On December 11, 2025, the last IEEE SB Karlsruhe After Work Beer event of 2025 took place at Pfannestiel. A total of 16 participants took the opportunity to meet and discuss their interests and possible IEEE events in 2026.

1. After a short introductory round, we discussed two dates for presentations in the Science Spotlight event series.We co-organize them with the Institute of Radio Frequency Engineering and Electronics (IHE) on January 29th, 2026, and February 5th, 2026. The first talk is presented by Dr. Grzegorz Adamiuk from Airbus Defence and Space on the topic "In 90 Minutes Around the World: Engineering of Radar Satellites for Earth Observation." Registration for attendance is now open. To register, please follow this link: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/531906. This will help us plan refreshments after the presentation and provide an opportunity to speak with the speaker. The second talk will be given by Dr. Ing. Martin Kunert, a retired radar expert formerly working at Robert Bosch GmbH. The topic of the second talk will be "Imaging Radar for Cars - The Big Challenges Ahead. Please register at the following link: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/531911 to help us plan refreshments after the presentation.

2. A few members of the local student rocket university group introduced themselves and discussed possible collaborations with the IEEE student branch. A possible venue of collaboration is the organization of a space engineering workshop under the umbrella of our Science Spotlight talk series. Possible topics and speakers will be evaluated together with the student rocket university group, and a date at the end of the summer term is preferred.

3. The German Microwave Conference will soon happen (9.3.26 - 11.3.26) at the KIT. It is co-hosted by IHE, and possible collaborations with the IEEE student branch are evaluated. Some help for logistical tasks like joining the participants on the tour to Campus North as local guides and providing some helping hands in exchange for participation is possible. Interested students should send an email to info@ieee-ka.de so we can put you in touch with the organizers.

4. In 2025, there was no signal intelligence challenge hosted by the IEEE student branch. We decided to hold another edition of the signal intelligence challenge in 2026. This time it should start on April 15th, 2026, and should run through May 6th, 2026. This should provide us with some better opportunities with good weather. Oliver Fritz from the Communications Engineering Lab (CEL) will help out with running the challenge and organizing the events.

The next After Work Beer is on February 12, 2026, we will elect a new executive committee and thus we are looking for active IEEE student members who want to take a role at the IEEE student branch.

We'd like to invite you to the next instance of the AWB (After-work-beer) this year. The student branch officers would like to discuss plans for this year, network and relax with you. The first drink will be on us.

Join us on December 11th, 2025 at Pfannestiel starting at 17:30. We welcome all students, researches and IEEE Members.

Please register here.

We'd like to invite you to a second instance of the AWB (After-work-beer) this year. The new student branch officers would like to discuss plans for this year, network and relax with you. The first drink will be on us.

Join us on February 26th 2025 at Pfannestiel starting at 18:00. We welcome all students, researches and IEEE Members.

Please register here.

We are delighted to host another science spotlight in cooperation with the IHE. The talk is given by radar system engineers Ulrich Steinbrecher and Markus Bachmann from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), who designed and operate the TerraSAR-X & TanDEM-X radar missions. Both satellites have been in orbit for almost 18 years supporting geoscience and environmental monitoring.

Experience the daily work and perspectives of Electrical Engineers in satellite research and learn how radar interferometry is used to generate a digital elevation model.

This Science Spotlight will take place on the 13th of February 2025 at the NTI lecture hall starting at 15:45. We welcome all students, researchers and IEEE members that are interested in the topics. Will provide cold drinks and some pizza after the event, so you will have the chance to chat with us and the speakers.

For a more comprehensive description, go to the announcement of IHE.

Happy new Year everyone. We are starting strong into 2025 with an AWB (After-work-beer) to network, relax and plan for our 2025 events.

We will meet 21st of January 2025 at the Kühler Krug starting at 18:30. We welcome all students, researchers and IEEE members that are interested to join.

Please register so we can reserve a table here.

Some time has passed since our last Science Spotlight. Therefore we are delighted to host another event in cooperation with the IHE. Martin Kunert will give insights into the history and current trend in automotive radar technology.

This Science Spotlight will take place on the 23rd of January 2025 at the NTI lecture hall starting at 15:45. We welcome all students, researchers and IEEE members that are interested in the topics. Will provide cold drinks after the event, so you will have the chance to chat with us and the speaker.

For a more comprehensive description, go to the announcement of IHE.

After an exciting four weeks of puzzles, the ninth edition of the ISIC came to a worthy conclusion at the traditional Thanksgiving event of the IEEE Student Branch Karlsruhe. The teams competed for points for submitted solutions until the very last hours. This year, the teams successfully received messages from a parallel universe.

The order of the teams was as follows: 1st place went to DavidsJünger with 1352 points, neck and neck with the Transformed Fourien with 1258 points. Third place went to Team Chilikaese with 514 points, just ahead of SpaceRift in 4th place with 417 points. Fifth place went to Team Toaster with 103 points. Congratulations again to all the teams.

This year, Dr.-Ing. Noha El Gemayel gave a presentation supported by her colleagues at Swift Navigation titled "From Carrier Phase Tracking to Robust cm-level Accuracy Positioning for Automotive”. After a (much needed) introduction to GNSS, we had a fruitful discussion on localization accuracy using different technologies.

