Main research areas

  • Energy converter systems
  • Actuators and drive technology
  • Piezo technology, magnet technology, magneto- and electrorheological fluid technology
  • Vibration technology and machine dynamics
  • Dynamics and control of structural-mechanical and mechatronic systems
  • Applications: Precision engineering, medical technology, manufacturing technology, production engineering, micro and nanotechnology, automotive engineering, energy technology, robotics

Scientific career

since 06/2008University Professor of Mechatronics, Ilmenau University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Head of the Chair of Mechatronics
07/2004 - 05/2008Junior Professor of Mechatronics, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn
09/2005 - 12/2005Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Center for Design Research
07/2001 - 05/2005Scientific consultant and external project manager, Hilti AG
07/2001 - 06/2004University lecturer and research assistant, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn,
Department of Mechatronics and Dynamics
05/1997 - 06/2001Research assistant, TU Darmstadt, Institute of Mechanics, Dynamics Group,
Prof. Dr. Peter Hagedorn, PhD 06/2002: "Dynamics of Ultrasonic Motors"
12/1995 - 04/1997PhD student, TU Darmstadt, Institute of Mechanics, topic: Biomechanics of the inner ear
10/1994 - 07/1996Study of Mathematics, TU Darmstadt, Degree: Vordiplom
10/1991 - 10/1995Studied mechanical engineering and mechanics, TU Darmstadt, degree: diploma
  
 

Expert activity

  • DFG
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Journal of Mechatronics
  • Int. J. Vehicle Autonomous Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology
  • Journal of Vibration and Control
  • Journal of Smart Materials and Structures
 

Calls or offers from other universities

04/2012University of Siegen, Chair of Dynamic Systems in Automotive Engineering
05/2008TU Chemnitz, Chair of Structural Dynamics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
03/2008University of British Columbia, Canada, Assistant Professor with shortened tenure track (2 years) to Associate Professor, nomination as Canadian Research Chair (Tier 2)
 

Scholarships, grants and awards

01/2017 - 07/2017Invited Erskine-Visiting-Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealandhttps://www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools/mechanical/contact-us/
10/2009Medical Technology Innovation Award from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of
the 2009 Medical Technology Innovation Competition, together with Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Martin Ptok, Hannover Medical School
06/2007 - 03/2008Junior Professional Management Program 2007 Zentrum für Wissenschaftsmanagement e.V. Speyer Sponsor: BASF AG
04/2005SAE 2005 World Congress Recognition for substantial contribution to the Technical Program,
by the Electric and Electronic System Committee, Society of Automotive Engineers, together with Dipl.-Ing. Thorsten Brandt,
University of Paderborn (now Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Brandt, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences)
2005Heinrich Hertz Scholarship for a research stay at Stanford University
20032003 Research Prize of the University of Paderborn
1996Doctoral scholarship from the state of Hesse Biomechanics of the inner ear
07/1994International Design Contest in Tokyo, sponsored by NEC Participants: MIT, U Cambridge, U Sao Paulo, U Seoul, TITECH, TU Darmstadt
04/1993 - 07/1993National Design Contest at TU Darmstadt Qualification for the International Design Contest, Robotics
1993 - 1995German Academic Scholarship Foundation