Dr. Michael Lauermann

Research Engineer / AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Michael Lauermann, (M), has joined the AIT Energy Department as Research Engineer in 2014. Michael holds a Master degree in mechanical engineering and a Doctoral degree in technical science, both from the Technical University of Vienna. During his PhD work on developing an innovative solar thermal concentrating system he was principally involved in the modelling of thermal, mechanical and optical systems. At present, he is actively involved in national research projects in the area of industrial heat pumps. His key activities lie in the field of dynamic thermal simulations of heat pump systems. He is teaching at the Vienna University of Technology in the field of solar thermal engineering and at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien in the field of heat pump systems.