Previous visitors

Michael Peyer Michael graduated in September 2010 from the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland with a Bachelor of Science in Microtechnology and Medical Technology. He joined OBEL for a six month research project in the field of Optical Coherence Elastrography (OCE) and constructing a calibration interferometer for an FD-OCT spectrometer. In his spare time he likes travelling and doing different kind of sports like playing basketball, beachvolley and soccer.
Maik Fox Maik joined OBEL in November 2010 for a six month student research project on design and construction of a scanning confocal microscope system. He is studying Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In his spare time he likes combining his two hobbies, cycling and photography.
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Florian Blume Florian joined OBEL in April 2010 for a six month student research project on a new contrast mechanism for Optical Coherence Elastrography (OCE). He is studying Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In his spare time he likes different all kind of sports especially playing tennis. Furthermore he enjoys getting to know foreign countries and cultures
Steffi I'm a german intern as well and studying Biomedical Engineering at the University of Applied Science in Luebeck. In my internship at OBEL I'm working on a program to calculate tissue movement with needle penetration. In my spare time I relaxed on the beautiful beaches in Perth and Rotto and doing some sports, especially jogging. And don't forget the wine tasting, the Australian wine are very delicious.
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Boris Niedetzky Boris is studying Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany with his focus on signal processing and system design. During his student research project at OBEL he is dealing with flow measurement techniques for the FD-OCT system. In his spare time he likes to do different sports like Beach Volleyball, Field Hockey, Rowing, Snowboarding, Soccer, Biking. He also wants to try Kite Surfing. Besides promoting good tasting German beers (which I consider Rothaus to be), he also appreciates Australian wine.
Julia Moll Julia is studying Medical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Ulm, Germany, majoring in mechanical design. In her internship at OBEL she is constructing a phantom for optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. In her spare time she likes to do sports, especially playing soccer. As well she likes to relax on the nice beaches in Perth.
Anna Wiedenmann Anna is studying medical engineering with main subject in mechanical design at the University of Applied Sciences in Ulm, Germany. In her internship at OBEL she is working on a system for measuring the pressures and strains exerted on an OCT-needle probe. When she's not in the lab she likes doing any kind of sport such as playing soccer, volleyball or bicycling while always looking around for animals and nice landscapes to photograph.
Juliane Dinse Juliane is studying Computational Visualistics/Engineering, majoring in Medical Engineering at the University of Magdeburg, Germany. In her internship at OBEL she is working on the image processing and 3D-reconstruction of data of the upper airway acquired by the hollow organ profiling sensoring (HOPS) system. If she is not in the lab, she can be found in nature, at the beach or somewhere else on this enormous continent enjoying everything and trying to catch the most breathtaking images.
Tobias Wienhold Tobias is a student from Germany, currently studying in his fifth year at the University of Karlsruhe (TH). His field of study is Electrical Engineering and Information Technology where he is focusing on Adaptronics. In October 2007 he joined OBEL for six months to undertake his student research project on imaging needles for optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems. In his spare time he enjoys all kinds of sports, hopefully soon also watersports like surfing or windsurfing at the beautiful beaches of Perth.
Sascha Sobolewski Sascha is a visitor from the University of Applied Sciences in Lübeck, Germany. He is studying Biomedical Engineering and will graduate next year. At OBEL he is working on a 2-axis FD OCT setup. When he is not in the lab he enjoys cooking and doing sports.
Monika Hartmann Monika is studying medical engineering at the University of Applied Science in Ulm, Germany, majoring in biotechnologies. Before her studies she undertook an apprenticeship as a medical-technical-laboratory assistant and worked for four years in a general hospital for acute cases. The objective of her project will be to evaluate beam profiles of several hollow organ profiling system (HOPS) probes and to measure beam spread through human skin tissue.
Lydia Schultheiss Lydia is studying Biomedical Engineering at the University of applied science in Ulm, Germany. Her main focus is on mechanical engineering and machine design. Before her studies she did an apprenticeship as an industrial mechanic. In her internship at OBEL she is working on the optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. In her spare time she likes playing her violin and is interested in modern art.
Ulrik Kristiansen Ulrik is a student from northern Denmark at University of Aalborg now studying at fifth year to become M.Sc.BME. He did originally start to study toward M.Sc.EE, but find it now more meaningful to develop health care equipment. He can use his time at OBEL as preparatory work for his master thesis if usable results occur. In his spare time he likes designing electronic hardware, swimming, water polo and salsa dancing. He mostly listens to music from the middle east.
