The Institute of Radio Frequency Engineering and Electronics (IHE) is an institute within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the division III - Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The mission of the IHE is to perform research from basic microwave technologies and systems to industrial applications. Our dream is to explore new technologies and finally help bringing them into commercial products. We are working with research grants from DFG, EU, BMFTR, BMWi, AIF, ESA, DLR in cooperation with industry. Our teaching combines the relevant theory with modern technologies and state-of-the-art tools. In our laboratories and workshops, the experimental needs of excellent research and teaching are satisfied by modern high-tech equipment.
The IHE is under the cooperative management of
Talk by Dr.-Ing. Martin Kunert, Radar Expert (retired), Germany
Thursday, February 5th, 2026, 15:45 p.m. – 17:15 p.m., NTI lecture hall (Geb. 30.10)
On November 27, 2025, Luca Valenziano received the Freudenberg Award – Mobility 2025, achieving first place.
The award was presented by Dr. Julia Kubasch, Head of Public Funding at the Freudenberg Group, and Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Albert Albers, Spokesperson of the Executive Board of IPEK at KIT.
The distinction recognizes his outstanding research in the field of “Ultra-wideband packaging solutions for heterogeneous electro-optical systems.”
German Microwave Conference 2026 will take place in Karlsruhe! Submission page is open.
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Congratulations to all graduates for their outstanding work honored at last week's ARGUS Award conferred by HENSOLDT! We are proud to have three graduates representing our institute.
- Kim Grausam (4th place Bachelor) for his Bachelor thesis “Design und Aufbau breitbandiger Frequenzweichen auf ultra-dünnen Substraten”
- Alexander Backes (4th place Master) for his Master thesis “Radarbasierte Positionsbestimmung mit Hilfe von Doppler Tags”
- Caterina Klumpp (1st place Master) for her Master thesis “Analysis and Mitigation of RFI Interference in X-band SAR Data” in cooperation with DLR Microwaves and Radar Institute.
We wish all award winners the best for their future and thank HENSOLDT for hosting the ARGUS science award!
Marius Kretschmann hat am 03.11.2025 seine Promotionsprüfung bestanden.
Alle Mitarbeiter des IHE gratulieren herzlichst.
Auch in diesem Jahr waren IHE und IHM wieder unterwegs bei ihrem gemeinsamen Doktorandenseminar. Es ging wieder in den Schwarzwald in die Nähe von Bad Peterstal-Griesbach mit einem Abstecher zur Firmenbesichtigung des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Angewandte Festkörperphysik IAF in Freiburg. Dort konnten wir uns bei mehreren Führungen über die Forschung und Entwicklung innovativer Halbleitertechnologien informieren. Darüber hinaus wurde im Schwarzwald fleißig gewandert, zahlreiche fachliche Vorträge gehalten und Diskussionen geführt und nicht zu Letzt jede Menge leckeres Essen gekocht. Insgesamt wieder ein sehr gelungenes Event, das zur Team-Bildung enorm beigetragen hat.