Activities at FHNW
- Lecturer for Energy Technology at the FHNW Institute of Thermal and Fluid Engineering
- Head of the Combustion Research Laboratory
- Head of Optical Measurement Technology
- Co-Head of Piston Machine Laboratory
Research
Investigation and development of advanced combustion processes for the use of alternative renewable fuels, in particular applying optical measurement techniques.
Teaching
- Thermodynamics module
- Thermodynamics with Lab module
- Internal Combustion Engines module
- Project and Bachelor Thesis in Mechanical Engineering
- Energy and Environmental Technology course
- Lecturer Experimental Optical Diagnostics in Combustion Research as part of the lecture Environmental Aspects of Future Mobility (ETH Zurich)
Biography
Profile
Since 2016
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland,
Education and training, R&D projects and services in cooperation with universities, research institutes and industry partners
2014 – 2016
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Head of the group "Combustion Technologies", "Combustion Research Laboratory"
2004 – 2014
Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd, CH-8400, Winterthur
"Senior Manager Research & Innovation": Coordination of R&D projects, cooperation with universities, acquisition of funding, development of internal processes, "Testing & Performance", "Spray and Combustion Research Scientist"
2002 – 2003
Institute of Energy Technology – LAV, ETH Zurich, Prof. K. Boulouchos, "Senior Scientist", management and supervision of various projects
1997 – 2002
PhD thesis, Institute of Energy Technology (IET-LVV), Prof. M.K. Eberle
"Strömung, Flammencharakterisierung und Stickoxid-Bildung in turbulenten Vormischflammen", Diss. ETH Nr. 14952, 2002, Award "Silver Medal of ETH Zurich"
Research programmes
- FVV: Science for a moving society
- COMET: Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies
- IEA: International Energy Agency, Technology Collaboration Program Sustainable Combustion
- Bundesamt für Energie, Forschung und Cleantech, Publications
Projects
Current
- "Future Fuel Fundamentals" (COMET-FFF)
- "Combustion system with alternative pre-chamber fuels" (SACI-II)
- "Experimental and numerical investigations of mixture formation in H2 engines using PFI and DI" (H2-PFIDI)
- "E-Methanol Compression Ignition Combustion" (EMOCION)
- "Exhaust Analytics for Low GHG Impact Fuels" (EXHALE)
- "N2O exhaust gas treatment in ammonia engines" (N2Ooff)
- "Pre-ignited Flame Propagation" (PREFER)
- "Ignition methods for non-premixed combustion of high-pressure direct injected gas in heavy-duty engines" (GIHCPO)
- "Carbon reduced dual-fuel combustion" (CREDO)
Finalised
- "Turbulence determination of inlet valve flow in terms of cyclic variability by means of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition analyzed PIV measurements (TurbFlow-PIVPOD)
- "Pre-Ignition in Dual-Fuel/Gas Engines" (PROGrESs)
- "Flame Propagation and Knock Model Improvement" (FrEAK)
- "Investigation of heat transfer (resolved in space and time) by modern combustion processes" (Q-Flux)
- "Adapted fuels for Dual-Fuel and Diesel combustion processes under engine relevant conditions" (Adapted Fuels)
- SCCER Mobility "Chemical Energy Converters" (SCCER-M)
- "Fuel Flexible, Near Zero Emissions, Adaptive Performance Marine Engine" (Hercules-2)