Thesis
Hardware Design and Prototyping of a Wearable Device for Personal Air Quality Monitoring
Background
You should:
- Study electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechatronics, embedded systems, or a related discipline
- Have experience with PCB design
- Have experience programming microcontrollers
- Be familiar with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or power measurement tools
- Be interested in wearable devices and miniature sensor systems
- Be able to work independently and systematically
- Be fluent in English or German
It would be great if you:
- Have experience with Bluetooth Low Energy
- Have worked with environmental or particulate-matter sensors
- Have experience soldering and debugging small PCBs
- Have experience with mechanical prototyping or 3D printing
The exact scope will be adapted to the requirements of a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis.
Tasks
- Analyze the technical and wearable-design requirements of Airable
- Select suitable miniature sensors for particulate matter and environmental parameters
- Design the system architecture and PCB
- Integrate a microcontroller, Bluetooth Low Energy, power management, and battery
- Assemble, program, and debug the prototype
- Develop embedded firmware for sensor acquisition and wireless data transmission
- Evaluate sensor performance, energy consumption, thermal behavior, and wearability
- Document the design decisions and propose improvements for future prototypes
Application
Please include a short paragraph explaining your motivation, your CV, your study program (Bachelor/Master), current semester and field of study, a transcript of records with courses and grades, your programming experience, and any areas of interest relevant to the topic.
