Contact

Patrick Jonathan Lauffs
Dipl.-Ing.
E-mail:patrick.lauffs@tum.de

Research Interests

  • Systems engineering
  • Certifiable avionics
  • Modelling and simulation
  • UAV hardware

Teaching

  • Set up of the Flight Control lab course
  • Lecture notes for Development of Flight Control Systems

Publications

P. Piprek, V. Schneider, V. Fafard, S. P. Schatz, C. Dörhöfer, P. J. Lauffs, L. Peter, F. Holzapfel, "Enhanced Kinematics Calculation for an Online Trajectory Generation Module", Transportation Research Procedia, vol. 29, 2018, pp. 312-322. [doi]
D. Gierszewski, V. Schneider, P. J. Lauffs, L. Peter, F. Holzapfel, "Clothoid-Augmented Online Trajectory Generation for Radius to Fix Turns", in 15th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, 2018. [doi]
A. W. Zollitsch, N. C. Mumm, S. Wulf, F. Holzapfel, M. Hochstrasser, P. J. Lauffs, L. Peter, "Automatic Takeoff of a General Aviation Research Aircraft", in The 2017 Asian Control Conference - ASCC 2017, pp. 1683-1688.
P. Piprek, V. Schneider, V. Fafard, S. P. Schatz, C. Dörhöfer, P. J. Lauffs, L. Peter, F. Holzapfel, "Enhanced Kinematics Calculation for an Online Trajectory Generation Module", in 6th CEAS Air and Space Conference Aerospace Europe, 2017.
N. C. Mumm, A. W. Zollitsch, S. P. Schatz, S. Wulf, F. Holzapfel, P. J. Lauffs, L. Peter, "Design and Testing of a Ground Roll Runway Centerline Tracking Controller for a General Aviation Research Aircraft", in The 2017 Asian Control Conference - ASCC 2017, pp. 1689-1694.
E. Karlsson, S. P. Schatz, F. Holzapfel, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, A. C. Gabrys, M. Hochstrasser, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, V. Schneider, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, "Development of an Automatic Flight Path Controller for a DA42 General Aviation Aircraft", in CEAS EuroGNC, 2017.
E. Karlsson, F. Holzapfel, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, A. C. Gabrys, M. Hochstrasser, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, S. P. Schatz, V. Schneider, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, "Active Control Objective Prioritization for High-Bandwidth Automatic Flight Path Control", in CEAS EuroGNC, 2017.
V. Schneider, P. Piprek, S. P. Schatz, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, M. Hochstrasser, A. C. Gabrys, E. Karlsson, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, F. Holzapfel, "Online Trajectory Generation Using Clothoid Segments", in 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2016.
S. P. Schatz, V. Schneider, E. Karlsson, F. Holzapfel, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, M. Hochstrasser, A. C. Gabrys, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, "Flightplan Flight Tests of an Experimental DA42 General Aviation Aircraft", in 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2016.
P. J. Lauffs, F. Holzapfel, "Hardware-in-the-loop platform for development of redundant smart actuators", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal, vol. 88, no. 3, 2016, pp. 358-364. [doi]
E. Karlsson, S. P. Schatz, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, A. C. Gabrys, M. Hochstrasser, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, V. Schneider, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, F. Holzapfel, "Automatic Flight Path Control of an Experimental DA42 General Aviation Aircraft", in 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2016.
P. J. Lauffs, M. Hochstrasser and F. Holzapfel, "Real-time Simulation of Nonlinear Transmission Behavior in Electro-Mechanical Flight Control Systems", in Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing Technology (ICARES), 2014 IEEE International, IEEE, pp. 39-47. [doi]
P. J. Lauffs, F. Holzapfel, "Hardware-in-the-Loop Platform for Development and Simulation of a Fault Tolerant Control Surface Actuation System with Redundant and Smart Actuators", in UAV World Conference, 2013.

Student Theses Supervised

S. Welzenbach, "Simulation und experimentelle Parametrierung mechanischer Flugsteuerungssysteme", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2015.
L. Braun, "Systematic Approach for a Redesign of a Kite Control Unit", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2015.
D. Peuker, "Recherche, Analyse und Bewertung von Energie-Verteilstrategien in Luftfahrtanwendungen", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2014.
K. Ritt, "Untersuchung, Modellierung und Simulation von Energiegewinnungskonzepten elektrisch betriebener UAVs", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2013.
J. Klotz, "Inbetriebnahme und Vermessung grundlegender Eigenschaften von Querkraftstellern eines aktiven Lastprüfstandes", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2013.
D. Lindner, "Inbetriebnahme und Hardware-in-the-Loop Test eines Flight Control Computers", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2012.
M. Eicher, "Ausblick auf intelligente und redundante Aktuatorik für instabile Flugzeugkonfigurationen", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2012.