Projects

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01.07.2026 | SECURE_ACCESS

In the SECURE_ACCESS project, a durable, secure and energy-efficient ceramic data storage system is being developed.

Modern sensors, AI and robotics will help achieve high storage capacity, fast data access and reliable protection against manipulation.

01.07.2026 | InSituLUSLine

In the InSitueLUSLine project, a novel laser-based ultrasound method is being investigated for the in-situ measurement of anisotropy in steel during thermal treatment.

A rotating, line-shaped laser excitation enables contactless monitoring of changes in the rolling texture at high temperatures.

01.04.2026 | QUANTAN

In the QUANTAN project, RECENDT is developing highly precise quantum-based measurement methods to examine materials, gases and components without damaging them.

The goal is to make quantum sensor technology useful for industrial applications.

15.03.2026 | LUCA

Cybersecurity is mostly perceived as a software issue. However, security breaches also occur on a hardware level.

In LUCA we study the interaction of laser-induced high frequency ultrasound in the Gigahertz range with functional electronic devices and their elementary constituents
e.g. transistors.

01.01.2026 | EQUAMP

The project focuses on the research and methodological advancement of innovative approaches for non-destructive testing and process optimization.

It aims to enable efficient and rapid data acquisition and analysis for intelligent processes, significantly extending the capabilities available today.

01.12.2025 | SONIC

SONIC is developing a mobile inference service for AI-supported non-destructive testing. A centrally hosted generative AI processes inference jobs from laser ultrasonic measurements connected via 5G. High-performance computing enables fast, reliable evaluation directly in the testing process.

01.11.2025 | QMIRACT

The project focuses on leveraging novel photonic quantum sensing techniques to develop a unique instrument featuring a monolithic pump-enhanced source of entangled photons for advanced materials research, quality control and assurance, and zero-waste production in high-tech industries with strong market demand and growth potential.

01.10.2025 | USBIRT3

Active thermography uses the illumination of a workpiece, e.g. with a flash lamp or a laser pulse, to detect defects below the surface. An infrared camera is used to measure the temperature development on the surface after illumination without contact. From the measured temperature development, the position, size or shape of the defects are reconstructed.

01.10.2025 | HAIQUAM

HAIQUAM is aimed to develop the next generation quantum-based Optical Coherence Tomography with undetected photons (QOCT) in the mid-infrared range that features an ultrabroadband quantum light sources, a compact and robust interferometer architecture, and physics informed AI

01.06.2025 | ImpreDry

The ImpreDry project aims to revolutionize the energy-intensive impregnation process for specialty papers, particularly phenolic resin-impregnated kraft papers, utilized in sectors such as construction, furniture, and electronics.

ImpreDry targets a 66% reduction in natural gas consumption and corresponding CO₂ emissions (up to 17,600 tons annually) by replacing conventional gas-fired dryers with optimized, digitally-controlled systems.

01.02.2025 | IQMet

The aim of the IQMet project is to develop an in-line-capable measurement method for the non-destructive determination of the surface hardness depth.

The main focus is on AI-based evaluation algorithms to extend the information content of the measurement data beyond classical signal processing. With the help of industrial image analysis and segmentation, advanced methods for machine learning and data analysis are used, which are applied in industrial practice.

24.06.2024 | GREEN Photonics

The purpose of the GREEN Photonics Lighthouse project is to improve laser-based surface structuring of large areas, while at the same time optimizing the consumption of energy, materials and other resources.

RECENDT, like AIT, is contributing to this project as a partner for the development of advanced optical imaging and mathematical, as well as machine learning-based reconstruction methods.

04.06.2024 | A4M

The FFG-funded lighthouse project, “Additive for Mobility” (A4M) aims at revolutionising the mobility sector through innovative additive manufacturing technologies.

The aim of the project A4M is to develop a flexible and resilient manufacturing system consisting of novel additive technologies of 3D sand printing (used for complex castings) and wire-based additive manufacturing (e.g. Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, WAAM).

01.06.2024 | MILADO

The MILADO project aims to revolutionize mid-infrared (MIR) laser technology by developing cost-effective, high-volume manufacturing processes for Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs). These lasers are essential for various spectroscopic applications due to their compactness, high power spectral density, and broad spectral coverage up to 12 µm.

01.04.2024 | H2Lytics

The H2lytics project contributes to low-carbon hydrogen production for the steel industry. Together with voestalpine Stahl and K1-Met, innovative approaches to flexible hydrogen production are being developed.
By integrating sensor technology based on optical spectroscopy into an electrolysis system, the hydrogen quality can be precisely monitored, thus achieving and flexibility of production.

