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Professur für Mess- und Sensortechnik
History of the professorship
Professur für Mess- und Sensortechnik 

History of the Professorship of Measurement and Sensor Technology

Juni 1992Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Manthey is appointed to the newly advertised professorship for Measurement Technology at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
1994First PhD after the appointment of Prof. Wolfgang Manthey by Mrs. Adriana Tamachkiarowa on the topic "Investigations on the realization of a fiber-optic temperature sensor".
1995Professorship participates in the first Collaborative Research Center at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering DFG 379 in two subprojects A5 Positioning System and B1 Sensor/Actuator Arrays Using Piezopolymers.
2004-2007The professorship remained vacant despite ongoing appointment procedures. Professor Manthey largely ensured the lectures.
April 2004Prof. Manthey retires.
Oktober 2007Dr.-Ing. Olfa Kanoun is appointed to the Professorship for Measurement and Sensor Technology.
Dezember 2007Dr.-Ing. Nils Krömer is appointed honorary professor for "Industrial Measurement Technology".
2008Professor Kanoun is appointed to the directorate of the Center for Microtechnologies.
2008Transfer of the professorship to the Institute of Microsystem and Semiconductor Technology as part of a restructuring of the faculty's institutes.
Mai 2008Professor Kanoun receives the IEEE "Best Chapter Award" for the German Chapter.
Juni 2008The workshop "Impedance Spectroscopy" is launched and takes place for the first time in German. More than 100 guests from research and industry attend. It is decided to continue this workshop annually.
Juli 2008A second event on impedance spectroscopy takes place at TU Chemnitz together with RKW Sachsen.
2009First PhD at the Professorship for Measurement and Sensor Technology after the reappointment in 2007 by Dr.-Ing. Andrey Tetuyev on the topic "Soil-independent soil moisture measurement using impedance spectroscopy".
2009Election of Professor Kanoun as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
2009Professor Kanoun is elected as Senator of TU Chemnitz.
September 2009The workshop "Impedance Spectroscopy" is internationalized and takes place for the first time at TU Chemnitz. It becomes the "International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy". The internationalization is supported by SMWK funds.
Dezember 2009Participation in the BMBF competence network Nanett for nanosystem integration - application of nanotechnologies for energy-efficient sensor systems.
2010Initiation of the taster school "Electrical Engineering and Information Technology" for pupils from the 10th grade onwards.
Juni 2011Professorship initiates and coordinates the Chemnitz initiative Technologies for Electromobility "CITE".
August 2011Move to the renovated premises in the Weinholdbau on the second floor.
Januar 2012Start of the junior research group "Adaptive Drives for Electromobility" coordinated by the professorship with 9 young scientists from three faculties of the TU Chemnitz.
2012Participation in the first EU project, "SmartLIC" (Smart Battery Management System Module for Integration into Li-Ion Cells for Fully Electric Vehicles), within the European Green Cars Initiative.
2012Professor Kanoun is designated "Associate Editor" for the scientific journal "IEEE Sensors Journal."
März 2012A partnership of the TU Chemnitz with the university "Ecole Nationale d'ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS)" (Tunisia) is initiated.
März 2012International Conference "Systems, Signals and Devices" takes place for the first time in Germany at the TU Chemnitz with more than 300 participants. Many colleagues from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering actively support the conference.
2013Together with colleagues and partners, Professor Kanoun initiated the "Circle of Experts in Impedance Spectroscopy (CEIS)".
2013Approval of the large-scale equipment "Multifunctional Impedance Measuring Station," including an "Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)" by the DFG as large-scale equipment.
2013Establishment of the Master's program "Embedded Systems" at the TU Chemnitz and at the University "Scole National d'Ingenieurs de Sfax (ENIS)" in Tunisia.
2013Professor Kanoun becomes Vice-Chairman of the Technical Commission 19 of the "International Measurement Confederation IMEKO."
2013Start of the Transnational Young Researchers Group: Autonomous Intelligent Sensor Networks in Production (AiS) with Italy and Spain.
2014The 5th Symposium, "Environmental Instrumentation and Measurements" of the Technical Commission 19, IMEKO, will occur September 23 and 24 in Chemnitz at the TU Chemnitz.
Oktober 2014Professor Kanoun founds the "IEEE Student Branch" of the TU Chemnitz together with students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
2015Professor Kanoun is elected to the scientific advisory board of the scientific journal "Technisches Messen."
August 2015Professor Kanoun is honored by the Tunisian government for "outstanding scientific achievements and accomplishments".
2016The German side designates Professor Kanoun as head of the "Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology Symposium (Bragfost)" organized by the Humboldt Foundation.
Mai 2016Prof. Dr. Olfa Kanoun has been appointed Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.
Juli 2016Start of the junior research group "High-tech sensor technology for the challenge posed by demographic change in Saxony (SenseCare)".
September 2016International IEEE Workshop on the Use of Nanotechnologies in Measurement Nanofim 2016 is organized by the Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology.
September 2017The Impedance Workshop IWIS celebrates its 10th anniversary at the TU Chemnitz.
September 2017The professorship MST celebrates its 25th anniversary with guests from science and industry.
Mai 2018IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society presents Faculty Course Development Award to Prof. Olfa Kanoun
November 2018Prof. Olfa Kanoun establishes the "IEEE Technical Committee (TC2) Impedance Spectroscopy" within the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
Dezember 2018The professorship celebrates five completed dissertations in co-dissertation with the partner university ENIS (University of Sfax, Tunisia)
März 2019Dr. Ayda Bouhamed receives the Best Paper Award at the 2019 IEEE International Multi-Conference Systems Signals and Devices SSD in Istanbul, Turkey.
April 2019Prof. Olfa Kanoun has been elected as Vice Dean at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
Juni 2019Dr. Sonia Bradai receives the "Best Dissertation Award 2018" (prize of the Commerzbank) of the TU Chemnitz.
September 2019Prof. Olfa Kanoun establishes the "Technical Committee TC2: Impedance Spectroscopy" in the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society together with colleagues worldwide.
Dezember 2019The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology participates in the SFB: "Hybrid Societies: Humans Interacting with Embodied Technologies" in subproject A03: "Body-attached Sensor Network".
Juni 2022The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology hosts the IEEE 9th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (IEEE CIVEMSA) in Chemnitz
Juni 2024The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology hosts the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments (IEEE ROSE)
Mai 2025The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology hosts the flagship conference of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, the International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (IEEE I2MTC) in Chemnitz
September 2025The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology hosts the XXXIX. Messtechnische Symposium des Arbeitskreis der Hochschullehrer für Messtechnik
Anfang 2008Restructuring of the Professorship for Measurement and Sensor Technology; formation of three scientific working groups on "Impedance Spectroscopy", "Energy Harvesting" and "CNT Sensors".