Prof. Dr. Juan-Mario Gruber

Personal profile

Management role

Head of Research/Focus Area, Energy Self-Sufficient Systems

Position at the ZHAW

Head of Research Area Autarke Systeme
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Microcontroller

www.zhaw.ch/en/engineering/institutes-centres/ines/energy-self-sufficient-systems/

Expertise and research interests

microcontroller; embedded systems; energy harvesting; wireless; self-sufficient systems; intelligent control algorithms; production monitoring; injection moulding (thermoplastics)

Educational background

PhD at RWTH Aachen University
Studies of electronics at RWTH Aachen University
Certified projekt manager IPMA (International Project Management Association) level C

Professional milestones

Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW (from 2013)
- Head of research area Energy Self-Sufficient Systems, InES Institut of Embedded Systems
- Senior Lecturer

Kistler Instrumente AG (2006-2013)
- Head of strategic business field Production Monitoring
- Head of development and deputy head of business unit Plastics
- Head of development for measurement systems and product manager at business unit Plastics

RWTH-Aachen University (2001-2005)
- Scientific associate, Institute for Plastics processing (IKV)
- Head of research group Process Control and Quality Assurance

Membership of networks

• IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
• Electrosuisse
• swissT.net
• asut
• INSTICC

Projects

• Selbstlernender Algorithmus zur automatischen Balancierung des Füllverhaltens und zur Viskositätsregelung bei Mehrkavitätenwerkzeugen / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Smart-Music-Stand / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Voraussage Berührungen / Project leader / Project completed
• Energy autarkic monitoring system for industrial Pumps / Project leader / Project completed
• Energy Autarkic Revolution Counter (EARC) / Project leader / Project completed
• Data Driven Medical muscle Training / Team member / Project completed
• Neuartiger Sensor zur Zustandsüberwachung dampfbetriebener Industrieanlagen / Project leader / Project completed
• Gargutregelung / Project leader / Project completed
• Smart Door / Project leader / Project completed
• Floating Cooking Sensor / Project leader / Project completed
• Smart Radiator / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Näger, Robert; Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2022.

  Energy self-sufficient body sensor integrated in a shirt [paper].

  In:

  Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference (ADD-ITC), Aachen, Germany, 1-2 December 2022.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; von Rüti, Mischa; Haldenstein, Roman,

  2022.

  Energy harvesting powered digital twin [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress 2022.

  Wireless Congress 2022 : Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 16-17 November 2022.

  München:

  WEKA.

• Mathis, Simon; Gruber, Juan-Mario; Ebi, Christian; Bloem, Simon; Rieckermann, Jörg; Blumensaat, Frank,

  2022.

  Energy self-sufficient systems for monitoring sewer networks [paper].

  In:

  ITG-Fb. 303: Sensoren und Messsysteme.

  21. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung Sensoren und Messsysteme 2022, Nürnberg, Deutschland, 10.-11. Mai 2022.

  Berlin:

  VDE.

• Antille, Yasmine; Gubler, Etienne; Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2021.

  Ground speed measuring system for autonomous vehicles [paper].

  In:

  Gusikhin, Oleg; Nijmeijer, Henk; Madani, Kurosh, eds.,

  Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics.

  18th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), online, 6-8 July 2021.

  SciTePress.

  pp. 661-668.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5220/0010543106610668

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Mathis, Simon,

  2020.

  Smart radiator based on energy harvesting [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the Wireless Congress 2020 : Systems & Applications.

  Wireless Congress 2020 : Systems & Applications, virtual, 10-12 November 2020.

  München:

  WEKA.

• Evren, Ibrahim; Eckhardt, Darius; Mühlemann, Daniel; Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2020.

  Force monitor for training manual skills in the training of chiropractors [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1 : BIODEVICES.

  BIODEVICES 2020 : 13th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Valletta, Malta, 24-26 February 2020.

  Scitepress.

  pp. 81-85.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5220/0008902100810085

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Toma, Patrick,

  2019.

  Access control powered by energy harvesting from door handle [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the Wireless Congress 2019: Systems & Applications.

  Wireless Congress, Munich, 22-23 October 2019.

  München:

  WEKA.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Toma, Patrick,

  2019.

  Zutrittskontrolle mit Energy Harvesting aus der Türklinkenbewegung [paper].

  In:

  20. GMA/ITG-Fachtagung Sensoren und Messsysteme 2019.

  20. GMA/ITG-Fachtagung Sensoren und Messsysteme 2019, Nürnberg, 25. - 26. Juni 2019.

  AMA.

  pp. 166-169.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5162/sensoren2019/2.3.2

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Stahel, Andreas,

  2019.

  Load monitoring for orthoses with energy harvesting powered sensor [paper].

  In:

  Roque, Ana Cecilia; Fred, Ana; Gamboa, Hugo, eds.,

  Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies.

