TY - GEN A1 - Kremer, H.-Hugo A1 - Burda, Arne A1 - Pferd, Frederik G. T1 - Mentoring-Modell Paderborn (MeMoPad). Handbuch für Mentoren N2 - Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Autoren (Stand 02.2006) Inhaltsverzeichnis: 0 Vorwort 1 Warum brauchen wir MeMoPad? Begründungslinien. 1.1 Was fordern Studierende? 1.2 Welche Vorteile ergeben sich für die Fakultät? 1.3 Zusammenfassung 2 MeMoPad – Das Mentorenprogramm an der Universität Paderborn 2.1 Qualitätsmerkmale eines Mentorenprogramms 2.2 Rolle und Aufgaben von Mentoren 2.3 Didaktische Implikationen 3 Das Rahmenkonzept – Betreuungsgebiete (BG) im Überblick 4 Organisatorisches 5 Die Umsetzung – Betreuungsgebiete im Detail 5.1 BG0: "Was bringt mir MeMoPad?" Materialien 5.2 BG1: "Leben an der Hochschule: Was bedeutet ‚studieren’?" 5.2.1 Didaktische Hinweise 5.2.2 Möglicher Ablauf Materialien 5.3 BG2: "Was bedeutet ‚lernen’ in der Hochschule?" 5.3.1 Didaktische Hinweise 5.3.2 Möglicher Ablauf Materialien 5.4 BG3: "Warum und wie (ge)braucht man wissenschaftliche Standards?" 5.4.1 Didaktische Hinweise 5.4.2 Möglicher Ablauf Materialien 5.5 BG4: "Wie präsentiert man (sich) erfolgreich?" 5.5.1 Didaktische Hinweise 5.5.2 Möglicher Ablauf Materialien 5.6 BG5: "Wie kann ich mich persönlich weiterentwickeln?" 5.5.1 Didaktische Hinweise 5.5.2 Möglicher Ablauf Materialien KW - Hochschuldidaktik KW - Evaluation KW - Mentorenprogramm Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kraft, Bodo A1 - Retkowitz, Daniel T1 - Graph Transformations for Dynamic Knowledge Processing N2 - In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2006. HICSS '06 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.200 The conceptual design phase at the beginning of the building construction process is not adequately supported by any CAD-tool. Conceptual design support needs regarding two aspects: first, the architect must be able to develop conceptual sketches that provide abstraction from constructive details. Second, conceptually relevant knowledge should be available to check these conceptual sketches. The paper deals with knowledge to formalize for conceptual design. To enable domain experts formalizing knowledge, a graph-based specification is presented that allows the development of a domain ontology and design rules specific for one class of buildings at runtime. The provided tool support illustrates the introduced concepts and demonstrates the consistency analysis between knowledge and conceptual design. KW - CAD KW - CAD KW - Bauingenieurwesen KW - CAD KW - civil engineering Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kraft, Bodo A1 - Retkowitz, Daniel T1 - Rule-Dependencies for Visual Knowledge Specification in Conceptual Design N2 - In: Proc. of the 11th Intl. Conf. on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE-XI) ed. Hugues Rivard, Montreal, Canada, Seite 1-12, ACSE (CD-ROM), 2006 Currently, the conceptual design phase is not adequately supported by any CAD tool. Neither the support while elaborating conceptual sketches, nor the automatic proof of correctness with respect to effective restrictions is currently provided by any commercial tool. To enable domain experts to store the common as well as their personal domain knowledge, we develop a visual language for knowledge formalization. In this paper, a major extension to the already existing concepts is introduced. The possibility to define rule dependencies extends the expressiveness of the knowledge definition language and contributes to the usability of our approach. KW - CAD KW - CAD KW - Bauingenieurwesen KW - CAD KW - civil engineering Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Horsch, Andreas T1 - Die Masken des Harlekin : Formensprache im Charakterdesign T1 - The harlequin's masks : formal language in character design N2 - Ziel und Inhalt dieser Arbeit ist das Design eines Harlekin-Charakters und die Darstellung seiner Ausdrucksskala. