Teaching Experience

My teaching and supervision experience is strongly practice-oriented. It spans tutoring at the University of Technology Sydney, thesis supervision connected to the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, internship mentoring at the German Rescue Robotics Center, and UAV field training in the W-HS/DRZ environment.

Tutoring at University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

  • Tutor for AI for Robotics at UTS in 2025.
  • Tutor for Sensors and Control at UTS in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
  • Supported students in hands-on work that connects perception, control, AI, and experimental robotics practice.
  • Helped students reason through sensor data, system debugging, algorithm behaviour, experiment design, and reproducible technical reporting.
  • My tutoring is informed by current PhD research at the UTS Robotics Institute, especially around visual SLAM, reconstruction, and real-time robotic perception.

UAV Instruction and Field Training at W-HS / DRZ

  • UAV examiner and instructor in the German rescue-robotics environment since 2021.
  • Supported field-oriented training around UAV operation, aerial image acquisition, mission workflows, and safety-aware use of drones in emergency-response scenarios.
  • Guided students and project partners on UAV-based situational awareness, live video transmission, 2D mapping, 3D reconstruction, and integration with robotics command infrastructure.

Thesis Supervision at Westphalian University of Applied Sciences (W-HS)

  • Master thesis: Object recognition in aerial photographs using artificial intelligence to support emergency forces in vegetation-fire scenarios.
  • Bachelor thesis: Real-time image composition and creation of 2D situation maps using UAVs.
  • Bachelor thesis: Omnidirectional stereo vision for 3D reconstruction with standard 360-degree cameras.

Internship Supervision at German Rescue Robotics Center (DRZ)

  • Development of a web-based planning tool for coordinated robot navigation based on DJI drones for rapid situational awareness.
  • Development of an online and interactive panorama viewer based on a monocular SLAM algorithm.
  • Development of AI-based fire detection.
  • Analysis of real-time transmission of UAV images.

Mentoring Focus

I aim to help students build systems that can be evaluated beyond a controlled lab setup. That means paying attention to reproducibility, sensor limitations, real-time constraints, integration with existing robotic platforms, and the practical needs of the people who use the system.