The Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW) and Fraunhofer IZM are pooling their know-how and infrastructure to advance research into microsensors.  On July 1, HTW President Prof. Semlinger and Fraunhofer IZM Institute Director Prof. Lang agreed to establish a joint “Silicon Microsensors” research group with an initial runtime of 3 years. The research group will be based at Fraunhofer IZM under the leadership of Prof. Ngo and will develop innovative, micromechanical high-temperature and gas sensors and silicon-based smart sensor systems.

Goal of the cooperation is achieving products with concrete applications for contract clients from industry and business. HTW’s students will be afforded a big role in the research group’s industry-oriented research. The research results will lead to new, enticing solutions and products for the business sector, which will promote interaction with regional industry.
 
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the German Länder are funding Fraunhofer IZM’s involvement in the cooperation, initially planned until 2018, to the tune of 1.2 million €.
 
We look forward to the new venture and the exciting new ideas that the cooperation will generate.