01.01.2024 | ProMetHeus

The goal of ProMetHeus is to achieve a holistic integration of digital tools, such as automatic image processing and hybrid modeling, to solve metallurgical challenges. The focus is on increasing the efficiency, sustainability and robustness of processes in the metal and plastics processing industry.

01.07.2023 | HyperMAT

In the "HyperMAT" project, advanced procedures for the spectral characterization are developed in order to obtain information - using ultrasound excited by infrared light - about the chemical composition (= concentration of molecules) or about the element distribution in a sample through its interactions with X-rays.

01.01.2023 | QUICK

The research question in this project is: How can information of higher quality about products, workpieces, materials, or production processes be obtained non-destructively by quantum sensor technology and how can this information be transported and further processed?

01.01.2017 | K-Zentrum FFoQSI

In the K-Center "Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation" scientific and strategic innovations are developed to make food and food production better, safer and more sustainable.

Finished

01.03.2023 | HYBRASOLUS

Innovative production methods and demanding products, such as aircraft components made of composite materials, high-pressure hydrogen tanks, and wafer bonding in the semiconductor industry, require increasingly sophisticated testing methods.

These are essential to guarantee high quality standards consistently while conserving resources in production and to quickly detect and evaluate defects in the life cycle.

01.03.2023 | STAHLUS

By using laser ultrasound in a thermal simulator, changes in microstructure during thermal cycling are accessible by measuring the acoustic quantities through mathematical models, providing important process information.

01.02.2023 | SINOPES

The aim of the SINOPES project is to build a network of research institutions, industrial clusters and companies. In this network, all participants should learn from each other. A jointly built knowledge base about the potentially applicable solutions and the external partners potentially available for support will enable further individual use of sensor technology and process monitoring.

01.01.2023 | COPARS

In this project, characteristic properties of photoacoustic imaging such as the "sparsity" of the photoacoustic signals are to be exploited, because the measured ultrasound signal is zero everywhere except where absorbing structures were excited in the light focus.

01.12.2022 | RaRe2

The goal of the RaRe2 project is to create a flexible and resilient holistic ecosystem platform enabled by interaction between many European organizations.

It involves collaboration in the rapid reconfiguration of process chains through collaborative systems and adaptive workforce training.

01.11.2022 | iFLOWS

The aim of the iFLOWS project will be to design, develop, integrate, test and validate a novel, multi-level, synergistic toolkit to improve the information gathering, screening and detection of illicit materials and hazardous substances in courier and mail flows moving across and within EU borders.

01.09.2022 | GENEX

The main goal of GENEX is to develop a novel end-to-end digital-twin-driven framework, providing a holistic approach covering the whole value chain of composite parts.

01.08.2022 | HISTRATE

The HISTRATE project aims to form the scientific and technological basis for establishing and implementing of a robust framework for the certification of advanced composite structures subject to high strain rate loading.

01.06.2022 | AMBIANCE

AMBIANCE aims at developing novel bio-based products for urban outdoor applications through innovative characterization, digital technologies, and circular approach.

01.06.2022 | ENVIROMED

ENVIROMED aims to reduce the environmental footprint of pharmaceuticals throughout their lifecycle (from design and fabrication to their use and disposal), without hindering the benefits derived for modern societies.

01.04.2022 | DATA - Digital assistant for drying plants

DATA is developing methods and tools to implement a digital twin for the intelligent production of high-quality laminated panels at a phenolic resin impregnation plant in the woodworking industry. In this way, DATA will improve the energy efficiency of the production processes and thereby help to achieve a 20% reduction in fossil CO2 emissions by 2028.

01.01.2022 | microONE

microONE is a COMET module of CBmed that deals with the health effects of micro- and nanoplastic particles on human health.

01.01.2022 | HIQUAMP

Conduct research in the areas of infrared process measurement technology, laser ultrasound and photoacoustics, optical coherence tomography, and terahertz technology for nondestructive characterization and inline process and quality control.

01.11.2021 | RIFIDAS – Rapid In-Field IDentification of Addictive Substances

The aim of the project is to develop a handheld measuring system for the rapid pre-classification of THC and CBD cannabis by law enforcement officers in the course of official acts.

01.10.2021 | LAUDENT

The aim of the LAUDENT project is to develop a non-destructive laser-ultrasonic test system for the detection of impact and lightning damage, delamination and cracks inside modern CFRP structures, which can be deployed flexibly and quickly in the service area of an airport thanks to its drone-based autonomous flight capability.

01.10.2021 | SMASH2

The research project SMASH2 focuses on the investigation of measurement methods for the real-time determination of the H2 concentration at neuralgic points in fuel cell systems.

01.05.2021 | KombiPhoton

The central objective of KombiPhoton is the research and development of a fast, non-contact, and non-destructive inspection system for high integrity, complex-shaped lightweight aerospace components. In this context, the combination of laser ultrasound and thermography will provide essential insights for the identification of "indications" through a new data fusion approach.

