10/2026-heute
Professor für Konstruktion an der Technischen Hochschule Ulm.
11/2025-09/2026
Head of Machine Analytics and Simulation bei der Schneider GmbH & Co. KG.
08/2022-10/2025
Manager Development Machine Analytics and Simulation bei der Schneider GmbH & Co. KG.
12/2019-07/2022
Manager Mechanical Design UPC/HSC bei der Schneider GmbH & Co. KG.
09/2018-07/2022
Stellvertretender Konstruktionsleiter bei der Schneider GmbH & Co. KG.
10/2013-08/2018
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Angewandte Dynamik der Technischen Universität Darmstadt.
05/2021
Promotion zum Dr.-Ing. (summa cum laude), Technische Universität Darmstadt, Titel: “Numerical Analyzes and Experimental Investigations of Air Foil Journal Bearings”.
10/2011-09/2013
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Masterabschluss im Studiengang „Mechanical and Process Engineering“, Master of Science.
10/2008-09/2011
DHBW Mannheim in Kooperation mit der Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Bachelorabschluss im Studiengang „Mechanical Engineering”, Bachelor of Engineering.
M. Mahner (2021): Numerical Analyzes and Experimental Investigations of Air Foil Journal Bearings, PhD thesis, Technical University of Darmstadt, DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00018592.
M. Mahner, M. Bauer, and B. Schweizer, Numerical Analyzes and Experimental Investigations on the Fully-Coupled Thermo-Elasto-Gasdynamic Behavior of Air Foil Journal Bearings, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 149 (2021): 107221.
M. Rieken, M. Mahner, and B. Schweizer, Thermal Optimization of Air Foil Thrust Bearings Using Different Foil Materials, Journal of Turbomachinery 142.10 (2020): 101003.
M. Rieken, M. Mahner, and B. Schweizer, Thermal Optimization of Air Foil Thrust Bearings Using Different Foil Materials, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 7B: Structures and Dynamics. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. June 17–21, 2019. V07BT34A031, ASME.
P. Zeise, M. Mahner, M. Bauer, M. Rieken, and B. Schweizer, A Reduced Model for Air Foil Journal Bearings for Time-Efficient Run-Up Simulations, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 7B: Structures and Dynamics. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. June 17–21, 2019, V07BT34A004, ASME.
M. Mahner, M. Bauer, A. Lehn, B. Schweizer, An experimental investigation on the influence of an assembly preload on the hysteresis, the drag torque, the lift-off speed and the thermal behavior of three-pad air foil journal bearings, Tribology International, 2019, vol. 137: pp. 113-126.
A. Lehn, M. Mahner, and B. Schweizer, Characterization of static air foil thrust bearing performance: an elasto-gasdynamic analysis for aligned, distorted and misaligned operating conditions. Arch Appl Mech (2018) 88:705–728.
A. Lehn, M. Mahner, and B. Schweizer, A thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic model for air foil thrust bearings including self-induced convective cooling of the rotor disk and thermal runaway, Tribology International, 2018, 119: p. 281-298.
M. Mahner, P. Li, A. Lehn, B. Schweizer, Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Preload Effects in Air Foil Journal Bearings, ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power, March 2018, 140(3): 032505.
M. Mahner, P. Li, A. Lehn and B. Schweizer, Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Preload Effects in Air Foil Journal Bearings, ASME Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air, Volume 7A (2017): Structures and Dynamics.
A. Lehn, M. Mahner, and B. Schweizer, A Contribution to the Thermal Modeling of Bump Type Air Foil Bearings: Analysis of the Thermal Resistance of Bump Foils, Journal of Tribology, 2017, 139(6): pp. 061702-061702-10.
I. Chatzisavvas, A. Boyaci, A. Lehn, M. Mahner, B. Schweizer and P. Koutsovasilis, On the influence of thrust bearings on the nonlinear rotor vibrations of turbochargers, ASME Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air, Vol. 8 (2016): Microturbines, Turbochargers and Small Turbomachines; Steam Turbines.
A. Lehn, M. Mahner, and B. Schweizer, Elasto-gasdynamic modeling of air foil thrust bearings with a two-dimensional shell model for top and bump foil, Tribology International, 2016, 100: pp. 48-59.
M. Mahner, P. Li, A. Lehn and B. Schweizer, Elastogasdynamic Model for Air Foil Journal Bearings: Hysteresis Prediction Including Preloading Effects, STLE 71st Annual Meeting and Exhibition, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
M. Mahner, A. Lehn, and B. Schweizer, Thermogas- and thermohydrodynamic simulation of thrust and slider bearings: Convergence and efficiency of different reduction approaches, Tribology International, 2016, 93: pp. 539-554.
M. Mahner, A. Lehn, and B. Schweizer, Reduction Approaches for Thermogasdynamic Lubrication Problems. Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 2015. 15: pp. 405-406.
O. Alber and M. Mahner (2014), Description of sub- and superharmonic motion in rotor-stator contact using Fourier series, ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik 94(11): 945-950.