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Ewald Krämer

Prof. Dr.-Ing.

Director
Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics

Contact

+49 711 685 63580
+49 711 685 53402

Pfaffenwaldring 21
70569 Stuttgart
Germany

Office Hours

Office hours by arrangement

Subject

  • experimental and numerical aerodynamics
  • configurational aerodynamics
  • fluid dynamics
  • flight physics
  • Fluid Dynamics I and II (B.Sc.)
  • Project Seminar Flow Simulation (B.Sc.)
  • CFD Application Seminar (B.Sc.)

Office hours by arrangement

Curriculum Vitae of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ewald Krämer

 
born 20.02.1960 in Ochtendung (near Koblenz), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
married, 2 children

since 01.10.2004
Director of the Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics, University of Stuttgart

Scientific Education

  • 1991
    Doctoral Degree from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of the University of the German Armed Forces Munich.
    (Thesis title: Numerical Computation of Helicopter Rotor Flow by Means of an Euler Method)
  • 1982
    Graduation in Aerospace Engineering from the University of the German Armed Forces Munich (Dipl.-Ing.)

Professional Career

  • 2006-2016
    Dean of Study of Aerospace Engineering and member of the faculty board.
  • since 2004
    Full Professor for Aerodynamics of Air and Space Vehicles and Director of the Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics, University of Stuttgart

  • 1990-2004
    Different positions in aircraft development with focus on aerodynamics at EADS Deutschland GmbH Ottobrunn, Military Aircraft Division.
    Latest position: Head of Flight Physics Department.

  • 1977-1989
    Military Service in the German Air Force
    Technical Officer, responsible for repair & overhaul of military aircraft (1982-1985)
    Research Assistant at the Institute of Aeronautics, University of the German Armed Forces Munich (1985-1989)
  • since 2013
    Member of the Research Council for Scientific Computing Baden-Wuerttemberg (WiR Ba-Wü)
  • since 2013
    Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the “Jugendforschungszentrum Schwarzwald-Schönbuch e.V.“ (Center for young researchers)
  • since 2012
    Member of the Steering Committee of the High Performance Computer Center Stuttgart (HLRS) and Chairman for Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • since 2011
    Member of the Supervisory Board of the Ltd. “Höchstleistungsrechner und Verteilte Systeme – Verbund, SICOS-BW GmbH” (High Performance Computing and Distributed Systems)
  • 2011-2013
    Member of the Board of the Southern German Wind Energy Research Alliance WindForS
  • since 2008
    Representative of the German Universities in the “Lenkungskreis Hochauftrieb Deutschland” (Steering Committee High Lift Germany), Cluster “Development High Lift (CEHL)”

  • since 2006
    Member of the Study Commission "Aerospace Engineering

  • 2004-2006
    Representative of the German Universities in the Technical Committee “Performance, Stability & Control, and Fluid Physics“ in the NATO/RTO-Panel „Applied Vehicle Technology“

  • 2004-2021
    Representative of the University of Stuttgart in the committee of the German Professors of Aeronautics

  • 2000-2004
    Representative of the German Aeronautical Industry in the Technical Committee “ Performance, Stability & Control, and Fluid Physics“ in the NATO/RTO-Panel „Applied Vehicle Technology“

  • since 1999
    Programme Committee of the “Strömungsmechanische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (STAB)“ (German Fluid Mechanics Council), since 2013: Spokesman for the German academia

  • 1998-2004
    Advisory Board of the ETW (European Transonic Wind Tunnel, Cologne, European cryogenic wind tunnel)

  • 1998-2004
    Advisory Board of the DNW (German-Dutch Wind Tunnels)
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