P. Leuchtmann, ETH Zurich


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Last update: December 9, 2011

Curriculum Vitae

Finishing the preuniversity education in 1975 with the matura type B (humanistic, with latin). In the same year starting studies in electrical engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), diploma in 1980 and PhD in 1987. From 1980 to 1989 assistant in the electromagnetics group (under Prof. H. Baggenstos), then scientific official in the same group. Member of IEEE (currently vice-president of the Swiss Joint Chapter on MTT, AP and EMC) and URSI-B (2008-2011: Chair of commission B in Germany). Technical Program Chair for EMC Zurich 2005, 2009.

 


Research (with year numbers)

1980-1981 Application of group theory for the computation of nonsymmetrical electromagnetic fields in symmetrical situations.

1981-1987 Member in the developing team of the MMP method.

1981-1987 PhD-theses `Automatisierung der Funktionenwahl bei der MMP-Methode'. Author of a 2D-MMP-program package for electrostatics.

1982-1988 Member of the CCITT-studygroup V/GRD/6. Author of two chapters on basics of electromagnetics in the CCITT directives.

1989-1995 Further works of the MMP method in particular the invention of the `thin wire expansions', the `line multipoles' and the `curved line multipoles' and the development of the numerical recursions for their efficient numerical calculation.

1989-1992 Application of the MMP method on EMC problems.

1993-1994 Critical investigation of the MEI method of K.K. Mei.

1994 Application of the MMP method on antenna problems.

1994-1995 Conceptual work for static applications of MMP.

1994-1995 Basic studies on error propagation and the acceptance of errors in numerical field simulations.

1995-1997 The fieldinspector, an interactive viewing system for electromagnetic fields.

1996-1997 Investigation of high frequency multiwire cables.

1997-1998 Calculations for the Kelvin probe force microscopy.

1998 Combination of MMP with the method of lines (MoL) and with the method of moments (MoM).

1998 Computation of wave guide connectors.

1998 Simulation of the current distribution in inductance heated pots.

1998-2000 Field simulation of wide band horn antenna.

1999-2001 Field simulation of electrostatic discharge.

2000-2001 High accuracy field simulation of air lines.

2001-2003 Investigations on finite volume time domain method (FVTD)

2002-2005 Reverberation Chamber Simulations

2005-2009 Connector Modeling up to 70 GHz

2010- Through Wall Sensing


Teaching (with year numbers)

1980-1988 Assistance in the courses `Elektrotechnik I & II', `Elektromagnetische Felder' (4. Sem.). Hour wise teaching of the lectures `Statische und quasistationäre Felder' (7. Sem.) and `Rasch veränderliche Felder' (8. Sem.)

1988-1992 Partly teaching of lectures and exercises of the courses `Numerische Berechnung elektromagnetischer Felder' (7. Sem.) and `Elektromagnetische Wellen' (8. Sem.)

1988-1991 Writing the script for the course `Theoretische Elektrotechnik' (6. Sem.) and teaching the lectures in the years 1990 and 1991.

1991-2000 "Lehrauftrag" for the course `Elektrotechnik III & IV' (3./4. Sem.). Writing the script in six editions.

1993+1995 Instructor for MMP/GMT-short courses in Monterey, California.

1998 Development of an experiment for teaching standing waves behavior and pulse propagation on transmission lines.

2001-2011 "Lehrauftrag" for the course `Felder und Komponenten I & II' (3./4. Sem.).