Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Kuhl

Following an apprenticeship as an electronics technician, a degree in electrical engineering and a PhD at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Kuhl has held the Chair of Systems Electronics since 2017.

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Faculty Engineering Sciences

Chair in Systems Electronics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Kuhl

Fakultät Ingenieurwissenschaften

+49 3727 581625

kuhl@hs-mittweida.de

11-309

Visitor address

Heinrich-Heine-Straße 25

09648 Mittweida

11-309

Postal address

Mittweida University

Fakultät Ingenieurwissenschaften

Technikumplatz 17

09648 Mittweida

Teaching

Development of methodological skills in the product development of mechatronic and electronic systems, as well as in project management

Structure, technology, physical principles and mode of operation, fundamentals of application, dimensioning and operational behaviour of analogue and digital electronic components and circuits

Design and application of electronic circuits: amplifier circuits, power and voltage supplies, operational amplifiers, filter circuits, oscillators, PLLs, AD/DA converters, programmable logic, and specialist areas in microprocessor and signal processor technology

Fundamentals of the use and programming of ‘Field-Programmable Gate Array’ systems

Analysis and elimination of vulnerabilities in electronic systems with regard to the potential for external corruption

- Physics of analogue and digital electronic
components - Analogue and digital
circuit design - Circuit simulation using PSpice

Career

from 2024

Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

from 2019

Head of Studies for the Bachelor’s degree programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation

from 2018 onwards

Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Engineering

from 2017

Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
(FH) – Professor of Systems Electronics

from 2014

Head of the ‘Strategy and International Affairs’ Division

2012–2017

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming
Technology; Chief Engineer in charge of Research and Development

2011–2014

Chemnitz University of Technology, Chair of Machine Tools and Metal Forming
; Head of the Department of Manufacturing Technology and Process Informatics

from 2003 onwards

Head of the Process Informatics Group

2001–2011

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology
Research Associate in the Automation Department

1998–2001

QDAS GmbH (Hexagon Group), trainers and consultants in manufacturing metrology and quality assurance

1997–1998

Hexagon Metrology GmbH, Wetzlar; Metrology Manager

1997–2005

Chemnitz University of Technology / Chair of Manufacturing Metrology – Research Fellow, Head of the Measurement Laboratory

1985–1990

VEB Nachrichtenelektronik Greifswald, Rationalisation Equipment Manufacturing Division; apprenticeship followed by employment as a laboratory electronics technician

2017

Appointment

Mittweida University of Applied Sciences (FH)

2010

PhD

Chemnitz University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

1995–1997

Degree

Erasmus scholarship and final-year dissertation at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
; graduated with a Diplom in Electrical Engineering,
specialising in Electronics/Microelectronics

1987

Vocational qualification

Electronics Technician, VEB Nachrichtenelektronik Greifswald

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Projects and Publications

Proaktiver Schutz von Mitarbeitern in der Logistik (Protect)

Term: 2024/02/15 – 2026/11/30
Financed by: Europäischer Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung (EFRE)
Funding code: 100670766
Project managers: Michael Kuhl

FH-Kooperativ 2-2022: Persönliches, Portables und Präventives Schutzsystem (P3S2)

Term: 2023/09/01 – 2026/08/31
Financed by: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Funding code: 13FH663KA1
Project managers: Michael Kuhl
Project partners:
- Berufsfeuerwehr Dresden
- Informatics Systemhaus
- BASF Schwarzenheide GmbH
- Grewus GmbH
- OHG-Isotemp

Innovationscluster HSMW 2023, AP10: Etablierung eines Tool-Sets zur Multivariaten Datenanalyse

Term: 2023/04/01 – 2023/12/31
Financed by: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus
Funding code: 100685484
Project managers: Michael Kuhl

Innovationsvorhaben zur Profilschärfung 2022, AP 4.10 Vorlaufforschung menschzentrierte Feedback- und Assistenzsysteme

Term: 2022/03/01 – 2022/12/31
Financed by: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus
Project managers: Michael Kuhl

Innovationscluster HSMW 2021, AP 9-17: Forschungsanschub zur Steigerung der Drittmittelfähigkeit der Hochschule

Term: 2021/09/01 – 2021/12/31
Financed by: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus
Project managers: Michael Kuhl

M. Kuhl, F. Tagliaferri

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Appeared in: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (MetroXRAINE), 2024, P. 1 – 2

ISBN: 9798350378009

DOI: 10.1109/metroxraine62247.2024.10796973

M. Kuhl, K. Blümel

A vibrotactile assistance system for factory workers for accident detection and prevention in the logistics sector

Presented on: VDI conference: Echtzeit 2022, 2022

M. Kuhl, F. Tagliaferri, K. Blümel

Algorithm for calculating distance and sensor-object angle from raw data of ultra-low power, long-range ultrasonic time-of-flight range sensors

Presented on: Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering, 2022

M. Kuhl

Synergy Analysis and verification of connected Cyber Physical Systems using virtual commissioning

M. Kuhl, S. Krause, M. Kluge

METHODENWERKZEUG FÜR DIE GESTALTUNG VON MENSCH-MASCHINE-SCHNITTSTELLEN

Appeared in: Scientific Reports 2018, Digitalisierung in Industrie und Gesellschaft - Arbeiten und Leben im Umfeld der 4. Industriellen Revolution, 2018, P. 103

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Kuhl

Electronic Systems Development

The Physics of Electronic Components

Analogue and Digital Circuit Technology

VHDL / FPGA

Corruption of electronic systems

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