ESF PhD Scholarship
Innovative Research:
At HTWK Leipzig, early-career researchers are working on applied research topics. They receive financial support in the form of grants from the European Social Fund for state innovation initiatives and for projects aimed at balancing family life with an academic career.
This funding enables PhD students to concentrate fully on their doctoral theses.
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Luisa Katharina Sander, MA
Climate-Sensitive Shades, Meteoactive Building Shading in the Architectural Environment
Faculty of Architecture and Social Sciences
Funding
period: January 2025 to December 2028
Supervision
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Stahr, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Beckh, Dresden University of Technology
Eric Elbing, MSc
Development of a framework for user-friendly robot control
Faculty of Engineering
Funding
period: January 2025 to December 2028
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Gürtler, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr. André Ludwig, University of Leipzig
Hermann Busse, MSc
Methods for identifying stratigraphic boundaries and transition zones in cone penetration test data, taking into account the sequential data structure
Funding
period: January 2025 to December 2028
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Thiele, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Rackwitz, Technical University of Berlin
Toni Nabrotzky, MSc
Methods of bidirectional data exchange between structural engineering and architectural design models
Funding period
: September 2023 to August 2027
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Ihde, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jörn Plönnigs, University of Rostock
Rosa Elena Ocaña Atencio, MSc
Mechanisms of soil compaction caused by rolling systems with irregular geometries in sandy soils
Funding
period: June 2023 to May 2027
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Thiele, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ivo Herle, Dresden University of Technology
Caroline Schmidt, MSc
Application of algorithmic methods for planning under uncertainty to improve resource efficiency in the
manufacturing industry
Faculty of Engineering
Funding period
: June 2023 to May 2027
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Gürtler, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr. Matthias Wichmann, Chemnitz University of Technology
Franz Anders, MSc
Development of a system for automated multimodal pain assessment in newborns
Faculty of Computer Science and Media
Funding
period: August 2017 to July 2020
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr Mario Hlawitschka, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr Gerik Scheuermann, University of Leipzig
Max Böhme, M.Eng.
Research into the design of motion-assistance systems for stair-climbing
Funding
period: January 2020 to December 2021
Supervision
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Zentner, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Kraft, Technical University of Berlin
Lukas Burgmaier, MSc
A contribution to the design of medium-frequency, medium-voltage transformer systems
Funding period
: January 2020 to December 2022
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Komma, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Petzoldt, Technical University of Ilmenau
Cristoph Dijoux, MSc
Research into the evaluation of the cantilever potential of segmented timber-frame shells with load-bearing roof formwork
Faculty of Architecture and Social Sciences
Funding
period: February 2018 to January 2021
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Stahr, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peer Haller, Dresden University of Technology
Ivan Dolbonosov, MSc
The Digital Representative – for use in the process-oriented utilisation phase of Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Funding
period: October 2019 to September 2021
Supervision
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Lenzen, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr. Thomas Neumuth, University of Leipzig
Heiko Engelhardt, M.Eng.
Experimental and theoretical investigations into the dynamic behaviour of nickel-titanium-based shape-memory actuators under compressive loading
Funding
period: August 2017 to July 2020
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detlef Riemer, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Kästner, Dresden University of Technology
Daniela Großmann, MA
Changes in Leipzig’s childcare centres – Early years professionals and their job satisfaction. An empirical comparative study of the situational approach and open-ended work
Faculty of Architecture and Social Sciences
Funding
period: July 2016 to June 2019
Supervision
: Prof. Dr Lothar Stock, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr Kerstin Popp, University of Leipzig
Raimund Harloff, MA
The construction of unaccompanied refugee minors through their institutional care environment
Faculty of Architecture and Social Sciences
Funding
period: February 2018 to January 2021
Supervision
: Prof. Dr Andreas Thiesen, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr Heike Greschke, Dresden University of Technology
Björn Heiden, MSc
Reinforcement of reinforced concrete floor structures in the context of sustainability assessment of existing buildings
Funding period
: December 2019 to November 2022
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Holschemacher, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Mechtcherine, Dresden University of Technology
Ludwig Hertwig, MSc
The influence of the particle size distribution of aggregate on the performance of high-performance fine-grained concretes
Funding period
: October 2019 to September 2022
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Holschemacher, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Mechtcherine, Dresden University of Technology
Alexander Knut, M.Eng.
Experimental and theoretical investigation into compaction control in impulse-type compaction machines
Funding
period: July 2016 to June 2019
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Thiele, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beitelschmidt, Dresden University of Technology
Sebastian Maaß, MSc
A digital method for ultrasonic time-of-flight difference measurement
Funding period
: August 2017 to July 2020
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Laukner, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr. Ronald Tetzlaff, Dresden University of Technology
Dennis Meßerer, MSc
Load-bearing behaviour of reinforced concrete columns encased in CFRP under eccentric loading
Funding
period: August 2018 to July 2021
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Holschemacher, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Curbach, Dresden University of Technology
Stefanie Penzel, M.Eng.
Quantification of measurement uncertainties in on-site analysis for optimised environmental monitoring
Funding period
: January 2020 to December 2022
Supervision
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mathias Rudolph, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olfa Kanoun, Chemnitz University of Technology
Bianca Reichard, MSc
Investigation of methods and procedures for automatic, continuous pain assessment in clinical applications
Funding
period: October 2019 to September 2022
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Sturm, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard Hindricks, University of Leipzig
Lydia Schott, MSc
Near-real-time wireless communication in cooperative and distributed IoT systems
Funding period
: October 2018 to September 2021
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Faouzi Derbel, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olfa Kanoun, Chemnitz University of Technology
Markus Stöhr, M.Eng.
Development and analysis of stress-optical methods for absolute stress measurement in anisotropic semiconductor materials
Funding
period: February 2018 to January 2021
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Schönfelder, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gerald Gerlach, Dresden University of Technology
Felix Schmidt-Kleespies, MA
Development of a flexible interaction model for architects and engineers to promote the use of NIC-controlled manufacturing systems in construction engineering
Faculty of Architecture and Social Sciences
Funding
period: October 2018 to May 2021
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Stahr, HTWK Leipzig
; Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christopher Robeller, Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Contact details and further information on Felix Schmidt-Kleespies
Moritz Thümmler, MSc
Decentralised, cooperative IoT systems with self-powered data acquisition and real-time communication
Funding period
: January 2020 to December 2022
Supervision
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Pretschner, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr. Thomas Neumuth, University of Leipzig
Florian Wallburg, MSc, MEng
Experimental and numerical investigations into the damage behaviour of silicon substrates during the diamond wire sawing process
Faculty of Engineering
Funding
period: July 2016 to June 2019
Supervision
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Schönfelder, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Meinhard Kuna, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
Maximilian Weber, MSc
Innovative, energy-efficient architectures with low latency in wake-up transceiver-based wireless sensor networks
Funding
period: November 2019 to October 2022
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Faouzi Derbel, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr. Bogdan Franczyk, University of Leipzig
Martin Weisbrich, MSc
The validation of a continuous fibre-optic measurement method for improved strain measurement in civil engineering
Funding period
: August 2017 to July 2020
Supervisors
: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Holschemacher, HTWK Leipzig
; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas A. Bier, Technical University of Freiberg
Contact details and further information regarding Martin Weisbrich
