Maximilian Engelken, Dipl. Wi.-Ing.

Research interests

I work at the Center for Digital Technology & Management (CDTM), where I deal with topics in the area of renewable energies, smart grids and entrepreneurship. 

At CDTM, I am part of the research project ZESMIT, where we investigate the trends in the field of smart grids and smart energy, and work on products within this field. Furthermore we investigate start-ups in the field of smart energy.

Educational Background

10/2004 - 10/2010 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
  Industrial Engineering and Management
04/2010 - 10/2010 Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany
  Student Researcher and Diploma Thesis
10/2007 - 07/2008 Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
  Exchange Semester

Relevant work experience

04/2010 - 03/2011 Fraunhofer Institute for Solare Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany
  Diploma thesis on „Concentrated Solar Power (CSP): –
  value chain analysis for CSP plants in North Africa“
10/2009 - 02/2010 Bosch Italy, Bari, Italy
  Bosch Production Systems - Lean Production
  Working student
2008 Deutsche Bahn ML AG, Berlin, Germany
  Corporate Strategy
  Working student
2006 Schaeffler Group, Shanghai, China
  Logistic Department
  Working student
2004 The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Frankfurt, Germany
  Corporate Institutional Banking
  Working student

Publications

Christoph Kost, Maximilian Engelken, Thomas Schlegl; Value generation of future CSP projects in North Africa, Energy Policy, Volume 46, July 2012, Pages 88-99, ISSN 0301-4215, 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.034. 

Manfred Broy, Maximilian Engelken and Benedikt Roemer; 2012; Geschäftsmodelle und Energiedienstleistungen – Herausforderungen für die IKT Wirtschaft; Presentation held by Prof. Broy at the Energy Talks in Ossiach, Austria

Manfred Broy, Denis Bytschkow, Maximilian Engelken and Benedikt Roemer; 2011; Smart Grid - Markt, Integration, Technik; Published in "Technik in Bayern", Ausgabe 06/2011 mit Schwerpunkt Smart Grid.

Daniel Akselrad, Victor Petcu, Benedikt Roemer, Andreas Schmid, Denis Bytschkow and Maximilian Engelken; (2011); Making home energy usage transparent for households using smart meters, Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics in Berlin, Germany

Gazzo, Alexis; Gousseland, Pierre; Verdier, Jérome; Kost, Christoph; Morin, Gabriel; Engelken, Maximilian; Schrof, Julian; Nitz, Peter; Selt, Jens; Platzer, Werner; Ragwitz, Mario; Boie, Inga; Hauptstock, Dorothea; Eichhammer, Wolfgang; Ernst & Young (2011): Middle East and North Africa Region Assessment of the Local Manufacturing Potential for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Projects . Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 2011.

Last update 2013-05-15

Teaching

SS 2013 Managing Product Development (CDTM)
WS 2012/13 Managing Product Development (CDTM)
SS 2012 Managing Product Development (CDTM)
Design Thinking (CDTM)
WS 2011/12 Managing Product Development (CDTM)
Behavioral Economics (CDTM)
Business Planning (CDTM)
SS 2011 Managing Product Development (CDTM)