Further information
Curriculum Vitae
Professional career
- Since 01/2013: Professor of Electrical Engineering / Power Electronics, Furtwangen University
- 09/2014 – 08/2018: Dean of the Faculty of Industrial Technologies (ITE)
- 09/2014 – 08/2018: Dean of Studies for the Industrial Automation and Mechatronics (IAM) programme
- 01/2010 – 12/2012: Director of Electronics Solutions, MB SIM Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China (Chinese legal entity of MBtech GmbH & Co. KG a.A., a subsidiary of Daimler AG)
- 08/2006 – 12/2009: Head of Reliability, MBtech GmbH & Co. KG a.A., Sindelfingen (a subsidiary of Daimler AG)
- 01/2001 – 06/2006: Head of Functional Reliability and Safety, RMC Technology GmbH, Sindelfingen (a subsidiary of Daimler AG)
- 03/1995 – 12/2000: Development Engineer, Project Manager, Siemens AG, Regensburg
- 01/1991 – 02/1995: Research Assistant, University of Bremen, Department 1 Physics/Electrical Engineering, Institute for Microelectronics and Theoretical Electrical Engineering
Qualifications
- Doctor of Engineering (University of Bremen, 1995)
- Graduate Engineer (Technical University of Berlin, 1990)
Selected patent applications
- Heine et al., United States Patent: ‘Apparatus for triggering a DC motor with a protective circuit preventing substrate currents’, Patent Number: 5,903,121, May 11, 1999.
- Heine et al., European Patent: ‘DC motor control method and apparatus for operating the method’, Patent Number: EP 0790699 B1, August 20, 1997.
- Heine et al., European patent: ‘Method for controlling a direct current motor and device for carrying out this method’, patent number: EP0790699 (A2), August 20, 1997.
Memberships
- VDI
- University Teachers' Association
Field of research and / or teaching
- Analogue technology
- Power electronics
- Electric motors
- Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- Microelectronic circuit technology
- Quality and reliability in electronics
Research interests
- Vehicle electronics
- Electric motors
- Power electronics
- Simulation and modeling of analogue circuits
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- Reliability in electronics
- Development processes