LUCERNE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Department: Archeology
Bio: Thomas Staubli graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. After two years of post-doctoral research in the field of flow induced vibration at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, he worked in experimental fluid mechanics at Sulzer Hydro (now Andritz Hydro) in Zürich. He then headed the Hydro Machinery Laboratory at the ETH Zürich. During this period he directed research projects in the field of hydraulic machinery. Since 1996 he is professor for Fluid Mechanics and Hydro Machines at the Hochschule Luzern.
Selected Publications:
C. Widmer, T. Staubli, N. Ledergerber: "Unstable Characteristics and Rotating Stall in Turbine Brake Operation of Pump-Turbines", ASME, J. Fluids Eng., 04.2011, Volume 133, Issue 4
Ziada S., Staubli T. (eds): "Flow Induced Vibration", Proceedings of the 7th Int. Conf. on Flow Induced Vibration, Balkema 2000
Billeter P., Staubli T.: "Flow-induced multiple-mode vibrations of gates with submerged discharge", J. Fluids and Structures, Vol. 14, 2000, p. 323-338
Deniz S., Staubli T.: "Oscillating rectangular and octogonal profiles: Interaction of leading- and trailing-edge vortex formation", J. Fluids and Structures, Vol. 11, 1997, p. 3-31
Kaupert K., Holbein P., Staubli T.: "A first analysis of flow field hysteresis in a pump impeller", J. Fluids Engineering, Vol. 118, December 1996, p. 685-691
Staubli T., Rockwell D.: "Pressure fluctuations on an oscillating trailing edge", J. Fluid Mechanics, 1989, Vol. 203, p. 307-346
Staubli T., Rockwell D.: "Interaction of an Unstable Planar Jet with an Oscillating Leading Edge", J. Fluid Mechanics, 1987
Staubli T.: "Calculation of the Vibration of an Elastically Mounted Cylinder Using Experimental Data from Forced Oscillation", Trans. ASME, J. Fluids Engineering, Vol. 105, June 1983, p. 225-229
Course Information:
Insight through Images: Iconographic Methods and Interpretation of Biblical Texts
Insight through images. Iconographic methods and interpretation of Biblical texts.
Alongside texts, images are important historical and anthropological sources. This course has
four aims: 1. It will introduce the methods of the interpretation of iconographic sources. How
does an image work? Key categories such as «iconem», «icon», «image», «iconography»,
«iconology» and «constellation» will be explained and richly illustrated. 2. The history of
some important Levantine motifs will be demonstrated. 3. An overview of the most important
iconographic source material for Biblical scholars will be given. 4. Examples of the
constellation «Justified before God» will illustrate the connection of images to interpretation
ofthe Biblical text.
Public Lecture: Yehezkel Kaufmann as a student in Bern (1914-1918)