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Robin Leister

Head of the Hydraulic Laboratory
Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems
Dept. of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management

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Pfaffenwaldring 61
70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Room: 0.929

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since 2025:Head of Hydraulics Laboratory

2023-2025: Post-Doctoral researcher, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

2023: Postdoctoral Guest Researcher Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada

2018-2022: Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Fluid Mechanics (ISTM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

2024: Postdoctoral fellowship for leading early career researchers by the Baden-Württemberg-Stiftung

2023: Best doctoral thesis of the faculty mechanical engineering, KIT

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publications

  1. Journal Articles

    1. Leister, R., & Rival, D. E. (2025). Escaping the lab: advances in large-scale particle tracking using natural light and uncrewed aerial vehicles. Experiments in Fluids, 66, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-025-04067-0
    2. Sadafi, M., Najafi, A. F., Jalali, A., & Leister, R. (2025). Evaluation of a Newly Developed Analytic Model for Predicting Drag Torque in Wet Clutches under Single- and Two-Phase Conditions Using Computational Fluid. Tribology Transactions, 68, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402004.2025.2474539
    3. Leister, R., Karl, R., Stroh, L., Mereles, D., Eden, M., Neff, L., de Simone, R., Romano, G., Kriegseis, J., Karck, M., Lichtenstern, C., Frey, N., Frohnapfel, B., Stroh, A., & Engelhardt, S. (2025). Investigating the Shortcomings of the Flow Convergence Method for Quantification of Mitral Regurgitation in a Pulsatile In-Vitro Environment and with Computational Fluid Dynamics. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 16, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-024-00763-w
    4. Pasch, S., Leister, R., Gatti, D., Örlü, R., Frohnapfel, B., & Kriegseis, J. (2024). Correction to: Measurements in a Turbulent Channel Flow by Means of an LDV Profile Sensor. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 113, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-024-00532-8
    5. Pasch, S., Leister, R., Gatti, D., Örlü, R., Frohnapfel, B., & Kriegseis, J. (2024). Measurements in a Turbulent Channel Flow by Means of an LDV Profile Sensor. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 113, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-023-00469-4
    6. Leister, R., Fuchs, T., & Kriegseis, J. (2023). Defocusing PTV applied to an open wet clutch: from macro to micro. Experiments in Fluids, 64, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-023-03623-w
    7. Sax, C., Stroh, A., Leister, R., Denda, C., Bürk, P., Dreisbach, M., & Kriegseis, J. (2023). Fluid-mechanical evaluation of different clutch geometries based on experimental and numerical investigations = Strömungsmechanische Bewertung verschiedener Kupplungsgeometrien anhand von experimentellen und numerischen Untersuchungen. Forschung im Ingenieurwesen, 87, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10010-023-00703-5
    8. Sax, C., Dreisbach, M., Leister, R., & Kriegseis, J. (2023). Deep Learning and Hybrid Approach for Particle Detection in Defocusing Particle Tracking Velocimetry. Measurement Science and Technology, 34, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/acd4b4
    9. Leister, R., Pasch, S., & Kriegseis, J. (2022). On the applicability of LDV profile-sensors for periodic open wet clutch flow scenarios. Experiments in Fluids, 63, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-022-03487-6
    10. Dreisbach, M., Leister, R., Probst, M., Friederich, P., Stroh, A., & Kriegseis, J. (2022). Particle detection by means of neural networks and synthetic training data refinement in defocusing particle tracking velocimetry. Measurement Science and Technology, 33, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ac8a09
    11. Leister, R., Brümmer, A., & Kriegseis, J. (2022). Laser-Optical Shear-Flow Analysis across the Annular Gap of a Simplified Displacement Compressor Model. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1267, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1267/1/012003
    12. Leister, R., Fuchs, T., Mattern, P., & Kriegseis, J. (2021). Flow-structure identification in a radially grooved open wet clutch by means of defocusing particle tracking velocimetry. Experiments in fluids, 62, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-020-03116-0
    13. Leister, R., Najafi, A. F., Kriegseis, J., Frohnapfel, B., & Gatti, D. (2021). Analytical modeling and dimensionless characteristics of open wet clutches in consideration of gravity. Forschung im Ingenieurwesen, 85, 849–857. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10010-021-00545-z
    14. Leister, R., Najafi, A. F., Gatti, D., Kriegseis, J., & Frohnapfel, B. (2020). Non-dimensional characteristics of open wet clutches for advanced drag torque and aeration predictions. Tribology international, 152, 106442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106442

  2. Other

    1. Sax, C., Dreisbach, M., Kriegseis, J., & Leister, R. (2023). Deep Learning and Hybrid Approach for Particle Detection in Defocusing Particle Tracking Velocimetry - used Research Data. https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000156318
    2. Dreisbach, M., Leister, R., Probst, M., Friederich, P., Stroh, A., & Kriegseis, J. (2022). Particle Detection by means of Neural Networks and Synthetic Training Data Refinement in Defocusing Particle Tracking Velocimetry (data). https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000146837

