Chair of Dynamics and Control - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. D. Söffker - Short CV

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. D. Söffker

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Söffker University of Duisburg-Essen
Campus Duisburg
Chair of Dynamics and Control
MB 341
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg

Tel: +49 (0) 203 / 3 79 - 34 29
Fax: +49 (0) 203 / 3 79 - 30 27

E-Mail: soeffker [at] uni-due.de

Short CV / Research Profile / The 10 most important publications

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Short CV

1988 Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering, U Hannover,
Specification: General Mechanical Engineering
1995 Dr.-Ing., Faculty of Safety Engineering, U Wuppertal
PhD thesis title: "Modeling and Control of elastic, length variable robot arms" (in german)
Supervisors:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. P.C. Müller, U Wuppertal
Prof. Dr.-Ing. W.O. Schiehlen, U Stuttgart
2001 Habilitation/Priv.-Doz./Venia Legendi Safety Engineering/Automatic control
Thesis title:"System theoretic modeling of the knowledge-guided Human-Maschine-Interaction" (in german).
Supervisors:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. P.C. Müller, U Wuppertal
Prof. Dr.-Ing. G. Johannsen, U Kassel
Prof. Dr.-Ing. O. Peters, U Wuppertal
1988-89 Research Assistant,
1. Institute of Mechanics, TU Berlin
1989-95 Research Assistant,
Safety Control Engineering, U Wuppertal
1992-01 Lecturer Information Science, (2V,1Ü,1P), U Wuppertal
1995-01 Senior Research Scientist,
Safety Control Engineering, U Wuppertal
2001- Professor (full, tenured),
Chair of Dynamics and Control, U Duisburg-Essen
2014/15 Guest professor U Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA
2016-17 Visiting professor Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China

Research profile

Modeling, diagnosis, and control of elastic, mechanical systems
Advanced control theory: Robust observers and robust control
Diagnosis and prognosis of technical systems
Cognitive technical systems: Automata and Assistance


The 10 most relevant publications (complete research profile)

  1. Baccar, D.; Söffker, D.: Wear Detection by Means of Wavelet-based Acoustic Emission Analysis. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 60-61, August, 2015, pp. 198-207.
  2. Hasselberg, A.; Söffker, D.: Petri-Net-based modeling of human operator’s planning for the evaluation of task performance using the example of air traffic control. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 2015, pp. 1-10.
  3. Liu, Y.; Söffker, D.: Robust control approach for input-output linearizable nonlinear systems using high-gain disturbance observer. Int. J. of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 24, 2014, pp. 326-339.
  4. Al-Shrouf, L.; Saadawia, M.; Söffker, D.: Improved process monitoring and supervision based on a reliable multi-stage feature-based pattern recognition technique. Information sciences, 2013, pp. 282-294.
  5. Oberheid, H.; Hasselberg, A.; Söffker, D.: Know your options - analyzing human decision making in dynamic task environments with state-space methods. in: D. de Waard, N. Gérard, L. Onnasch, R. Wiczorek, and D. Manzey (Eds.): Human Centred Automation, Maastricht, the Netherlands: Shaker Publishing, 2011, pp. 285-300.
  6. Ahle, E.; Söffker, D.: Interaction of Intelligent and Autonomous Systems - Part II: Realisation of Cognitive Technical Systems. MCMDS-Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, Vol. 14. No. 4, 2008, pp. 319-339.
  7. Söffker, D.: From human-machine-interaction modeling to new concepts constructing autonomous systems: a phenomenological engineering-oriented approach. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 32, Issue 2, 2001, pp. 191-205.
  8. Söffker, D; Yu, Tie-Jun; Müller, P.C.: State Estimation of Dynamical Systems with Nonlinearities by using Proportional-Integral Observer. International Journal of System Science, Vol. 26 (1995), No. 9, pp. 1571-1582.
  9. Müller, P.C.; Bajkowski, J.; Söffker, D.: Chaotic Motions and Fault Detection in a Cracked Rotor. Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 5, Issue 2, 1994, pp. 233-254.
  10. Söffker, D.; Bajkowski, J.; Müller, P.C.: Detection of Cracks in Turbo Rotors - a New Observer Based Method. ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements, and Control, 3, 1993, pp. 518-524.

Publication evaluation:

Researchgate:www.researchgate.net/profile/D_Soeffker
Google scholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Po-nh0MAAAAJ&hl=de
Orcid:0000-0001-8299-101X
Researcher ID:J-5763-2015
Scopus ID:6602846949

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