Research

The research of the Advanced Mechatronic Systems Group (AMS) targets fundamental and application-oriented scientific problems in the area of mechatronic systems, i.e., concerning the integration of electrical machines/actuators, power electronics, sensing, and digital information processing.

Research projects at AMS aim for a comprehensive physics-based description of the systems and the development of novel concepts, preferably characterized by intelligent simplicity and/or elegance. Hereby, electric, magnetic, electromagnetic, and thermal effects are considered as coupled issues rather than treated in a sequential manner. Multi-domain finite element analysis plays a major role in these research and design processes. Furthermore, a multi-objective optimization is usually carried out, and the derivation of scaling laws and figures of merit completes the picture and leads to generally valid conclusions. Finally, the comprehensive experimental verification of the proposed theoretical concepts is a cornerstone of the research at AMS.

The main research areas are currently sustainable electric mobility, e.g., electric vehicle drivetrains and future all-electric aviation, and medical technology, e.g., implantable bearingless blood pumps.