Professorships

• Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
• Automatic Control
• Computational Mechanics
• Compuational Solid Mechanics
• Data-driven Materials Modeling
• Flow Control and Aeroacoustics
• Mechanics and High Performance Computing
• Multiscale Modeling of Fluid Materials
• Simulation of Additive Manufacturing
• Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
• Thermo-Fluid Dynamics
• Vibro-Acoustics of Vehicles and Machines

Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nikolaus A. Adams

• Numerical modeling and simulation of complex flows
• Low-speed aerodynamics
• Multiphase flows, microfluidics
• Gasdynamics, cavitating flows
• Aircraft, spacecraft and automotive aerodynamics

apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Breitsamter

• Configuration aerodynamics of aircraft and spacecraft
• Vortex flows and high lift, highly agile configurations
• Unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity
• Helicopter airframe, rotor and propeller aerodynamics
• Experimental aerodynamics and wind tunnels
• Membrane wing and fluid-structure interaction

apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Indinger

• Vehicle Aerodynamics
• Experimental fluid mechanics

apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Stemmer

• Numerical high-speed aerodynamics
• Laminar-turbulent flow reversal
• Direct numerical simulation of chemically reacting flows
• Research data management
• Hypersonic boundary layer flows
• Ablation 
• Modeling of supercritical flows and simulations in rocket combustors

PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Stefan Adami

• Multiphase flows
• Numerical modeling

PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Xiangyu Hu

• Microfluidics
• Biofluidics
• Particle methods in fluid mechanics 

Vibroacoustics of Vehicles and Machines

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Marburg

• Experimental and computational acoustics
• Vibroacoustic optimization
• Uncertainty quantification of vibroacoustic systems
• Material data identification

Data-driven Materials Modeling

Prof. Phaedon-Stelios Koutsourelakis, Ph.D.

• Uncertainty quantification in computational science and engineering
• Bayesian formulations for inverse problems
• Atomistic simulation of materials

Computational Mechanics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang A. Wall

• Multifield problems
• Multiscale problems
• Computational biomechanics and biophysics

Mechanics and High Performance Computing

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael W. Gee

• High performance parallel computing
• Fluid-structure interaction
• Cardiovascular biomechanics

Multiscale Modeling of Fluid Materials

Prof. Dr. Julija Zavadlav

• hybrid micro/meso/macro simulations
• molecular modeling of nanostructured materials
• machine learning

Automatic Control

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Boris Lohmann

• Methods and application of nonlinear and predictive control
• Modeling, reduction and control of distributed parameter systems
• Automotive, multicopter and robot control application

PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Paul Kotyczka

• Modelling, geometric discretization and control of multi-physical systems
• Non-linear and passivity-based control
• Applications in robotics, mechatronics and process engineering

Flow Control and Aeroacoustics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jakob Kaltenbach

• Active and passive flow control
• Prediction and mitigation of flow noise
• Aircraft, automotive and railway aerodynamics

Simulation for Additive Manufacturing

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Meier

• Modeling of metal powders and powder spreading processes
• Meltpool modeling, part-scale modeling and microstructure modeling

Thermodynamics

Prof. Dongsheng Wen

• Combustion and reactive flows, noise and instabilities
• Transport phenomena in single and two-phase flows
• Energy systems and technologies

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kolb, (adjunct professor)

• Refrigeration and air conditioning

Thermo-Fluid Dynamics

Prof. Wolfgang Polifke, Ph.D.

• Aero- and thermoacoustics
• Mixing and reaction in turbulent flows
• Two-phase flows