Research Group on PDE-Constrained Optimization

Professor

Prof. Dr. Volker Schulz

Office :		E 128
Phone :		201-3484
E-Mail :		Volker.Schulz@uni-trier.de

Research

The mission of the group is the mathematical investigation and development of numerical methods for the solution of optimization and inverse problems for discretized models derived from partial differential equations. In particular, these problems lead to large-scale nonlinear optimization problems, where the key methods being investigated are simultaneous optimization methods, partially reduced SQP methods and multigrid optimization methods. A particular emphasis in this field of research lies on real applications, examples of which are:

• Optimal control in chemical engineering
• Optimal structural design and topology optimization
• Shape optimization in turbomachinery design
• Inverse problems in groundwater flow
• Parameter estimation and experimental design in rheology

Staff

• Dr. Manfred Ries

  Office :		E 19
  Phone :		201-3453
  E-Mail :		ries@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Dr. Stephan Schmidt

  Office :		E 122
  Phone :		201-3477
  E-Mail :		stephan.schmidt@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Dipl.-Math. Roland Stoffel

  Office :		E 104
  Phone :		201-3463
  E-Mail :		stoffel@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Dipl.-Math. Claudia Schillings (BMBF-Project: DGHPOPT)

  Office :		E 127
  Phone :		201-3440
  E-Mail :		claudia.schillings@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Dipl.-Math. Christian Wagner (BMBF-Project ASIL: HPC on multicore machines)

  Office :		E 102
  Phone :		201-3461
  E-Mail :		christian.wagner@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Dipl.-Math. Benjamin Rosenbaum (BMWi-Project ComFliTe)

  Office :		E 127
  Phone :		201-3489
  E-Mail :		benjamin.rosenbaum@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Dipl.-Math. Martin Siebenborn (BMWi-Project MUNA: Management of Uncertainties in Numerical Algorithms)

  Office :		E 107
  Phone :		201-3466
  E-Mail :		siebenborn@uni-trier.de

  
  
  

Former Staff

• Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Math. oec. Ilia Gherman (BMWi-Project: MEGADESIGN)