The wireless communication of sensors and their precise localization play a central role in Industry 4.0. When communication and sensor technology are intelligently combined in one system, this not only improves systems such as networked autonomous driving or fully automated warehousing, but also saves hardware resources and energy. Intensive research is therefore being carried out around the world to realize these capabilities for the next generation of mobile communications, 6G.
Lorenz Mohr has now been awarded the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation Study Prize for his diploma thesis, which he completed in 2024 at the Department of Electronic Measurement Technology and Signal Processing at TU Ilmenau with top marks. The jury acknowledged the Electrical Engineering and Information Technology graduate’s "comprehensive and outstanding contribution" to research into wireless sensor communication. In his thesis on so-called Joint Communication, Radar, and Sensing , supervised by Professor Jörg Robert, head of the Group for Dependable Machine-to-Machine Communication at TU Ilmenau, Mohr dealt intensively with the performance of algorithms for parameter estimation for radar applications.
Research into intelligent reflective surfaces for 6G
Lorenz Mohr was also nominated for the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation Student Award for his outstanding commitment outside of his studies. Among other things, the German scholarship holder sponsored by Robert Bosch GmbH completed a five-month internship at the renowned University of California in Irvine, USA. There he researched so-called intelligent reflective surfaces, another key topic for 6G technology.Lorenz Mohr now works as a research assistant in the Radio Modeling, Sounding and Sensing (RAMSES ) team at the Electronic Measurements and Signal Processing Group at TU Ilmenau. In the 6G-ICAS4Mobility project on and Research, he is working on the question of how communication and radar systems can be more closely coupled with each other and integrated into a joint 6G system in order to make networked mobility more efficient, sustainable and safer. In addition, Lorenz Mohr already supervised two courses in his field in the winter semester 2024/25 and was also involved in social activities in his research group.
