Dr. Carolin Frueh

Harold DeGroff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2014-present)

Degrees

Ph.D., Physics with Specialization in Astronomy, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2011

MS of Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2006


Awards and Major Appointments

  • The Elmer F. Bruhn Teaching Award, 2021

  • DAAD Faculty Award, German Space Operations Center at DLR, 2017, 2020-2021

  • Recognized among Outstanding Engineering Teachers, Summer-Fall, 2019

  • Best Presentation Award, Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technology (AMOS) Conf., 2019

  • Purdue Faculty Summer Fellowship Europe, 2019

  • NASA summer visiting faculty, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2018

  • US National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, Air Force Research Lab, 2012/2013

Research Areas

  • Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management in the Near-Earth and Cislunar Region

  • Space Surveillance, Detection & Tracking

  • Object Characterization of satellites and space debris in the Near-Earth and Cislunar Realm

  • Astrodynamic

  • Image Processing, Overhead Surveillance and Processing (e.g. Airplanes, ground structures)

  • Sensor Tasking

  • Low Observability Systems

  • Information Quantification and Retrieval

  • Machine Learning