engineer working on printing and soldering technologies. He was a member of Continental’s global technology development group and gained experience in South-Korea, North-America, and several parts of Europe. After 2 years, he became senior Surface Mounting Technology engineer. In 2014, he joined Continental HEV, where he became the development manager of start stop electronics and hybrid control electronics series and worked on improving quality and manufacturability by changing design and specifications for a year.

and two years later he was recruited as a Design Judge to the event. Previously he built three racing cars, one of them won a National Championship in Australia in 1981. Later he got involved in kart racing as a Tech Advisor and became Vice President of the Commission Internationale de Karting (CIK) being responsible for Technical Matters. He participated in launching FSAE Australasia and has been Chief Design Judge at Formula Student Germany since 2006. He is also a Senior Design Judge at events in the US, UK, Australia, Austria, Russia and India. Through his blog, ‘Pat’s Corner’ on the FSG website he is helping FS teams with useful practical advices and he is also the co-author of a guidebook written for FS competitors named ‘Learn and Compete’.

the response of charged internal combustion engines. He studied mechanical engineering at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Subsequently he was a development engineer of a 1-D gas exchange program for engine simulation in the engineering office Dr. Linnhoff. From 2006-2010 he was a research assistant at the Technical University of Munich, Department of Gas Dynamics and the Institute of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. He completed his PhD in 2011 with honors. In 2010, he joined the Continental Automotive GmbH, where he was responsible for the turbocharger matching, 1-D engine simulation and management of customer projects in the simulation. Since 2013 he is the manager of the matching and engine simulation team.

engineer at Porsche AG he developed the very best engines for the leading sports car manufacturer and became an acknowledged expert of advanced powertrain engineering. He is a well-known innovator in the field of alternative drives as during his career he worked on several projects of developing drivetrain systems for hybrid vehicles. The famous Porsche 918 Spyder, the world’s first super sports car designed as a plug-in hybrid is one of his greatest achievements.

at BMW Motorsport. He has been the head of Race Engine Design at Audi since 1986. The V12, V10 and V6 TDI engines for Audi R10, Audi R15 and Audi R10 racecars were developed with his leadership. At the legendary sports car race, 24 Hours of Le Mans Audi racecars succeeded altogether 13 times and accomplished great results at DTM, the most important touring car competition of Europe as well. In 2002 he was named Coordinator of Race Engines within the Volkswagen Group, therefore he was responsible for the Skoda WRC, SEAT ETCC and WTCC, Lamborghini GT and VW F3 projects as well.

ALMS and NASCAR series as a design engineer and technical advisor during his career of more than 30 years. Besides he also participated in developing tour cars for European and Japanese competitions as well as the Australian V8 Supercars. In 1997 he established his own consulting company, OptimumG which offers seminars focusing on vehicle dynamics, car design and data acquisition for students and graduated engineers including the co-workers of leading automotive companies such as Ford, GM and Daimler Chrysler. Besides he is known as a frequent lecturer at several universities and one of the patrons of the Formula Student movement. He has been a Design Judge for 15 years at all the main FS competitions of the world.

decided to study mechanical engineering at the Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln. In the next 9 years he specialized for design, calculation and production of valve-train components and later he became the director of racing components division at the predecessor of AVL Schrich. During his 7 years of work in BMuW F1 engine development he was responsible for engineering valve train, power- and durability development and vehicle integration. He is currently employed by BMW-Motorrad supervising the process of base engine development (design, production, construction, prototyping, series implementation.)