Research Fields

• Optimal Control of ODE/DAE's: Necessary Conditions, Numerical Methods

• Nonsmooth Newton Methods and their Application to Optimal Control Problems

• Optimization, Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming

• Sensitivity Analysis of ODE/DAE's, Consistent Initial Values

• Mechanical Multi-Body Systems

• Real-Time Optimization and Real-Time Optimal Control

• Parameter Identification Problems

• Scientific Computing

• Applications in Engineering Sciences and Industry

• BMBF-Project: Simulation of Test-drives of Automobiles at Driving Limit