09/1995 — 04/2001

University of Technology Aachen (RWTH)

Aachen, Germany

• Graduation on April 10th, 2001 with a GPA of 3.6/4.0.
• Project paper at the Institute of Aeronautics and Space Engineering (ILR):
  "Experimental investigation of the vortex wake of a swept-back wing with flaps and slats"
• Project paper at the Institute of Jet Propulsion and Turbomachinery (IST):
  "Laminar-turbulent transition in turbomachinery boundary layers: Phenomenolgy and Modelling"
• Intermediate Diploma after completion of my preliminary studies in Mechanical Engineering in September 1997.

1990 — 1995

German School New York (GSNY)

White Plains, NY

• Graduation from 13th grade with the Abitur in June 1995.
• High School Diploma in June 1994.

1983 — 1990

German School Singapore (DSS)

Singapore

since 04/2002

Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology (EA), German Aerospace Research Center (DLR)

Braunschweig, Germany

09/2001 — 03/2002

Luftwaffenwerft 81, German Air Force (Luftwaffe)

Mechernich, Germany

• Design, construction and stress analysis of a load bearing device used in heavy maintenance of military equipment.
• CAD-based reworking of the technical documentation of mechanical and electrical machinery.

10/2000 — 06/2001

Institute of Design Aerodynamics (EA), German Aerospace Research Center (DLR)

Braunschweig, Germany

• CFD analysis of aerodynamic interference effects for the integration of Very High Bypass-Ration Turbofans with a twin-engined commercial transport aircraft utilizing a hybrid Navier-Stokes solver.
• Comparison of interference- friction- and form-drag on fuselage, wing, pylon and nacelle for several different configurations.
• Validation of the numerical results through comparison with wind-tunnel experiments.

07/2000 — 10/2000

MTU Aero Engines (MTU)

Munich, Germany

• Implementation and adaptation of a simulated annealing algorithm for the optimization of turbine blade airfoils.
• Optimization of a turbine blade airfoil for minimum pressure loss using an optimization loop comprising a stochastic optimization algorithm and a multi-block Navier-Stokes solver.

09/1999 — 07/2000

Institute of Aeronautics and Space Engineering (ILR), RWTH Aachen

Aachen, Germany

• Work on a project investigating aircraft vortex wakes and methods for their alleviation.
• Planning, set-up and conducting of wind-tunnel experiments to investigate the near field development of a transport aircraft wake utilizing hot-wire anemometry.
• Design of a balance and an experimental set-up to measure induced rolling-moments by voretx wakes on following aircraft in wind-tunnel experiments.

1995 and 1996

Thyssen Stahl AG

Duisburg, Germany

• Total of thirteen weeks of practical training in metalworking skills including milling, drilling, welding and casting during the summer breaks.

02/24/1993 — 06/04/1993

Sony Corporation of America

Park Ridge, NJ

Meeting Papers:

• Brodersen, O. und Stürmer, A.: "Drag Prediction of Engine-Airframe Interference Effects using Unstructured Navier-Stokes Calculations"; 19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference; 11-14 June 2001; Anaheim, CA, USA; AIAA 2001-2414.
• Madrane, A. and Raichle, A. and Stuermer, A.: "Parallel Implementation of a Dynamic Unstructured Chimera Method in the DLR Finite Volume TAU-Code", 12th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2004, pp. 524–534.
• Stürmer, A.: "Validation of an Unstructured Chimera Grid Approach for the Simulation of Propeller Flows"; 22nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference; 16-19 August 2004; Providence, RI, USA; AIAA 2004-5289.
• Stürmer, A., Rakowitz, M.: "Unsteady Simulation of a Transport Aircraft Propeller Using MEGAFLOW"; RTO AVT-Symposium; 25-28 April 2005; Budapest, Hungary.
• Stürmer, A.: "Unsteady CFD Simulations of Propeller Installation Effects"; 42nd AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit; 9-12 July 2006; Sacramento, CA, USA; AIAA 2006-4969.
• Stürmer, A.: "CFD Validation of Unsteady Installed Propeller Flows Using the DLR TAU-Code"; 1st CEAS European Air and Space Conference; 10-13 September 2007; Berlin, Deutschland; ISSN 0070-4083.
• Stürmer, A: "Unsteady CFD Simulations of Contra-Rotating Propeller Propulsion Systems"; 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference; 21-23 July 2008; Hartford, CT, USA; AIAA 2008-5218.
• Stürmer, A., Yin, J.: "Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Analysis of Contra-Rotating Open Rotor Propulsion Systems at Low-Speed Flight Conditions"; 16. DGLR/STAB-Symposium; 3-4 November 2008; Aachen, Germany.
• Stürmer, A, Yin, J.: "Low-Speed Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics of CROR Propulsion Systems"; 15th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference; 11-13 May 2009; Miami, FL, USA; AIAA 2009-3134.
• Yin, J., Stürmer, A, Aversano, M.: "Coupled uRANS and FW-H Analysis of Installed Pusher Propeller Aircraft Configurations"; 15th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference; 11-13 May 2009; Miami, FL, USA; AIAA 2009-3332.
• Roosenboom, E., Stürmer, A., Schröder, A.: "Comparison of PIV Measurements with Unsteady RANS Calculations in a Propeller Slipstream"; 27th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference; 22-25 June 2009; San Antonio, TX, USA. AIAA 2009-3626.
• Yin, J., Stuermer, A.: "Noise radiation from installed pusher propeller using coupling of Unsteady Panel Method, Actuator disk and FW-H methodology"; 16th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference 2010, 07-09 June 2010; Stockholm, Schweden; AIAA 2010-3849.
• Stürmer, A, Yin, J.: "Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Installation Effects for Pusher-Configuration CROR Propulsion Systems"; 28th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 08 June-01 July, 2010, Chicago, IL, USA; AIAA 2010-4235.
• Stürmer, A., Yin, J.: "Active Control of Unsteady Blade Loads for Installed CROR Propulsion Systems"; 17. DGLR-Fach Symposium der STAB, 9-10 Nov 2010, Berlin, Germany.
• Stürmer, A, Yin, J.: "Installation Impact on Pusher-CROR Engine Low-Speed Performance and Noise Emission Characteristics"; 46th Symposium of Applied Aerodynamics; 28-30 March, 2011; Orleans, France.
• Roosenboom, E. and Stürmer, A. and Schroder, A.: "PIV Data for Numerical Validation - Application to Propeller Flow Fields"; CFD and Experiment - Integration of Simulation, Workshop of the DGLR-Querschnittsbereich Thermo- and Fluiddynamics, 05.-06. Apr. 2011, Gottingen, Germany.
• Roosenboom, E., Schroder, A., Geisler, R., Pallek, D., Agocs, J., Stürmer, A., Marquez, C., Neitzke, K.-P.: "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of a Counter-Rotating Open Rotor Flow Field"; 29th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 27.-30. Jun. 2011 , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; AIAA 2011-3184.
• Marquez, C., Clemen, C., Sturmer, A.: "Installation Effects of a CROR Propulsion System on a Modified DLR-F6 Aircraft Configuration"; 20th ISABE Conference; September 12-16, 2011 Gothenburg, Sweden; ISABE 2011-1307.
• Akkermans, R.A.D., Stuermer, A., Delfs, J.: ‘‘Assessment of Front Rotor Trailing Edge Blowing for the Reduction of Open Rotor Noise Emissions"; AIAA2013-2200; 19th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Berlin, Germany; 2013.
• Akkermans, R.A.D., Stuermer, A., Delfs, J.: ‘‘Active Flow Control for Interaction Noise Reduction of Contra-Rotating Open Rotors’’; AIAA2013-3799; 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit (JPC), San Jose, CA, USA; 2013.

