About me

Following an apprenticeship as cabinet maker, I got on the technological track with studies in Mechatronics (Dipl.-Ing. (FH), Bochum, 2006), Control Engineering (M.Sc. and Ph.D., Coventry, 2006 and 2013) as well as Mathematics (B.Sc., Hagen, 2007). During my Mechatronics degree, I was further apprenticed as a Tool and Die Maker.

I am fascinated by railways and live most of my everyday life without a car, being frequently found in trains, on my Brompton foldable bicycle and on cargo bikes.

Current academic responsibilities

Teaching:

• Rail Vehicle Engineering 1 & 2
• Quality Management (Undergrad and Postgrad)
• Control Engineering (Mandatory and Elective modules)

Service:

• Member of the Board of the European Centre for Sustainable Mobility at FH Aachen
• Director of Studies “Rail Vehicle Engineering”
• Elected to department council and mechatronics council

Education

2007 - 2013: Doctor of Philosophy in Control Engineering, Coventry University

• Dissertation title: Evaluation and Extension of the Potential for Application of the Behavioural Framework to Practical Engineering Problems

2003 - 2007: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, FernUniversität Hagen

• Dissertation title: Automated processing of the ISL Doppler images

2005 - 2006: Master of Science with Distinction in Control Engineering, Coventry University

• Dissertation title: Modelling of nonlinear systems using piecewise defined models

2001 - 2006: Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) Mechatronics, Specialty Systems Engineering, Fachhochschule Bochum

• MSc Dissertation accepted