Graduate school "KleE"
Research Areas
1. Social science and society
- Acceptance of small scale renewable energy systems
Doctoral candidate: Liridon Korcaj
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hans Spada, University of Freiburg, Institute of Psychology - The transformation of the electricity system on the German and European level - A discourse analysis taking coalitions into account
Doctoral candidate: Simon Funcke
Supervisors: Dr. Chantal Ruppert-Winkel, University of Freiburg; Prof. Dr. Gerhard Oesten, University of Freiburg, IFE
2. Energy grid and communication
- Communication, distributed control and grid integration of scalable concentrator photovoltaic plants
Doctoral candidate: Pascal Benoit
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Leonard Reindl, University of Freiburg, IMTEK - Smart energy management for decentralised heat and power distribution
Doctoral candidate: Jesus da Costa Fernandes
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Elmar Bollin, University of Applied Sciences Offenburg and Prof. Dr. Leonard Reindl, University of Freiburg, IMTEK - Development of IT-based communication structures and system architectures for new types of energy supply networks
Doctoral candidate: Simon Fey
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christ, University of Applied Sciences Offenburg and Prof. Dr. Leonard Reindl, University of Freiburg, IMTEK - Agent based smart grid
Doctoral candidate: Gregor Rohbogner
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Leonard Reindl, University of Freiburg, IMTEK - Predictive algorithms for thermo-active building systems to relieve the power grid
Doctoral candidate: Martin Schmelas
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Elmar Bollin, University of Applied Sciences Offenburg and Prof. Dr. Leonard Reindl, University of Freiburg, IMTEK
3. Devices and systems
- Wireless ultra-low-power sensor systems for passive and semi-passive applications
Doctoral candidate: Mayukh Bhattacharyya
Supervisors: Prof Dr. Dirk Jansen, University of Applied Sciences Offenburg and Prof. Dr. Leonard Reindl, University of Freiburg, IMTEK - Novel photo-rechargeable alkaline battery
Doctoral candidate: Florian Büker
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Leonard Reindl, University of Freiburg, IMTEK - Library concept and generic parametrization for energy planning of polygeneration systems
Doctoral candidate: Satya Gopisetty
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Peter Treffinger, University of Applied Sciences Offenburg and Prof. Dr. Leonard Reindl, University of Freiburg, IMTEK - Detection of gaseous contaminants in biogas facilities
Doctoral candidate: Janosch Kneer
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wöllenstein, University of Freiburg, IMTEK
- Low sensor knots
Doctoral candidate: Jan Kokert
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Leonhard Reindl, Dr. Martin Kasemann, University of Freiburg, IMTEK - Thermo-hydraulic optimization of heating and cooling concepts using environmental energy
Doctoral candidate: Dominik Wystrcil
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eicke Weber, Dr. Henning, Fraunhofer ISE - Si nanocrystals for photovoltaic applications
Doctoral candidate: Anastasiya Zelenina
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Margit Zacharias, University of Freiburg, IMTEK - Development of a latent heat storage to increase dispatchability, efficiency and cost effectiveness of solar thermal power systems
Doctoral candidate: Verena Zipf
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Leithner, University of Braunschweig, IWBT