Ansgar Trächtler
Ansgar Trächtler (born May 20, 1964 in Ettenheim ) holds the chair for control engineering and mechatronics at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the University of Paderborn and director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronics Design (IEM) in Paderborn.
Career
Trächtler studied electrical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH). In 1991 he received his doctorate at the Institute for Regulation and Control Systems. He then worked from 1992 to 1998 as a research assistant at the Institute for Measurement and Control Technology at the University of Karlsruhe and completed his habilitation in 2000. From 1998 to 2004 he worked at Robert Bosch GmbH, most recently headed the area of advance development chassis systems. Since November 2004 he has been a professor at the University of Paderborn. In 2016 he was elected to the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).
Research priorities
Trächtler's research focuses on:
- Modeling and design of mechatronic systems,
- Regulation of complex systems,
- Chassis systems and vehicle dynamics control,
- Hardware-in-the-Loop and
- Real-time simulation.
More functions
Outside the university, Trächtler is involved in acatech , in the VDI / VDE Society for Measurement and Automation Technology (GMA) and in the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). For his scientific work he received the Eugen Hartmann Prize of the GMA in 1998 and the Measurement Technology Prize of the Working Group of University Lecturers for Measurement Technology (AHMT) .
Web links
- Ansgar Trächtler website
- Chair for control engineering and mechatronics at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trächtler, Ansgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ettenheim |