Maximilian Weitzer, member of the Chair of Energy Process Engineering, has received the Best Paper Award of the 7th International Seminar on Organic Rankine Cycle Power Systems (ORC 2023) for his paper "Reversible heat pump-ORC pilot plant – Experimental results and fluid charge optimisation". Congratulations!
Dr. Patrick Schühle from the Chair of Chemical Reaction Engineering and his new junior research group hope to succeed in developing a procedure for generating very pure hydrogen from biological waste.
The German Research Foundation has just announced that CRC1411 will receive funding for a second research period until 2028. The long-term vision of CRC1411 is to develop particle systems with controlled size, shape and composition.
According to a recent study, thirteen researchers at the Department CBI belong to the top two percent of the most frequently cited academics worldwide. Prof. Thommes is once again among the top 50 in the field of Chemical Physics. Congratulations!
Prof. Dr. Karl Mayrhofer has been awarded a Synergy Grant, one of the most prestigious grants awarded by the European Research Council, for his work on electrocatalysis.
This time, the project planning course of the CBI had been given a global topic by the industrial partner BASF SE: the students were to figuring out how the chemical industry in Germany can achieve the transformation towards CO2-neutral. Last Frieday, the young engineers presented their research findings.
As part of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria, Prof. Dr. Bastian Etzold, Head of the new Chair of Power-to-X Technologies, has been awarded five million euros in funding.
On 29. of June, we had the pleasure of hosting Associate Professor Ivan Kempson (part of the Visiting Professor programme at FAU), a distinguished researcher and expert in the fields of bio-inorganic chemistry, surface science, and nanotechnology, for a captivating scientific talk on radiation therapy and the intriguing effects of gold nanoparticles.
At the closing event of the Vision-Ing21, a competition for scientifically inclined pupils, organized by the Förderkreis Ingenieurstudium e.V., five teams were honored on July 4 th, 2023, for their projects developed in collaboration with local companies. The high professional level of the projects impressed Prof. Tanja Franken, Prof. Marco Haumann and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wensing, who actively supported the contest.