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf dem Studium der Gesichtsmuskeln, ihrer Formensprache und ihrer Relation zu den 6 Grundemotionen Traurigkeit, Ärger, Angst, Freude, Ekel und Überraschung (nach dem Modell von Paul Ekman). Alle 6 Emotionen sind in verschiedenen Intensitätsgraden und Variationen behandelt, wobei die Emotion der Freude aufgrund ihrer engen Bindung zum Harlekin-Charakter vergleichsweise umfassender bearbeitet wurde. Das Endergebnis stellt eine Bildreihe von ca. 50 Ausdrücken und eine Abhandlung über Gesichtsmuskulatur und -ausdruck, dessen Relation zu den Emotionen und den Hintergrund des Harlekincharakters dar. Die Illustrationen wurden unter Verwendung der 3D-Technologie von Maya 7.0 und ZBrush 2.0 ausgeführt. N2 - The content and goal of this work is the design of a harlequin-character and the depiction of his range of expression. The focal point lies on the study of the facial muscles, their formal vocabulary and their relation to the 6 basic emotions sadness, anger, fear, joy, disgust and surprise (after Paul Ekman's model). All 6 emotions are treated in different intensities and variations, whereas the emotion of joy is handled in a more profound way because of its close relationship to the harlequin-character. The end result is a series of illustrations of approx. 50 expressions and a treatise on the topic of facial musculature and expression, their relationship to emotions and the background of the harlequin-character. The illustrations were realized using the 3D-technologies of Maya 7.0 and ZBrush 2.0. KW - Harlekin KW - Gesichtsmuskel KW - Mimik KW - Modellierung KW - Gefühl KW - 3D KW - Charakter KW - Drahtgittermodell KW - Gesichtsmodellierung KW - Gesichtsausdruck KW - 3D KW - character KW - facial expression KW - facial modeling KW - wire frame model Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schumacher, Kerstin A1 - Kloock, Joachim P. A1 - Rosenkranz, Christian A1 - Schultze, Joachim W. A1 - Müller-Veggian, Mattea A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Functional testing and characterisation of ISFETs on wafer level by means of a micro-droplet cell N2 - A wafer-level functionality testing and characterisation system for ISFETs (ionsensitive field-effect transistor) is realised by means of integration of a specifically designed capillary electrochemical micro-droplet cell into a commercial wafer prober-station. The developed system allows the identification and selection of “good” ISFETs at the earliest stage and to avoid expensive bonding, encapsulation and packaging processes for nonfunctioning ISFETs and thus, to decrease costs, which are wasted for bad dies. The developed system is also feasible for wafer-level characterisation of ISFETs in terms of sensitivity, hysteresis and response time. Additionally, the system might be also utilised for wafer-level testing of further electrochemical sensors. KW - Biosensor KW - Biosensorik KW - ISFET KW - Wafer KW - ISFET KW - wafer-level testing KW - capillary micro-droplet cell Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1259 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Preface of the Special Issue of I3S 2005 in Jülich (Germany) N2 - International Symposium on Sensor Science, I3S 2005 <3; 2005; Juelich, Germany> In: Sensors 2006, 6, 260-261 ISSN 1424-8220 KW - Biosensor KW - I3S 2005 KW - International Symposium on Sensor Science Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1365 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bornebusch, Michael T1 - Hydraulische und hydrologische Modellsimulation als Planungswerkzeug für Hochwasser-Schutz-Massnahmen N2 - In: Alfha.net / Sektion Bauingenieurwesen: 1. [Erster] Erfahrungsaustausch : Absolventen des Fachbereichs Bauingenieurwesens berichten. 13. Oktober 2006. S. 25-27. Zusammenfassung des Vortrags. KW - Hochwasserschutz KW - Niederschlag-Abfluss-Modelle KW - N-A-Modelle KW - Gewässerausbau Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Himmerich, Jörg T1 - Pipeline Integrity Management System - Probabilistische Bewertung von Bauwerken am Beispiel von Hochdruckleitungen N2 - In: Alfha.net / Sektion Bauingenieurwesen: 1. [Erster] Erfahrungsaustausch : Absolventen des Fachbereichs Bauingenieurwesens berichten. 13. Oktober 2006. S. 21-22. Zusammenfassung des Vortrags. KW - Hochdruckleitung KW - PIMS KW - Pipeline Integrity Management System Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fredebeul-Krein, Markus T1 - Developing competitive broadband markets: Lessons learnt from German and European regulatory approaches on broad-band access N2 - A key feature of future broadband markets will be diversity of access technologies, meaning that numerous technologies will be exploited for broadband communication. Various factors will affect the success of these future broadband markets, the regulatory policy being one amongst others. So far, a coherent regulatory approach does not exist as to broadband markets. First results of policies so far suggest that less sector-specific regulation is likely to occur. Instead, regulators must ensure that access to networks and services