Objectives of Work:

• Flight control for unmanned vehicles
• SHEFEX-II, an experiment for the re-entry of  sharp edged flight vehicles
• Guide engineering students
• Organisation and und realization of flight experiments for the unmanned rotorcraft ARTIS

Academic background:

Diploma’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Technical University of Berlin
Major fields of studies:
         Satellite technologies and control, aircrafts flight mechanics and flight control

Diploma thesis:
Adaption of Pilot’s Modelling to Human Management Abilities in the Context of Highly Dynamic Tasks, (in German), TU-Berlin

Doctoral thesis:
Adaptive Control for the Envelope Extension Related to the Technology Demonstrator ARTIS (in German), TU-Braunschweig

Professional career:

since  2009	Research scientist at the Institute of Flight Systems
2004 - 2008	Doctoral student at the Institute of Flight Systems
1998 - 2003	Student of Aerospace Engineering, Technical University of Berlin
1995 - 1998	Employee, car mechanic
1991 - 1995	Apprenticeship, car mechanic

Selected publications:

1. Lorenz, Sven und Adolf, Florian M.: A Decoupled Approach for Trajectory Generation for an Unmanned Rotorcraft. In: Advantages in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control Springer. Seiten 3-14. ISBN 978-3-642-19816-8, 2011
2. Dauer, Johann und Lorenz, Sven und Dittrich, Joerg: Advanced Attitude Command Generation for a Helicopter UAV in the Context of a Feedback Free Reference System. International Specialists’ Meeting on Unmanned Rotorcraft and Network Centric Operations, Tempe, AZ, USA, Jan. 2011
3. Lorenz, Sven: Adaptive Regelung zur Flugbereichserweiterung des Technologiedemonstrators ARTIS. Dissertation, TU-Braunschweig, Shaker Verlag GmbH, ISBN 978-3-8322-9586-8 & DLR-Forschungsbericht, DLR FB 2010-25, 2010
4. Lorenz, Sven: Open-loop reference models for nonlinear control with applications to unmanned helicopter flight. AIAA GNC, Toronto, Canada, Aug. 2010
5. Florian Adolf, Franz Andert, Sven Lorenz, Lukas Goormann, Jörg Dittrich: An Unmanned Helicopter for Autonomous Flights in Urban Terrain, Springer. German Workshop on Robotics, ISBN 978-3-642-01212-9, 2009 (lokaler Link)
6. Lorenz, Sven and Chowdhary, Girish: Non-linear Model Identification for a Miniature Rotorcraft, Preliminary Results, AHS Forum 61, Grapevine, Texas USA, June 2005
7. Chowdhary, Girish; Lorenz, Sven: Control of a VTOL UAV via Online Parameter Estimation. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, San Francisco, California, USA, August 2005
8. Lorenz, Sven: Systemidentifizierung des VTOL UAV Demonstrators ARTIS, DGLR Jahrbuch DGLR Jahrestagung, Friedrichshafen, September 2005, ISSN 0700-4083