History of the Professorship of Measurement and Sensor Technology

June 1992	Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Manthey is appointed to the newly advertised professorship of measurement technology at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
1994	First doctorate after the appointment of Prof. Wolfgang Manthey of Mrs. Adriana Tamachkiarowa on the topic "Investigations on the realization of a fiber-optic temperature sensor."
1995	Professorship participates in the first established Collaborative Research Center at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering DFG 379 in two subprojects, A5 positioning system and B1 sensor/actuator arrays using piezopolymers.
April 2004	Prof. Manthey retires.
2004-2007	Professorship remained unfilled despite the ongoing appointment process. Professor Manthey secured the lectures for the most part.
October 2007	Dr.-Ing. Olfa Kanoun has been appointed to the professorship of measurement and sensor technology.
December 2007	Dr.-Ing. Nils Krömer is appointed honorary professor for "Industrial Metrology."
Beginning 2008	Restructuring of the Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology; formation of three scientific working groups on the topics of "Impedance Spectroscopy," "Energy Harvesting," and "CNT Sensor Technology."
Mai 2008	Professor Kanoun wins the IEEE Best Chapter Award for the German Chapter.
2008	Professor Kanoun is appointed to the Board of Directors of the Center for Microtechnologies.
2008	Change of the professorship to the Institute of Microsystems and Semiconductor Technology in the context of restructuring the faculty institutes.
June 2008	The workshop "Impedance Spectroscopy" was launched and held for the first time, initially in German. More than 100 guests from research and industry attend. It is decided to continue this workshop annually.
July 2008	A second event on impedance spectroscopy was held together with RKW Sachsen at TU Chemnitz.
2009	First doctorate at the professorship for measurement and sensor technology after the reoccupation in 2007 of Dr.-Ing. Andrey Tetuyev with the topic "Soil type independent soil moisture measurement by impedance spectroscopy."
September 2009	The workshop "Impedance Spectroscopy" is internationalized and takes place for the first time at the TU Chemnitz. It will be called "International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy." Funds from the SMWK support the internationalization of IWIS.
2009	Election of Professor Kanoun as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
2009	Professor Kanoun is elected as a senator of the TU Chemnitz.
December 2009	Participation in the BMBF competence network Nanett for nanosystem integration - application of nanotechnologies for energy-efficient sensor systems.
2010	Initiation of the taster school "Electrical Engineering and Information Technology" for students from 10th grade and before.
June 2011	Professorship initiates and coordinates the Chemnitz initiative Technologies for Electromobility "CITE."
August 2011	Move to the renovated premises in the Weinholdbau on the second floor.
January 2012	Start of the junior research group "Adaptive Drives for Electromobility" coordinated by the professorship with 9 young scientists from three faculties of the TU Chemnitz.
2012	Participation in the first EU project, "SmartLIC" (Smart Battery Management System Module for Integration into Li-Ion Cells for Fully Electric Vehicles), within the European Green Cars Initiative.
March 2012	A partnership of the TU Chemnitz with the university "Ecole Nationale d'ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS)" (Tunisia) is initiated.
March 2012	International Conference "Systems, Signals and Devices" takes place for the first time in Germany at the TU Chemnitz with more than 300 participants. Many colleagues from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering actively support the conference.
2012	Professor Kanoun is designated "Associate Editor" for the scientific journal "IEEE Sensors Journal."
2013	Together with colleagues and partners, Professor Kanoun initiated the "Circle of Experts in Impedance Spectroscopy (CEIS)."
2013	Approval of the large-scale equipment "Multifunctional Impedance Measuring Station," including an "Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)" by the DFG as large-scale equipment.
2013	Establishment of the Master's program "Embedded Systems" at the TU Chemnitz and at the University "Scole National d'Ingenieurs de Sfax (ENIS)" in Tunisia.
2013	Professor Kanoun becomes Vice-Chairman of the Technical Commission 19 of the "International Measurement Confederation IMEKO."
2013	Start of the Transnational Young Researchers Group: Autonomous Intelligent Sensor Networks in Production (AiS) with Italy and Spain.
2014	The 5th Symposium, "Environmental Instrumentation and Measurements," of the Technical Commission 19, IMEKO, will occur September 23 and 24 in Chemnitz at the TU Chemnitz.
24. October 2014	Professor Kanoun founds the "IEEE Student Branch" of the TU Chemnitz together with students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
2015	Professor Kanoun is elected to the scientific advisory board of the scientific journal "Technisches Messen."
July 2016	Start of the junior research group "High-tech sensor technology for the challenge posed by demographic change in Saxony (SenseCare)."
August 2015	Professor Kanoun is honored by the Tunisian government for "outstanding scientific achievements and accomplishments."
2016	The German side designates Professor Kanoun as head of the "Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology Symposium (Bragfost)" organized by the Humboldt Foundation.
Mai 2016	Prof. Dr. Olfa Kanoun has been appointed Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.
September 2016	International IEEE Workshop on the Use of Nanotechnologies in Measurement Nanofim 2016 is organized by the Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology.
September 2017	The Impedance Workshop IWIS celebrates its 10th anniversary at the TU Chemnitz.
September 2017	The professorship MST celebrates its 25th anniversary with guests from science and industry.
Mai 2018	IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society presents Faculty Course Development Award to Prof. Olfa Kanoun
November 2018	Prof. Olfa Kanoun establishes the "IEEE Technical Committee (TC2) Impedance Spectroscopy" within the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
December 2018	The professorship celebrates five completed dissertations in co-dissertation with the partner university ENIS (University of Sfax, Tunisia)
March 2019	Dr. Ayda Bouhamed receives the Best Paper Award at the 2019 IEEE International Multi-Conference Systems Signals and Devices SSD in Istanbul, Turkey.
April 2019	Prof. Olfa Kanoun has been elected as Vice Dean at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
June 2019	Dr. Sonia Bradai receives the "Best Dissertation Award 2018" (prize of the Commerzbank) of the TU Chemnitz.
September 2019	Prof. Olfa Kanoun establishes the "Technical Committee TC2: Impedance Spectroscopy" in the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society together with colleagues worldwide.
December 2019	The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology participates in the SFB: "Hybrid Societies: Humans Interacting with Embodied Technologies" in subproject A03: "Body-attached Sensor Network".