  12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Prague, Czech Republic, 22-24 February, 2019.

  SciTePress.

  pp. 134-139.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5220/0007253901340139

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Stahel, Andreas,

  2018.

  Energy harvesting shoes [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the Wireless Congress 2018.

  Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 14-15 November 2018.

  München:

  WEKA.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Brossi, Benjamin,

  2018.

  Position tracking for outdoor sport events with GNSS and LoRa [paper].

  In:

  European Test and Telemetry Conference - ettc2018.

  European Test and Telemetry Conference (ettc2018), Nürnberg, Deutschland, 26-28 Juni 2018.

  Association for Sensors and Measurement.

  pp. 97-100.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5162/ettc2018/5.1

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Brossi, Benjamin,

  2018.

  Real-time position tracking and finish detection with LoRa [paper].

  In:

  Embedded World Exhibition & Conference : Nuremberg, Germany, February 27-March 1, 2018.

  Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 27 February - 1 March 2018.

  Haar:

  WEKA.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Stahel, Andreas,

  2018.

  Self-powered sensor with energy harvesting from human walking [paper].

  In:

  ITG-Fb.281: Sensoren und Messsysteme.

  19. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung Sensoren und Messsysteme 2018, Nürnberg, 26.-27. Juni 2018.

  Berlin:

  VDE.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Toma, Patrick,

  2017.

  Condition monitoring with energy harvesting from vibrations [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the Wireless Congress 2017: Systems & Applications.

  Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 15-16 November 2017.

  München:

  WEKA.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Mathis, Simon,

  2017.

  Efficient boost converter for thermoelectric energy harvesting [paper].

  In:

  18th International Conference on Sensors and Measurement Technology (SENSOR 2017).

  18th International Conference on Sensors and Measurement Technology (SENSOR 2017), Nuremberg, Germany, 30 May - 1 June 2017.

  AMA Science.

  pp. 583-586.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Fabbroni, Tiziano,

  2016.

  Feedback mechanisms for bluetooth smart [paper].

  In:

  Embedded World 2016 Proceedings.

  Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 23-25 February 2016.

  Nürnberg:

  WEKA.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Mathis, Simon,

  2016.

  Harvesting energy from small temperature differences [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress 2016 Proceedings.

  13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016.

  WEKA Fachmedien.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Truninger, Dominique,

  2016.

  Increased efficiency in a vibration based energy harvesting system by using a SSHI circuit [paper].

  In:

  Embedded World 2016 Proceedings.

  Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 23-25 February 2016.

  Nürnberg:

  WEKA.

• Gisin, Lukas; Doran, Hans; Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2016.

  roboBAN : a wireless body area network for autonomous robots [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO.

  13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2016), Lisbon, 29-31 July 2016.

  pp. 49-60.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5220/0005968700490060

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Mathis, Simon,

  2016.

  Vibration energy harvesting sensor node with Bluetooth smart communication [paper].

  In:

  Embedded World 2016 Proceedings.

  Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 23-25 February 2016.

  Nürnberg:

  WEKA.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2015.

  Autarkic monitoring with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings SENSOR 2015.

  AMA Sensor 2015 - 17th International Conference on Sensors and Measurement Technology, Nürnberg, Deutschland, 19.-21. Mai 2015.

  AMA Science.

  pp. 626-630.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5162/sensor2015/D7.2

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Fabbroni, Tiziano,

  2015.

  Bluetooth Low Energy feedback while advertising [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress 2015 Proceedings.

  12. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 17-18 November 2015.

  WEKA Fachmedien.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Truninger, Dominique,

  2015.

  Design and experimental analysis of a piezoelectric energy harvesting system using synchronized switch harvesting on inductor (SSHI) [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress 2015 Proceedings.

  12. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 17-18 November 2015.

  WEKA Fachmedien.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Mathis, Simon,

  2015.

  Operating actuators powered by thermal energy harvesting in wireless home automation [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress 2015 Proceedings.

  12. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 17-18 November 2015.

  WEKA Fachmedien.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Fabbroni, Tiziano; Truninger, Dominique,

  2015.

  Verbindungslose bidirektionale Kommunikation auf Basis von BLE Advertising für Beacons mit Lifetime Battery [paper].

  In:

  IoT Konferenz 2015, Internet of Things - vom Sensor bis zur Cloud, München, 22. Oktober 2015.

  WEKA Fachmedien.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2014.

  Autarkic system for condition monitoring of industrial drives [paper].

  In:

  European ZigBee Developers Conference 2014, Munich, Germany, 12-13 November 2014.

  WEKA Fachmedien.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Mathis, Simon,

  2017.

  Aufwärtswandler für Thermogeneratoren : kleine Temperaturdifferenzen optimal nutzen.

  Elektronik - Fachmedium für industrielle Anwender und Entwickler.

