Raymond Freymann is an engineering professor and researcher, born on 30 May 1952 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, and has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific publications.
He obtained his doctor of engineering degree from the Technical University of Braunschweig in 1981 for the work he has performed at the Institute of Aeroelasticity at the DLR in Göttingen (Germany).
Subsequently, he has been working as a scientist at the Flight Dynamics Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton (Ohio).
Raymond Freymann served in a variety of scientific and advisory committees, such as the NATO Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) from 1981 to 1996, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) from 1987 to 1991, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) from 1998 to 2001, the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers (ImechE) from 1997 to 2002, the Feldafinger Kreis in Germany from 2008 to 2011, the Comité Supérieur de la Recherche et de l´Innovation (CSRI) in Luxembourg from 2008 to 2011.
Since 2019 he is supporting the Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Technologietransfers (GFFT) in Germany as an honorary member.
Major technical accomplishments were the many contributions to advanced aeroelastically optimized and actively controlled aircraft configurations, the development of an actively damped aircraft landing gear system in 1985, a novel approach for derivation of the generalized equations of motion of coupled structural-acoustic systems in 1992 forming the basis of the commercial software code CDH-VAO,[2] the pioneering and development of the Holographic Modal Analysis testing tool (HOLOMODAL)[3] in 1994, the development of a waste heat recovery systems for internal combustion engines (BMW Turbosteamer) in 2000, the development of the hydrogen speed record vehicle BMW H2R in 2004,[4] the visionary approach for the future deployment of a hydrogen based energy supply economy making use of liquid organic hydrides (LOHC) as a fuel (in 2005).
Dr. Freymann has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific publications in the technical fields of aeroelasticity, active control systems, structural dynamics, servo-hydraulics, testing and instrumentation, acoustics, hydrogen technology (CleanEnergy), energy management (EfficientDynamics), human-machine-interface, driver assistance and active safety (ConnectedDrive).
Holographic Modal Analysis, Laser in Research and Engineering, Springer Verlag Berlin, pp.