of potentially dominant providers in a relevant broadband market will satisfy requirements for openness and non-discrimination. In this environment the future challenge of regulationg broadband markets will be to set the right incentives for investment into new infrastructures. This paper examines whether there is a need for the regulation of future broadband access markets an if yes, what is the appropriate regulatory tool to do so. Thereby the focus is on the analysis of European broadband markets and the regulatory approaches applied. The first section provides a description of the characteristics of future broadband markets. The second section discusses possible bottlenecks on broadband markets an their regulatory implications. The third section will examine regulatory issues concerning access to broadband networks in more detail. This will be done by comparing the regulatory approaches of European countries and the results in terms of bradband penetration. The final section will give key recommendations for a regulatory strategy on brandband access markets. KW - Telekommunikationsmarkt KW - Telekommunikationsmarkt Y1 - 2006 N1 - paper presented at 16th Biennial conference of the International Telecommunications Society. Information Communication Technology: Opportunities and Challenges for Telecommunications. June 12-16, 2006 Beijing, China. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Merten, Sabine A1 - Conrad, Thorsten A1 - Kämper, Klaus-Peter A1 - Picard, Antoni A1 - Schütze, Andreas T1 - Virtual Technology Labs - an efficient tool for the preparation of hands-on-MEMS-courses in training foundries N2 - Hands-on-training in high technology areas is usually limited due to the high cost for lab infrastructure and equipment. One specific example is the field of MEMS, where investment and upkeep of clean rooms with microtechnology equipment is either financed by production or R&D projects greatly reducing the availability for education purposes. For efficient hands-on-courses a MEMS training foundry, currently used jointly by six higher education institutions, was established at FH Kaiserslautern. In a typical one week course, students manufacture a micromachined pressure sensor including all lithography, thin film and packaging steps. This compact and yet complete program is only possible because participants learn to use the different complex machines in advance via a Virtual Training Lab (VTL). In this paper we present the concept of the MEMS training foundry and the VTL preparation together with results from a scientific evaluation of the VTL over the last three years. KW - Virtuelles Laboratorium KW - Virtuelles Labor KW - Hand-on-training KW - Virtual Technology Lab KW - MEMS ; education and training foundry Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Technische Mechanik. Vorlesungsmitschrift. Korrigierter Nachdr. der 3. Aufl. N2 - Überarbeitete, korrigierte und ergänzte Version einer Vorlesungsmitschrift von Sebastian Krämer. 172 S. Inhaltsverzeichnis 0 Einführung in die Mechanik 1 Statik starrer Körper 2 Elastostatik (Festigkeitslehre) 3 Kinematik 4 Kinetik Literatur KW - Technische Mechanik Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Engineering Mechanics. Lecture Notes. 2nd edition, translation of the 3rd corrected and extended German edition of "Technische Mechanik" N2 - English translation of the corrected lectures notes of Sebastian Krämer. Contents 0 Introduction to Mechanics 1 Statics of Rigid Bodies 2 Elastostatics (Strength of Materials) 3 Kinematics 4 Kinetics Literature KW - Technische Mechanik KW - Mechanics KW - Statics KW - Elastostatics KW - Kinematics KW - Kinetics Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Barry, Steve T1 - Continuum Mechanics with an Introduction to the Finite Element Method / Steve Barry; Manfred Staat. With extensions by Manfred Staat. N2 - Contents: 1 Introduction 2 One Dimensional Continuum Mechanics 3 Tensors 4 Three Dimensional Stress and Strain 5 Conservation Laws 6 Contiunuum Modelling 7 Plain Problems 8 Questions 9 Reference Information KW - Technische Mechanik KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas T1 - Rapid Manufacturing - eine interdisziplinäre Strategie N2 - Als um 1987 ein Verfahren namens Stereolithographie und ein Stereolithography Apparatus (SLA) vorgestellt wurden, war der Traum von der Herstellung beliebiger dreidimensionaler Bauteile direkt aus Computerdaten und ohne bauteilspezifische Werkzeuge Realität geworden. Ein Anwendungs-Szenario wurde gleich