Prof. Dr. Miriam Primbs

Miriam Primbs studied Mathematics and Physics (Diplom and First State Examination) and completed a doctorate in Mathematics (Dr rer. nat.) at the University of Duisburg-Essen. She has a particular interest in applying mathematical and numerical methods to engineering problems, as well as in communicating these topics in an interdisciplinary way.

After working in industry at Siemens Energy in Mülheim, her professorship at HRW gave her the opportunity to bring together her experience from academia and practice in both teaching and research. In her lectures, she places particular emphasis on a sound foundation and the practical relevance of applied mathematics. Her students benefit from numerous engineering and mathematics research projects ranging from mechanics to electrical engineering.

Since 2022, Miriam Primbs has been coordinating HRW’s MARTA research focus area.

You can best reach me by email at Miriam.Primbs@hs-ruhrwest.de. I usually respond promptly.

1998–2003: Studied Mathematics and Physics

2003–2006: Doctorate (PhD) in Mathematics

2006–2007: Research stay at IMATI CNR, Italy

2007–2008: Teacher on the school ship Thor Heyerdahl (HSHS 2007)

2008–2012: Research and Development at Siemens Energy, Mülheim

2011–present: Professor at Hochschule Ruhr West

2022–present: Coordinator of the MARTA research focus area

• Engineering Mathematics I and II
• Mathematics for E-Commerce
• MATLAB
• Scientific Simulation
• LaTeX Fundamentals

Miriam Primbs teaches her introductory mathematics modules using a flipped-classroom approach. Students prepare in advance using extensive materials tailored specifically to their degree programme and aligned with the relevant application context. In addition, they receive weekly problem sets—some for preparation, others explicitly for follow-up work. These are corrected digitally by tutors in a timely manner, so that students receive direct feedback on their learning progress. She also introduces her students to using the Math-Web e-learning platform developed by her colleague Klaus Giebermann.

In the more advanced semesters, she places a stronger emphasis on project-based teaching formats and written assignments on specialist topics.

• Cooperative final theses with companies of all kinds
• Technical final theses with a mathematical focus, linked to current research projects
• Purely mathematical final theses on numerical methods and algorithms

Since 2022, Miriam Primbs has been coordinating the MARTA research focus area. For further information, please refer to the research focus area’s website. It also lists all projects (BMBF, etc.) and collaborations (Siemens Energy, etc.) in which she is involved.

• M. Wachs and M. Primbs, An affine linear solution of the nonlinear inverse power flow problem in resistive networks, Int. J. Numer. Model. Electron. Netw. Devices Fields, 2024, in press.
• M. Primbs, New stable biorthogonal spline-wavelets on the interval, Result. Math. 57 (1-2), 2009, 121 – 162.
• M. Primbs, The method of stable completion in the classical wavelet context, Result. Math. 53 (3-4), 2009, 391 – 398.
• M. Primbs, On the computation of gramian matrices for refinable bases on the interval, IJWMIP 6 (3), 2008, 459 – 479.
• S. Dahlke, M. Fornasier, M. Primbs, T. Raasch and M. Werner, Nonlinear and adaptive frame approximation schemes for elliptic PDEs: Theory and numerical experiments, Numer. Methods Partial Differ. Equations 25(6), 1366-1401, 2009, DOI 10.1002/num.20407.
• M. Primbs, Worst-case error analysis of lifting-based fast DCT-algorithms, IEEE Trans. Signal Process. 53 (8), 2005, 3211 – 3218.

2 Other publications

• M. Primbs, Integer DCT-II-Algorithmen, Diplomarbeit, 2003.
• M. Primbs, Stabile biorthogonale Spline-Wavelbasen auf dem Intervall, Dissertation, 2006.

Miriam Primbs is currently supervising the doctoral thesis of Martin Wachs in cooperation with Prof. Dr Erni (University of Duisburg-Essen).

Miriam Primbs is a member of the Senate Commission for Research and Transfer.

Prospective students are welcome to attend Miriam Primbs’s introductory lectures at any time to get an impression of what mathematics is like in engineering degree programmes. You are very welcome.

Miriam Primbs is always interested in collaborative research with SMEs and industry partners. The focus is on applying mathematical knowledge to technical challenges.

Would you like further information? Please visit the website of the MARTA research focus area