Team
Opening hours
The ifas office is open on Mondays from 09:00 to 12:00 and Tuesdays to Fridays from 08:00 to 16:00. We recommend that you register in advance at +49 241 80 47710 or at Sekretariat@ifas.rwth-aachen.de.
Direction
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katharina Schmitz, (born Schrank) Head of Department | Tel.: +49 241 80 47701 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 katharina.schmitz@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Niklas Bauer, M. Sc. Deputy chief engineer | Tel.: +49 241 80 47702 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 niklas.bauer@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Amos Merkel, M. Sc. Assistant Chief Engineer | Tel.: +49 241 80 47737 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 amos.merkel@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Dr.-Ing. Olivier Reinertz Scientific Director | Tel.: +49 241 80 47703 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 olivier.reinertz@ifas.rwth-aachen.de |
Former institute directors
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hubertus Murrenhoff Former director of the institute | Tel.: +49 241 80 47704 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 hubertus.murrenhoff@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
em. Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Backé, († 21. Juli 2016) |
Research associates
Malte Becker, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47719 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 malte.becker@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Faras Brumand-Poor, M.Sc. M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47743 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 faras.brumand@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Sebastian Deuster, M. Eng. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47740 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 sebastian.deuster@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Yannick Duensing, M. Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47742 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 yannick.duensing@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Felix Figge, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47735 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 felix.figge@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Felix Justin Fischer, M. Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47725 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 f.fischer@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Christian Haas, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47720 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 christian.haas@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Marius Hofmeister, M. Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47734 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 marius.hofmeister@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Achill Holzer, M. Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47731 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 achill.holzer@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Simon Hucko, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47744 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 simon.hucko@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Faried Makansi, M. Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47721 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 faried.makansi@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Amos Merkel, M. Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47737 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 amos.merkel@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Christian Reese Jimenez, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47727 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 christian.reese@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Dr.-Ing. Olivier Reinertz | Tel.: +49 241 80 47703 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 olivier.reinertz@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Timo Rothhardt | Tel.: +49 241 80 47733 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 timo.rothhardt@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Felix Schlegel, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47708 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 felix.schlegel@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Matthias Schmid, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47736 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 matthias.schmid@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Bernhard Sender, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47724 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 bernhard.sender@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Johannes Sprink, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47709 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 johannes.sprink@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Zita Tappeiner, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47729 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 zita.tappeiner@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Tobias Vonderbank, M.Sc. | Tel.: +49 241 80 47722 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 tobias.vonderbank@ifas.rwth-aachen.de |
Guest Scientists & External Ph.D. Students
Igor Mass | Tel.: +49(0)2151 822-5071 Igor.Mass@hs-niederrhein.de | |
Martin Wittmaack, M.Eng. | Tel.: +49 511 9296 1630 martin.wittmaack@hs-hannover.de |
Administration
Jutta Zacharias | Tel.: +49 241 80 47711 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 jutta.zacharias@ifas.rwth-aachen.de |
IT Division
Heinz Kanters | Tel.: +49 241 80 47714 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 heinz.kanters@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Dominik Günder | Tel.: +49 241 80 47718 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 dominik.guender@ifas.rwth-aachen.de |
Mechanical Workshop
Klaus Breuer | Tel.: +49 241 80 47751 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 klaus.breuer@ifas.rwth-aachen.de |
Electronics Department
Dirk Kochs | Tel.: +49 241 80 47752 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 dirk.kochs@ifas.rwth-aachen.de | |
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Janhsens | Tel.: +49 241 80 47754 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 thomas.janhsens@ifas.rwth-aachen.de |
Experimental Laboratory
Horst Wingens | Tel.: +49 241 80 47750 Fax: +49 241 80 647712 horst.wingens@ifas.rwth-aachen.de |
Lecturers
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Stammen | ||
Dr. rer. nat. Lutz Lindemann | ||
Dr. Stefan Gels | ||
Dr. Gerd Scheffel |