Shan Shan Kou Shan is pursuing PhD in National University of Singapore in Bioimaging lab at division of Bioengineering, working on quantitative phase imaging for biological applications. During her two months visit at OBEL, she hopes to learn some hands-on skills in optical systems, as well as make some useful results that can contribute to her thesis. In spare time, she likes to be outdoor and enjoys most of the ball games. She loves Perth and UWA campus from the first sight!
Gerlinde Heil Gerlinde is 18 years old and from Mainz, Germany. In March she graduated from high school. In October she will start her medical studies at university. During her two-month internship at OBEL she hopes to get hands-on experience since she is really interested in research work. She hopes to be a researcher as well in some years. In her spare time, she enjoys bicycling, jogging and going to theme parks.
Julia Hoyer Julia came to OBEL in late 2005 from Ulm in Germany. Julia was a German intern from the University for Applied Science in Ulm where she studies medical engineering. Her project involved working on probe-making techniques for the HOPS system used for airway profiling. In her spare time she liked to hang around in the UWA open air cinema with her friends.
Angela Marx I'm studying medical engineering at the University for Applied Science in Ulm , Germany. In my duration of study, I have to spend two practical semesters, the first one after the first year, and the second one after the 5th semester. For my second semester, I have decided to spend my time in an English speaking country. Well, it was every time a wish of mine to travel to Australia and so I could connect the useful with the beautiful! I arrived in middle of March this year (2006) and my internship lasts for six months. The work here in OBEL is very interesting and diversified. I'm working as a part of the HOPS project. I've learned a lot in the past about mechanics, optics and optical fibers in practice and theory. I'm working mostly on my own in the laboratory. It is a nice working climate, and all the people here are helpful. In the middle of my stay here in Australia, my boyfriend visited me. We hired a campervan and we traveled for two weeks along the West coast to Extmouth. It was really awesome! Finally, I can say, that I would spend my internship all over again at OBEL.
Eva Streit Eva came to OBEL from Switzerland as part of finishing her studies in Biomedical Engineering. While at OBEL she worked on characterising contrast enhancing agents and techniques for non-fixed imaging with confocal microscopy of mouse muscle tissue. She has been followed back to Switzerland by at least two OBEL members.
Angela Lemmerz Angela escaped the snow in Germany and arrived in Australia in the middle of February. She's studying Medical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences (Ulm) and doing her second practical study term here with OBEL. She's working on optimising and improving the sample arm of the OCT system making it portable and suitable for clinical use. In her spare time she does a lot of sports with the Outdoor Club such as paddling and climbing. She also rides her bike along the river every day, does kickboxing for fitness and of course a lot of surfing! After her time with OBEL she's going to explore the east coast and travel for the last 3 weeks in Australia.
Stefan Schwer Stefan was employed as a visiting research assistant working on the optical ranging project from October 2001 to June 2002. He has completed his studies in biomedical engineering, and now refers to himself as Diplom ingenieur Medizintechnik. Away from university, Stefan plays waterpolo and does mountainbiking. In holidays he usually does longer walking tracks with his backpack. And of course he still tries to help Germany retain first place in the list of avarage beer consumption.
Francisco Lopez-Moreno Fran was at OBEL from November 2001 until May 2002. He worked on real-time acqusition software for OCT.
Thorsten Wanner Thorsten visited OBEL from October 2001 until May 2002. He worked hard on improving his algorithms, and also on image processing systems for OCT.
Karl-Heinz Mayer Karl-Heinz was a visiting student at OBEL for the summer of 2001/2002. He worked mostly on a PLL system for OCT signal processing.
Thomas Duetsch Thomas was a student from Germany at OBEL in early 2001. He worked on a digital signal processing system using a DSP from Texas Instruments for OCT. When not in front of a computer screen, he likes to spend his time in front of the big screen, or hanging out with friends.
Christian Schuck Christian is a student of Electrical and Electronic Enginering at the Univerity of Karlsruhe in Germany. He has almost finished his studies there. He joined the OBEL group for a half year internship. His project was the implementation of the resonant galvanometer in the portable OCT system. The aim is to improve the acquisition speed and accordingly lessen motion artefacts. While he is not at work he spends a lot of time on or in :) the water with paddling, windsurfing and swimming. After setting up his bike in the right way there is no distance too far to cope with...
