Julian Benz
Julian Benz, M. Sc.
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair of Fluid Mechanics
Cauerstraße 4
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-29505
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-29503
- Email: julian.benz@fau.de
- Website: http://www.lstm.fau.de
- Construction of a new enlarged aeroacoustic wind tunnel.
- Acoustic optimization through intelligent flight path planning of flying drones (UAVs, specifically quadrocopters and hexacopters). Currently working on capturing the noise.
- Capturing external sound with a flying drone (UAV)
- Turbomachinery
- Wind Tunnel Internship
- Since 2023: Researcher at the Chair of Fluid Mechanics.
- Since 2021: Member of the Evolonic team and pilot of the eVTOL drone (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft) developed there.
- 2019 – 2022: Master’s degree in Mechatronics at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Degree: Master of Science.
- 2022: Master’s thesis at the Chair of Fluid Mechanics: “Numerical Investigations of the Aeroacoustic Properties of a Prandtlwing Axial Fan.”
- 2016 – 2019: Dual study program in Mechatronics at DHBW Mosbach & Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen. Degree: Bachelor of Engineering.
- 2018: International internship at Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd, Cambridge (UK).
- 2015: International internship in Rapid Prototyping and Tooling at Mould 2 Part, Trogen (Switzerland).
- 2013 – 2016: Apprenticeship as a Mechatronics Technician at SHW-Werkzeugmaschinen, Aalen.