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Memes

Breaking news

Honored to be elected Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society

New publication

You might remember that I’ve talked about reduced-order modeling before – especially in the context of Chemical Reactor Networks (CRNs). I’m proud to share that I was part of a recent collaboration with colleagues from Mathematics, where we brought together engineering and mathematical perspectives to tackle this complex topic.

New publication

This joint study by the Reaktive Strömungen und Messtechnik (RSM), TU Darmstadt and Simulation of reactive Thermo-Fluid Systems (STFS), TU Darmstadt integrates optical diagnostics (PIV) with Large Eddy Simulations based on a novel chemistry tabulation and Lagrangian particle model.

I’m honored to contribute once again to the turbulent combustion course at von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, where I’ve been teaching as a lecturer for many years. Many thanks to Luc Vervisch and Denis Veynante for inviting me to contribute…. and of course Jeroen van Beeck for the excellent organization.

breaking news

About to kick-off our „HyCoMES“ project on Europe's first Exascale supercomputer – JUPITER! High Performance Computing meets Clean Energy Innovation How can green hydrogen burn clean, safe, and efficient in next-gen gas turbines? That’s the key question of our new project HyCoMES (Data-Driven Hydrogen Combustion Modeling using Exascale Simulations), which was chosen as a lighthouse project on the first European Exascale System Jupiter.

Conference speak

Honored to be invited as a speaker at 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC 2025). I'll be sharing insights on Metal Energy – using metals like iron as sustainable energy carriers.

Code Refactoring

Besides the daily research grind, we regularly set aside dedicated time – our Code Quality Weeks – to step back from writing papers or running new simulations and instead focus on cleaning up and improving our scientific software.

Publication

Förderprogramm von STFS und RSM

Ignite Sustainability ist ein zweijähriges Programm für Bachelorabsolvent:innen. Als studentische Hilfskraft erforschen Sie in unseren Teams nachhaltige chemische Energieträger mithilfe von experimentellen und numerischen Methoden und gestalten so die Energiewende mit. Mentoring und die Teilnahme an Tagungen und Konferenzen runden das Programm ab und bereiten optimal auf eine Promotion vor.

PhD-Thesis

Large eddy simulation based seamless VOF-LPT approach for describing atomization and evaporation processes: Application to jets in crossflow

experience report

Joint Workshop “Appointment for Professorships” of the RMU Alliance – Rhine-Main Universities

STFS at the International Symposium on Renewable Metal Fuels

Over the past two days, I had the opportunity to experience the dynamics of the Metal Energy Carriers community firsthand at the International Symposium on Renewable Metal Fuels – ReMeF 2025

New Publication

Powder for Power: Iron as a Carbon-Free Energy Carrier Metals aren’t just high-energy fuels for rocket propulsion—they can also serve as carbon-free energy carriers! Iron powder offers a unique way to store renewable energy and release it on demand through high-temperature oxidation (combustion). The result? Solid iron oxide (similar to rust), which can be collected and fully recycled—paving the way for a truly sustainable circular economy.

New Publication

Flamelet Equations Reloaded – what's new? The short answer: We aimed to bring deeper physical insights into flamelets without getting lost in overly complex mathematical formulations—though, admittedly, tackling those can be fun too!