Journal Articles:

• Stürmer, A.: "Unsteady Euler and Navier-Stokes Simulations of Propeller Flows with the Unstructured DLR TAU-Code"; In: Rath, H.-J., Holze, C., Heinemann, H.-J., Henke, R., Hönlinger, H.: Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design; Vol. 92; Springer; p 144-151; ISBN 978-3-540-33286-2; 2006.
• Roosenboom, E., Stürmer, A. and Schröder, A.: "Advanced Experimental and Numerical Validation and Analysis of Propeller Slipstream Flows"; Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 47 (1, January-February 2010), pp. 284-291; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; DOI: 10.2514/1.45961. ISSN 0021-8669.
• Stürmer, A., Yin, J.: "Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Analysis of Contra-Rotating Open Rotor Propulsion Systems at Low-Speed Flight Conditions"; In: A. Dillmann, G.Heller, M.Klaas, H.-P. Kreplin, W.Nitsche, W. Schröder (Eds.), "New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics VII", Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design (NNFM), Vol. 112, Springer, 2010.
• Stürmer, A., Yin, J.: "Installation Impact on Pusher-CROR Engine Low-Speed Performance and Noise Emission Characteristics"; International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, Vol. 4, No. 1-2, 2012, pp. 59-68.
• Stuermer, A., Yin, J.: "Pylon trailing edge blowing for the control of CROR unsteady blade loads"; New Results Numer Exp Fluid Mech VIII 121, 715–722 (2013)
• Stürmer, A., Akkermans, R.A.D.: "Multidisciplinary analysis of CROR propulsion systems: DLR activities in the JTI SFWA project"; CEAS Aeronautical Journal; doi 10.1007/s13272-014-0105-4; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13272-014-0105-4; 2014-03-26.

Invited Talks:

• Stuermer, A.: "Numerical Analysis of CROR Propulsion System Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics at DLR"; 2nd UTIAS-MITACS International Workshop on Aviation and Climate Change; 27-28 May 2010; University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS); Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Stuermer, A.: "Multi-Disciplinary Numerical Analysis for the Contra-Rotating Open Rotor"; Multiphysics and Unsteady Simulations for Aeronautical Flows (MUSAF) Colloquium; 27-29 September 2010; CIC Meteo France/CERAFCS; Toulouse, France.
• Stuermer, A.: "Keynote Lecture: DLR-AS CROR & Propeller Noise Prediction: Numerical Approach Requirements & Limitations"; 14th CEAS-ASC Workshop; 7-8 October 2010; Institute of Aviation; Warsaw, Poland.

Awards:

• 3AF Aerodynamics Technical Commission Award for Best Communication at the 46th Symposium of Applied Aerodynamics; 28-30 March, 2011; Orleans, France.

• Linux, Unix, Windows and Macintosh operating systems
• C, C++, FORTRAN
• CATIA V4/V5, I-DEAS, AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop
• CFD, CentaurSoft Centaur Grid Generator, ICEMCFD
• Tecplot, Fieldview
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• Native german speaker
• Fluent english
• Proficient in french