Smartmicro GmbH celebrated its 12th anniversary in November 2009 - it has been working with industrial and automotive customers since its founding in 1997. We do not only develop commercial radar products, but have always been doing related scientific research work. A number of important patents and patent applications have been achieved.

Company
The company was founded in November 1997 by Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hermann Rohling and Dr.-Ing. Ralph Mende as a spin-off of the Institute for Communications Engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig.

Prof. Hermann Rohling is today Vice President of the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) and head of the Communications Department at this University, while Dr. Ralph Mende is the Managing Director of smart microwave sensors GmbH.

Facts
55 employees, most of them scientists, Ph.D. graded or highly specialized engineers form the outstanding staff of smart microwave sensors company. We work in over 850m² offices and labs at the Panther Business Center Braunschweig, and another 200m² test field and production labs. The company is steadily growing year by year at a high double-digit growth rate.

Awards

• Ehrenurkunde der IHK Braunschweig 2007  
  The Braunschweig Chamber Of Commerce payed homage to smartmicro GmbH during the official celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the company.
• Auto der Vernunft 2006
  The German newspaper "Guter Rat" awarded the Audi corporation this special distinction for its innovative driver assistance system "Audi Side Assist". This Lane Change Assist system was developed by smartmicro GmbH in association with Hella KG.
• 2. Kooperationspreis des Landes Niedersachsen 2001
  The state of Niedersachsen awarded smartmicro GmbH this prize at the Hanover Trade Fair 2001 in April for the very successful co-operation with the Technical University of Braunschweig.
• Wolfgang-Martini-Preis 2000
  The German Insitute of Navigation (DGON) awarded Dr. Ralph Mende the Wolfgang-Martini-Prize at the International Radar Symposium October 2000 in Berlin for his work in automotive radar.

Partners
We co-operate with selected partners in Germany and in the U.S. in the development of high performance antennae, MMICs and RF modules.

Furthermore, close co-operations exist with the Technical Universities of Braunschweig and Hamburg-Harburg, Germany, as well as with private and federal research institutes in the Braunschweig region and all over Germany.