Dr.-Ing. Alfred Engler is the head of Chief Engineering at Liebherr Electronics & Drives GmbH in Germany, a position he has held since 2023. He first joined Liebherr in 2008 as the head of Advanced Development. Dr. Engler received his Dipl.-Ing. from the Technical University of Braunschweig in 1995, with a thesis on controlling asynchronous machines. In 2001, he received his PhD (Dr.-Ing.) for developing control algorithms for inverters in modular and expandable island supply systems. His main area of expertise is optimizing electronics for aerospace applications, particularly power electronics (PE). This includes activities such as EMC design, partial discharge, control, sensors, and mechanics. Dr. Engler has shared the results of his work through about 80 publications and patents.
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University of Luxembourg: Basics of Power Electronics
University of Kassel: Renewable Energy Systems (Eurec Master Course)
CAS Heilbronn: Power Electronics for automotive drive trains
FHV Dornbirn: Fundamentals of energy technology
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