Manuel Berger, BSc MSc PhD

Professional work experience

09/2024 - present
Lecturer - MCI Management Center Innsbruck
fluid dynamics, medical technologies
12/2021 - 09/2024
Scientific staff - MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Fluid dynamics, Medical engineering
10/2014 - 11/2021
07/2013 - 10/2013
04/2012 - 10/2012
07/2011 - 04/2012
07/2010 - 10/2010

Education

10/2014 - 07/2021
PhD - MUI Medical University Innsbruck
IGDT Image Guided Diagnosis and Therapy
10/2012 - 10/2014
10/2009 - 07/2011
10/2004 - 07/2009

Teaching (faculty internships etc.)

03/2024 - present
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Advanced Computational Modeling and Simulation
02/2023 - 06/2023
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit
10/2022 - present
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Fluiddynamik
04/2022 - present
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Medical Image Processing
03/2022 - present
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Elektronik
10/2021 - 10/2023
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
ID aided procedures in operative medicine
12/2020 - 02/2021
MCI Management Center Innsburck
Data Science
05/2018 - present
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Strömungsmesstechnik und Visualisierung
11/2015 - present
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Electrical Drives
04/2015 - 07/2015
10/2014 - 01/2015
10/2014 - present
10/2013 - 02/2014

Competitive Research Award

12/2024 - 12/2024
MCI Innsbruck
MCI Teaching Award 2024
11/2022 - 11/2022
Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck
Preis der Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck für Forschung und Innovation am MCI 2022.
10/2022 - 10/2022
Gesellschaft der Ärzte in Wien
Wilhelm-Auerswald-Preis 2022 - Unter den 6 besten Finalisten
07/2017 - 07/2017
Europäischer Schnarchpreis

Further education & Training

Other

01/2022 - 12/2022
Scholarship for scientific stays at Taiwanese universities from OeAD GmbH Agency for Education and Internationalization

Peer reviewed journal article

Senfter, T.; Berger, M.; Schweiberer, M.; Knitel, S.; Pillei, M. An Experimentally Validated CFD Code to Design Coanda Effect Screen Structures. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 5762. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13095762
Senfter, T.; Ennemoser, J.; Berger, M.; Mayerl, C.; Kofler, T.; Pillei, M. An Empirical Investigation on the Influence of the Number of Particle Outlets and Volume Flow Rates on Separation Efficiency and Pressure Drop in a Uniflow Hydrocyclone. Separations 2023, 10, 169. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10030169

Peer reviewed academic/professional meeting proceedings

Berger, M., Wilhelm, M., Senfter, T., Mayerl, C., Kofler, T., Holzer, S., Pillei, M., Roboter-LDA Flächenmessungen mit einer 30° geneigten flachen Platte in einem offenen Windkanal mit und ohne Plasmaquelle, GALA - German Association for Laser Anemometry, München GER, 2023.
Senfter, T., Leitner, S., Zitterbart, M., Kofler, T., Mayerl, C., Berger, M., Pillei, M., Mikroplastik im Abwasser von Waschmaschinen – großes Problem für Kläranlagen, kleines Problem für die Abfallwirtschaft, ÖWAV - Österreichische Abfallwirtschaftstagung, Alpbach AT, 2023.
Senfter, T., Pittracher, M., Knitel, S., Berger, M., Mayerl, C., Kofler, T., Holzer, S. and Pillei, M., Influence of selected design parameters on the operation of Coanda effect screens for hydropower plants, Minisymposium Verfahrenstechnik, BOKU Vienna, AUT, 2023.

Presentation of a paper at a conference, workshop or seminar

Berger, M.; Senfter, T.; Pillei, M., First approach to simulate a blood flow vessel with an aneurysm to evaluate dangerousness with computational fluid dynamics. Austrian 3Rdays, Innsbruck, AUT, 2023.
Senfter, T., Berger, M., Kofler, T., Mayerl, C., Holzer, S., Zitterbart, M., Pillei, M., Mechanical biowaste pre-treatment: The critical step in biomass to energy concepts, International Conference on Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Barcelona ESP/online, 2023.
Senfter, T., Berger, M., Kofler, T., Mayerl, C., Pillei, M., Mechanical treatment of various types of waste for electrical energy generation in biogas plants by the use of hydrocyclones, World Utilities Congress, Abu Dhabi UAE, 2023.

Supervised bachelor theses

Gstir Markus (2023): Strömungssimulationen mit der Lattice Boltzmann Methode des MCI Raums 4A-024 um COVID 19 Infektionen zu senken
Maier Selina (2022): DEVELOPMENT OF EMPIRICAL DYNAMIC GAS ENGINE - GENSET - MODELS FOR INTEGRATION INTO HIGHER-LEVEL GRID SIMULATIONS
Mair Markus (2018): Bewertung einer Schrittmotorsteuerung anhand quanitativer Erfassung der Wiederholgenauigkeit.
Gäbelein Hanna (2018): Die Verwendung von Strömungssimulationstechnik in komplexen Geometrien: Vor- und Nachteile von verschiedenen Methoden
Wolff Franziska (2018): Mathematische Modellierung eines Feder-Masse-Schwingers inklusive Reglerentwurf
Eppacher Andre (2018): Entwurf eines PI-Reglers für einen Asynchronmotor
Mair Moritz (2017): Die mathematische Modellierung eines Durchlauferhitzers inkl. Reglerentwurf
Faltejsek Josef (2017): Untersuchungen zur nicht invasiven Strömungsmessung im humanen Nasenraum mittels LDA

Supervised master theses

Pellegrini Sophia (2025): Artificial Intelligence Prediction of Lift and Drag Coefficients for 2D Airfoils: A comparison of MLP, CFD and XFOIL
Gstir Markus (2025): Active Artificial Eustachian Tube - Research and first attempt on a Prototype
Gleissner Lena (2025): Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis of Pulsatile Flow in Aortic Heart Valves: Investigating Hemodynamics under Transient Conditions.
Golks Jonna (2025): Comparative Hemodynamic Analysis of Medtronic Avalus Heart Valves Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Leusmann Elisa (2025): CFD Simulations of the CPAP Devices Neopuff and Inspire rPAP in Neonatology
Zingerle Lukas (2024): Numerische Untersuchung der Fluid-Struktur Interaktion einer Drosselklappe und Validierung mittels Modellversuch
Raffeiner Patrik (2023): Prediction of 2D aerodynamic flow fields on the example of a NACA0012 airfoil - A comparison of experimental data, CFD simulations and CNN predictions
Kuhn Nicolas (2023): Feedback-giving guide wire for vaso-protective use in minimal invasive heart surgery
Pittracher Martin (2023): Strömungsmechanische und wirtschaftliche Betrachtung eines kugelförmigen Heißwasserspeichers für das Fernwärmenetz Innsbruck
Castelpietra Marco (2023): A CFD approach for the propagation of the COVID-19 virus with the influence of air cleaning devices in the classroom 4A-023 of the MCI 4