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FH-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Steiner

Professor for mechanics

Wolfgang Steiner received his Ph.D. (Dr.techn.) degree in mechanical engineering in 1995 from Technical University Vienna, where he was working on satellite dynamics at the Institute of Mechanics. From 1997 to 2002 he served as a project engineer and team leader in the field of Finite Element and Fatigue Analysis at the Engineering Center Steyr. In 2002 he became professor for mechanics at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences. From 2006 to 2011 he managed the degree programme mechanical engineering in Wels. In 2009 he published his habilitation thesis about stability problems of satellites.

e: wolfgang.steiner@fh-wels.at | p: +43 (0)50804-43230

FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. habil. Wolfgang Witteveen

Professor for simulation in mechanical engineering

Wolfgang Witteveen received his DI degree in mechatronics in 1999 and the Ph.D. in 2007 from the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. During 1999 to 2002 he joined MAGNA Powertrain, as application engineer for multi body simulation. After a social year in Albania he joined MAGNA again from 2003 to 2010. During that time he developed and implemented the simulation software MAMBA (http://mamba.ecs.steyr.com/). In 2010 he was appointed as Professor for simulation in mechanical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels. His fields of study include model reduction, multi body simulation, jointed structures, structural vibrations, software engineering for mechanical applications and biomechanics.

e: wolfgang.witteveen@fh-wels.at | p: +43 (0)50804-43260

FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Karin Nachbagauer

Professor for applied mathematics, Research associate

Karin Nachbagauer received her diploma degree (DI) in Industrial Mathematics in 2009 and the Ph.D. (Dr.techn.) in Mechatronics in 2012 from the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. She was working at the Institute for Technical Mechanics at the Johannes Kepler University from 2009 to 2013 on shear deformable beam finite elements for large translations and rotations based on the absolute nodal coordinate formulation designed for applications in multibody system dynamics. Since 2013 she joins the research group for multibody simulations at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in Wels with the research focus on multibody system dynamics, inverse dynamics and optimal control. Her fields of research include as well technical mechanics, mechanical engineering, absolute nodal coordinate formulation, parameter identification and software engineering for applications in mechatronics. In 2015 she was appointed as Professor for applied mathematics at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria.

e: karin.nachbagauer@fh-wels.at | p: +43 (0)50804-44430

FH-Assistenzprof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Karim Sherif

Assistant Professor for technical mechanics and simulation, Research associate

Karim Sherif received both his diploma degree (DI, 2008) and his Ph.D (Dr.techn, 2012) on technical sciences from the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. He was working at the Linz Center of Mechatronics from 2008 to 2013 as research and development engineer, where he developed an efficient and reliable simulation algorithm for contact problems in multibody systems. In 2013 he published his doctoral thesis entitled „Novel computationally efficient formulations for the equations of motion of a modally reduced flexible member undergoing large rigid body motion“. Since 2013 he is employed at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in Wels and his fields of teaching and research include multi-body dynamics, model reduction and technical mechanics.

e: karim.sherif@fh-wels.at | p: +43 (0)50804-44422

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Philipp Eichmeir

Research assistant

Philipp Eichmeir received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels with honors in 2016. Thereafter, he started working for BMW Motoren GmbH in Steyr in the field of engine testing. Philipp Eichmeir joined the department of research and development at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in November 2017. His actual researches focus on time-optimal control in the context of multibody dynamics as well as on general aspects of multibody systems modelling. In April 2022 he successfully finished his PhD studies in the field of time-optimal control for multibody systems and received his Ph.D (Dr.techn) from the TU Vienna.

e: philipp.eichmeir@fh-wels.at | p: +43 (0)50804-44488

Dipl.-Ing. Lukas Koller

Research assistant

Lukas Koller received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels with honors in 2018. He joined the department of research and development at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in September 2018. His actual researches focus on impulse based substructuring as well as on the distributed simulation of cyberphysical systems. Currently he works on his PhD thesis in the field of Hyper-Reduction for contacts in multibody systems.

e: lukas.koller@fh-wels.at | p: +43 (0)50804-48820

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Stefan Oberpeilsteiner

Former research assistant

Stefan Oberpeilsteiner received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels with honors in 2013. In 2018 he received his Ph.D (Dr.techn, 2018) on Parameter Identification in Multibody System Dynamics using the Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis from the TU Wien. He joined the department of research and development at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria from 2013 to 2020. He recently founded a startup and develops software modules for anyone who wants to take a step into the digital future of product development, from classic simulation to integration into automated processes.

e: stefan.oberpeilsteiner@mech-soft.com | web: www.mech-soft.com

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Thomas Lauß

Fromer research assistant

Thomas Lauß received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels with honors in 2014. In 2018 he received his Ph.D (Dr.techn, 2019) on Optimal control of multibody systems using the Adjoint Variable Approach from the TU Wien. He joined the department of research and development at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria from 2015 to 2019.

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Florian Pichler

Former research assistant

Florian Pichler received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels with honors in 2013. He joined the department of research and development at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria from 2013 to 2020. In 2018 he received his Ph.D (Dr.techn, 2018) on Multibody Dynamics of Jointed Flexible Structures from the Graz University of Technology.

Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Poechacker

Former research assistant

Stefan Pöchacker received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels with honors in 2018. He joined the department of research and development at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria from 2018 to 2020. His research focused on the kinematics, parameter identification and parameter optimization of multibody systems.