Personals
- 21st December 1969 born in Passau, Germany
Education
- 1988: Secondary school grade at Gymnasium Leopoldinum, Passau
- 1988 – 93: Diploma studies at TU Munich, „Mechanical Engineering in Theory and Research“, scholarship from Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung and Siemens-Studentenkreis
- 1993: Diploma thesis at Department of Automotive Engineering, Cranfield University, UK (Prof. Robin S. Sharp)
- 1993: Diplom-Ingenieur (Univ.) Mechanical Engineering, TU Munich
- 1998: Doktor-Ingenieur at Chair of Applied Mechanics, TU Munich (Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. E.h., Dr. h.c. mult. Friedrich Pfeiffer), grade: „with distinction“. „Optimal process dynamics of manipulating robots“ (in German)
Professional career
- 1998 – 1999: Visiting scientist at Mechanical Systems Control Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA (Prof. Masayoshi Tomizuka), Post-doc scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). „Modelling human vehicle driving by model predictive online optimization“.
- 1999 – 2002: Audi AG Ingolstadt: Specialist full vehicle dynamics, handling/ride, objectivation of handling and ride.
- 2002 – 2010: BMW AG München
- 2002 – 2006: Head of Simulation chassis control systems
- 2003 – 2004: Project leader high-end driving simulator
- 2006 – 2008: Project leader for FMVSS 214 and FMVSS 216 retrofitting of BMW fleet (enhanced side impact and rollover requirements)
- 2008 – 2010: Project leader for Cost-down Program total vehicle validation and head of „hybrid total vehicle validation“
- since 2010: Technical University Dresden
- since 2010: Full professor of Automotive Engineering at TU Dresden
- since 2011: Managing partner of AMFD – Auto Mobil Forschung Dresden GmbH
Contact
Institut für für Automobiltechnik Desden (IAD)
Technische Universität Dresden
Jante-Bau, JAN 21
George-Bähr-Straße 1c
01069 Dresden
Phone +49 351 463-34782
Fax +49 351 463-37066
www.tu-dresden.de