Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Manuel Ferdik

2021 - present
Senior Lecturer - Management Center Innsbruck

2019 - 2020
Senior Production System Manager - Swarovski

2018 - 2021
Lecturer - University of Applied Science Kufstein Tirol

2014 - 2019
University Assistant - University of Innsbruck

2015 - 2019
Engineering Sciences - Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck (Dr. techn.)

2012 - 2015
Industrial Engineering - Management Center Innsbruck (M.Sc.)

2012 - 2014
Mechatronics - Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck and UMIT Hall i. T. (Dipl.-Ing.)

2009 - 2012
Mechatronics - Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck and UMIT Hall i. T. (B.Sc.)

Lean Production Green Belt - Danube University Krems

Digital technology and semiconductor circuit design, Components and basic circuits - University of Innsbruck

Simulation, Sensor technology - University of Applied Science Kufstein Tirol

University course Internet of Things - Lecture: Radio standards - University of Innsbruck

Electrical Engineering, Integrative Project - Management Center Innsbruck

2019
Austrian Economic Chambers
Science Award 2019

• Ferdik, Manuel; Saxl, Georg; Jesacher, Erwin; Ußmüller, Thomas (2019): Remote Control System for Battery-Assisted Devices with 16 nW Standby Consumption. In: Sensors 19/4, No. 975. doi: 10.3390/s19040975
• Fischer, Moritz; Ferdik, Manuel; Rack, Lars-Oliver; Saxl, Georg; Renzler, Michael; Ußmüller, Thomas (2019): An Experimental Study on the Feasibility of a Frequency Diverse UHF RFID System. In: IEEE Access 7/1, S. 132311 - 132323. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2939613
• Mair, Dominik; Ferdik, Manuel; Happ, Christof; Renzler, Michael; Ußmüller, Thomas (2019): Numerical Optimization of a Fully Cross-Coupled Rectifier Circuit for Wireless Passive Ultra Low Power Sensor Nodes. In: Sensors 19/20, S. 4527 - 4541. doi: 10.3390/s19204527
• Saxl, Georg; Ferdik, Manuel; Fischer, Moritz; Maderböck, Martin; Ußmüller, Thomas (2019): UHF RFID Prototyping Platform for ISO 29167 Decryption Based on an SDR. In: Sensors 19/10, No. 2220. doi: 10.3390/s19102220
• Ferdik, Manuel; Saxl, Georg; Gunjic, Djordje; Ußmüller, Thomas (2018): Spectral Efficiency Increase for Passive Backscatter Communication Based on Discrete Pulse Shaping. In: IEEE Access 6, S. 50875 - 50881. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2869304

• Ferdik, Manuel; Hesche, Markus Samuel; Rack, Lars-Oliver; Saxl, Georg; Ußmüller, Thomas (2018): NI PXIe based UHF RFID Reader. In: Proceedings of the 2018 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC 2018). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)., ISBN 978-1-5386-3740-1, S. 303 - 306. doi: 10.23919/GEMIC.2018.8335090
• Ferdik, Manuel; Hesche, Markus Samuel; Rack, Lars-Oliver; Saxl, Georg; Ußmüller, Thomas (2018): UHF RFID Lesegerät basierend auf NI PXIe Plattform. In: VDE/VDI-Gesellschaft Mikroelektronik Mikro- und Feinwerktechnik (GMM) (Hrsg.): GMM-Fb. 91: ANALOG 2018, Meet your CAD guy / Meet your Designer. Beiträge der 16. GMM/ITG-Fachtagung. 13. - 14.09.2018 in Müchen/Neubiberg. Berlin - Offenbach: VDE-Verlag., ISBN 978-3-8007-4754-2, S. 72 - 74.
• Ferdik, Manuel; Saxl, Georg; Ußmüller, Thomas (2018): Battery-less UHF RFID Controlled Transistor Switch for Internet of Things Applications - A Feasibility Study. In: Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)., ISBN 978-1-538-61287-3, S. 96 - 98.
• Saxl, Georg; Ferdik, Manuel; Ußmüller, Thomas (2018): Ringoszillator-basierender ultra-low-power Zufallszahlengenerator für passive UHF RFID Transponder. In: VDE/VDI-Gesellschaft Mikroelektronik Mikro- und Feinwerktechnik (GMM) (Hrsg.): GMM-Fb. 91: ANALOG 2018, Meet your CAD guy / Meet your Designer. Beiträge der 16. GMM/ITG-Fachtagung. 13. - 14.09.2018 in Müchen/Neubiberg. Berlin - Offenbach: VDE-Verlag., ISBN 978-3-8007-4754-2, S. 192 - 195.
• Saxl, Georg; Ferdik, Manuel; Ußmüller, Thomas (2018): Ultra-Low-Power Ring Oscillator based True Random Number Generator for Passive UHF RFID Tags. In: Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)., ISBN 978-1-538-61287-3, S. 99 - 102. doi: 10.1109/WISNET.2018.8311575
• Saxl, Georg; Hechenblaickner, Manuel; Ferdik, Manuel; Ußmüller, Thomas (2018): 55 nm Ultra-Low-Power Local Oscillator for EPCglobal Gen2v2 Standardized Passive UHF RFID Tags. In: 2018 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)., ISBN 978-1-538-65068-4, S. 942 - 945. doi: 10.1109/MWSYM.2018.8439478