  3. Doctoral Theses

    1. Leister, R. (2023). The Fluid Flow in an Open Wet Clutch [Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)]. https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000154812

conferences

  1. Book Chapters

    1. Sax, C., Stroh, A., Leister, R., Dreisbach, M., Kriegseis, J., Denda, C., & Bürk, P. (2023). Fluid-mechanical evaluation of different clutch geometries based on experimental and numerical investigations = Numerisch-experimentelle Analyse von Strömungs- topologien bei Nutmustervariationen an offenen nassen Lamellenkupplungen. In Kupplungs- und Bremssysteme für mobile und stationäre Anwendungen : Auslegung - Systemverhalten - Lösungen (1 ed., Vol. 2414, pp. 109–124). VDI Verlag. https://doi.org/10.51202/9783181024140-109

  2. Conference Papers

    1. Leister, R., & Rival, D. E. (2024). An appraisal of large-scale particle tracking with uncrewed aerial vehicles. 21st International Symposium on the Application of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lissabon, 8th-11th July 2024.
    2. Leister, R., Gatti, D., Frohnapfel, B., & Kriegseis, J. (2024). Turbulent Channel Flow - A Measurement Technique Comparison. E​uropean Drag Reduction a​nd Flow Control Meeting (ERCOFTAC – EDRFCM 24), 10th-13th September 2024.
    3. Leister, R., Pasch, S., & Kriegseis, J. (2024). Defocusing PTV for the viscous wall region of a turbulent channel flow. 1st European Fluid Dynamics Conference 2024, Aachen, 16th-20th September 2024.
    4. Fahland, G., Wöllstein, D., Leister, R., Frohnapfel, B., & Serpieri, J. (2024). PIV measurements on a wing with uniform blowing.
    5. Leister, R., Pasch, S., & Kriegseis, J. (2023). Defocusing PTV in a turbulent channel flow - near-wall characteristics. ISPIV 2023.
    6. Pasch, S., Leister, R., Egner, M., Büttner, L., Czarske, J., & Kriegseis, J. (2022). Comparative accuracy study of LDV profile-sensor acquisition modes and particle diameters. Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Application of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics 2022.
    7. Leister, R., Fuchs, T., & Kriegseis, J. (2022). Defocusing PTV applied to an open wet clutch – from macro to micro. Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Application of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics 2022.
    8. Dreisbach, M., Leister, R., Probst, M., Friederich, P., Stroh, A., & Kriegseis, J. (2021). Particle Detection by means of Machine Learning in Defocusing PTV. 14th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, 14, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.18409/ispiv.v1i1.182
    9. Leister, R., Pasch, S., Frohnapfel, B., Kriegseis, J., Mattern, P., & Fuchs, T. (2021). Hochaufgelöste, optische Geschwindigkeitsmessungen in einer radialgenuteten, offenen, nasslaufenden Lamellenkupplung. Kupplungen und Kupplungssysteme in Antrieben 2021 : Auslegung, Systemverhalten, Lösungen : VDI-Fachtagung : Ettlingen bei Karlsruhe, 24. und 25. November 2021, 2382, 313–318. https://doi.org/10.51202/9783181023822-313
    10. Leister, R., & Kriegseis, J. (2021). DPTV-based analysis of the flow-structure/wall-shear interplay in open wet clutches. 14th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, 14, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.18409/ispiv.v1i1.178
    11. Leister, R., & Kriegseis, J. (2019). 3D-LIF Experiments in an Open Wet Clutch by means of Defocusing PTV. 13th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry (ISPIV 2019), July 22-24, 2019, Munich, Germany.

  3. Other

    1. Sax, C., Leister, R., Brümmer, A., & Kriegseis, J. (2023). Towards Interferometric Particle Imaging for Bubble-Size Estimation in Thin Annular Gap-Flows.
    2. Pasch, S., Gatti, D., Leister, R., Frohnapfel, B., & Kriegseis, J. (2022). Measurements in a turbulent channel flow by means of an LDV profile sensor.
    3. Leister, R., Sax, C., Brümmer, A., & Kriegseis, J. (2022). Laser-Optical Shear-Flow Analysis across the Annular Gap of a Simplified Displacement Compressor Model.
    4. Leister, R., Kriegseis, J., Frohnapfel, B., Gatti, D., & Najafi, A. F. (2021). Analytical modeling and dimensionless characteristics of open wet clutches in consideration of gravity. https://doi.org/10.51202/9783181023822-129
    5. Leister, R., Najafi, A. F., Kriegseis, J., & Frohnapfel, B. (2019). Modelling Concepts of Open Wet Clutch Flows - A Theoretical Approach.
 

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