| title | type | semester | start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ten lectures on turbulence | Vorlesung (V) | WS 22/23 | 27.10.2022 |
| CFD in der Energietechnik | Vorlesung (V) | SS 2023 | 20.04.2023 |
| title | contact |
|---|---|
| Energie 2020+ | |
| Joint European Canadian Chinese development of Small Modular Reactor Technology (ECC-SMART) |
CV
Education
- Ph.D. (Applied mathematics), University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
- Diploma Mathematics (major subject), computer science (minor subject), University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Research Topics
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Turbulence theory and modeling
- Multiphase flows
- High performance computing, numerical mathematics, signal- and image processing and software development
Professional Experiences
| December 2009 - present | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute for Fusion and Nuclear Technologies, Division of Innovative Nuclear Systems, Deputy head |
| 2005 - November 2009 | Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies, Flow-modeling section, Senior scientist |
| 2001 - 2005 | Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies, Accelerator Driven Sub-critical Systems (ADS) section, Research scientist |
| 1999 - 2001 | University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics and Turbulence section, Research scientist |
| 1997 - 1999 | University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics and Turbulence section, Research assistant |
| 1996 - 1997 | University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Mathematics, Research assistant |
| 1993 - 1995 | University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Mathematics, Teaching assistant |
| 1990 - 1993 | RIO export-import Ltd., Self-employed |
Current Projects and Responsibilities
- Project leader and Technical coordinator for KIT. Two projects on numerical simulations: Non-unity Pr-number turbulence and Turbulent thermal fatigue. Projects within the joint EU programme 5 of EURATOM on Thermal hydraulic issues and development of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes for advanced reactor systems (THINS) in the seventh framework programme by the European Commission (February 2010 - January 2014).
- Project leader and member of the coordination board. Project on numerical simulations of boiling crisis in pressurized water reactors, within a national research program on reactor safety of German Federal Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF) Energy 2020+ (December 2009 - November 2013).
- Project leader. Within a joint international research program on High Performance Light Water Reactor (HPLWR), a research project on large eddy simulations and direct numerical simulations of supercritical turbulent flows (November 2008 - October 2011).
IT
- Operating systems: Unix (UXP/V, SUPER-UX, AIX), Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Programming Languages: C/C++ (1995 - present), Python (2008 - present), Matlab (2001- 2005), Mathematica (2001-2003), Fortran (1997)