Regelungssysteme (Control Systems)

Thomas Schauer

Einrichtung Regelungssysteme
Sekretariat EN 11
Gebäude E-N
Raum E-N 232
Adresse Einsteinufer 17 - EN 11
10587 Berlin, Germany
Consulting timesMonday 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. via WebEx. Only by appointment via email.

Brief Biography

I studied electrical engineering at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg in Germany from 1992 to 1997. After this I spent three years at the University of Glasgow in Scotland at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Centre of Rehabilitation Engineering working towards my PhD thesis Feedback Control of Cycling in Spinal Cord Injury using Functional Electrical Stimulation. From December 2001 until April 2006 I have been working as research assistant and project leader at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems (Magdeburg, Germany) in the Systems and Control Theory Group. Since 2006 I am holding a position as senior researcher in the Control Systems Group headed by Prof. Jörg Raisch at the Technische Universität Berlin. In this group I manage the research focuses "Controlled Neuro-Stimulation for Rehabilitation” and “Vibration Control and Energy Harvesting for Hybrid Structures”. I am co-founder of the start-up SensorStim Neurotechnology GmbH.

Publications

2024

Jirasek, Robert; Schauer, Thomas; Bleicher, Achim
Linear parameter-varying output-feedback for active vibration control of an elastic kinetic roof structure with experimental validation
Engineering Structures, 307 :117887
Mai 2024
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0141-0296
Dvorani, Ardit; Wiesener, Constantin; Salchow-Hömmen, Christina; Jochner, Magdalena; Spieker, Lotta; Skrobot, Matej; Voigt, Hanno; Kühn, Andrea; Wenger, Nikolaus; Schauer, Thomas
On-Demand Gait-Synchronous Electrical Cueing in Parkinson’s Disease using Machine Learning and Edge Computing-A Pilot Study
IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology :1–10
2024
Herausgeber: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISSN: 2644-1276
Spieker, Eira Lotta; Dvorani, Ardit; Salchow-Hömmen, Christina; Otto, Carolin; Ruprecht, Klemens; Wenger, Nikolaus; Schauer, Thomas
Targeting Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Using a Supervised Machine Learning Approach Based on Mechanomyography
Sensors, 24 (2)
2024
ISSN: 1424-8220

2023

Jirasek, Robert; Schauer, Thomas; Su, Di; Nagayama, Tomonori; Bleicher, Achim
Experimental linear parameter-varying model identification of an elastic kinetic roof structure
Engineering Structures, 297 :116986
Dezember 2023
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
Zhang, Yangwen; Wernicke, Laurenz; Wulff, Wulf; Bleicher, Achim; Schauer, Thomas
Design and validation of a dual-functional damper based on a stepper motor for energy harvesting and vibration control
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 200 :110568
Oktober 2023
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
Fenko, Maxim; Valtin, Markus; Wiesener, Constantin; Fanaei Pirlar, Rima; Trampuz, Andrej; Schauer, Thomas
Development of a current controlled stimulation setup for investigating the effect of electrical currents on implant infections caused by biofilms
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 9 (1) :109–112
September 2023
Herausgeber: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
ISSN: 2364-5504
Rapp, Finn; Wiesener, Constantin; Valtin, Markus; Schauer, Thomas
Combining Voltage and Current Control for Efficient Electrical Stimulation
2023 International Interdisciplinary PhD Workshop (IIPhDW)
Herausgeber: IEEE
Mai 2023
Schauer, Thomas; Fosch-Villaronga, Eduard; Moreno, Juan C.
Fusing Electrical Stimulation and Wearable Robots with Humans to Restore and Enhance Mobility
Kapitel 13, Seite 329-363
Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
2023
329-363
ISBN
9781119857433
Kastenbauer, Eva; Spieker, Eira Lotta; Salchow-Hömmern, Christina; Wenger, Nikolaus; Schauer, Thomas
Machine learning-based assistance for electrode position validation in tSCS
Proceedings on Automation in Medical Engineering, 2 (1, paper ID 735)
2023
Spieker, Eira Lotta; Wiesener, Constantin; Dvorani, Ardit; Salchow-Hömmen, Christina; Wenger, Nikolaus; Schauer, Thomas
Machine-learning based evaluation of mechanic muscle responses elicited by tSCS
Proceedings on Automation in Medical Engineering, 2 (1, paper ID 729)
2023

