Hoerner
- since 2020 Assistant Professor & Research Group Leader Turbomachinery
- 2014-2020 Research Assistant
- since 1993 Freelance Mechanic and Engineer
- 2014-2020 German-French PhD LEGI, Grenoble, France & Otto-von-Guericke-University
- 2016-2017 Research stay LEGI Grenoble, France
- 2015 Research stay LEGI, Grenoble France
- 2012-2014 M.Sc. electrical power engineering, specialization in renewable energies, Otto-von-Guericke University
- 2012-2014 M.Sc. Sustainable Energy Systems, specialization Fluid Machinery, Otto-von-Guericke University
- 2008-2012 B. Eng. Mechanical Engineering, specialization Design Engineering, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
Teaching
- Turbomachinery: Lecture, Exercise and practical training
- Fluid mechanics: Exercise
- Mesurement techniques: Practical training in velocity measurement
- Sustainability Lecture Series: Lecture
Research
Group leader Turbomachinery
Main focus:
Renewable energies/ecologically compatible hydropower
Adaptive structures, fluid-solid interaction
Experimental and numerical optimization methods
Hydrokinetic turbines
Turbine-generator interaction
Open source based engineering methods
Current projects
- 2023 Numerical investigation of the fish compatibility of the pumping station 'Kudensee' (KSB Service GmbH)
- 2023-2025 WaterJetCleaner Plus - Development of a mobile system for energy-efficient water cleaning (BMWK)
- 2021-2024 OPTIDE - Performance enhancement and improvement of fatigue strength of vertical axis water turbines by active blade adjustment (DFG (D) and Labex TEC21 (F))
- 2019-2024 RETERO - Reduction of fish testing through new scientific methods and technologies (BMBF) (2019-2022)
Completed projects
- 2022 Numerical investigation of fish compatibility of an axial-flow pump (KSB Service GmbH)
- 2015-2018 Wachstumskern Flussstrom Plus Subproject 2, Technology Development for Flotile Power Plants (BMBF)
- 2015-2018 Wachstumskern Flussstrom Plus Plus Subproject 4, Cascade fish-friendly weir (BMBF)
Prizes and scholarships
2021 Dissertation prize 'Prix européen' of the German-French University
2021 Environmental Prize of the City of Magdeburg for the Turbomachinery Group
2014-2016 PhD scholarship of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
2009-2014 Study scholarship holder of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Research partners
Academic Partners:
LEGI, Grenoble, France
Env. Sensing Group, Taltech Tallinn, Estonia
HIFI, Hull University, UK
Industry partners:
KSB SE & Co. KGaA, Frankenthal
Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA, Heidenheim
IGF-Jena, Jena
SJE Ecohydraulic Engineering GmbH, Stuttgart
SIBAU GmbH, Genthin
Open Source Software:
Salomé (CAE-Software der EDF, Frankreich)
OpenFOAM® (C++ basierter CFD Toolkit)
foam-extend (Community Fork von Openfoam mit zusätzlichen Funktionen)
fluidImage (PIV software)https://bitbucket.org/fluiddyn/fluidimage)
Research data
Publications
A full reference list of the lab can be found under Research