Volker Seemann Volker started his internship here in October 04 and supported the team for about half a year. He is a student of electrical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany. While Volker is at OBEL, he intended to get involved in some practical work as well as theoretical analysis. His project was the analysis of speckle in OCT imaging, in order to gain information from the speckle statistics. He was involved at all levels of this project, from operating the OCT imaging system to processing the data. During his spare leisure time Volker likes setting up his computer the right way (there's always something to do) or trying to improve his skills in windsurfing.
Tobias Joggerst Tobias - a German student of E&E engineering at the University of Karlsruhe - came to OBEL in October 04 for a 6-month internship. His job was to implement a pulse oximeter by using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Unfortunatelt here wasn't enough time to extend the system to detect several other substances in human blood afterwards. His spare time he mostly uses for photography, making electronic music or exploring the area with his bike.
Boris-Alexander Bolles Boris came to visit OBEL at the end of Nov 04. As another Electrical Engineering student from the University of Karlsruhe, he did his six month internship at OBEL by working on the determination of optical parameters in biological tissue. As self-experiments are forbidden for students, he spent his time sending laser beams through a couple of porcine tissue samples. In his spare time, he explores the Swan River, the beach and Perth City by bike, in a kayak or by foot, or just sits at home in the garden reading travel guides to Australia for dreaming of long round trips. Apart from that, he misses his violin he left at home.
Catherine Loreck Catherine completed a 3rd year project with OBEL on the famous pulse oximeter. After being forced to leave the pulse oximeter hardware incomplete due to the inexorable passage of time, she plans to come back next year to do her final year project on the same topic.
David Keller David arrived in the middle of January 05 to do a student research project for six months. He is a student of the electrical engineering department from the University of Karlsruhe (specializing in biomedical engineering). His arrival meant the Australians were almost outnumbered. David's project involved the development of a new handheld spectral domain OCT system for OBEL. Away from the lab he enjoys the beautiful weather by playing beach volleyball, and doing activities with the UWA Outdoor Club (such as rock climbing). He hopes there will be some time left to do a diving license as well.
Guido Kudielka Guido works with OBEL on various software systems for new experiments and improving data acquisition systems. He is studying Medical Engineering at the Ulm University of A.S in Germany and his special interests are in measurement & control engineering and software programming. In his leisure time he takes mountains with his bike (surprise! Perth is very hilly), go for bike trekking tours and does all others sports a bavarian guy has to deal with (skiing, hiking...). But the most time he spends in playing drums and in repairing his combi "Konrad". His opinion to the topic "beer": Only South-Bavarian beer is really good beer! Or tell me a reason, why the Oktoberfest is in Munich, and not anywhere else.
Matthias Borgert Matt is a student of biomedical engineering at the University of applied sciences in Hamburg. He works on improving the portable OCT system. If he's not looking for the "perfect wave" he tries to drink the "perfect amount" of beer.
Thomas Zander Thomas's (actually Riggs's, since nobody calls him Thomas) project was the implementation of the next generation OCT acquisition software with special regards to speed, handling and future extensibility. He has almost completed his studies in Electrical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, where his special interest is information processing technology. While not being at work, Riggs considers it as his lifetime mission to convince people not to use mp3, not to drink bad beers like Rothaus but good rum like three years old Havana club (which is unfortunately not available in Australia). Further he likes to drink the men's beer Karlsberg Ur-Pils before playing Tennis, while playing Tennis and especially after playing Tennis.
Thomas 'Hitchhiker' Gutzler Tom came to OBEL together with Riggs. His job was to visualize the scanned OCT-data as 3D-images. He studies Electrical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany and is almost finished, too. If he is not McGyvering some soft- or hardware, he likes to play Beachvolleyball with the guys hanging around here and the girls hanging around at the beach :) Fixing his bike has also become a very important part of his spare time.
Ilos Eix Ilos was a student visiting OBEL from Germany. He worked on redesigning the OCT data acquisition software that has developed as a side-effect of the research at OBEL. His speciality is details of LabView mortals ought not wot of.
Martin Punke Martin joined OBEL as a visting research assistant working in the diffuse reflectance area. He has nearly finished his studies in Electrical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany where he specialises in opto-electronics.