2022

Zhang, Yangwen; Wulff, Wulf; Wernicke, Laurenz; Engelmann, Michael; Schauer, Thomas; Bleicher, Achim
Experimental identification and verification of a moveable facade element for energy harvesting and vibration control
Journal of Building Engineering, 52 :105712
Dezember 2022
ISSN: 2352-7102
Zhang, Yangwen; Schauer, Thomas; Bleicher, Achim
Optimized Passive/Semi-Active Vibration Control Using Distributed-Multiple Tuned Facade Damping System in Tall Buildings
Journal of Building Engineering, 52 :104416
Juli 2022
ISSN: 2352-7102
Engelmann, Michael; Wulff, Wulf; Lorenz, Thomas; Frey, Simon; Wernicke, Laurenz; Zhang, Yangwen; Schauer, Thomas; Bleicher, Achim
How to Exploit the Glass Mass for Damping a Building?
Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, 8
Juni 2022
Herausgeber: Stichting OpenAccess Foundation
ISSN: 2589-8019
Zhang, Yangwen; Wulff, Wulf; Wernicke, Laurenz; Engelmann, Michael; Schauer, Thomas; Bleicher, Achim
Moveable Facade Elements for Sustainable High-Rise Buildings
Prof. of IABSE Congress Nanjing 2022, Seite 1046-1054
IABSE Congress: Bridges and Structures: Connection, Integration and Harmonisation
Nanjing, People's Republic of China
2022
Salchow-Hömmen, Christina; Skrobot, Matej; Jochner, Magdalena C. E.; Schauer, Thomas; Kühn, Andrea A.; Wenger, Nikolaus
Review-Emerging Portable Technologies for Gait Analysis in Neurological Disorders
Front Hum Neurosci, 16 :768575
2022
ISSN: 1662-5161
Schauer, Thomas; Bleicher, Achim; Zhang, Yangwen; Wulff, Wulf; Wernicke, Laurenz
Schwingungsdämpfung und Energiegewinnung mit beweglichen Doppelfassaden: Entwurf, Optimierung und Validierung eines autarken verteilten semiaktiven Systems zur Reduktion Wind-induzierter Schwingungen bei schlanken Hochhäusern
BBSR-Online-Publikation (8) :1–98
2022
ISSN: 1868-0097

2021

Dvorani, Ardit; Waldheim, Vivian; Jochner, Magdalena; Salchow-Hömmen, Christina; Meyer-Ohle, Jonas; Kühn, Andrea; Wenger, Nikolaus; Schauer, Thomas
Real-Time Detection of Freezing Motions in Parkinson's Patients for Adaptive Gait Phase Synchronous Cueing
Frontiers in Neurology, 12 :720516
Dezember 2021
ISSN: 1664-2295
Salchow-Hömmen, Christina; Schauer, Thomas; Müller, Philipp; Kühn, Andrea A.; Hofstoetter, Ursula S.; Wenger, Nikolaus
Algorithms for Automated Calibration of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation to Facilitate Clinical Applications
J Clin Med, 10 (22) :5464
November 2021
ISSN: 2077-0383
Crema, Andrea; Furfaro, Ivan; Raschellà, Flavio; Rossini, Mauro; Zajc, Johannes; Wiesener, Constantin; Baccinelli, Walter; Proserpio, Davide; Augsten, Andreas; Immick, Nancy; Becker, Sebastian; Weber, Matthias; Schauer, Thomas; Krakow, Karsten; Gasperini, Giulio; Molteni, Franco; Russold, Michael Friedrich; Bulgheroni, Maria; Micera, Silvestro
Reactive Exercises with Interactive Objects: Interim Analysis of a Randomized Trial on Task-Driven NMES Grasp Rehabilitation for Subacute and Early Chronic Stroke Patients
Sensors (Basel), 21 (20) :6739
Oktober 2021
ISSN: 1424-8220
Ambrosini, Emilia; Gasperini, Giulio; Zajc, Johannes; Immick, Nancy; Augsten, Andreas; Rossini, Mauro; Ballarati, Roberto; Russold, Micheal; Ferrante, Simona; Ferrigno, Giancarlo; Bulgheroni, Maria; Baccinelli, Walter; Schauer, Thomas; Wiesener, Constantin; Gfoehler, Margit; Puchinger, Markus; Weber, Mathias; Weber, Sebastian; Pedrocchi, Alessandra; Molteni, Franco; Krakow, Karsten
A Robotic System with EMG-Triggered Functional Eletrical Stimulation for Restoring Arm Functions in Stroke Survivors
Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 35 (4) :334–345
April 2021
Herausgeber: SAGE Publications Inc STM
ISSN: 1545-9683
Schauer, Thomas; Simanski, Olaf
Real-Time Estimation of Lung Model Parameters and Breathing Effort During Assisted Ventilation
IFAC-PapersOnLine, 54 (15) :198–202
2021
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
Bleicher, Achim; Schauer, Thomas; Jirasek, Robert; Höltke, Tim; Zhang, Yangwen; Marker, Paul; Wulff, Wulf; Manfrecola, Johannes; Schmidt, Therese
Hybride Konstruktionen an der BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Bautechnik, 98 (12) :907–920
2021
ISSN: 1437-0999
Zhang, Yangwen; Schauer, Thomas; Wernicke, Laurenz; Vrontos, Apostolos; Engelmann, Michael; Wulff, Wulf; Bleicher, Achim
Design of Moveable Façade Elements for Energy Harvesting and Vibration Control of Super Slender Tall Buildings under Wind Excitation
POWERSKIN Conference Proceedings, Seite 327–338
Munich, Germany
Herausgeber: TU Delft Open
2021
ISBN
978-94-6366-406-6

2020

Dvorani, Ardit; Wiesener, Constantin; Valtin, Markus; Voigt, Hanno; Kühn, Andrea; Wenger, Nikolaus; Schauer, Thomas
Mobil4Park: development of a sensor-stimulator network for the therapy of freezing of gait in Parkinson patients
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 6
Oktober 2020
Wiesener, Constantin; Spieker, Lotta; Axelgaard, Jens; Horton, Rachel; Niedeggen, Andreas; Wenger, Nikolaus; Seel, Thomas; Schauer, Thomas
Supporting Front Crawl Swimming in Paraplegics Using Electrical Stimulation: A Feasibility Study
J Neuroeng Rehabil, 17 (51)
April 2020
ISSN: 1743-0003