mitgeliefert. Diese Technologie würde es möglich machen, die gesamte Ersatzteilversorgung der Amerikanischen Pazifikflotte mittels ein paar dieser Maschinen, umfangreicher Datenstätze und genügend Rohmaterial vor Ort auf einem Flugzeugträger direkt nach Bedarf zu fertigen. Diese Vorstellung definierte schon damals die direkte digitale Fertigung, das Rapid Manufacturing. In der Realität bestanden die mit diesem Verfahren hergestellten Bauteile nur aus Kunststoff, waren ungenau, bruchempfindlich und klebrig und allein in der Produktentwicklung, eben als Prototypen zu benutzen. Sie waren schnell verfügbar, weil zu Ihrer Herstellung keine Werkzeuge benötigt wurden. Folgerichtige und zudem modern hießen sie: Rapid Prototyping. Rapid Prototyping wurde schnell zum Synonym eines neuen Zweiges der Fertigungstechnik, der Generativen Fertigungstechnik. Die weitere Entwicklung brachte neue Verfahren, höhere Genauigkeiten, verbesserte Werkstoffe und neue Anwendungen. Die Herstellung von Negativen, also Werkzeugen, mit dem gleichen Verfahren wurde marketing-getrieben Rapid Tooling genannt und als die ersten Bauteile nicht mehr als Prototypen, sondern als Endprodukte eingesetzt wurden, nannte man dies Rapid Manufacturing - das Ziel war erreicht. War das Ziel wirklich erreicht? Ist es Rapid Manufacturing, wenn ein generativ gefertigtes Bauteil die gewünschte Spezifikation erreicht? Was muss passieren, damit aus dem Phänomen Rapid Prototyping eine Strategie wird, die geeignet ist, einen Paradigmenwechsel von der heutigen Hersteller-induzierten Massenproduktion von Massenartikeln zur Verbraucher-induzierten (und verantworteten) Massenproduktion von Einzelteilen für jedermann ermöglichen und möglicherweise unsere Arbeits- und Lebensformen tiefgreifend zu beeinflussen? Im Beitrag wird der Begriff der (Fertigungs-) Strategie „Rapid Manufacturing“ näher beleuchtet. Es wird diskutiert, welche Maßnahmen auf der technischen und der operative Ebene getroffen werden müssen, damit die generative Fertigungstechnik im Sinne dieser Strategie umgesetzt werden kann. Beispiele belegen, dass diese Entwicklung bereits begonnen hat und geben Anregungen für eine konstruktive Diskussion auf der RapidTech 2006. N2 - As a process called stereolithography and a stereolithography apparatus (SLA) was presented in 1987, the dream of manufacturing any three-dimensional component directly from computer data and without component-specific tools became reality. An application scenario was supplied at the same time. This technology would make it possible to produce the entire spare parts requirement of the American Pacific Fleet merely through the use of a couple of such machines, extensive datasets and enough raw material on board an aircraft carrier directly as required. This image defined direct digital fabrication, rapid manufacturing, even at that time. In reality, this procedure only managed to produce components in plastic which were imprecise, fragile and sticky and only usable as prototypes in product development. They were rapidly available, because no tools were required for their manufacture. Consequentially, they are now known as Rapid Prototyping in modern jargon. Rapid Prototyping quickly became a synonym for a new branch of production engineering known as generative production engineering. Continued development brought new processes, improved accuracy, improved materials and new applications. The manufacturing of negatives, in other words tools, using the same procedure was quickly named rapid tooling by the marketing sector, and once the first components were used as final products instead of just prototypes the process was renamed "rapid manufacturing" - the goal had been reached. Was the goal really reached? Is it rapid manufacturing if a generatively manufactured component reaches the required specifications? What has to happen so that the rapid prototyping phenomenon becomes a strategy which is suitable for enabling the paradigm change from current manufacture-induced mass production of mass articles to consumer-induced (and consumer-responsible) mass production of single parts for anyone, and in all possibility makes dramatic changes in our way of working and living? The lecture includes detailed information about the (production) strategy term "rapid manufacturing". We will be discussing which measures need to be taken on the technical and operative level so that generative production engineering can be implemented in the sense of this strategy. Examples will show that this development has already