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:

• Algorithmic optimization in Data Science
• Optimal control in chemical engineering
• Optimal structural design and topology optimization
• Shape optimization
• 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

  
  
  
• Daniel Luft, M.Sc.

  Office :		E 105
  Phone :		201-3467
  E-Mail :		luft@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Manuel Klar, M.Sc.

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

  
  
  
• Dr. Christian Vollmann, M.Sc.

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

  
  
  
• Lena Sembach, M.Sc.

  Office :		E 2
  Phone :		201-4304
  E-Mail :		sembach@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Anke-Julia Gebhardt, M.Sc.

  Office :		E 105
  Phone :		201-3786
  E-Mail :		gebhardt@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Britta Schmitt, M.Sc.

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

  
  
  
• Luka Schlegel, M.Sc.

  Office :		E 105
  Phone :		201-3786
  E-Mail :		schlegel@uni-trier.de

  
  
  
• Jan Sokolowski, M.Sc.

  external PhD student with IEE S.A., Luxembourg

  E-Mail :jan.sokolowski@iee.lu

  
  
  

Former Staff

• Dr. rer. nat. Gennadij Heidel
• Dr. rer. nat. Christina Schenk
• Dr. rer. nat. Kathrin Welker
• Dr. rer. nat. Martin Siebenborn
• Dr. rer. nat. Heinz Zorn
• Dr. rer. nat. Roland Stoffel
• Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Rosenbaum
• Dr. rer. nat. Christian Wagner
• Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Schillings
• Dr. rer. nat. Stephan Schmidt
• Dr. rer. nat. Ilia Gherman