Georg Nawratil

Senior Scientist

Education

• Mag.rer.nat. (comparable to Master of Natural Science) in Geometry and Mathematics, TU Wien, 05/2004
• Dr.techn. (comparable to Doctor of Technical Sciences) in Geometry, TU Wien, 03/2007, Advisor: H. Stachel
• Priv.-Doz. (Habilitation in Geometry), TU Wien, 08/2011

Professional Experience

• Tutor, Institute of Geometry, TU Wien, 10/2000 - 02/2001
• Research Assistant, FWF Project Industrial Geometry, Geometric Modeling and Industrial Geometry, Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Wien, 07/2006 - 10/2007, 09/2008 - 02/2009
• Assistant Professor, Differential Geometry and Geometric Structures, Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Wien, 11/2006 - 10/2010
• Research Assistant, FWF Project Flexible polyhedra and frameworks in different spaces, Differential Geometry and Geometric Structures, Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Wien, 2/2010 - 2/2012, 9/2012 - 12/2013
• Interim Professor, Institute of Geometry, Dresden University of Technology, 3/2012 - 7/2012
• Senior Researcher, FWF Project Stewart Gough platforms with self-motions, Differential Geometry and Geometric Structures, Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Wien, 7/2013 - 9/2018
• Member of the Center for Geometry and Computational Design (GCD), TU Wien, since 9/2015
• High School Teacher (secondary employment), BRG4 Waltergasse (9/2016 - 8/2017) and GRG12 Rosasgasse (9/2017 - 8/2020)
• Member of the IFToMM Technical Commitee for Computational Kinematics, since 6/2017
• Senior Scientist, Differential Geometry and Geometric Structures, Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Wien, since 10/2018

Projects

• Kinematical optimization of a film gripper for the company ARRI (with H. Stachel)
• Co-applicant of the FWF Project Flexible polyhedra and frameworks in different spaces, Grant no. I 408-N13 (Project leader: H. Stachel)
• Project leader of the FWF Project Stewart Gough platforms with self-motions, Grant no. P 24927-N25
• Co-applicant of the TOP-program Project "Geometry and Computational Design for Architecture and Fabrication" (Project leader: H. Pottmann) funded by TU Wien
• Co-applicant of the Doctoral College Computational Design DC:{CD} (Scientific Head: H. Pottmann) funded by TU Wien
• Project leader of the FWF Project Singularity closeness of Stewart-Gough platforms, Grant no. P 30855-N32
• Co-applicant of the SFB Project Advanced Computational Design (Project leader: M. Wimmer) funded by the FWF, Grant no. F 77
• Project leader of the FWF Project Higher-Order Flexibility of Geometric Structures, Grant-DOI 10.55776/PAT1144724
• Project leader of the FWF Project Generalized Kokotsakis Meshes & Bricard Octahedra, Grant-DOI 10.55776/PAT1713226

Research Interests

• Flexible Structures
• Generalized Kokotsakis Meshes & Bricard Octahedra
• Higher-Order Flexibility of Geometric Structures
• Singularity Closeness of Stewart-Gough Platforms
• Stewart Gough Platforms with Self-Motions

Publications and Talks

• List of publications
• List of talks

Teaching Activities

• Studienberechtigungsprüfung Darstellende Geometrie [Informationsblatt, Verordnung]
• Supervised and Offered Theses
• List of courses / Lehrveranstaltungen