  2017(19), pp. 34-38.

• Gisin, Lukas; Eberli, Stefan; Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2017.

  Autarke, drahtlose Sensornetzwerke für Güterzüge : kostenintensive Entgleisungen effektiv vermeiden.

  Polyscope.

  2017(6), pp. 21-23.

  Available from: http://www.polyscope.ch/archiv/2017/6/kostenintensive-entgleisungen-effektiv-vermeiden_63618/

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2016.

  Autarke Sensoren für Monitoring-Anwendungen.

  fmpro service.

  2016(2), pp. 22-24.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2016.

  Energy Harvesting für Embedded Systeme.

  Im Fokus.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Truninger, Dominique; Fabbroni, Tiziano,

  2015.

  BLE Advertising mit Feedback : Fokus liegt auf Ultra-Low-Power-Anwendungen mit reduzierten Datenraten.

  Polyscope.

  2015(11), pp. 21-23.

  Available from: http://www.polyscope.ch/archiv/2015/11/ble-advertising-mit-feedback_49079/

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Mathis, Simon,

  2015.

  Energieautarker Betrieb von Mikroelektronik und Embedded Systemen : geringerer Wartungsaufwand - höhere Betriebssicherheit.

  Polyscope.

  2015(5), pp. 26-28.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5187

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Truninger, Dominique,

  2015.

  Piezoelektrischer Energy Harvester : Induktivität steigert Ertrag.

  Wireless: Fachmedium für Entwicklungen funkbasierter Systeme.

  2015(11), pp. 38-41.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Mathis, Simon,

  2015.

  Thermal Energy Harvesting für autarke Antriebe.

  Polyscope.

  2015(18), pp. 24-26.

  Available from: http://www.polyscope.ch/archiv/2015/18/die-bedeutung-nimmt-spa-1-4-rbar-zu_52146/

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2014.

  Energie liegt in der Luft : eine Übersicht über verschiedene Embedded-Wireless-Technologien.

  Polyscope.

  2014(5), pp. 24-25.

  Available from: http://www.polyscope.ch/archiv/2014/5/energie-liegt-in-der-luft/

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2022.

  Energy harvesting.

  In:

  ERFA Elektroniker 2022: Ideen für Unterricht und Projektarbeiten (BCH-MEM), Winterthur, Schweiz, 22.-23. September 2022.

• Näger, Robert; Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2022.

  Smart body wear powered by energy harvesting.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference (ECC), Winterthur, 31. May 2022.

• von Rüti, Mischa; Haldenstein, Roman; Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2021.

  Energieautarkes elektronisches Werkzeugbuch mit Energy Harvesting.

  In:

  14. Embedded Computing Conference, Winterthur (online), 1. Juni 2021.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Stahel, Andreas,

  2019.

  Intelligent shoes powered by energy harvesting.

  In:

  Wearable Europe 2019, Berlin, Germany, 10-11 April 2019.

  Available from: https://www.idtechex.com/wearable-europe/show/en/speakers/13150/intelligent-shoes-powered-by-energy-harvesting

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Rieben, Daniel,

  2018.

  Energieautarke Lüftungssteuerung.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference (ECC2018), Winterthur, 5. Juni 2018.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Brossi, Benjamin,

  2018.

  Positionstracking für Sport Events mit GNSS und LoRa.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference (ECC2018), Winterthur, 5. Juni 2018.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2018.

  Energy harvesting powered sensors : potential and challenges.

  In:

  Expert Group Meeting - Predictive Maintenance, Winterthur, 22. März 2018.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2017.

  Energieautarke Messung von Auftrittskraft und Kraftverteilung am Fuss.

  In:

  G.A.M.M.A. Workshop 2017 - Institut für Physiotherapie der ZHAW, Winterthur, 24. November 2017.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2017.

  Wireless monitoring of manufacturing equipment powered by energy harvesting.

  In:

  RFID & Wireless IoT tomorrow 2017, Düsseldorf, Deutschland, 27.-28. September 2017.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2017.

  Intelligenter Schuh als energieautarkes Wearable.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference (ECC2017), Winterthur, 5. September 2017.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario,

  2016.

  Holistic system design approach for energy harvesting systems in real-world applications.

  In:

  Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe (IDTechEx), Berlin, Germany, 27-28 April 2016.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Mathis, Simon,

  2016.

  Thermal Energy Harvesting : Booster mit 20 mV Eingangsspannung.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference (ECC2016), Winterthur, 31. Mai 2016.

• Gruber, Juan-Mario; Fabbroni, Tiziano; Truninger, Dominique,

  2015.

