Prof. Dr. Dirk Wilhelm

Work at ZHAW

Position at the ZHAW

Dean and Managing Director School of Engineering
www.zhaw.ch/en/engineering/ueber-uns

www.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/institute-zentren/iamp/

Education and Continuing education

Expertise and research interests

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Microfluidics
High Frequency Technology (RF Technology)
Numerical Mathematics

Professional milestones

Since 2020 External Lecturer at University of Zurich
Since 2019 Dean and Managing Director of ZHAW School of Engineering
2016 Professor for Medicine Physics
2013 Head of Departement for Applied Mathematics, Physics, Systems and Operations (ZHAW SoE)
2003 Head of R&D Department, Bruker BioSpin AG
2001 Research Engineer, Alstom Schweiz
2000 Post-Doc, UC Santa Barbara

Educational background

2019 Machine Learning, Stanford Online, Coursera
2017 Higher Education Management (HEM)
2007 Executive Master in Business Administration, HTW Chur
2000 Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
1994 Master of Science in Physics, University Göttingen

Membership of networks

• FTAL (Präsident)
• DPG
• ASME
• VDI
• Swiss Engineering STV
• Winlink (Präsident)
• COST Mathematics for Industry Network
• Innovationspanel der DIZH (Digitalisierungsinitiative des Kanton Zürich)

Projects

• Conference series on AI in Industry and Finance / Team member / Project ongoing
• Machine learning for NMR spectroscopy / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• SCIS Simulation Based Calibration of Infusion Systems / Team member / Project completed
• 3rd European COST Conference on Mathematics for Industry in Switzerland / Team member / Project completed
• PhD Network in Data Science / Project leader / Project completed
• 2nd European COST Conference on Mathematics for Industry in Switzerland / Team member / Project completed
• 1st European COST Conference on Mathematics for Industry in Switzerland / Team member / Project completed
• Development of Ultra-Low-Temperature NMR Probehead for MAS with Computational Fluiddynamic simulations / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Hostettler, Marco; Grüter, Raphael; Stingelin, Simon Iwan; De Lorenzi, Flavio; Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel; Jacomet, Cyrill; Koll, Stephan; Wilhelm, Dirk; Boiger, Gernot Kurt,

  2023.

  Modelling of peristaltic pumps with respect to viscoelastic tube material properties and fatigue effects.

  Fluids.

  8(9), pp. 254-269.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids8090254

• Schmid, N.; Bruderer, S.; Paruzzo, F.; Fischetti, G.; Toscano, G.; Graf, D.; Fey, M.; Henrici, A.; Ziebart, V.; Heitmann, B.; Grabner, H.; Wegner, J.D.; Sigel, R.K.O.; Wilhelm, D.,

  2023.

  Deconvolution of 1D NMR spectra : a deep learning-based approach.

  Journal of Magnetic Resonance.

  347(107357).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107357

• Fischetti, Giulia; Schmid, Nicolas; Bruderer, Simon; Caldarelli, Guido; Scarso, Alessandro; Henrici, Andreas; Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2023.

  Automatic classification of signal regions in 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra.

  Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence.

  5(1116416).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2022.1116416

• Herzog, Nicoleta; Weber, Alexander Séverin; Purea, Armin; Osen, David; Knott, Benno; Engelke, Frank; Wilhelm, Dirk; et al.,

  2022.

  Ultra low temperature microturbine for magic angle spinning system.

  Journal of Fluids Engineering.

  144(8), pp. 081205-1-081205-12.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053746

• Herzog, Nicoleta; Wilhelm, Dirk; Koch, Stefan; Purea, Armin; Osen, David; Knott, Benno; Engelke, Frank,

  2016.

  Aerodynamic optimization of a microturbine inserted in a magic-angle spinning system.

  Journal of Fluids Engineering.

  138(12), pp. 121106.

• Cousin, Samuel; Charlier, Cyril; Kadeřávek, Pavel; Marquardsen, Thorsten; Tyburn, Jean-Max; Bovier, Pierre-Alain; Ulzega, Simone; Speck, Thomas; Wilhelm, Dirk; Engelke, Frank; Maas, Werner; Sakellariou, Dimitrios; Bodenhausen, Geoffrey; Pelupessy, Philippe; Ferrage, Fabien,

  2016.

