Research

• Nanoengineering
• Precision Engineering and Precision Measurement Technology
• Drive, Energy and Environment Technology
• Technical and Biomedical Assistance Systems
• Digital Media Technology
• Mobile Communication

Basic research - focal points

• Dynamic optimization of large-scale systems
• Stochastic optimization under uncertainty
• Optimization of hybrid systems
• Real-time optimization
• Development of efficient simulation and optimization methods as well as corresponding software packages for design and operation of industrial processes

Applications:

• Energy systems engineering
  • Parameter identification and optimization of processes in power plants
  • Practically suitable approaches for power plant dispatch
  • Optimal and robust operation of electrical energy supply networks under uncertainty
• Management of water resources systems
  • Modeling and optimal control of ground water systems
  • Optimization of operation of water supply networks
  • Optimization of waste water purification processes
• Systems biology
  • Investigation of regulatory strategies in metabolic networks by optimal control methods
  • Identification and explanation of liver zonation
• Chemical process engineering
  • Dynamic optimization of distillation columns
  • Real-time optimizaton of adsorption/desorption plants
• 3B based autonomous driving
  • data-based
  • model-based
  • algorithm-based

• Simulation and optimization of energy and chemical processes
• Optimization of energy supply systems with uncertain wind and solar energy penetration
• Optimization and operation of ground water, water supply, and  waste water purification systems
• Model-based nonlinear model predictive control of complex power plant processes

• Pilot plant of a distillation column
• Experimental devices for control and optimization
• Software packages for simulation, control system design, and optimization