Graz, Styria, Austria
I embarked on my professional path as a 3D-CFD simulation engineer after completing my Master's in Mechanical Engineering with a strong focus on Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer. I now have over a decade of technical and analytical expertise. My expertise spans across internal combustion engines, batteries, and CFD-based shape optimization. I have acquired knowledge in thermal system layout, multiphase flow, high Mach flow and aerodynamics simulation, all while being propelled by an unwavering drive to consistently deliver precise and timely results. Now, I am fully engaged and focused on high-performance engine development in the fast-paced world of motorsport, which perfectly complements my deep-seated passion for Racing.
Focusing on advancing high-performance engines for motorsport applications: • Correlating and validating CFD simulation results to testbed measurements. • Collaboration with the testing department. • Component design optimization for enhancing engine performance. • Building a Machine Learning model based on my CFD results for efficient performance prediction. • Implementing automation for pre-and post-processing using Python and Unix shell scripting. • Adapting existing toolkits and creating new toolkits to improve the CFD workflows and efficiency. • Collaborating with software developers to implement and test new features in AVL Fire.
I was a leading engineer in the battery development team for 3D-CFD CHT analysis, TRP (thermal runaway propagation) analysis, thermal, electro-thermal analysis, and electro-chemical analysis across all levels from cell to system. • Establishing new and improving existing CFD process workflows for geometry preparation, meshing, solver setup and post-processing. • Developing and establishing simulation methodologies. • Validating and correlating CFD models to testbed measurements. • Thoroughly analysing simulation results to highlight potentials for design optimisation. • Improving cooling and HV systems for high-performance sportscars. • Mentoring several colleagues who joined the battery CFD team. • Working and coordinating multiple customer projects in parallel. • Collaborating with software developers to implement and test new features in AVL Fire M and Siemens StarCCM+.
Within the racing department, I focused on: • improving high-performance engines for racing applications in F1, • detailed component geometry optimizations of Pre-Chamber Ignition Systems, • improving mixture formation and combustion performance, • collaborating with test bed engineers to correlate and validate my 3D-CFD simulation models, • running individual component DoEs to enhance engine performance, • automation of simulation setup and post-processing.