Doctoral College

Franco-German Doctoral College
Port-Hamiltonian Systems: Modeling, Numerics and Control

The doctoral college, funded by the Franco-German University DFH-UFA (CDFA-05-22) is aimed at PhD students from Germany, France and the partner countries the Netherlands (since 2022) and Austria (from 2026) working on the development and application of structured, energy-based methods for modeling, numerical approximation and control of multi-physical systems. The doctoral college CDFA-PHS

builds on the long-standing collaboration between research groups in the participating countries
provides an institutional framework for structured doctoral training, and
promotes the mobility of young researchers by providing financial support for research stays in the partner countries.
We are a network, which is open to PhD students and colleagues from neighboring disciplines of engineering and mathematics.

Events, Support and Application

The main pillars of the doctoral college are half-yearly workshops organized by senior researchers of our network, and the support of doctoral mobility (700 € per month). For the list of participating researchers, the planning of the workshops and the download of forms concerning mobility, please visit the subpage Organization.

Every three years, the Spring Schools of Theory and Applications of Port-Hamiltonian Systems are integrated in the programme, see for example the last edition PHS 2025.

If you work in the field of port-Hamiltonian systems in France, Germany, the Netherlands or Austria, and if you are interested in joining the doctoral college, please send a short message to our e-mail address cdfa-phs.rt(at)ed.tum.de. You will obtain the inscription form to join the doctoral college.

From left: Bernhard Maschke, Jacquelien Scherpen, Gerhard Müller and Paul Kotyczka.

Coordination

In the first phase (2022-2029), the doctoral college is coordinated by Paul Kotyczka (Technical University of Munich) and Bernhard Maschke (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) with Jacquelien Scherpen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) as partner in the Netherlands and supported by the Franco-Bavarian University Cooperation Center BayFrance at TUM.

The photo on the right shows TUM Senior Vice President Prof. Gerhard Müller officially opening the doctoral college by cutting ribbons in the colors of France, the Netherlands and (!) Bavaria during the welcome dinner. The kick-off took place during the 2nd Spring School on Theory and Applications of Port-Hamiltonian Systems (PHS 2022) from 20 to 25 March 2022. Seven of the 37 participants were already inscribed in the doctoral college.

For the second phase (2026-2029) Yann Le Gorrec (Université Marie & Louis Pasteur Besançon) will join as a French coordinator, and Silke Glas (Unversiteit Twente) and Herbert Egger (Johannes Kepler Universiät Linz) will take the roles as coordinators from the partner countries.