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Garching B. München

Holzkirchen

* CFD software vendor independent consulting in the introduction of simulation driven product development by CFD, HPC and cloud in small and medium enterprises* Consulting in the CFD software package validation in comparison to data in the process of the selection of a fit-for-purpose CFD software for the intended applications; requirements and test specification, results evaluation, CFD product recommendation* CFD simulations using ANSYS CFX and ANSYS Fluent* CFD Best Practices… Show more * CFD software vendor independent consulting in the introduction of simulation driven product development by CFD, HPC and cloud in small and medium enterprises* Consulting in the CFD software package validation in comparison to data in the process of the selection of a fit-for-purpose CFD software for the intended applications; requirements and test specification, results evaluation, CFD product recommendation* CFD simulations using ANSYS CFX and ANSYS Fluent* CFD Best Practices * Quality assurance through V&V * Consulting * Training * Education Show less

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

* Manager of CFD solver validation and quality assurance in ANSYS Mechanical & Fluids Business Unit (MFBU) software development* Unique role cutting across different CFD solver product lines and technology areas, ranging from turbulence modeling, Eulerian & Lagrangian multiphase flow modeling to chemical reactions, combustion, radiation and turbomachinery, ICE, FSI, EMAG and other multiphysics applications* Responsibility for CFD solver quality assurance through validation of… Show more * Manager of CFD solver validation and quality assurance in ANSYS Mechanical & Fluids Business Unit (MFBU) software development* Unique role cutting across different CFD solver product lines and technology areas, ranging from turbulence modeling, Eulerian & Lagrangian multiphase flow modeling to chemical reactions, combustion, radiation and turbomachinery, ICE, FSI, EMAG and other multiphysics applications* Responsibility for CFD solver quality assurance through validation of mathematical-physical model implementations in comparison to experimental data for the ANSYS CFD software packages, ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFX, AIM Fluids, Forte, Polyflow and FENSAP-ICE. * Knowledge management for V&V documentation, CFD test cases, Best Practices, tutorials on the ANSYS Engineering Knowledge Management (EKM) and SAVO portals including portal maintenance and ANSYS-internal support* Strong own expertise and experience in (U)RANS and scale-resolving turbulence modeling (SRS, LES, DES, SAS, SBES), heat transfer applications, Eulerian & Lagrangian multiphase flow modeling; strong experience in High Performance Computing (HPC) * Supervision of ANSYS Internship Program for CFD Solver Verification & Validation (40+ internship students in 8 years) Show less

Public Founding Specialist for BMWi, BMBF, EU-sponsored R&D projects. Industry-sponsored R&D.Project acquisition and execution, team leadership as well as project management of complex research & development projects in the field of:* CFD software development (mainly ANSYS CFX) by deriving of new mathematical-physical model, implementing them in the CFD software and validating them against experimental data* Fluid dynamics, Multiphase Flow (MPF) modeling and simulation using… Show more Public Founding Specialist for BMWi, BMBF, EU-sponsored R&D projects. Industry-sponsored R&D.Project acquisition and execution, team leadership as well as project management of complex research & development projects in the field of:* CFD software development (mainly ANSYS CFX) by deriving of new mathematical-physical model, implementing them in the CFD software and validating them against experimental data* Fluid dynamics, Multiphase Flow (MPF) modeling and simulation using Eulerian and Lagrangian framework of multiphase flow modeling and with focus on applications with strong heat and mass transfer processes (power generation)* Combustion model development for applications in power generation and internal combustion engine simulation (ICE)* Simulation workflow and physical model development for Hydrogen storage, fueling and extraction processes for Hydrogen powered cars* Development of co-simulation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software with 1d system simulation like e.g. GT-Power (Gamma Technologies), AmeSIM (LMS Imagine / Siemens) or ATHLET (GRS mbH) and with 3d neutron kinetics simulation using DYN-3d (HZDR)Management of R&D projects with sponsorship from German Ministry of Economy and Labour (BMWi), German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), European Union R&D Programs as well as R&D projects directly financed by industry partners. Show less

* Research on Lagrangian particle tracking approaches and their efficient parallelization (PVM, MPI, HPC)* Development of the CFD code system Mistral/PartFlow-3D* Investigation of gas-particle flows in process and power technology* Team leadership* Acquisition of research funding

Pd Habil., Fluid Mechanics / Multiphase Flows

Dr.-Ing., Fluid Mechanics / Multiphase Flows

Dipl.-Math., Theoretical Mechanics / Fluid Mechanics