SDU Mechanical Engineering
PhD Defense by Vijayasankar Irissappane
Title: Digital Twins of Axial Piston Pumps (APPs) for Machine Learning-based Condition Monitoring

PhD Defense by Vijayasankar Irissappane
SDU Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Title: “Digital Twins of Axial Piston Pumps (APPs) for Machine Learning-based Condition Monitoring”
Date: 21 April 2026
Place: Ellehammer Ø28-600-3
Time: 10:00
Chairperson: Associate Professor Ulrik Borg
SDU Mechanical Engineering
Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, SDU
Supervisor: Associate Professor Luis David Avendaño-Valencia
SDU Mechanical Engineering,
Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, SDU
Co-supervisor: Professor Christian T. Veje
Company supervisors: Senior technology Specialist Christian Svendsen,
High Pressure Pumps, Danfoss A/S
Head of Innovation Georg Herborg Enevoldsen,
High Pressure Pumps, Danfoss A/S
Evaluation Committee: Associate Professor Yingguang Chu
SDU Mechatronics,
Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, SDU
Associate Professor Giuseppe Abbiati
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Aarhus University
Associate Professor Stefano Manzoni
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Politecnico di Milano