Faces behind HECTOR School: Prof. Doppelbauer gives insights
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Doppelbauer is Professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), where he holds the chair of Hybrid Electric Vehicles at the Institute of Electrical Engineering (ETI). His work focuses on the design, modeling and optimization of electrical drive systems for hybrid and electric vehicles, including electromagnetic machine design, system integration, and simulation-based development. He has prior industry experience in electric motor and drive development and is actively involved in international standardization for electric machines and mobility technologies.
Tell us more about you and your research area:
What area are you working in?
Improving raw material usage, weight and power density of electric drive trains.
Which industries do you support with your research?
All industries that are involved in building electric vehicles – from pedelecs and cars to trucks, busses and even airplanes and electric ships.
Thinking about your research area and the influences on industry, environment, or the society, what are the risks/what are you worrying about?
I am worried about the transformation to emission free electric transportation and the rather slow progress we are still seeing in this area.
Thinking about your research area and the influences on industry, environment, or the society, what are the opportunitie?, What makes you feel optimistic?
Electric vehicles are slowly becoming a commodity. Young people are not so much interested in owning a car for themselves but rather in emission free and environmentally friendly transportation as a service. This opens up a possibility to improve our world not only by employing electric cars but also by multi-modal transportation in general.
What are you particularly proud of? / Your greatest success:
We were able to create several prototypes of world leading motors with extremely high power density that is very low usage of raw material.
Get to know Prof. Dr. Doppelbauer
What is your favourite place in Karlsruhe/ or at the KIT?
The woods behind the Karlsruhe castle.
Which book did you read lately?
A book on Galaxies, by David J. Eicher (I do astrophotography as a hobby).
What is your favorite App?
I am afraid the app I use most often is YouTube, but otherwise SkySafari is probably my most favorite app.
How would you describe HECTOR School?
Very dedicated colleagues.
What is your favorite Tool for your work?
Apple Mac Laptops.