Prof. Dr. Michael Westdickenberg
Contact Information
Postal Address
RWTH Aachen University
Institute for Mathematics
Prof. Dr. Michael Westdickenberg
Im Süsterfeld 2
52072 Aachen
Germany
Office
Room 359, Im Süsterfeld 2
Contact me by
Phone +49 241 80-94569
Phone +49 241 80-94921 (secr.)
E-mail mwest@instmath.rwth-aachen.de
Office Hours
By appointment.
Research Interests
Hyperbolic Conservation Laws
Curves of Maximal Slope and Optimal Transport
Fluid Dynamics and Geophysical Flows
Partial Differential Equations
Teaching
In WS2025/26 I am teaching the course Introduction to Mathematics.
Activities
07/2022 - present
Project leader SFB 1481 "Sparsity and Singular Structures"
Speaker 09/2023 - present
10/2020 - 2009/2024
Chairman of the Mathematics Department
10/2017 - present
Project leader RTG 2326 "Energy, Entropy, and Dissipative Dynamics"
Speaker 10/2017 - 09/2023
