Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Staudt
Senior Academic Counsellor, Adjunct Professor
Contact

Tel: +49 (234) 32 - 23962
Fax: +49 (234) 32 - 14597
E-Mail: staudt@enesys.rub.de
Address:
Power Systems Technology and Power Mechatronics
Ruhr-University Bochum
Universitaetsstrasse 150
44801 Bochum, Germany
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
2000 | Habilitation at Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of electrical engineering and information technology. Nomination as private dozent. Habilitation on "Ein Beitrag zu Leistungsbegriffen und Kompensationsverfahren für Mehrleitersysteme". Lehrgebiet: Elektrische Energietechnik und Leistungselektronik - "Contribution to power definitions and compensation strategies for multi-conductor systems". (in German language). Assigned area of teaching expertise: Electrical power engineering and power electronics |
1993 | Doctoral degree at Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of electrical engineering. Dissertation on "Zusammenhänge zwischen dem Sättigungsverhalten und den Ständer-Flussverkettungen von Drehfeldmaschinen" - "Relationship between the saturation characteristics and the stator-flux linkages of machines with rotating magnetical field" (in German language) |
1987 | German Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum |
Professional Career:
since 2009 | Adjunct professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) |
since 1999 | Academic counsellor and senior academic counsellor at the faculty of electrical engineering and information technology, Ruhr-University Bochum |
1993-1999 | Seniour engineer at the institute for generation and application of electrical energy, Ruhr-University Bochum, Prof. Depenbrock. Subsequently institute for electrical power engineering and power electronics, Prof. Steimel |
1988-1999 | Research asistent at the institute for generation and application of electrical energy, Ruhr-University Bochum, Prof. Depenbrock |
1987-1988 | Obligatory military service (federal forces of Germany) |
Personal Information:
Civil Status: | Married, 3 children |
Date of Birth: | 25.12.1962 |
Place of Birth: | Bochum, Germany |
Courses
Lectures
- Electrical Drives
- Controlled Power Electronic Actuators
- Power Electronics
Main areas of expertise:
- Theory and control of inverter-fed machines (prominently IM and PMSM)
- Control of inverters connected to the power grid
- Power theory and compensation strategies (compensation of non-active power, Power Quality)
- Measurement, description and analysis of signals typical for electrical power engineering
- Space vectors and their application to electrical power egineering
White Papers
- Short lecture "Power Defintions - Power Theory"
- Raumzeiger
- Frequency identification extended: Virtual PLL - ViPLL
- Concepts for short-circuit protection of HVDC grids (Co-Authors: Dr. C. Heising und Prof. A. Steimel)
Professional Acitivities
- Member of VDE (german association of engineers in electrical engineering and information technology)
- Seniour member of the IEEE
- Active in the definition of standards