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Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nl

Responsible for Automotive UWB business at NXP Semiconductors.

Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nl

Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nl

• Definition of go-to-market strategy, new use cases, business models, system architectures, and product specifications to enhance the Ultra-wideband (UWB) ecosystem around the vehicle and mobile phone. • Determine market potential, define value propositions and engage with lead customers.• Contribution to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard (low-rate wireless personal area networks), IEC 61851 (EV conductive charging system), and SAE J2954 (Wireless Power Transfer)

Linz, Oberösterreich, At

https://www.cortexplore.com/• Developed a highly accurate surgical navigation system.• Responsible for the hardware-related aspects of the company’s strategy. • The company was backed by several startup-grants and investments and was awarded, among others, with the EDISON 2018 and the i2B business plan award 2019.

Graz, At

• Generated hypotheses in the field of wireless communication and localization, specifically using ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. Submitted and presented the contributions at top-tier conferences and journals. • Developed real-time adaptation algorithm to provide robust ultra-wideband (UWB) communication links.• Designed a low-cost UWB indoor positioning system exploiting multipath information to cut down required infrastructure to a single physical anchor.• Developed GPS-like highly scalable and responsive UWB positioning system that allows theoretical update rates of up to 2.3 kHz independently of number of devices. The work was awarded with the Best Paper Award at the A* conference IPSN 2019.• Authored the dissertation ‘Robust, Efficient, and Scalable UWB-based Positioning using Multipath and Quasi-simultaneous Transmissions’ incorporating all the hypotheses and findings.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

• Aligned research expertise of TU Graz and UC Berkeley to identify potential fields of cooperation.• Collaborate with the research group lab11 to design efficient UWB-based positioning systems.

Aurora, Ontario, Ca

• Managed overall operations of R&D projects, including vehicular communication and connectivity.• Designed and improved Magna Steyr Car-2-X communication platform.• Validated advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving functions (ADF).• Crafted concepts for indoor/outdoor vehicular positioning system based on GPS, UWB, and BLE.

Graz, At

• Interacted with key researchers to set up hypotheses regarding vehicular communication systems.• Investigated applicability of Car-2-X standards by implementing six use cases on Cohda Wireless platforms.• Integrated the Car-2-X platform into series vehicles.• Authored the master's thesis ‘Implementation and Verification of a Standards-Compliant Car-2-X Demonstrator’ incorporating the key findings.

Kushiro-Cho, Kushiro-Gun, Hokkaido, Jp

• Designed real-time signal processing algorithms and EEG/ECoG-based Brain Computer Interfaces with MATLAB/Simulink.• Developed an impedance measurement system to identify conductivity of EEG electrodes.• Built hardware and software, including PCB design, control engineering for robots, firmware programming in C, visualization and analysis tools in MATLAB and C++.

Graz, At

• Teaching assistant for the lecture 'Fundamentals of RF and Microwave Engineering'.

• Developed ECoG-based Brain Computer Interfaces in MATLAB/Simulink.• Verified and validated real-time brain mapping methods using ECoG in clinical settings.

Rockford, Illinois, Us

• International internship in the United States.• Designed PLC control software (Mitsubishi systems) for industrial band saws.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Information And Communications Engineering

Master Program (Msc), Electrical Engineering - Information- And Communication Technology / Digital Signal Processing

Exchange Semester

Bachelor Program (Bsc), Electrical Engineering – Microelectronics And Circuit Design

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