Curriculum
Manuel Pusch
Professor, Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering, Munich University of Applied Sciences
Citizen of Austria
Experience
Since Sept. 2022
Professor, Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Control Engineering
Flight System Dynamics
Sept. 2021 - Aug. 2022
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Research on Modeling and Control of Floating and Extreme-Scale Wind Turbines
Cooperation with National Renewable Energies Laboratory (NREL), General Electric, UT Dallas, UVA, ForWind, and more
Supervisor: Prof. Lucy Pao
July 2013 - June 2021
Research Associate, Institute of System Dynamics and Control, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Research on Modeling, Control and Optimization of Aeroelastic Systems
Modeling: Development of Efficient Modeling Tools for Flutter/Loads Analysis, Controller Synthesis and Design Optimization
Control: Development of Control Design Methods for Flutter Suppression and Gust/Maneuver Load Alleviation
Optimization: Development of Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Strategies for Increasing Fuel-Efficiency of Aircraft
Cooperation with Airbus, Dassault Aviation, Onera, FACC, Sztaki and more
Team Lead of Wind Tunnel Test Campaign for Validation of Gust Load Alleviation Controller
Advising of Student Interns and Bachelor/Master/PhD Students
Acquisition and Coordination of Research Projects
Advanced Trainings within the DLR Graduate Program
March 2012 - March 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Simulation Technologies Laboratory, Institute of Automation and Information Systems,Technical University of Munich, Germany
Nov. 2007 - Sept. 2011
Student Assistant, Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Software Development for RFID Testbed
Conceptual Design and Coordination of Programming Tasks
Aug. 2005 - Sept. 2005
Student Intern, IT Department, Plasser & Theurer, Linz, Austria
July 2004 - Aug. 2004
Student Intern, Engineering Department, VA-Tech Hydro (now Andritz Hydro), Linz, Austria
Aug. 2003
Student Intern, Electronics Department, Sprecher Automation, Linz, Austria
Education
April 2016 - Nov. 2020
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Hamburg, Germany
With Distinction (Summa Cum Laude)
Dissertation: Blending of Inputs and Outputs for Modal Control of Aeroelastic Systems
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Herbert Werner
Oct. 2007 - May 2013
Diploma in Aerospace Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Germany
With Distinction (Final Grade 1.4)
Diploma Thesis: Sensitivity Analysis of Flight Trajectories, Advisor: Dipl. Math. Leif Walter, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Holzapfel (Grade 1.0)
Term Papers
Online Flight System Identification using Extended Kalman Filtering, Advisor: Dipl. Ing. Michael Weingartner (Grade 1.0)
Spillover Reduction in Active Vibration Damping of Mechanical Structures, Advisor: Dipl. Ing. Gunar Reinicke (Grade 1.0)
Prediploma-Ranking: No. 30 out of 933 (Sept. 2009)
Oct. 2010 - May 2011
Term Abroad, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
Sept. 2001 - July 2006
University Entrance Qualification, Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt Neufelden, Austria
With Distinction (Final Grade 1.0)
Specialization: Business Computer Science
Thesis: Image Recognition for Robotic Dice Game, Advisor: Dipl. Ing. Peter Rachinger (Grade 1.0)
Awards
Best Research Article published in 2019 in the MDPI Aerospace Journal for “Structured Control Design for a Highly Flexible Flutter Demonstrator”
Post-doc of the Year 2021 of the Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Department at University of Colorado Boulder
Skills
Programming: Matlab, C, C++, C#, Java, Visual Basic, Groovy, PHP, ASP, HTML, SQL, ADbasic
Software: Matlab/Simulink (Toolboxes: Control System, Robust Control, Signal Processing, LPVtools, Optimization, Symbolic, Simulink Coder, ADsim, Model Predictive Control, State Flow), MS Office, LabVIEW, LaTeX, Databases (MS Access, Postgres, MySql, Firebird, Oracle), OpenCV, Solid Edge, Dymola, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Git, SVN
Languages: German (mother tongue), English (business fluent), Spanish (fluent), French (beginner)
Personal Skills: Reliability, Versatility, Creativity, Enthusiasm, Curiosity, Endurance
Personal Interests
Volunteering Activities (past and current)
Ambulance Man (Red Cross Austria)
Scout Leader (eight- to eleven-year-olds)
Work with Underprivileged Children (Medellín, Colombia)
Event Organizing (Workshops, Festivals, etc.)
Bike Repair (for Refugees and Locals)
Member of Ingenieure ohne Grenzen (Engineers without Borders)
Mountains
Travelling
Meditation
Swimming
Running
Biking