  Bluetooth low energy feedback.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference (ECC2015), Winterthur, 2. September 2015.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2013). Device and method for controlling the course of a process in the production of parts. International, Patentnr. US2013123967; WO2012009821; JP2013533558; EP2596409; CN103003764; CH703466

Gruber, Juan-Mario; Waser, Max (2012): Method for controlling an injection process in an open-loop or closed-loop manner. International, Patentnr. US2012187592; WO2011044705; JP2013507272; EP2488344; CN102574318

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2011). An Impressive Quality. In: Intermold Korea2011, Seoul.

Gruber, Juan-Mario; Waser, Max (2011): Method for controlling injection process during manufacturing molded part, involves controlling velocity of injection unit, temperature of mass, termination of injection or starting of subsequent process based on state change of detector. Switzerland, Patentnr. CH702013

Gruber, Juan-Mario; Waser, Max (2011): Method for controlling injection process during manufacturing molded part, involves controlling velocity of injection unit, temperature of mass, termination of injection or starting of subsequent process based on state change of detector. Switzerland, Patentnr. CH702154

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2009). Automatic Hotrunner Balancing and Zero Defect Manufacturing with Cavity Pressure. In: Optimalisatie van het spuitgietproces 2009. Eindhoven: Mikrocentrum.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2009). Prozessregelung mit Werkzeuginnendruck. In: Aktorik im Werkzeugbau 2009. Leoben.

Gruber, Juan-Mario; Leng, Thomas; Steigerwald, Sebastian; Schnerr, Oliver (2007). Allein der Druck hält die Balance – Regelsystem für die automatische Heisskanalbalancierung, Kunststoffe 97 (2007) 9. Peer reviewed.

Gruber, Juan-Mario; Leng, Thomas; Steigerwald, Sebastian; Schnerr, Oliver (2007). Pressure that Keeps the Balance, Kunststoffe International 97 (2007) 9. Peer reviewed.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2007). Prozessgrößen zur effektiven Qualitätssicherung in der Serienfertigung. In: Spritzgiessen von Präzisionsteilen 2007. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Institut Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2006). Unternehmensweite Transparenz durch konsequente Nutzung von Prozessdaten. In: Qualitätssicherung beim Spritzgießen 2006. Aachen: Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2006). Prozessführung auf Basis des Werkzeuginnendrucks für den Thermoplastspritzgießprozess, Dissertation, RWTH Aachen

Michaeli, Walter; Gruber, Juan-Mario (2005). Prozessführung beim Spritzgießen – direkte Regelung des Werkzeuginnendrucks steigert die Reproduzierbarkeit, WAK Zeitschrift Kunststofftechnik (2005) 1. Peer Reviewed.

Gruber, Juan-Mario; Karlberger, Andreas (2005). Modellgestützte prädiktive Regelung auf Basis neuronaler Netze, atp 47 (2005) 6. Peer reviewed.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2004). Increasing Quality by Online Control of the Cavity Pressure. In: ANTEC 2004, Chicago: Soc. of Plastic Eng. (SPE). Peer reviewed.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2004). Modellbildung mit Künstlichen Neuronalen Netzen für die Regelung des Werkzeuginnendrucks beim Spritzgießen. In: 22. internationales kunststofftechnisches Kolloquium 2004. Aachen: Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2004). Automatisierungsmöglichkeiten in der Online-Qualitätssicherung. In: Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung (Hrsg.), In: Qualitätssicherung und Prozessregelung beim Spritzgießen 2004. Aachen: Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2004). Steigerung der Prozesskonstanz durch Regelung des Werkzeuginnendrucks. In: Qualitätssicherung und Prozessregelung beim Spritzgießen 2004. Aachen: Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung.

Michaeli, Walter; Hopmann, Christian; Gruber, Juan (2004). Process Control in Injection Moulding, Plast Europe (2004) 1.

Michaeli, Walter; Hopmann, Christian; Gruber, Juan (2004). Prozessregelung beim Spritzgießen, Kunststoffe 84 (2004) 1.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2003). Qualitätskontrolle in der Kunststoffverarbeitung, In: Vorlesungsumdruck, 2003. Aachen: Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2003). Beeinflussung der Formteilqualität in der Füllphase, MM Maschinenmarkt (2003) 12

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2003). Qualitätssteigerung durch Online-Regelung, Plastverarbeiter 54 (2003) 3

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2002). Online-pvT-Optimierung der Nachdruckphase, In: Jahresbericht 2002. Aachen: Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2002). Increasing Quality by Online Control. In: Injection Moulding 2002. Kopenhagen: Hexagon.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2002). Online-Werkzeuginnendruckregelung, Plastverarbeiter 53 (2002) 3

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2001). Werkzeuginnendruckregelung beim Thermoplastspritzgießen. In: Jahresbericht 2001. Aachen: Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung.

Gruber, Juan-Mario (2001). Sensorik. In: Herrlich, N. / Kunz, J. / Land, W. / Michaeli, W. (Hrsg.): Weka Kunststoffpraxis: Konstruktion

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