Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Andreas Binder

• High-speed-motors
• Permanent magnet-e-machines
• Bearing currents
• Drive technologies for hybrid and electric cars
• Drive systems for electric railways
• Magnetic suspension and magnetic bearings
• Generator systems e.g. for renewable energies

since 1997 Head of the Institute of Electrical Energy Conversion, Technische Universität Darmstadt .

1989 – 1997 rejoined industry, leading groups for developing DC and inverter-fed AC motors and drives, at Siemens AG, Bad Neustadt and Erlangen, Germany.

1983 – 1989 joined the Institute of Electrical Machines and Drives, Technical University, Vienna, as researcher

1981 – 1983 worked at ELIN-Union AG, Vienna, on large synchronous generator design.