After the detailed technical presentation, the ISIC award ceremony took place. The first team received a LimeSDR mini 2.0, and second andd third place got an RTL-SDR kit. This was kindly sponsored by the company PROCITEC. The prizes and gifts from Mathworks went to all participating teams. In addition, each team received certificates and a voucher for a debriefing in the restaurant “Schwarzer Kater” in Karlsruhe.

Once again, we would like to thank our sponsors PROCITEC and Mathworks for the prizes. We would also like to thank the Communications Engineering Lab (CEL) for the facilities and the IEEE Germany Section for the financial and organizational support.

We are excited to announce the 9th IEEE Signal Intelligence Challenge!

This years motto is "Rifts and Receivers", taking all participants to a rift to a parallel dimension. Fortunately, this rift transmits unconventional messages.

An interdimensional rift has opened up right over the Communications Engineering Lab at KIT. And it seems at the other side of the rift, there is a dimension quite close to ours with a different intitute researching communication engineering. Help us receive, decode and decrypt their signals so we can learn how similar this dimension actually is and maybe we can learn something about their customs and their research. So help us doing some spontaneous sociology research and @RR#Listen to the rift!#isic

Stellt euer Team zusammen und helft einem nerdigen Zwerg dabei, sich zu beweisen! Wir haben auch wieder tolle Preise für euch organisiert! Die Infos zum Event werden gesammelt und laufend aktualisiert auf der In teams of 2-4 motivated students, you will compete to find the hidden messages coming from the rift. As in the last years, there are prizes waiting to be claimed! All info concerning the event is collected and published on our Event-Page.

You are already motivated and can't wait to start? Feel free to check out our Presentation of the ISIC at GECON. There, you can get some insights into challenges from 2022 and already train your problem-solving skills.

Also, there is a complementary Mathworks workshop right before the Kick-off, 30.10.2024, 15:00 at CEL. This workshop will demostrate how to wield the Matlab (and maybe also Simulink) tools to solve an examplary challenge. So if you want to add to your toolbox, please register here.

TLDR; Kick-off Event: 30.10.2024, 18:00 at CEL (Seminarraum 2.OG, CEL, building 06.45 at Campus West). Wir werden euch sowohl eine kleine Einführung in mögliche Tools geben, als auch die Möglichkeit euch in Teams zusammenzufinden. Kommt also zum Kick-Off auch wenn ihr noch niemand Gleichgesinntes für das Lösen der Signal Intelligence Challenge gefunden habt!

Some time has passed since our last Science Spotlight. Therefore we are delighted to host another event in cooperation with the IHE and Airbus. Alexander Hees and Grzegorz Adamiuk will focus on perspectives for all prospective electrical engineers in spaceborne radar system technologies.

This Science Spotlight will take place on the 1st of February 2024 at the NTI lecture hall starting at 15:45. We welcome all students, researchers and IEEE members that are interested in the topics. Will provide cold drinks and snacks during and after the event, so you will have the chance to chat with us and the speakers.

Please register here to allow for easier planning.

In diesem Jahr hat der IEEE Student Branch Karlsruhe erstmalig ein Lötevent gemeinsam mit der Fachschaft Elektrotechnik des KIT ausgerichtet. Hierfür hat die SIGHT IEEE Germany dankenswerterweise Bausätze mit LED Weihnachtsbäumen gesponsert. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung durch einige Tutoren aus dem Kreise der Fachschaft konnten so 24 Studierende in zwei Gruppen praktische Erfahrungen mit dem Lötkolben sammeln.

In den vergangenen Jahren hat die VDE Hochschulgruppe in Zusammenarbeit mit der Fachschaft einen solchen Lötkurs angeboten und einen elektronischen Würfel gelötet. Der LED Weihnachstbaum hat im Vergleich zum Würfel einen deutlich höheren Schwierigkeitsgrad, da die Studierenden direkt zum Einstieg mit THT Bauteilen und SMD Bauteilen konfrontiert werden. Als Vorgehen wurde daher vorgeschlagen, dass zuerst etwas Erfahrung mit THT Löten gesammelt wird und die LEDs und Widerstände aufgelötet werden. Im Anschluss werden dann die SMD Bauteile (Transistoren, Kondensatoren und IC) aufgelötet.

Das Institut für Technik der Informationsverarbeitung (ITIV) hat für die Durchführung der Veranstaltung sowohl ihren Pool-Raum, als auch Lötkolben und Zubehör aus dem Labor Schaltungsdesign bereitgestellt. Wir möchten uns sowohl bei der SIGHT IEEE Germany, als auch beim ITIV recht herzlich für die Unterstützung bedanken. Der Fachschaft möchten wir für die gute Zusammenarbeit und Unterstützung mit Getränken für die Tutoren danken!

Wir hoffen, dass wir auch im nächsten Jahr wieder ein Lötevent anbieten können um in der weihnachtlichen Zeit etwas an den praktischen Fertigkeiten zu arbeiten und dabei auch noch etwas für das Aufhübschen des eigenen Schreibtisches zu tun.