Dr.-Ing. Frédéric Kracht is a postdoctoral researcher and research-group leader at the Chair of Mechatronics at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He completed his master's and doctorate degrees with distinction in both and received a scholarship from the German Study Foundation. His doctorate was awarded the Innovation Prize 2020 of the Sparkasse am Niederrhein and was recognized as an outstanding doctorate in the field of engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen in the context of the Dies Academicus 2021. His research work deals with the development of vehicle-suspension models with elastic behavior for real-time applications. Furthermore, he leads various projects in the field of inland navigation and vehicle automation. At the University of Duisburg-Essen, he supervises and leads various courses and has co-developed a successful executive master program at the university. In addition to his employment at the university, he is managing director, co-founder, and partner of several companies in the field of university education, including digital examination methods.