Florian Uhrig

Career

• 10.2026: Research Professor for Battery and Hydrogen Systems at Technische Hochschule Nuernberg (OHM)
• 12.2024: Head of the „Laboratory Hydrogen Systems” OHM
• 05.2023: Research Professor for Hydrogen Systems, OHM
• 01.2022: Technical Project Leader in the life cycle assessment of electric vehicles at Vitesco Technologies GmbH (now Schaeffler AG)
• 09.2015: Development engineer for automotive fuel cell powertrains at Continental Automotive GmbH

Doctorate

• 09.2015 – 09.2020: Interdisciplinary dissertation on „Evaluation of efficiency-enhancing measures for automotive fuel cell systems using nested optimization” (Advanced Powertrains) supervised by Prof. T. von Unwerth (Technical University Chemnitz) & Prof. P. Kurzweil (OTH Amberg-Weiden)
• 03.2013 – 11.2014: Study of „Electric mobility and grids”, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg

Category A – Articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributions to peer-reviewed conferences or to anthology volumes, and book publications

• Dupont, H., Boucharel, P., Uhrig, F. (2022). Life Cycle Comparison of the Latest Electrified Propulsion Systems, International Congress: SIA Powertrain & Energie. Rouen.
• Uhrig, F., Boucharel, P. (2022). Comparative Life Cycle Assessment for Permanent and Externally Excited Drive Systems, International Electric Vehicle Symposium. 35. Oslo.
• F. Uhrig, P. Säger, P. Kurzweil, T. von Unwerth, Efficiency-Enhancing Measures Using Optimization Algorithms for Fuel Cell Vehicles, Fuel Cell Conference FC³, Chemnitz, 2019
• F. Uhrig, M. Schinnerl, P. Haluska, P. Kurzweil, T. von Unwerth, Comparative Study of Different Air Supply System for Automotive Fuel Cell Applications, SAE Int. J. Alternative Powertrains, 2019
• F. Uhrig, M. Töns, T. Knorr, P. Kurzweil, T. von Unwerth, Evaluation of Efficiency-Enhancing Measures for Fuel Cell Vehicles Using Optimization Algorithms, 32nd International Electric Vehicle Symposium, Lyon, 2019
• F. Uhrig, T. von Unwerth, Efficiency Effects of Two-Stage Charging for Fuel Cell Systems on Electric Drive Trains, The 7th World Hydrogen Technology Conference, Prag, 2017

Category B – Any other form of published results

• F. Uhrig, Comparative Life Cycle Assessment for Permanent and Externally Excited Drive Systems, Electrical + electronic systems in hybrid and electric vehicles, electrical energy management, Bamberg, 2022
• F. Uhrig, M. Ochs, Evaluation of efficiency enhancing measures for automotive fuel cell powertrain with the nested optimization, Electrical + electronic systems in hybrid and electric vehicles, electrical energy management, Bamberg, 2021
• F. Uhrig, M. Ochs, Evaluation of efficiency enhancing measures for automotive fuel cell powertrain with the nested optimization, EEHE Tagung, Essen, 2021

Academic Distinctions

• 2025 Research member of the newly founded graduate center of the universities of applied sciences of Nuremberg, Munich & Regensburg with the right to award doctoral degrees
• 2024 N-Ergie Promotion Award
• 2023 Honor for future-oriented ideas and outstanding commitment to excellent research and development at the ostbayerischen technischen Hochschulverbund
• 2021 Innovation Award from Deutschen Wasserstoff Verband
• 2020 Best Paper Award: Arch T. Colwell Merit Award of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• 2020 Future Code Bayern: Head of the week
• 2019 Audience Award of the FameLab Germany in Bayern
• 2015 Josef-Stanglmeier innovation award