01.04.2021 | EDDY - Enhanced Drying

EDDY is a project in the scope of the initiative „Vorzeigeregion Energie“ of the Austrian Klima- und Energiefonds.
It is a project embedded in the NEFI innovation network „New Energy for Industry“. The target is, to improve the energy efficiency of industrial drying processes.

01.04.2021 | ReWaste F

Das COMET-Project ReWaste F aims to tackle the global challenge of sorting plastics and other mixed non-hazardous waste, which requires innovative and sustainable long-term solutions.

01.03.2021 | We3D

The COMET project We3D strives improve the wire-based additive manufacturing (WAM) process by the development of innovative wire materials, process-, sensor-, control-technologies, software tools and new applications. (Picture: Source Rod19)

01.03.2021 | PHOENIX

PHOENIX aims to enable the seamless, timely and cost-friendly transfer of nano-pharmaceuticals from lab bench to clinical trials by providing necessary advanced, affordable and easily accessible services through the Phoenix-OITB (open-innovation test-bed), that will be established as a novel legal entity in 2022.

01.01.2021 | RESINET

The project RESINET addresses the main topic of resilience of energy grids, taking into account the transformation of the framework conditions from centralized, unidirectional systems to grids with a significantly higher share of renewable, fluctuating energy feeders ("prosumers"), increasing storage capacities in the grid interconnection and controllable loads.

01.01.2021 | BIOCYCLE-UA

BIOCYCLE-UA is a cooperation project of three Upper Austrian non-university-based research institutions in Linz: the Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, the Competence Center CHASE GmbH and the RECENDT GmbH - with the objective to build R&D capacity on the topic of circular economy.

01.01.2021 | ZDM-OmniScan

The research in ZDM_OmniScan aims at non-destructive measurement methods, which later in production processes enable a manufacturing of components and products as free of defects as possible.

01.01.2021 | DISCUSS

In the project DISCUSS the current problems of simultaneous measurements of the thickness of a structure and its sound velocities using ultrasound shall be solved. A solution of this problem for plate-like structures which guide elastic waves will be proposed.

01.08.2020 | HISAMP

In this project, research is therefore being conducted on a new laser-ultrasound system for a Gleeble testing machine, in which the measuring frequency is significantly increased and new evaluation algorithms are implemented. The necessary scripts are to be programmed in such a way, that the sequence of data analysis via the derivation of the parameter sets necessary for the microstructure simulation up to the implementation in the FE-code becomes possible in a minimum of time. The significant reduction in the development time of new parameter sets should then also enable industries with less research affinity to carry out simulation-supported process optimisation with microstructure modelling.

07.04.2020 | ATTIC

The ATTIC (Automated TeraherTz Imaging of Composites and tooling profiling) project aims at developing a fully automated drilling, monitoring and inspection solution for glass fibre composites.

01.04.2020 | DIQACAM

The DIQACAM project aims at improving the quality of Additive Manufacturing high-performance ceramics, thereby guaranteeing the highest quality standards, by developing an at- and inline process monitoring system.

01.01.2020 | SureTherm

In this project, heat is used to look beneath the surface. A strong light source such as a laser, for example, is deflected very strongly in various directions in human tissue, i.e. scattered, and therefore one cannot see directly into the body. However, the scattered light can penetrate several centimetres under the skin and heat light-absorbing structures such as blood vessels there.

01.10.2019 | CHASE

In the K-Center "Chemical Systems Engineering" (CHASE) a new knowledge platform for energy-, resource- and cost-intensive processes in the process industry is developed.

01.10.2019 | MIRPAM

The aim of this project is to develop an affordable multimodal microscope which allows to measure structural and functional data of tissues. Therefore, photoacoustic imaging will be combined with infrared spectroscopic imaging.

25.09.2019 | LUS4Metals Workshop

The "4^th International Workshop on Laser-Ultrasonics for metals" (LUS4Metals) was held at RECENDT, the Research Center for Non-Destructive Testing in Linz (Austria), from September 25^th to 26^th, 2019.

01.10.2018 | OnRoadCO2

The OnRoadCO₂ project aims to determine CO₂ emissions in traffic. Novel measuring technologies based on infrared spectroscopy shall make a localized real-time measurement of CO₂ emissions possible.

01.10.2018 | SPUSI

The aim of this research project is the development of innovative, as realistic as possible, patient phantoms for medical device development and optimization as well as training and further education in the field of ultrasound diagnostics and ultrasound guided intervention.

01.09.2018 | PSSP

The aim of the K project PSSP is to generate process knowledge with photonic methods which did not exist in this way before. The efficiency of production processes shall be significantly improved with these methods.

