Responsible for technical definition of platform development for electrical turbo compressor used in fuel cell systems - including identification and tracking of development foci in system and component engineering. Responsible for mechanical, hardware, and software development of drive system.

Thermal and system engineering electric turbo compressor for fuel cells

- Component Owner Power Electronics Cooler- Head of Thermal Laboratory- Novel Cooling Technology, e.g. Pulsating Heat Pipe

Energie- und Thermomanagement moderner Antriebe

Energie-und Thermomanagement moderner Antriebe

• Leading basic research projects in the field of heat and mass transfer, sorption technology• Experiments and construction of new test rigs• Numerical simulation of sorption processes• Evaluation of novel technology

• Phd-Thesis: „Surface Roughness Effects on Heat Transfer and Aerodynamic Losses of a Gas Turbine Blading - Experimental Investigations and Development of a Correlation for Predicting laminar-turbulent Transition“.• Dimensioning, design, construction, and commissioning of a test rig, conducting experiments.• Measuring technique development, Application of a 2D Boundary Layer Code and commercial software (CFD, FEM).• Further projects in the field of heat transfer and aerodynamics.• Supervision of students (Studienarbeit, Diplomarbeit, scientific co-workers).• Student consulting service, interviews, contact to industry for the purpose of internship positions, etc.• Single lectures on heat transfer.

Experimental investigation of ionic leakage of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC)