Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Mecke is a Professor of Control Engineering and Electrical Drives at Harz University of Applied Sciences since 2006. His affiliations include the Faculty of Automation and Information and the Department of Automation and Computer Science. Studied Electrical Engineering at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (1985–1990) Doctorate in Electrical Engineering (1995) focusing on stator flux-oriented control Research interests span control engineering , electric drive technology , power electronics , and energy conversion/storage . Key contributions include: Dynamic control systems for three-phase drives Model-based state variable determination Inductive contactless power transmission Energy-efficient control strategies Power converter topologies for renewable energy EMC analysis for industrial systems His publications focus on power electronics, wireless energy transfer, and efficiency optimization. Recent work includes multilevel inverters and SiC/GaN semiconductor applications. Research groups under his supervision explored topics like: Contactless energy transmission systems PWM inverter topologies Rotor flux control in induction machines Converter integration in PV/wind systems EMC behavior of IGBT systems High-frequency drive analysis










