Award for dissertations in the field of thermofluids

Two scientists from TU Darmstadt have been recognized in a competition for their outstanding dissertations in fluid mechanics and combustion: Dr. Matthias Steinhausen and Dr. Christopher Geschwindner convinced the expert jury of the European research organization ERCOFTAC with their work on flame-wall interaction and sustainable solid combustion at the final on October 10, 2024 in London.

Forschungsverbünde der TU organisieren gemeinsame Gleichstellungsveranstaltung

Wie verlief das Leben der drei herausragenden Forscherinnen Marie Curie, Lise Meitner und Hedy Lamarr in einer von Männern dominierten Welt Ende des 19. und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts? Mit welchen ihnen offen entgegengebrachten Ablehnung und Anzweifelungen waren sie konfrontiert und wie schafften sie es, sich dagegen zu behaupten, sich durchzusetzen und erfolgreich zu sein? An Antworten versucht sich ein Theaterstück, das letzte Woche an der TU aufgeführt wurde.

Habilitation lecture on C02-free energy storage solutions

On 24 April 2024, Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Böhm successfully gave his habilitation lecture on CO2-free energy storage solutions (“CO2-neutrale Energiespeicher”). After his presentation, the board of professors of the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the TU Darmstadt granted him the habilitation certificate for teaching authorisation.

More than 80 participants from over 15 nations

For the third time, the Collaborative Research Center TRR150 at TU Darmstadt organized a Summer School in cooperation with the Combustion Institute.

Master's thesis on absorption spectroscopy of hydrogen in energy conversion systems

Jannick Erhard, PhD student at TRR 150, has been awarded the SEW-Eurodrive Foundation's 2024 Student Award for his master's thesis “Development and Test of a Laser Absorption Spectrometer for the Quantitative Measurement of Hydrogen in Energy Conversion Systems”.

The ERCOFTAC Knowledge Base Wiki is well recognized as the premier repository of structured knowledge and advice designed to underpin quality and trust in the industrial application of CFD.

Beitrag zur Eindämmung verheerender Unfälle: Athene Young Investigator Federica Ferraro

Federica Ferraros Grundlagenforschung könnte Leben retten. Die Luft- und Raumfahrtingenieurin und neue Athene Young Investigatorin der TU Darmstadt befasst sich mit der Prävention von Bränden. So will sie detailliert erforschen, welche Wirkung flammenhemmende Mittel auf die Entwicklung sogenannter Grenzschichtflammen haben, die oftmals für Feuer in Decken, Wänden oder auf glatten Oberflächen wie Böden und Dächern bedeutsam sind. In Kunststoffmaterialien verbaut, könnten diese Brandverzögerer überlebenswichtig werden.

One-day seminar honoring Prof. Dr. Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus included several talks from renowned speakers

Summary of 11th Darmstadt Engine Workshop on 21 October 2022

The 11th Darmstadt Engine Workshop (DEW 11) took place on 21 October 2022. In the spirit of the last Darmstadt engine workshops we continued to facilitate a closecollaboration and information exchange between the experimental and modelling efforts forIC engine flows and combustion.

Funding for the Collaborative Research Center Transregio 150 is Renewed

SFB TRR 150 funding was extended and begins its third phase.

The 3rd International Workshop on Near-Wall Reactive Flows was held on the occasion of the retirement of Professor Amsini Sadiki, to honour and celebrate …..

Professor Andreas Dreizler from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TU Darmstadt has been accepted as a full member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. He heads the Institute of Reactive Flows and Diagnostics and is the spokesman of the Collaborative Research Center/Transregios 150 (“Turbulent, chemically reactive, multi-phase flows near walls”). Dreizler has received several awards for his research achievements, including the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2014) and the Fritz and Margot Faudi Foundation Prize (2012). He has been a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering since last year, and also belongs to the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry and the Optical Society, among others. In total, the academy accepted six new members. Founded in 1949 on the initiative of Alfred Döblin, the non-university research institution and learned society is one of eight science academies in Germany. Its goals are the cultivation of science and literature as well as the preservation and promotion of culture. The Mainz Academy comprises three classes (mathematical and natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, and the class of literature and music), each with up to 50 full and 50 corresponding members.

Research in the field of dynamics of explosions and reactive systems honored

Dr.-Ing. Christina Straßacker from the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and member of the CRC/TRR 150 has received the John H. S. Lee Young Investigator Award at the 28th ICDERS, an prize which is awarded to encourage young scientists to undertake research in the dynamics of explosions and reactive systems.

Insights into Mechanical Engineering

On 28 June 2022, a group of schoolgirls from the Liebfrauenschule Bensheim were guests at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Andreas Dreizler had invited the school's basic physics course to the TU Darmstadt. The background to this excursion was to provide insights into the job profile of an engineering scientist.

The Center of Excellence in Combustion celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the United Nations General Assembly declared 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science in 2015. The Center of Excellence in Combustion celebrates this event and releases a video with statements from two of its most inspiring women researchers.

Work on numerical simulation and modelling of chemically reactive flows honoured

Dr.-Ing. Arne Scholtissek from the Institute for Simulation of reactive Thermo-Fluid Systems (STFS) has been awarded the Jürgen Warnatz Preis at the 30th “Deutscher Flammentag”. Scholtissek receives the Warnatz Preis in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of combustion, especially in the numerical simulation and modelling of chemically reactive flows.

Dr. Christina Straßacker (KIT) awarded for outstanding research work in the field of thermodynamics

Dr.-Ing. Christina Straßacker from the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics (ITT) in Karlsruhe received this year's MegaWATT Award.

Newly published

The role of combustion science and technology in low and zero impact energy transformation processes

3rd International Workshop on Near-Wall Reactive Flows