Former Members of the Research Group

• Dr. Ailyn Stötzner (03/2014 - 01/2019)
  Ph.D. September 2018, Technische Universität Chemnitz
  Title of Dissertation: Optimal Control of Thermoviscoplasticity
  Collaborator in the DFG project HE 6077/8-1 Optimal Control of Dissipative Solids: Viscosity Limits and Non-Smooth Algorithms in DFG Priority Program 1962 Non-smooth and Complementarity-based Distributed Parameter Systems: Simulation and Hierarchical Optimization
  current position (as of February 2019): iav GmbH (Chemnitz)
• M.Sc. Felix Harder (10/2016 - 03/2018)
  Collaborator in the DFG project Analysis and solution methods for bilevel optimal control problems
  current position (as of April 2018): BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
• Dr. habil. Gerd Wachsmuth (10/2008 - 01/2018)
  Habilitation July 2017, Technische Universität Chemnitz
  Title of Habilitation thesis: Optimization problems with complementarity constraints in infinite-dimensional spaces
  Ph.D. Dezember 2011, Technische Universität Chemnitz
  Title of Dissertation: Optimal Control of Quasistatic Plasticity - An MPCC in Function Space
  current position (as of February 2018): (Optimal Control) at Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (Cottbus)
• Dipl.-Math. Susann Mach (04/2011 - 09/2017)
  Collaborator in the DFG project HE 6077/4-1 Preconditioned SQP Solvers for Nonlinear Optimization Problems with PDEs
  current position (as of October 2017): intenta (Chemnitz)
• Dr. Andreas Günnel (03/2010 - 09/2016)
  Ph.D. August 2014, Technische Universität Chemnitz
  Title of Dissertation: Numerical Aspects in Optimal Control of Elasticity Models with Large Deformations
  Collaborator in the subproject F.2 Bivalent and Multi-Criteria Optimization of Coupled Simulations of Manufacturing and Loading of Hybrid Structures in Cluster of Excellence MERGE
  Collaborator in the BMBF project Quality Pact for Teaching (TU4U)
  current position (as of October 2016): Wölfel (Höchberg bei Würzburg)
• Dipl.-Math. techn. Stephan Schleicher (06/2014 - 02/2015)
  work on topology optimization in quasi static elasto plasticity
  current position (as of February 2015): iav GmbH (Chemnitz)
• Dr. Stefan Takacs (11/2013 - 11/2014)
  Post-Doc, funded by a Erwin Schrödinger-fellowship
  current position (as of December 2015): RICAM Linz, Austria
• Dr. Michelle Lass (11/2013 - 09/2014)
  Post-Doc, funded by a Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  current position (as of October 2014): TU Darmstadt
• Dipl.-Math. Frank Schmidt (03/2008 - 03/2014)
  Collaborator in the DFG project GR 2099/2-1 Optimal Control in Elastoplasticity - Analysis, Algorithms, Numerical Analysis and Applications in Priority Program 1253 Optimization with Partial Differential Equations
  current position (as of May 2016): d-fine (Frankfurt am Main)
• Dr. Martin Bernauer (08/2007 - 07/2010)
  Ph.D. December 2010, Technische Universität Chemnitz
  Title of Dissertation: Motion Planning for the Two-Phase Stefan Problem in Level Set Formulation
  Collaborator in FWF project P19918-N14 Optimal Control of Stefan Problems with Constraints
  current position (as of August 2016): Frauscher (St. Marienkirchen)
• Dr. Nataliya Metla (09/2005 - 10/2008)
  Ph.D. September 2008, Johannes Kepler University Linz
  Title of Dissertation: The Sequential Quadratic Programming Method for Elliptic Control Problems with Mixed Control-State Constraints
  Collaborator in FWF project P18056-N12 Second Order Sufficient Conditions and the SQP Method for Optimal Control Problems with Mixed Constraints
  current position (as of April 2015): Swarowski (Austria)