  High-resolution two-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

  18(48), pp. 33187-33194.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP05422F

• Wilhelm, Dirk; Purea, Armin; Engelke, Frank,

  2015.

  Fluid flow dynamics in MAS systems.

  Journal of Magnetic Resonance.

  257, pp. 51-63.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2015.05.006

• Wilhelm, Dirk; Meiburg, Eckart,

  2004.

  Three-dimensional spectral element simulations of variable density and viscosity, miscible displacements in a capillary tube.

  Computers & Fluids.

  33(3), pp. 485-508.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-7930(03)00059-8

• Meiburg, Eckart; Vanaparthy, Surya H.; Payr, Matthias D.; Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2004.

  Density-driven instabilities of variable-viscosity miscible fluids in a capillary tube.

  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

  pp. 383-402.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1324.032

• Vanaparthy, Surya Harith; Meiburg, E.; Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2003.

  Density-driven instabilities of miscible fluids in a capillary tube : linear stability analysis.

  Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

  497, pp. 99-121.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112003006499

• Wilhelm, Dirk; Härtel, Carlos; Kleiser, Leonhard,

  2003.

  Computational analysis of the two-dimensional–three-dimensional transition in forward-facing step flow.

  Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

  489, pp. 1-27.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112003004440

• Jenny, Bettina; Wilhelm, Dirk; Valero-Garcés, Blas Lorenzo,

  2003.

  The southern westerlies in central chile : holocene precipitation estimates based on a water balance model for Laguna Aculeo (33°50′S).

  Climate Dynamics.

  20(2-3), pp. 269-280.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-002-0267-3

• Wilhelm, Dirk; Kleiser, L.,

  2002.

  Application of a spectral element method to two-dimensional forward-facing step flow.

  Journal of Scientific Computing.

  17(1-4), pp. 619-627.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015178831786

• Kleiser, Leonhard; Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2001.

  Stability analysis for different formulations of the nonlinear term in PN−PN−2 spectral element discretizations of the navier–stokes equations.

  Journal of Computational Physics.

  174(1), pp. 306-326.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcph.2001.6912

• Wilhelm, Dirk; Kleiser, Leonhard,

  2000.

  Stable and unstable formulations of the convection operator in spectral element simulations.

  Applied Numerical Mathematics.

  33(1-4), pp. 275-280.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9274(99)00093-8

• Wilhelm, Dirk; Härtel, Carlos; Eckelmann, Helmut,

  1998.

  On the relation between fronts and high-shear layers in wall turbulence.

  Flow, Turbulence and Combustion.

  60(1), pp. 87-103.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009952224076

• Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2000.

  Numerical investigation of three-dimensional separation in a forward-facing step flow using a spectral element method.

  ETH Zürich.

  Fortschritt-Bericht ; 7.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-004037003

• Schmid, Nicolas; Bruderer, Simon; Fischetti, Giulia; Paruzzo, Federico; Toscano, Giuseppe; Graf, Dominik; Fey, Michael; Ziebart, Volker; Henrici, Andreas; Grabner, Helmut; Wegner, Jan Dirk; Sigel, Roland K.O.; Heitmann, Björn; Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2023.

  Deconvolution of NMR spectra : a deep learning-based approach [poster].

  In:

  Datalab Symposium, Winterthur, Schweiz, 11. Januar 2023.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27429

• Fischetti, Giulia; Schmid, Nicolas; Bruderer, Simon; Paruzzo, Federico; Toscano, Giuseppe; Graf, Dominik; Fey, Michael; Henrici, Andreas; Scarso, Alessandro; Caldarelli, Guido; Heitmann, Björn; Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2022.

  A deep ensemble learning method for automatic classification of multiplets in 1D NMR spectra [poster].

  In:

  Prisner, Thomas, ed.,

  EUROMAR 2022 Abstractbook.

  European Conference on Magnetic Resonance (EUROMAR), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 10-14 July 2022.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  pp. 236.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27328

• Schmid, Nicolas; Bruderer, Simon; Fischetti, Giulia; Paruzzo, Federico; Toscano, Giuseppe; Graf, Dominik; Fey, Michael; Henrici, Andreas; Grabner, Helmut; Wegner, Jan Dirk; Sigel, Roland K. O.; Heitmann, Björn; Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2022.

