Christoph Terbrack, M.Sc.

Research

Main research

• Drivetrain technology
  • Simulative and practical investigations of drive trains
  • Battery system technology and management
  • Multilevel Inverter
    • Design and evaluation of novel topology
    • Control methods and operating strategies
    • Efficiency analysis of inverter systems 

Current projects

• Research Environment for Safe Learning Battery Systems (FUsLeBat)
• Power Electronics

Vita

• Since 2020: PhD student in the field of multilevel inverters at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich in cooperation with the Institute for Innovative Mobility (IIMo) at the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
• 2017-2021: Cooperative doctoral student at Audi AG in the Battery Technology department
• Since 2017: Research associate in the Intelligent Battery Systems research project in the Electromobility and Adaptive Systems research group in cooperation with Audi AG
• 2014-2017: Studied electrical engineering and information technology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.)
• 2011-2014: Studied electrical engineering and information technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen, degree: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
• 2007-2010: Apprenticeship as a mechatronics engineer at Schmitz Cargobull AG in Vreden

Publications

• C. Terbrack, S. Speer, C. Endisch, Control and Implementation of the Parallel Enhanced Commutation Integrated Nested Multilevel Inverter Topology, Electronics 12(14) (2023) 3130. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12143130.
• C. Terbrack, J. Stöttner and C. Endisch, Design and Validation of the Parallel Enhanced Commutation Integrated Nested Multilevel Inverter Topology, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (2022). doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2022.3183859.
• L. Komsiyska, T. Buchberger, S. Diehl, M. Ehrensberger, C. Hanzl, C. Hartmann, M. Hölzle, J. Kleiner, M. Lewerenz, B. Liebhart, M. Schmid, D. Schneider, S. Speer, J. Stöttner, C. Terbrack, M. Hinterberger, C. Endisch, Critical Review of Intelligent Battery Systems: Challenges, Implementation, and Potential for Electric Vehicles, Energies 14 (2021) 5989. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185989.
• C. Terbrack, J. Stöttner and C. Endisch, Operation of an Externally Excited Synchronous Machine with a Hybrid Multilevel Inverter, 2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe), Lyon, France (2020) 1-12. doi: 10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215895.