Dr. Pascal Kiwitz

- Bucher Hydraulics Advanced Technology Team - Development of hydraulic sub-systems including electronic control unit

Budget, resources, and task planning for the team (4-6 people); Control systems development of new generation stationary gas engines; Control systems development of new generation hydraulic pump; Condition monitoring on hydraulic pumps and motors; Diesel particulate filter regeneration strategy and method for emission legislation Stage V; Coordination with universities and founding societies; Technical consultant for controls topics on customer projects in Germany, Russia, China;

AdBlue dosing strategy for emission legislation Tier4f; Engine speed controller and cylinder balancing; Fuel high pressure control; Usage of rapid-prototyping system from ETAS and dSPACE for proof-of-concepts; Development of MATLAB/Simulink toolchain for embedded target programming; Requirements elicitation, traceability, documentation, calibration guideline;

Development of 1st principle models for chemical reactors; Development of model-based controllers using the derived models; Validation and application of the controllers on the engine test benches; Build-up and maintenance of a gasoline engine test bench; Build-up and maintenance of a diesel engine test bench;

Model-Based Control of Catalytic Converters

Automatic Control and System Dynamics