Guest lecture series "Energy Systems: now and tomorrow"

For the lecture series "Energy Systems: now and tomorrow", the Institute for Sustainable Energy Systems regularly invites national and international guests to report on current and visionary developments in energy systems.

Until now, following quests have been invited:

Date Invited Speaker
   
2025.10.20  Diego Verdugo (Visiting scholar from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile): "Optimal Pulse Pattern for Modular Multilevel Converters using the 2N+1 modulation"
   
2025.05.05 Dr. Chantelle van Staden (Eskom Power Engineering Program Academic Research Lead, Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Engineering): "South Africa’s Research and Academic Landscape: Insights from Stellenbosch University" ; "Towards a Sustainable Energy Future in South Africa: Research on Power System Planning and Integration of Renewable Energy"
   
2025.04.07 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Maik Koch (University of applied sciences, Magdeburg-Stendal): "Gigawatt Factory"
   
2025.02.10 Andreas Nadler (Field Application Engineer, Würth Elektronik): "Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)"
   
2024.11.18 Fiona Ewald (Institute of Statistics, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich): "Feature Importance for Scientific Inference"
   
2024.01.29 Alexei Babizki (Head of Solution Innovation at Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH): Objective condition assessment of power transformers as the basis for optimised asset management
   
2023.10.23 Lucy Pao (Professor of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder):
Sink or Swim: Control of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
   
2023.10.23 Marcus Lehmann (Co Founder and CEO @ CalWave Power Technologies):
Ocean Energy Status, Opportunities and Challenges
   
2023.06.05 Prof. Olanrewaju (Head of Department von Industrial Engineering, Durban University of Technology, South africa):
"Can integrated models help us understand energy problems?"
   
2023.05.22 Dr Manuel Kuder (Uni BW):
Multilevel batteries
   
2023.03.13 Rene Martin Wimmer, (Siemens Energy):
HVDC transformer requirements
   
2023.02.06 Dr.-Ing. Wallscheid, (University of Paderborn):
"AI for electric drive systems"
   
2022.11.07 Prof. Fabio Tinazzi, Ph.D. (Head of the Electric Drives Group of the Integrated Mechatronics Laboratory, Faculty of Management and Engineering, University of Padua, Italy)
   
2022.10.10 Prof. Frank Opferkuch (Campus Future Driveline in Nuremberg):
"Applied research on electrochemical drive and energy systems"
   
2022.05.23 Dr Susanne Lehner, (MAN Energy Solutions SE, Technology Development Department):
"Energy transition in shipping"
   
2022.03.14 Prof. Georg Kerber, (HM/FK04):
"Overview of the technical connection rules with focus on medium voltage grid regulation & stability"
   
2022.02.28 Prof. Oliver Mayer, (Bayern Innovativ):
"Technological Trends for Technical Systems"
   
2021.12.06 Dr. Karl von Ritter:
"Applications of medium voltage converters in various industries"
   
2021.10.25 Volker Hessel, (Siemens AG):
"CO2 Neutral Programme of Siemens AG"