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!

Prizes for students

One of the greatest privileges of being a professor is the opportunity to work with highly motivated and talented young people over several years. Then comes the time to say goodbye—bittersweet on one hand, but on the other, I feel proud to have played a part in shaping their journey.

Breaking News

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.

Conference on Metal-enabled Renewable Energy Cycle

The second Metal-enabled Cycle of Renewable Energy (MeCRE) will provide a forum for experts to discuss scientific progress and political developments (Green Deal 2.0). The conference will take place in Darmstadt November 13-15 2024 https://lnkd.in/ePzeBveq.