Career

  • 1986 – 1992 Mechanical engineering studies at the Mannheim University of Cooperative Education and the RWTH Aachen University
  • 1993 – 1996 Research assistant at Forschungszentrum Jülich, lecturer in fluid mechanics and measurement technology at Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Jülich department
  • 1996 Doctorate in engineering with the topic “Mathematical simulation of a high-temperature fuel cell” at RWTH Aachen University
  • 1997 – 2001 Consultant at ORACLE Deutschland GmbH; management consultancy in the database environment. Lecturer for databases at the FH-Bielefeld
  • Since October 2001 Professor of Computer Science at the FHDW

Research and consulting focus

  • Databases
  • Data warehouse systems
  • E-Business
  • Numerical simulation