I am a mechatronics engineer and have worked in research and development on energy systems and energy storage for more than ten years. Since 2024 I have been working as a freelancer in Hannover.
My strength is the combination of engineering, mathematics and programming: I formulate a technical problem as a model, implement it in Python and evaluate the results with sound statistics. My studies and industry work add the practical side: mechanical design, drives and measurement.
My dissertation on hybrid energy storage systems at Leibniz University Hannover is submitted and graded. The defence takes place at the end of November 2026.
Background
Freelance engineer, Hannover. Modelling, simulation, optimisation and software development for companies, with a focus on energy systems and energy storage.
Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Electric Power Systems. Research associate in the Electrical Energy Storage Systems group. Research and dissertation on hybrid energy storage systems (Hybrid energy storage systems: a generalized quantitative analysis with a focus on system sizing), work in the BMBF research project MetroHESS, an industry assignment on storage sizing for wind farms, an energy concept with ecovillage hannover eG, construction and laboratory supervision of a flywheel storage system, teaching and thesis supervision, 2 × 12 months of parental leave.
TII Energy GmbH & Co. KG, Dessau-Roßlau. Research and development on flywheel energy storage: finite element models for the strength of CFRP rotors, multibody simulation, simulation of storage-supported rail networks.
Studies in mechatronics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. Bachelor and Master of Science with a focus on mechanics, robotics and simulation. Industrial internship at Continental in Hannover in noise, vibration and harshness (NVH).
Academic first-author record
Six articles in peer-reviewed journals, each as first author. Code (GitHub) and data are publicly available.
- Günther, S., Bensmann, A., Hanke-Rauschenbach, R. (2026): The effect of efficiency and self-discharge parameterization on the sizing of hybrid energy storage systems. Energy Informatics 9, 72. doi:10.1186/s42162-026-00676-z
- Günther, S., Bensmann, A., Hanke-Rauschenbach, R. (2026): Large-scale performance evaluation of energy management strategies for hybrid energy storage systems with a focus on system sizing. Advances in Applied Energy 23, 100299. doi:10.1016/j.adapen.2026.100299
- Günther, S., Bensmann, A., Hanke-Rauschenbach, R. (2025): Representative energy management strategies for hybrid energy storage systems derived from a meta-review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 216, 115610. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2025.115610
- Günther, S., Brandt, J., Bensmann, A., Hanke-Rauschenbach, R. (2024): ESTSS, energy system time series suite: a declustered, application-independent, semi-artificial load profile benchmark set. Energy Informatics 7, 3. doi:10.1186/s42162-024-00304-8
- Günther, S., Weber, L., Bensmann, A., Hanke-Rauschenbach, R. (2022): Structured analysis and review of filter-based control strategies for hybrid energy storage systems. IEEE Access 10, 126269–126284. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3226261
- Günther, S., Bensmann, A., Hanke-Rauschenbach, R. (2018): Theoretical dimensioning and sizing limits of hybrid energy storage systems. Applied Energy 210, 127–137. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.10.116