  Deconvolution of NMR spectra : a deep learning-based approach [poster].

  In:

  Prisner, Thomas, ed.,

  EUROMAR 2022 Abstractbook.

  European Conference on Magnetic Resonance (EUROMAR), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 10-14 July 2022.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  pp. 242.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27336

• Henrici, Andreas; Schwendner, Peter; Deflorin, Patricia; Wilhelm, Dirk; Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel, eds.,

  2023.

  Artificial Intelligence in Finance and Industry : Volume II - Highlights from the 7th European Conference.

  7th European COST Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Industry and Finance, Winterthur, Switzerland, 28 September 2022.

  Frontiers Research Foundation.

  .

  Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/38909/

• Deflorin, Patricia; Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel; Henrici, Andreas; Osterrieder, Joerg; Schwendner, Peter; Wilhelm, Dirk, eds.,

  2022.

  Artificial Intelligence in Finance and Industry : highlights from 6 European COST conferences.

  5th European COST Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Industry and Finance, Winterthur, Switzerland (online), 3 September 2020.

  Frontiers Research Foundation.

  .

  Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/18514/

• Dep, Rajdeep; Meier, Beat; Jenny, Patrick; Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2019.

  Stability analysis of gas bearing in Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) systems [poster].

  In:

  3rd Gas Bearing Workshop, Düsseldorf, Germany, 25 March 2019.

  VDE/VDI-Gesellschaft Mikroelektronik Mikrosystem- und Feinwerktechnik.

• Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2015.

  Fluid flow dynamics in a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance system.

  Atlas of Science.

  Available from: http://atlasofscience.org/fluid-flow-dynamics/

• Wilhelm, Dirk,

  2015.

  Rotating flow simulations with OpenFOAM.

  International Journal of Aeronautical Science & Aerospace Research.

  S1:001.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1441

• Hostettler, Marco; Stingelin, Simon; De Lorenzi, Flavio; Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel; Jacomet, Cyrill; Koll, Stephan; Wilhelm, Dirk; Boiger, Gernot,

  2022.

  Modelling of peristaltic pumps for viscoelastic tube material properties under consideration of fatigue effects.

  In:

  Multiphysics 2022.

  International Conference of Multiphysics, Oslo, Norway, 15-16 December 2022.

  International Society of Multiphysics.

  pp. 33.

  Available from: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9f89c101232c1d41297d67/t/639912525a90a93394aa8b71/1670976084271/MULTIPHYSICS+2022-Abstract+Booklet.pdf

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Wilhelm, Dirk; Lohmann, Joost; Hinderer, Jörg; Grubinger, Hans, Dynamic nuclear polarization-device for producing hyperpolarized liquid for nuclear magnetic resonance- and magnetic resonance imaging-measurements, has cryostat which has opening and load path for loading cryostat with measuring sample, DE102013219453 B3, 2014

Schimdig, Daniel; Al Adwan-Stojilkovic, Danijela; Wilhelm, Dirk, NMR-Probenkopf mit verbesserter Zentrierung des Probenröhrchens, DE102013212312 A1, 2014

Gisler, Philipp; Wilhelm, Dirk, Pfenninger, Christoph, NMR measuring configuration with temperature control device for a sample vial, DE102012217601 A1, 2014

Denoth, Schimun; Buttazzoni, Silvia; Speck, Thomas; Wilhelm, Dirk, Gradient coil with correction windings and method for production thereof, US Patent, US 2013/0229182 A1, 2013

Wilhelm, Dirk; Speck, Thomas; Schett, Oskar, NMR measuring configuration with optimized sample container geometry and method for calculating the shape of the sample container, US Patent, US2012/256632 A1, 2012

Grossniklaus, Beat; Raffa, Federico; Mayer, Markus; Wilhelm, Dirk, Temperature control device for an NMR sample tube, US2011/284192 A1, 2011

McFeat, Jose; Schulz, Ingolf; Wilhelm, Dirk, Gas turbine blade shroud, US2008/019835 A1, 2008

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