ALMOSYS


Alpine Monitoring Systems - Andreas Schimmel


About ALMOSYS

 

ALMOSYS was founded in 2019 by Andreas Schimmel with a focus on research in the field of automatic detection of alpine mass movements, monitoring of natural hazards, and seismic and infrasound signal analyses. The main product of this company is the automatic detection system MAMODIS, which has been developed in cooperation with the Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. The system is based on one seimsic and one infrasound sensor and can detect mass movements like debris flows, debris floods or avalanches, in real time directly at the sensor site. 

About Andreas Schimmel:

2007, Diploma degree in Electrical Engineering at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Field of study: Power Engineering

2018, PhD (natural hazard risk management / natural hazard analysis) at the Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna.

2007 to 2011:  Research Assistant at the Automation and Control Institute (ACIN), Vienna University of Technology

2011 to 2012:  Research Assistant at the Institute of Silviculture, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna

2012 to 2019:  Research Assistant at the Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering (IAN), University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna.

2019 to 2020: Research Assistant  at the River Basin Group (RBG), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (UNIBZ)