Annette Mütze

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Annette Mütze is a full Professor at Graz University of Technology's Electric Drives and Machines Institute, serving as its head since 2010. Her academic journey includes roles as an Assistant/Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Warwick. She holds a PhD from Technical University of Darmstadt (summa cum laude) and dual engineering degrees from Ecole Centrale de Lyon and TU Darmstadt. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary advancements in electric drives and machines, addressing efficiency, reliability, and system integration across electrical engineering, materials science, and systems engineering domains.

Key research contributions include foundational work on inverter-induced bearing currents, manufacturing impacts on steel performance, and fractional horsepower drive innovations. She leads high-profile projects like the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Brushless Drives and the FWF-funded Computational Electric Machine Lab. Awards include the 6th Nagamori Award (2020), IEEE Industry Application Society’s top paper prize (2019), and NSF CAREER Award (2005).

• Education: PhD (TU Darmstadt, 2004), Dual Engineering Degrees (Ecole Centrale Lyon/TU Darmstadt, 1999)
• Funded Projects: Christian Doppler Lab (2016–2023), SFB Computational Electric Machine Lab (2022–2026)
• Awards: IEEE Fellow (2016), Nagamori Award (2020), NSF CAREER (2005)
• Lab/Teams: Head of TU Graz’s Electric Drives and Machines Institute, collaborating on industry-academia projects