Weber, Prof. Dr. Christoph
Mechatronics with focus on Design of Electrical Circuits
24149 Kiel
Room: C12-4.22
Institute:
Institute for Mechatronics
Teaching areas:
- Electrical drive systems
- Electronic circuit development
- Battery management systems and diagnostics
Christoph Weber has been a Professor of Mechatronics—focusing on the design of electronic circuits with an emphasis on battery management systems—at the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at HAW Kiel since 2008. From 2014 to 2020, he served as Dean of the department and was responsible, among other things, for introducing the Media Engineering degree program, which combines engineering content with creative and media-related skills.
His research focuses on the development of intelligent hardware and software solutions for battery diagnostics and battery management systems. Based on this work, he founded the start-up Heimdalytics in 2021, which specializes in innovative diagnostic technologies for evaluating and reusing used battery systems.
Currently, Prof. Weber is working on the design of the new English-language Master’s program “Battery Technologies,” initiated by the state of Schleswig-Holstein. The aim of the program is to provide expertise across the entire lifecycle of modern battery systems—from cell chemistry and system design to second-life applications and recycling.
As part of his teaching activities, Prof. Weber offers a wide range of practice-oriented courses in the Bachelor’s programs in Mechatronics and Media Engineering, as well as in the Master’s program in Electrical Technologies.
Information on individual courses can be found in the module database: moduldatenbank.haw-kiel.de.
Christoph Weber completed his Diploma in Electrical Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum in 1999. During this time, he was a DAAD scholarship holder at Purdue University in West Lafayette, USA. He subsequently earned his doctorate at Hamburg University of Technology, where he completed his PhD in 2003. In his dissertation, he developed an innovative measurement method for detecting the smallest apertures in braided cable shields of high-frequency transmission cables.
He began his industrial career as a development engineer at Jungheinrich AG in Norderstedt, where he later led a development group. In this role, he was responsible for several advanced development projects in the field of electrical drive systems and battery systems for industrial trucks. A major milestone was his key involvement in the development of the concept vehicle “Concept 2008,” which was presented as a prototype at CeMAT 2008 and attracted significant attention within the professional community. The concept study impressively demonstrated, for the first time, the potential of lithium-ion battery technology in terms of space savings and ergonomic advantages in vehicle design, and was later recognized as one of the ten most significant “Yellow Moments” in the company’s history on its 70th anniversary.
Since 2008, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Weber has held the professorship for the design of electronic circuits at HAW Kiel. In addition to his teaching activities, he has been actively involved in academic self-governance, including serving for many years as Head of the Mechatronics degree program and for over six years as Dean of the department.
His research focuses on the development of innovative battery diagnostics and management systems. He combines impedance spectroscopy measurement methods with AI-based modeling approaches to precisely analyze the condition and performance of battery systems.
As founder and shareholder of the start-up Heimdalytics, he transfers his scientific expertise into industrial practice. The company develops battery diagnostic systems, including for the refurbishment and second-life use of battery storage systems.
Currently, Prof. Weber is working together with Kiel University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology on the design of a new English-language Master’s program “Battery Technologies,” which is scheduled to start in the winter semester 2026/2027 and is tailored to the interdisciplinary challenges of future energy storage.