Martin Grepl

Professor Dr. Martin Grepl is a faculty member at RWTH Aachen University, where he holds the Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Optimierung mit partiellen Differentialgleichungen (Teaching and Research Area in Optimization with Partial Differential Equations). He has been affiliated with RWTH Aachen since 2009, first as a Professor (W1) and since 2014 as a Professor (W2).

Education:

• Diplom-Ingenieur (Aerospace Engineering), University of Stuttgart (2000)
• Master of Science (Mechanical Engineering), MIT (2001)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering), MIT (2005)

His research focuses on numerical methods for partial differential equations (PDEs), particularly model order reduction, reduced basis methods, finite element methods, and optimal control for parametrized PDEs. He also investigates parameter estimation, inverse problems, and control constraints in elliptic and parabolic PDE systems.

The scientific awards he has received include the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (1997-2000), a Fellowship from the Dr. Jürgen Ulderup-Stiftung (1998-1999), and the Lehrpreis der Fachschaft Mathematik/Physik/Informatik (2011). His work spans applications in manufacturing, medical physics, and fluid dynamics, as evidenced by his patents and collaborative research.

His publications demonstrate expertise in reduced basis methods for nonaffine/nonlinear PDEs, trust region optimization, and error bounds for real-time and many-query scenarios. His collaborations often involve interdisciplinary applications, including thermal conduction, welding processes, and glomerular filtration modeling.