Franck Christian
Professor
Dep. of Inform.Technol. Electrical Eng.
Wasserforschungs Institut Eth-Bereichs
Germany
Biography
Christian M. Franck was appointed Associate Professor of High Voltage Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich by June 2015 (Assistant Professor from Jan 2010 – May 2015). He studied physics at the Universities of Bonn (Germany), Edinburgh (Scotland), and Kiel (Germany) where he graduated 1999 with a diploma. Afterwards he worked at the Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald (Germany) in the area of electromagnetic wave propagation in magnetized plasmas, receiving his Ph.D. in experimental physics in 2003.
Research Interest
The research and teaching focus of the High Voltage Laboratory is in the area of “technologies for future electric power transmission systems”. The two focus areas are: 1. Highvoltage Direct-Current Transmission (HVDC) Technology and 2. Highvoltage Gaseous Insulation Systems. Our project topics are the search for insulation gasmixtures alternatives to SF6, HVDC insulation systems, hybrid AC-DC overhead power lines, simulation of transient short-circuit currents in multi-terminal HVDC networks, and experimental studies to characterize and optimize switching arcs for HVDC circuit breakers.
