1. the doctorate is complete - what does that mean for you personally?
Relief and joy. A wonderful, but also exhausting time is coming to an end.
2 What is your dissertation about?
The aim of the thesis was to develop a system that evaluates surface defects on the outer skin of the car body in a virtual phase. Until now, this process could only be carried out by experts on hardware, which was too late for the definition of a vehicle design. The work is therefore divided into several areas: The generation of simulation data, the generation of photoreal videos of the simulated components and the evaluation of the virtual surface using a computer vision approach.
3. what was a highlight or special experience in connection with your doctorate?
A big highlight was the exchange with other doctoral students at workshops. It is incredibly relieving to realise that you are not alone and that many doctoral students have similar problems.
4. what plans do you have for your professional future?
I have found a job in active vehicle safety that fulfils me very much. My goal is to be able to have a positive influence here in the long term and to be able to further advance customer values and safety-related topics. In addition, my aim is to inspire students for this area and to enable and supervise exciting theses.
5. what tips can you give future doctoral students?
Force yourself to stop generating new input at a predetermined point in time and then start writing at this point at the latest. You will build up more and more knowledge and achieve better results the longer you do your doctorate.
6 Why did you choose OTH Regensburg for your doctorate?
The connection to Professor Wagner through his past at BMW in the field of forming simulation was the decisive factor.
