Marcus Grobe

Marcus Grobe is a researcher and academic staff member at the Institute of Automatic Control Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig, within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Physics. He holds a Dr.-Ing. degree and is actively involved in research and teaching in control engineering, with a focus on stability of systems with time-variant sampling, robust and nonlinear control, and industrial automation applications.

Research Interests: His work centers on control system design, particularly for hybrid and real-time systems with non-constant sampling intervals. He investigates stability criteria, robustness, and fault-tolerant implementations in automotive and industrial control systems. His research spans modeling, simulation, and practical implementation of controllers in domains such as automotive data buses (FlexRay), robotics, CNC machines, and fail-safe PLC-based systems.

Publications and Research Trends: His publications from 1997 to 2012 reflect a consistent focus on control theory and its industrial applications. Key themes include H-infinity optimal control, model order reduction, stability analysis under variable sampling, and energy-efficient control. Recent works emphasize real-world implementations in automotive and robotic systems, often involving embedded controllers and real-time constraints.

• Teaching:
• Fundamentals of Control Engineering
• Advanced Methods of Control Engineering
• Identification of Dynamic Systems
• Design of Robust Regulations
• Data Bus Systems
• Nonlinear Control Engineering

Supervision and Institutional Roles: Dr. Grobe has supervised over 15 student theses from 2000 to 2016, covering topics in automotive electronics, robotics, and industrial control. He also serves as IT coordinator at the institute, responsible for IT security, network, and system administration, indicating a dual role in both academic and technical infrastructure support.