Claus Führer Numerical Analysis Center for Mathematical Sciences Lund University  Address: Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, SWEDEN  Phone: +46 46 222 9637, Fax: use e-mail  Visitors address: Sölvegatan 18 (room 123d)  e-mail: Claus.Fuhrer(at)na.lu.se    note: (at)=@ My calendar can be accessed here.

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Research

Research in the area of numerical methods for mechanical applications. There, I am mainly specialized on numerical integration methods for ordinary differential equations (explicit and differential-algebraic ones). Mechanical applications of my work are within vehicle dynamics and biomechanics (see also Centre for Biomechanics at LU )

Actual courses (HT 2007)

• Linear Algebra for Mechanical Engineers (together with Lars Vretare)
  
• Simulation Tools
  

• Marike Girod and Céline Pélissier: Walking for 0.59 seconds -- A FEM model and Simulation of a Prothesis. (co-operation with
  Skandinaviska Ortopedtekniska Laboratoriet), Lund University, Faculty of Science
  
• Jacob Kroon: Vibration Analysis in Nonlinear Systems using Galerkins Method. (co-operation with DYNASIM AB, Lund) Lund Institute of Technology
  
• Héctor Yela Reneses:  Cool: A computer animation of the human knee joint with OpenGL
  
• Moa Leonhard:  An optimal NURBS approximation of a polygonial curve (together with Giorgos Nikoleris, Robotteknik, LTH)
  
• Rickard Gustafsson:  Blade Geometry with NURBS surfaces (together with Rolls-Royce, Kristinehamn)
  
• Hampus Jacobsson:  Newmark's method for roller bearing simulation  (together with SKF)
• Joakim Roubert: Automatic Guidance of a Laparoscope Using Computer Vision (together with Techn. University of Catalania)
• Dara Maghdid:  Stability and Accuracy of Newmark's Method 
• Mathias Persson:  A Biomechanical Model of the Human Knee Joint 
• Anders Johansson:  Supercomputers and clusters. Benchmarking of two numerical algorithms. 
                                 (Together with Martin Wahlén Department of Computer Science Lund University.) 
• Phillip Birken: An Investigation of a Piecewise Polynomial Formulation of Multistep Methods for Initial Value Problems.
• Sava Iancovici: Modeling and Simulation of Roller Bearings with Elastic Components (together with SKF)
• Gunnar Lindholm:  Efficient Computation of the Jacobian in Implicit DAE Solvers for Multibody Systems (together with DLR)
• Mathias Ghebaru: Dynamisk simulering av dumper (together with BOFORS)

Short CV

Present occupation

Education

• Docent in Numerical Analysis 1997 (Lunds Universitet, Sweden)
• Dr.rer.nat. in Numerical Analysis 1988 (Technische Universität München, Germany)
• Diplom in Mathematics 1980 (Universität Hamburg, Germany)

Professional experience

• 2003-??  Professor in Scientific Computing at  the Numerical Analysis department, LTH
• 2002-2004 head of the department
• 1999-2002 director of studies 
• 1999 - 2003 Universitetslektor (assoc. professor) at the Numerical Analysis department, Faculty of Science
in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.
• 1996 - 1998 Universitetslektor (Senior Lecturer) at Department for Computer Science (DNA)
at Lund University, Sweden.
• 1992/1993  Guest Researcher at the Department for Computer Science (DNA)
• 1988 - 1996 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter and Senior Scientist (1994) at the German Aerospace and Aeronautics
Research Establishment (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, Germany
Working area: Coordinator for Numerical Methods within the SIMPACK Multibody
Simulation Program. Temporally Project Coordinator.
• 1985 - 1988 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Department of Mathematics,
Munich Technical University (Prof. R. Bulirsch)
• 1980 - 1985 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the German Aerospace and Aeronautics
Research Establishment (DLR, previously DFVLR), Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, Germany
Working area: Numerical Methods in Multibody System Simulation with Applications in
Vehicle System Dynamics

pedagogical experience see teaching.

Publications

• since 1995 (with abstracts)
• list over all
• Eich-Soellner, Führer: Numerical Methods in Multibody Dynamics, Teubner, Stuttgart, 1998
  (since 2002 available as a reprint directly from the authors).