Dissertation Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2013
Dr. Marcel Mayer, "Winkelschätzung mit linsenbasierten Radarsensoren für Kraftfahrzeuge", Dissertation Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2012
Ausgewählte Publikationen:
Arendt, B.; Schneider, M.; Mayer, W.; Walter, T. : Environmental Influences on the Detection of Buried Objects with a Ground-Penetrating Radar, Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 1011; doi: 10.3390/rs16061011
Marc A. Mutschler , Philipp A. Scharf , Patrick Rippl , Timo Gessler , Thomas Walter , Christian Waldschmidt: River Surface Analysis and Characterisation using FMCW Radar, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2022; doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3157469
R. Burr, M. Schartel, A. Grathwohl, W. Mayer, T. Walter and C. Waldschmidt: UAV-Borne FMCW InSAR for Focusing Buried Objects, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2021; doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2021.3094165
J. Iberle, P. Rippl and T. Walter: A Near-Range Radar Target Simulator for Automotive Radar Generating Targets of Vulnerable Road Users, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 30, no. 12, pp. 1213-1216, Dec. 2020; doi: 10.1109/LMWC.2020.3030231
Vidal Lorbada, R.; Walter, T.; Fuertes Marrón, D.; Muecke, D.; Lavrenko, T.; Salomon, O.; Schaeffler, R.: Phototransistor Behavior in CIGS Solar Cells and the Effect of the Back Contact Barrier, Energies 2020, 13, 4753; doi: 10.3390/en13184753
Salomon, Oliver and Hempel, Wolfram and Kiowski, Oliver and Lotter, Erwin and Witte, Wolfram and Ferati, Artan and Schneikart, Anja and Kaune, Gunar and Schäffler, Raymund and Becker, Maximilian and Schröppel, Birgit and Vidal Lorbada, Ricardo and Mücke, Dennis and Walter, Thomas: Influence of Molybdenum Back Contact on the PID Effect for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells, Coatings 2019, 9(12), 794; doi: 10.3390/coatings9120794
Thomas Walter: Admittance Spectroscopy, In J. Li / G.Ferrari, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2018, Capacitance Spectroscopy of Semiconductors; ISBN: ISBN 978-981-4774-54-3
Tetiana Lavrenko, Thomas Walter and Balázs Plesz: A closer look into metastable effects of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells, Physica Status Solidi C, 23 Feb. 2017; doi: 10.1002/pssc.201600197
Rou Hua Chua, Xianglin Li, Thomas Walter, Lay Kuan Teh, Thomas Hahn, Frank Hergert, Subodh Mhaisalkar and Lydia Helena Wong: An experimentally supported model for the origin of charge transport barrier in Zn(O,S)/CIGSSe solar cells, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 043505 2016; doi: 10.1063/1.4940913
Lavrenko, T., Marzinzig, K., Walter, T., Plesz, B., and Ress, S.: On the application of the vibrating Kelvin probe method for quality control of Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2 thin-film solar modules, Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl., 24, 2016: 1554–1565; doi: 10.1002/pip.2746
T. Walter, R. Herberholz, C. Müller, H. W. Schock: Determination of defect distributions from admittance measurements and application to Cu(In,Ga)Se2 based heterojunctions, Journal of Applied Physics, October 1996; doi: 10.1063/1.363401; (citation metrics: www.altmetric.com/details/42778969)