started, and should provoke stimulation leading to constructive discussion during RapidTech 2006. KW - Rapid prototyping KW - Rapid Manufacturing KW - Rapid Prototyping KW - Stereolithographie KW - Generative Fertigungstechnik KW - Rapid prototyping KW - rapid manufacturing Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fachblatt, Jahrgang 2006; Nr. 1 N2 - Studienbeiträge Die schwere Geburt des Studienbeitragsgesetzes Forschung Erfindungen für die Praxis Antikensammlung inszeniert in geschwungener Ebenenkonstruktion Doppelt hält besser Studium und Lehre Kreative Höhenflüge im Weinberg von Piemont Nach "Bauhaus Europa" jetzt "Kunsthaus Aachen" Beton - Es kommt drauf an, was man draus macht "Ein Stück Raumfahrtsystem" Film ab im Cinekaree Umstellung auf Bachelor- und Master-Abschlüsse beispielhaft Herausragende architektonische Umsetzung geehrt Erdbeobachtung im Taschenformat Die Hygiene im Handgepäck Eintauchen in die Welt von "sub-ten" Symposium zur 1. Flugmesswoche des FB 6 Personen Konsul mit Zeitungsente Der richtige Mann am richtigen Ort Urlaub fürs Ehrenamt 101 und ziemlich weise Goldene Auszeichnung für die Dekanin Wir feiern heute unsere Eliten Eigene Faszination für den Lehrstoff fesselt Studierende Personalia Horst Rambau: Endstation Selbstständigkeit? Der gute Ruf reicht bis Teheran Alumni "Regen ist gut für unser Geschäft" FH-Studenten aus Jülich in der Wissenschaft erfolgreich Miss und Mister FH 2005 International Vor 20 Jahren begann es! "Heute ist ein guter Tag für die Fachhochschule" Service Bologna ist längst bei den Hochschulen angekommen Auch Lehrer lernen nie aus Was ist eigentlich das Freshman-Year "Zeile für Zeile" T3 - Fachblatt / FH Aachen - 2006, 1 KW - Aachen / Fachhochschule Aachen KW - Fachhochschule Aachen KW - Aachen University of Applied Sciences Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas T1 - Technology Diffusion through a Multi-Level Technology Transfer Infrastructure. Contribution to the 1st. All Africa Technology Diffusion Conference Boksburg, South Africa June 12th - 14th 2006 N2 - Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Multi-level Technology Transfer Infrastructure 2.1 Level 1: University Education – Encourage the Idea of becoming an Entrepreneur 2.2 Level 2: Post Graduate Education – Improve your skills and focus it on a product family. 2.3 Level 3: Birth of a Company – Focus your skills on a product and a market segment. 2.4 Level 4: Ready to stand alone – Set up your own business 2.5 Level 5: Grow to be Strong – Develop your business 2.6 Level 6: Competitive and independent – Stay innovative. 3. Samples 3.1 Sample 1: Laser Processing and Consulting Centre, LBBZ 3.2 Sample 2: Prototyping Centre, CP 4. Funding - Waste money or even lost Money? 5. Conclusion KW - Technologietransfer KW - technology transfer KW - technology diffusion Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas T1 - Generative Manufacturing of Ceramic Parts "Vision Rapid Prototyping" N2 - Table of Contents Introduction 1. Generative Manufacturing Processes 2. Classification of Generative Manufacturing Processes 3. Application of Generative Processes on the Fabrication of Ceramic Parts 3.1 Extrusion 3.2 3D-Printing 3.3 Sintering – Laser Sintering 3.4 Layer-Laminate Processes 3.5 Stereolithography (sometimes written: Stereo Lithography) 4. Layer Milling 5. Conclusion - Vision KW - Rapid prototyping KW - Rapid Technologie KW - Rapid Prototyping Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Junold, Thomas T1 - Schwarz. Weiss. Ein dokumentierter Schriftentwurf T1 - Black. White. A commented type design N2 - Schwarz und Weiß. Schwarze Glyphen, weiße Gegenformen. Schwarze Zeilen, Weißraum als Gestaltungselement. Schwarze Schrift auf weißem Papier. Schrift als Kommunikationselement. Vereinheitlichte und vereinfachte Formen, dank Jahrhunderte langer Gewöhnung oder Experimentierfeld für Formen, die sich mit verändernden Techniken gleichermaßen verändern? Schrift als Vermittler von Emotionen oder reine Information. Was macht eine Schrift lesbar und was steht einer »Display-Schrift« gut zu Gesicht? Sind Schriftsippen mit über hundert Schnitten Anwenderfreundlich oder eher Grund für Verwirrung. Serifenschrift oder Sans-Serif? Was ist moderner? Sind wir Kinder der Helvetica oder der Frutiger oder eher Enkel der Garamond oder Bodoni? Kann man ein ästhetisches Empfinden für Schrift lernen? Eine Schrift als Beweis, ausgebaut für eine sinnvolle Verwendung, hinterfragt durch einen Markt schon während ihrer Entstehung. Rückführung und