Vita
2019 Appointed Professor at the University of Kaiserslautern 2015 ... 2019 Research Engineering at SEW-Eurodrive GmbH & Co KG in Bruchsal: Development Engineer 2015 Doctorate at the Chair of Power Electronics and Electrical Drives at the University of Siegen 2010 ... 2015 Research
SYNERGIE - Electronic group drive on printed circuit board basis as a synergetic system
Modern mechatronic drive systems consist of a combination of subsystems through which the energy consumption can be adjusted precisely. Besides the electrical machine as the actual electromechanical energy converter, electronic and power electronic components a
University Functions
Head of study program Master Electrical Engineering (part-time) Member of the faculty council Young member advisor in the VDE district Kurpfalz
Special Focus of Work
Innovative power electronic circuit topologies Application of fast switching semiconductor devices (SiC, GaN) Integration of power electronics into electrical machines
2022
M. Theis, T. Bill, H. Knoll, P. Starke, M. Saumer, Electrochemical Deposition of CoP and CoNiP as Hard Magnetic Scales in a Position Measurement System, Metals 12, 235 (2022) 1-13.
F. Schäfer, J. Rosar, H. Wu, P. Starke, M. Marx, Obtaining a lower estimate of the fatigue limit of metals by a simplified quantitative thermometric approach in
Projects to improve the quality of teaching
The following projects could be realized with SQL subsidies of the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern:
Purchase of a heat treatment furnace for the materials science laboratory (completed) Presentation unit to promote the interactive learning process (completed) Use of Virtual Reality