Biography
- since September 2011: Professor for Flow Control and Aeroacoustics at the Institute of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Technische Universität München
- January 2009 – August 2011: Research & Development, process engineering, Jülich.
- July 2004-December 2008: Deutsche Bahn AG, DB Systemtechnik, Aerodynamics and HVAC group, München-Freimann. Project manager for "Aerodynamics in Open Air".
- February 2002, Habilitation thesis "Numerical simulation and analysis of turbulent flows", Technische Universität Berlin
- July 1998-June 2004: Assistant at the Hermann-Föttinger-Institute for Fluid mechanics (now ISTA), Technische Universität Berlin; Project manager in Sfb 557 "Control of complex turbulent shear flows"
- November 1995-June 1998: Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin
- September 1992-October 1995: Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University/NASA Ames Research Center, CA, USA.
- August 1989-August 1992: Doctoral student at the DLR institute of physics of the atmosphere, Oberpfaffenhofen. Supervisor: Prof. U. Schumann, thesis "Turbulent diffusion in a homogeneous shear flow with stable density stratification". Scholarship of Volkswagenstiftung.
- June 1989: Diploma in mechanical engineering, Technische Universität München
- October 1985: Intermediate diploma in process engineering, University of Karlsruhe (KIT)
Research interests
- Numerical flow simulation and computational aeroacoustics (CAA)
- Flow control by passive and active means
- Aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of vehicles (road, rail, aerospace)
- Flow noise generation and attenuation in ducts
Courses
Lectures with Exercises:
Aeroacoustics (MW 1692): WS
Continuum Mechanics (MW 1405): WS
Fundamentals of Numerical Fluid Mechanics (MW 1913): WS, SoSe
Computational Aeroacoustics (MW 2204): SoSe
Flow Control (MW 2078): SoSe
Practical Courses:
Computational Aeroacoustics - Practical Course (MW 2268): SoSe
Computational Fluid Dynamics - Practical Course (MW 1846): WS, SoSe
Publications
Peer reviewed Journal Papers see here.
Conference Proceedings see here.
Reports see here.
Peer reviewed Journal Papers