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Lecturer for Digitalization, Automation and AI

Akademie für Beruf & Karriere (cooperation)

Part-time professional education.

• Design and delivery of professional training on digitalization, automation, and artificial intelligence in day-to-day work
• Teaching the foundations and practical requirements of the EU AI Act for the responsible use of AI

Senior Consultant – Digitalization and Automation in Factory Planning

Metroplan

Process analysis, factory planning, and the development and implementation of digital solutions.

• Modeling and analysis of end-to-end processes using Gemba walks, SIPOC, and BPMN to identify weaknesses and digitalization and automation potential
• Development of target processes, solution concepts, and functional requirements for future IT landscapes
• Application of lean methods, including value-stream analysis and work-sampling studies, to reduce waste, inventory, transport, and lead times
• Automation of administrative processes with Power Automate, saving several working hours per week
• Agile project planning with Scrum and facilitation of customer workshops for specialists and management
• Support for the introduction, configuration, and customization of the Odoo ERP system
• Development and delivery of practical generative AI training for managers and consultants
• Projects include a digitalization concept for mechanical production, a lights-out factory feasibility assessment, and master planning for a new factory site

Project Lead

Technical University of Ilmenau

Group for Information and Knowledge Management.

• Operational and strategic management of a digitalization project that introduced an autograder into the university IT infrastructure, including budget planning and project communication
• Agile planning and continued software development of the autograder system with Scrum
• Creation of operating concepts and manuals to support the long-term use of project results
• Integration of a generative AI agent to improve feedback for programming students
• Development of testing processes and automated unit and integration tests
• Presentation and dissemination of results within TU Ilmenau and at national and international universities

Research Assistant

Technical University of Ilmenau

Group for Information Technology in Production and Logistics.

• Application of machine learning and explainable AI to automate the analysis of simulation data
• Design and implementation of digital twins with OPC UA interfaces for production systems
• Facilitation of workshops and tutorials on expressive data visualization and responsible AI
• Consulting on logistics and material-flow simulation and the use of machine-learning algorithms
• Development of end-to-end dashboards for multivariate data analysis
• Implementation of visualization and machine-learning methods for the modular SimAssist software
• Teaching in simulation, data science, and programming

Student assistant

Technical University of Ilmenau

Group for Information Technology in Production and Logistics.

• Teaching in the digital factory laboratory
• Support in the creation of simulation models

Working Student

REWE digital Ilmenau

E-Commerce Department

• Support with the introduction of algorithms for shopping basket analysis
• Creation of scripts for evaluating sales data and validating product data

Internship as a production planner

Robert Bosch Eisenach Fahrzeugelektrik GmbH

Sensor Production Department

• Implementation of a simulation model for the production process
• Development of a Kanban system for spare parts management

Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.)

Technical University of Ilmenau

Process Automation, Data Science, Machine Learning and Simulation

Grade: Magna cum laude

• Dissertation: Automation within the Process of Knowledge Discovery in Simulation Data

Master of Science

Technical University of Ilmenau

Industrial Engineering

Grade: 1.3

• Specialization: Supply chain management and manufacturing technology
• Master thesis: Scagnostics mittels Deep Learning

Bachelor of Science

Technical University of Ilmenau

Industrial Engineering

Grade: 2.3

• Specialization: Mechanical engineering
• Bachelor thesis: Discriminant analysis for forecasting nominal characteristics

Best Poster Award

Technical University of Ilmenau

Awarded for the best poster presentation at the department conference.

Best Paper Award Nominee

Winter Simulation Conference

Nominated for best paper at the WSC.

SUNRISE

EU-funded cooperation project. Dissemination of results on the application and development of an autograder in programming education at other universities within the Europe-wide project alliance

AutoPING

AutoPING demonstrates how modern programming education can be made more efficient and practical through automated assessment systems such as CodeOcean. The project promotes digital, competence-oriented learning, AI integration, and modular critical testing scenarios—valuable impetus for the further development of teaching at TU Ilmenau and beyond.

• Containerized automated assessment system
• AI integration
• Digital learning
• Integration via the LMT interface

DaWiS

The aim of the project was to transfer the method of knowledge discovery in simulation data, which had previously been considered mainly in academic case studies in the field of production and logistics, into practice. To this end, smart experiment design methods were evaluated and implemented, methods for the (cloud-based) distribution of experiments were developed, and suitable data mining and visual analytics methods were implemented. These methods were designed and implemented in an integrated platform.

• Integrated into the commercial software SimAssist
• Cloud-based execution of simulation experiments
• Python interface developed for integration of Machine Learning methods

Handball Player and Volunteer

Wölfe Erfurt e.V.

Handball player, helper in the elementary school league, and in other volunteer organization activities.

• Advancing from the 'Landesliga' to the 'Oberliga' in the 2023/2024 season

Organizer

Initiative Solidarische Welt Ilmenau (ISWI)

Organization of workshops for students to exchange ideas about different cultures from around the world.