Dr.-Ing. Dirk Turschner

Born in Überlingen on Lake Constance in 1967

School
1986 High school diploma (Oberzwehren/Kassel, today Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-School Kassel)

Military service
1986 - 1987 Military service (2nd Armored Infantry Division - “Hessian Division”)

Studies
1987 - 1993 Studied electrical engineering, specializing in measurement and control engineering, energy technology at the Technical University of Braunschweig
Diploma

Industrial activity
1993 - 1996 Development engineer in drive technology and software development for UPS systems at Piller GmbH Osterode

University work and doctorate
Since 1996 employee at the Institute for Electrical Power Engineering and Energy Systems (IEE) at Clausthal University of Technology
Doctorate in the field of drive technology in 2002
Since 2003 working group leader at the IEE in the field of power electronics/electric drives.

The research fields include topics such as parameter identification, state control for high-performance drives, load spectrum minimization with various drive concepts, identification of non-linearities, development of electronic and power electronic circuits for grid feed-in as well as the construction and operation of test benches. In addition, the department acquires direct industrial orders and is involved in the application and processing of various national and international third-party funded projects.

Committee activities
Since 2008 juror at Jugend forscht Lower Saxony (state competition)
Since 2011 Member of the international program committee International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Quality ICREPQ
Member of the examination board of the Faculty of Energy and Economics since 2018

Contacts abroad
 Since 2013 Initiator and coordinator of the cooperation with the Japanese University Kyushu Institute of Technology in Fukuoka, especially with the laboratory of Prof. Yasunori Mitani (currently Vice President).
As part of the collaboration, an annual exchange of students and academic staff takes place.