People at Design & Manufacturing

Below you can find a list of all the section employees including keywords describing their expert knowledge, skills, and competences. You can access a more detailed description of the individual employee by clicking on their names.

Management

Faculty

Jay Airao

Postdoc

M jay@mpe.au.dk

Mohammad Akbari

Postdoc

M m.akbari@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 216
P +4587151681

Areas of expertise

Mechanical design
Design and Microfabrication
MEMS and BIO-MEMS
Design and fabrication bio-sensor
microfluidic

Torben Almskou

Associate Professor

M toa@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 251
P +4593508739
P +4593508739

Areas of expertise

Statics & strength of materials
3D CAD drawing
Machineelements
Internship coordinator

Ole Balling

Professor (Docent)

M oba@mpe.au.dk
H 5128, 127
P +4521702863

Søren Bøndergaard

Associate Professor

M sboe@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 223/225
P +4523359214
P +4523359214

Keywords

Lars Erik Bräuner

Associate Professor

M lb@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 249
P +4541893183

Zoran Cenev

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

M zoran.cenev@mpe.au.dk
H 5128, 121
P +4587151678
P +4520647544

Sisse Degner

Associate Professor

M sisse@mpe.au.dk

P +4593521536

Louise Møller Haase

Vice-Dean

M haase@au.dk

Subburaj Karupppasamy

Associate Professor

M subburaj@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 249
P +4587151756
P +4593521393

Areas of expertise

Biomechanics
Medical devices, Diagnostics
Designproces and design tools
Computational Modeling

Andreas Møller Kristensen

Research Assistant

M anmk@mpe.au.dk

Brian Larsen

Associate Professor

M brla@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 222/224
P +4522448977
P +4522448977

Jinghao Li

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

M jli@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 254
P +4587151759
P +4593508837

Areas of expertise

Additive Manufacturing
Microstructure
Material Science
Powder Material
Solidification

Rami Mansour

Associate Professor

M ramimansour@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 256
P +4593508867

Claus Melvad

Professor (Docent)

M cme@mpe.au.dk
H 5128, 144
P +4523244761
P +4523244761

Areas of expertise

Mechatronics
Field robotics
Metrology
Field equipment
Technology for extreme environments

Mikkel Bo Nielsen

Associate Professor

M mbn@mpe.au.dk
H 5128, 149
P +4593508781
P +4593508781

Keywords

Sara Nielsen

Postdoc

M snie@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 216

Belinda Nors

Research Assistant

M bnors@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 216
P +4587152462

Michael Sandberg

Associate Professor

M ms@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 245
P +4542775302
P +4542775302

Keywords

Jesper Sejersen

Associate Professor

M jse@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, flex office
P +4541893163
P +4541893163

Juan Gonzalo Sepulveda Astudillo

Postdoc

M jsepulveda@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 218

Henning Tangen Søgaard

Associate Professor

M hts@mpe.au.dk
H 5128, 133
P +4541893182
P +4541893182

Areas of expertise

Mathematics
Numerical methods
Mathematical statistics

Anita Friis Sommer

Head of Operations

M sommer@corc.au.dk
H 3135, 213
P +4587151763
P +4593517771

Camilla Hvolbøll Storm

Associate Professor

M cao@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 246
P +4593522569
P +4593522569

Rassoul Tabassian

Tenure Track

M r.tabassian@mpe.au.dk
H 5128, 121
P +4593522708
P +4593522708

Keywords

Kristine Telling

Assistant Professor

M krte@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 223/225
P +4587151752
P +4520600296

Johan Bavngaard Thrane

Associate Professor

M jbt@mpe.au.dk
H 5128, 133
P +4521728896

Martin Dalgaard Ulriksen

Associate Professor

M mdu@mpe.au.dk
H 5128, 131
P +4593508866

Areas of expertise

Vibration theory
Fault detection and isolation
Parameter estimation
System identification
Control theory

Xuping Zhang

Head of section of Mechatronics and Dynamics, associate professo

M xuzh@mpe.au.dk
H 5128, 138
P +4541893167

Areas of expertise

Mechantronics Design
Modelling
Controlling
Manufacturing with Cobots
Robotic Inspection and Maintenance
Robotic Rehabilitation
Robotic Biological Single Cell Handling

PhD

Omar Abbadi

PhD Student

M omar@mpe.au.dk

Amira Helen Bushagour

PhD Student

M amira.bushagour@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 229
P +4587151762

Jesper Hesselvig

PhD Student

M jesper@mpe.au.dk

John Noee

PhD Student

M j.noee@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 216
P +4587151679

Hendrik Ostrowski

PhD Student

M heos@mpe.au.dk

P +4542112188

Daniel Strack

PhD Student

M dast@mpe.au.dk
H 5132, 222
P +4587151758

Postdoc

Revised 13.11.2025

Heidi Søndergaard