01.09.2018 | FLOIM

FLOIM will develop an automated process for optical assembly of optoelectronic devices, based on optical quality injection overmoulding. Freeform and microstructured optical surfaces are generated directly on the components through thermoplastic microreplication, using microstructured inserts.

01.02.2018 | AutoQual-I

In the project AutoQual-I methods which enormously increase the flexibility of NDT-techniques for quality assurence, are researched and developed. With Artificial Intelligence the automatic interpretation of measurement data and the transferability on different products shall be optimized. (picture ©MIBA)

01.11.2017 | AuRea NDT

In the project "Augmented Reality meets NDT" a novel way – intuitive and easy to understand – to see, to comprehend and to utilize multimodal NDT measurement-data projected on real components is investigated.

01.06.2017 | ACCURATe

The aim of the EU-project ACCURATe is to develop a prototype system based on Laser-Ultrasonic Testing technology to be used for non-destructive inspection of large hybrid composite structures in Aircraft industry.

01.10.2016 | NDTonAIR

The objective of the NDTonAIR project is to provide the recruited researcher with an extensive and varied training on consolidated and innovative non-destructive techniques for Aircraft inspection.

08.07.2016 | LU2016 Symposium

In July 2016 the 5^th "International Symposium on Laser-Ultrasonics and Advanced Sensing" took place in Linz. The symposium was organized by RECENDT.

01.09.2015 | join'EM

The aim of the EU project joinEM is to further develop and optimize the joining of aluminum and copper by electromagnetic fields.

01.09.2015 | MiCi (EFRE IWB2020)

Multimodal non-destructive testing methods are essential for the characterization of materials during the process and for the in-situ monitoring of the process.

01.06.2015 | SuRePAM

The aim of the project SuRePAM is to introduce depletion techniques, such as STED, to photoacoustic microscopy. Thereby, the lateral and axial resolution in photoacoustic microscopy will be brought into the sub-diffraction-region.

01.04.2015 | PALMMA

In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Radiologen Dr. Haudum aus Linz wird an der Weiterentwicklung von photoakustischer Makroskopie für die Mammographie geforscht.

01.01.2015 | COMBILASER

The EU project COMBILASER deals with the combination of laser material processing with non-destructive quality control and process monitoring through a self-learning system.

01.09.2014 | K-Projekt imPACts

In the K project "Industrial Methods for Process Analytical Chemistry - From Measurement Technologies to Information Systems" process-analytical measurement techniques are realized.

01.09.2014 | K-Projekt ZPT+

In the K-project ZPT+ central non-destructive testing methods (ZfP) - industrial computed tomography (CT) and laser ultrasound (LUS) - are further developed for the inspection and characterization of composites and hybrid components.

01.11.2013 | ZeGroVe

The project ZeGroVe deals with non-contact excitation and detection of a Lamb wave in a particular point of the dispersion relation. The zero group velocity (ZGV) point of the first order symmetrical mode Lamb wave shall be utilized to characterize isotropic plates.

02.09.2013 | FaBiMed

The aim of the EU project FaBiMed (Fabrication and Functionalization of BioMedical Microdevices) is to improve and develop new micro-injection molding processes for biomedical microcomponents.

01.04.2013 | MORPAI

The project MORPAI deals with a combination of remote photoacoustic imaging and optical coherence tomography, allowing remote imaging in both modalities.

01.03.2013 | ITIS

In the project ITIS a novel measurement method for continuous measurements of the temporal position and amplitude of a terahertz (THz) pulse is developed.

13.02.2013 | OCT4NDT Symposium

The first international Symposium "Optical Coherence Tomography for Non-Destructive Testing" (OCT4NDT), which was organized by RECENDT, took place on 13^th and 14^th of February 2013.

01.10.2011 | InSolTec

The aim of the project InSolTec is the development of a portfolio of non-destructive measurement and testing methods for quality control of materials and products in solar technology.

01.07.2010 | PLUM2

The aim of the project PLUM2 was to design an imaging method for simultaneous ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging, using an array detector consisting of concentric rings, and to prove the applicability of this device for large depth of field imaging.

01.05.2009 | InsideFood

The EU project InsideFood (Integrated sensing and imaging devices for designing, monitoring and controlling microstructures of foods) aims to measure the microstructures of different types of food.

01.10.2008 | RS-IND-OCT

Within the framework of this research studio we work on a further development of optical coherence tomography for a use in industrial environments.

01.07.2008 | THz-Imaging System for Industrial Material Investigations

The goal of the FWF-Translational project “THz-Imaging System for Industrial Material Investigations” was the development of a specific THz-imaging system for material investigations.

01.01.2008 | AMATID

The goal of the AMATID project is the development and application of advanced techniques for material identification in the field of security screening and industrial non-destructive testing.