About Axel Franke

Axel Franke born on June 3rd 1971 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz (Germany), married since August '95, two children: Max (born '93), and Paula (born '94)

This picture has been taken by my son Max (autumn 96)

I received my PhD at the Division of Combustion Physics at Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden, in autumn 2002. I started there in August '97 as a graduate student. My licentate thesis can be downloaded from this page. My PhD thesis can be found here.

since 5/2003	Corporate Research and Development, Robert Bosch Corporation, Stuttgart
10/2002-4/2003	Post doctoral at the division of combustion physics
8/1997-10/2002	Graduate student at the division of combustion physics, Lund Institute of Technology
9/1996-6/1997	Guest researcher in Umeå (The Laser Physics Group)
10/1995-9/1996	Thesis work in Department of Optical Spectroscopy and Molecular Physics
	"Absorption properties of metal clusters in organic molecular environments"
10/1993-9/1995	Student at the Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany
10/1991-9/1993	Student at Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
9/1990-8/1991	Mandatory service, environmental protection, Chemnitz
9/1988-8/1990	Secondary school Dr. Theodor Neubauer, Chemnitz
9/1978-8/1988	Primary school F.-A.-W.-Diesterweg-OS, Chemnitz

• T. Mähne, K. Kehr, A. Franke, J. Hauer, B. Schmidt. Creating Virtual Prototypes of Complex Micro-Electro-Mechanical Transducers Using Reduced-Order Modelling Methods and VHDL-AMS
  In: Proceedings of the Eighth International Forum on Specification and Design Languages - FDL'05 (2005), p. 209-221, 2005
• A. Franke, W. Koban, J. Olofsson, C. Schulz, W. Bessler, R. Reinmann, A. Larsson and M. Aldén Application of advanced laser diagnostics for the investigation of the ionization sensor signal in a combustion bomb. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 81:8, pp. 1135-1142, 2005.
• A. Ahmedi, A. Franke, H.S. Soyhan, F. Mauss, B. Sunden. Prediction Tool for the Ion Current in Si Combustion SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-3136.
• A. Franke, P. Einewall, B. Johansson, N. Wickström, R. Reinmann, and A. Larsson. The effect of in-cylinder gas flow on the interpretation of the ionization sensor signal. SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-1120.
• A. Franke, P. Einewall, R. Reinmann, and A. Larsson. Analysis of the ionization equilibrium in the post-flame zone , SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-0715.
• A. Franke, R. Reinmann, and A. Larsson. The role of the electrodes for the ionization sensor signal , SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-0714.
• Franke, A., Einewall, P., Johansson, B. and Reinmann, R., Employing an Ionization Sensor for Combustion Diagnostics in a Lean Burn Natural Gas Engine, SAE Transactions, Journal of Engines 110 2001 2001-01-0992
• Richter, M., Engström, J., Franke, A., Aldén, M., Hultqvist, A. and Johansson, B. The influence of charge inhomogeneity on the HCCI combustion process SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-2868.
• Franke, A., Reinmann, R. Calorimetric Characterization of Commercial Ignition Systems. SAE Transactions, Journal of Engines 109 2000 2000-01-0548.
• Hultqvist, A., Christenssen, M., Johansson, B., Franke, A., Richter, M., Aldén, M. A Study of the Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Combustion Process by Chemiluminescence Imaging. SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-3680.
• Franke, A., Richter, M., Aldén, M., Hultqvist, A., Johansson, B. Optical Diagnostics Applied to a Naturally Aspirated Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine. SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-3649.
• Neij, H., Saitzkoff, A., Reinmann, R., Franke, A., Alden, M. Application of two-dimensional laser-induced fuel tracer fluorescence for ion current evaluation. Comb. Sci. Tech. 140 (1-6) 1998, pp. 295-314.
• Furlani, M., Ferry, A., Franke, A., Jacobsson, P. Mellander, B.E. Time resolved luminescence and vibrational spectroscopic studies on complexes of poly(ethylene oxide) oligomers and EuTFSI3 salt. Sol. State Ion. 115, 1998, pp. 129-138.
• Ferry, A., Furlani, M., Franke, A., Jacobsson, P., Mellander, B.E.Spectroscopic studies of luminescent and ionically conducting Eu[N(CF3SO2)(2)](3)-PPG4000 complexes. J. Chem. Phys. 109 (7) 1998, pp. 2921-2928.
• Franke, A., Stendal, A., Stenzel, O. and von Borczyskowski, C. Gaussian quadrature approach to the calculation of the optical constants in the vicinity of inhomogeneously broadened absorption lines. Pure Appl. Opt. 5 (1996) pp. 845-853.

Courses I attended since 1997 include

• Combustion Science, 5p., arranged by CECOST
• Laser-based Combustion Diagnostics, 3p, arranged by LLC
• Design and Analysis of Experiments, 5p, arranged by Institute for Mathematical Statistics at Lund University
• Combustion engines, basic course, 3p, arranged by Division of Combustion Engines, LTH
• Electromagnetic compatibility, 5p, arranged by Division for Electricity and Lightning Research, Uppsala University.
• Introduction to the IGNITION code, 3p

Experiences acquired during the graduate studies:

• Design and statistical evaluation of experiments.
• Real-time programming for data acquisition (DAPL 2000).
• Various programming skills (Matlab, Perl, C++, Java, ACL, UNIX Shell).
• Computer network administration.

• My family ;-)
• Various outdoor activities: hiking, cycling, in-line skating, skiing, .... I also used to spend some time as an outdoor guide for children within friluftsfrämjandet.
• Languages
• Photography.
• My guitar.
• The Linux operating system.