Feasibility of Sustainable Electric Flights

Dr.-Ing. Jörg Kammermann received his diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in 2011, as well as his doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2019, from Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany. From 2011 to 2016, he was research associate and since 2016, he is academic counselor with the Professorship of Energy Conversion Technology at TUM. His research and teaching field includes the system analysis of electric vehicles based on application requirements, multiphase electric drives, and fault-tolerant electric drives for safety-critical applications.Igor Bolvashenkov, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Energy Conversion Technology of Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany. He obtained his M.Sc. (1981) and Ph.D. degrees (1989) in Electrical Engineering from Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping, Leningrad, USSR. From 1987 to 1993, he worked as an associate professor at the Murmansk State Technical University, Russia. Since 2004, he has worked at the Institute of Energy Conversion Technology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany.Staša Gejo, M.Sc., has obtained her Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Maribor in Slovenia in 2019, specializing in power engineering. She graduated the Master of Science in Power Engineering program at the Technical University of Munich in 2023. Her interests lie within the energy conversion technology and electric drives, their modelling, control and reliability.  Besides her academic pursuits, Staša is a professional sport climber, representing Serbia, a European Champion, World Games winner and a double World Championship bronze medallist.Andrey V. Brazhnikov, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Polytechnic Institute of the Siberian Federal University (SibFU), Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He obtained his B.Sc. degree (1982) in Automatics and Telemechanics from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute, Krasnoyarsk, USSR, and he obtained his Ph.D. degree (1985) in Electrical Equipment from the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute, Tomsk, USSR. Since 2006, he has worked at the Siberian Federal University (SibFU), Krasnoyarsk, Russia.He specializes in the development and simulation of multiphase AC electric drives, multiphase electromagnetic systems for stirring molten metals, and green energy generation systems (wind energy, sea waves energy, etc.). He has published one book, more than 220 scientific articles, and patents.Ilia Frenkel, Ph.D., is a researcher in the Center for Reliability and Risk Management, Shamoon College of Engineering (SCE), Beer Sheva, Israel. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics from Voronezh State University, Russia, and Ph.D. degree in Operational Research and Computer Science from the Institute of Economy, Ukrainian Academy of Science, Kiev, Ukraine. He has more than 45 years of academic and teaching experience at universities and institutions in Russia and Israel. From 2001 till 2018 he served as Senior Lecturer at the Industrial Engineering and Management Department and Chair of the Center for Reliability and Risk Management, Shamoon College of Engineering (SCE), Beer Sheva, Israel.Dr.-Ing. habil. Alexander Rubinraut, Design Office Expplanet, General Manager (Munich, Germany). Graduated from The Moscow Energetic Institute in 1955, received a Ph.D. degree in 1967, habilitated in 1989, in Electrical Engineering and Energetics. For 20 years was the head of Special problem laboratory at the Moscow Research Institute of Electrical Engineering, where electrical motors and generators, operating based on effect of superconductivity have been created. Author of the book “Cryogenic electrical motors” and two monographs. He has published more than 100 scientific works and invention patents.

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