Activities at FHNW
- Head of the FHNW Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Teaching
- Lecturer for Mathematics
- Advisor in the Mathematics Center
Research
- Modelling and simulation of multi-physics systems
- Machine learning and data analysis
- High performance computing
- Sensing-technologies: ultrasonics, radar and vacuum measurements
- Continuum mechanics and electrodynamics
Profile
Biography
Prior professional positions
- Professor for mathematics and physics, University of Applied Sciences
of Eastern Switzerland - Data Scientist, Geopraevent, Zurich
- Scientist, ABB Corporate Research, Baden
- Principal Investigator, departement of physics, ETH Zurich
- Postdoc, University of California, Irvine, USA
Education
- CAS in Higher Education, University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland
- Dissertation on numerical simulations of galaxy formation, University of Zurich.
- Teaching Diploma for Secondary Education, University of Zurich
- Diploma in theoretical physics, University of Zurich
Affiliations
Publications and Patents
Selected publications
Modeling and Simulation of Magnetron Discharges inside a Vacuum Interrupter as a Method to Analyze the Vacuum Status
K. Hencken, T. Kaufmann, D. Gentsch & T. Delachaux, 2016, XXVIIth Int. Symp. on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, Suzhou
Simulation of start electron distribution for insulation material testing using PXIPD K. Hencken, T. Kaufmann, S. Pancheshnyi, L. Herrmann & U. Riechert, 2016, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
Investigation of Lamb Waves in Solid-Liquid Layers D. Pape, M. Lenner & T. Kaufmann, 2015, International Ultrasonic Symposium, Taipei
Angular Momentum Transport and Disk Morphology in SPH Simulations of Galaxy Formation T. Kaufmann, L. Mayer, J. Wadsley, J. Stadel & B. Moore, 2007, MNRAS, 375, 53
Research Projects
As project leader
- Innosuisse project: Optimized Side Seamer for Fleximed tube bodies (https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Grunddaten/?ProjectID=41389), with Neopac AG.
- SNSF projects: Particle based CFD simulations on HPC clusters (http://p3.snf.ch/Project-126394, http://p3.snf.ch/Project-121012)
- Making power tools smart using machine learning methods on the tool itself, with Hilti AG.
- Automatic classifier for the food industry, with Winterhalter AG.
- Simulator for the dynamics of cable cars, with Bartholet AG.
- Simulation of gradient index lenses for PV applications with Belenotec AG.
- AI-supported object recognition of electrical components for Electrosuisse.
- Automatic classifier for avalanche detection in radar data.
As team member
- Simulation of ultrasonic sensors using FE methods
- Simulation of magnetron discharges using Monte-Carlo simulations