Begründung der aufgeführten Fragen auf diese Schrift. Ein Diplom, das nachdenkt über Schrift, das Schrift anbietet, den Dialog mit Schrift fordert. N2 - When asked why there are so many typefaces, Adrian Frutiger used to reply: “Because there is so many wines.” Source: Fontblog Black and white. Black glyphs, white counters. Black lines of text, white space as design element. Black type on white paper. Type as an element of comunication. Unified and simplified forms, that change along ever-changing technology? Typefaces as mediators of emotion or pure information. What makes a typeface readable and what makes a pure display typeface pleasant? Are typeface superfamilies with more that a hundered styles user friendly or a blessing or a curse? Serifed or unserifed? What is more modern? Are we the children of Helvetica or Frutiger, or the grandchildren of Garamond and Bodoni? Can a sensitivity to the power of type be learned? A typeface as a proof, equipped for sensible use, and questioned by the market already during its conception. Feedback and integration of these questions in the typeface. A “diploma” that thinks about type, that offers type, that calls for dialogue with type. By using type, you take responsibility. KW - Schriftkunst KW - Forum Typografie KW - Typographie KW - Spiekermann KW - Erik KW - Actor KW - Schrift KW - Open Type KW - Schriftentwurf KW - Fontlab KW - actor KW - font KW - open type KW - typedesign KW - fontlab Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Srivastava, Alok A1 - Singh, Virendra A1 - Dhand, Chetna A1 - Kaur, Manindar A1 - Singh, Tejvir A1 - Witte, Katrin A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. T1 - Study of swift heavy ion modified conduction polymer composites for application as gas sensor N2 - A polyaniline-based conducting composite was prepared by oxidative polymerisation of aniline in a polyvinylchloride (PVC) matrix. The coherent free standing thin films of the composite were prepared by a solution casting method. The polyvinyl chloride-polyaniline composites exposed to 120 MeV ions of silicon with total ion fluence ranging from 1011 to 1013 ions/cm2, were observed to be more sensitive towards ammonia gas than the unirradiated composite. The response time of the irradiated composites was observed to be comparably shorter. We report for the first time the application of swift heavy ion modified insulating polymer conducting polymer (IPCP) composites for sensing of ammonia gas. KW - Biosensor KW - Conducing polymer KW - ammonia gas sensors KW - swift heavy ions KW - polymer composites Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1345 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chaiyboun, Ali A1 - Traute, Rüdiger A1 - Kiesewetter, Olaf A1 - Ahlers, Simon A1 - Müller, Gerhard A1 - Doll, Theodor T1 - Modular analytical multicomponent analysis in gas sensor arrays N2 - A multi-sensor system is a chemical sensor system which quantitatively and qualitatively records gases with a combination of cross-sensitive gas sensor arrays and pattern recognition software. This paper addresses the issue of data analysis for identification of gases in a gas sensor array. We introduce a software tool for gas sensor array configuration and simulation. It concerns thereby about a modular software package for the acquisition of data of different sensors. A signal evaluation algorithm referred to as matrix method was used specifically for the software tool. This matrix method computes the gas concentrations from the signals of a sensor array. The software tool was used for the simulation of an array of five sensors to determine gas concentration of CH4, NH3, H2, CO and C2H5OH. The results of the present simulated sensor array indicate that the software tool is capable of the following: (a) identify a gas independently of its concentration; (b) estimate the concentration of the gas, even if the system was not previously exposed to this concentration; (c) tell when a gas concentration exceeds a certain value. A gas sensor data base was build for the configuration of the software. With the data base one can create, generate and manage scenarios and source files for the simulation. With the gas sensor data base and the simulation software an on-line Web-based version was developed, with which the user can configure and simulate sensor arrays on-line. KW - Biosensor KW - Main sensitivity KW - cross sensitivity KW - matrix method KW - gas sensor array KW - modelling Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1358 ER -