T5 - Extreme Sensors
T5 develops sensing technologies for extreme environments and challenging measurement regimes where conventional approaches break down. The thrust targets sensors and materials that enable new modalities and higher resilience, and it defines the constraints that drive front-end and node co-design across the program.
AUREIS Thrust 5 extends intelligent sensing into extreme environments and higher-energy regimes, where sensor survivability, thermal management, and radiation tolerance are limiting. We develop and benchmark sensor materials and device architectures that expand sensitivity to higher energies and improve resilience, reducing operational overhead and enabling deployment in harsh conditions such as fusion/fission environments and other high-radiation/high-temperature settings.
- WBG/UWBG sensor concepts (e.g., GaN/SiC/diamond-class approaches where appropriate) for higher-energy detection and radiation tolerance
- Thermal and survivability co-design (materials + integration approaches that reduce reliance on cooling)
- High-speed sensor operation and benchmarking relevant to ultrafast regimes
- Characterization under harsh conditions using targeted experiments to quantify limits and inform predictive design
- Constraint definition for the system stack (signal characteristics, speed, noise, dynamic range, survivability) feeding into T3–4 and T1–2
Interfaces: T5 provides sensor operating envelopes and constraints that drive front-end and node design (T3–4) and define realistic data characteristics for workflow development (T1–2).
Outputs: sensor operating envelopes, benchmarking results, and released talks/papers linked via Workshops & Publications.
