Contributions to the field of atomization and sprays

The Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS) has announced Professor Cameron Tropea as the 2021 recipient of the Arthur Lefebvre Award. Cameron Tropea's contributions to the development of innovative experimental methods for the investigation of complex disperse flows as well as his numerous studies on atomisation processes and sprays, droplet collisions, droplet-wall interactions and droplet physics were acknowledged.

Mathis Fricke zu Gast bei KIT-Podcast „Modellansatz“

Mit Modellen wird die Welt um uns beschrieben und durch mathematische Methoden analysiert, simuliert oder optimiert. Der Podcast „Modellansatz“ des KIT ist eine Gesprächsreihe mit Forscherinnen, Wissenschaftlern und Lehrenden über ihre Passion – die Mathematik. In Folge 242 stellt sich der SFB-Mitarbeiter Dr. Mathis Fricke den Fragen von PD Dr. Gudrun Thäter, die am KIT-Institut für Angewandte und Numerische Mathematik forscht.

Work on forces at interfaces and wetting phenomena honoured

Hans-Jürgen Butt from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz receives the Ostwald Prize 2021 of the Colloid Society for his work on forces at interfaces and wetting phenomena.

Working at the interface between mechanical engineering and mathematics: “Athene Young Investigator” Dr. Tomislav Maric

How can accurate, efficient and extremely robust numerical methods be developed to simulate the movement of curved, dynamically deforming fluid interfaces on high-performance computers? This is the main research field of Dr.-Ing. Tomislav Maric, a postdoc in the Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Group. As a mechanical engineer in the Mathematics Department, who is conducting research as part of the interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Centre 1194, Tomislav Maric has been chosen as one of the new Athene Young Investigators at TU Darmstadt.

A national research data infrastructure for engineering sciences

On 20 October 2020, the funding of the NFDI4Ing consortium has started. The project collects, qualifies and structures engineering research data and brings together the engineering communities in Germany.

2. NFDI4Ing Community Meeting

Unter diesem Titel findet am 30.11. und 01.12.2020 das zweite NFDI4Ing Community Meeting, organisiert vom Institut für Fluidsystemtechnik der Technischen Universität Darmstadt, statt. Save the date!

TU Darmstadt is partner in “NFDI4Ing” – National Research Data Infrastructure for the engineering sciences

The German Joint Science Conference (Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz – GWK) has decided to fund a consortium for engineering research data management. The National Research Data Infrastructure for the engineering sciences (NFDI4Ing). NFDI4Ing brings together the engineering communities. It offers a unique method-oriented and user-centred approach in order to make engineering research data FAIR – findable, accessible, interoperable, and re-usable.

Peter Stephan has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

The DFG has approved four more years of funding for the Collaborative Research Centre 1194

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a second funding period (2020–2024) for the Collaborative Research Centre “Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes” (CRC 1194).

Forschungsdatenmanagement an der TU Darmstadt

Bei der universitären Forschung entstehen große Mengen an aufwändig erhobenen Daten. Mit einem professionellen Forschungsdatenmanagement sorgt die TU Darmstadt dafür, dass die gesammelten Daten langfristig gespeichert und für weitere Forschung nutzbar gemacht werden.

Panel discussion on the compatibility of work, family and dual career

On 19 November 2019, Ellen von Borzyskowski gave a keynote presentation on the TU Darmstadt's offers to support researchers on the topic of reconciling work, family and dual careers. In a subsequent panel discussion, members of the Collaborative Research Centres TRR 150, 1194 and 805 reported on their personal experiences.

A conference on wetting dynamics will be held in Bonn, Germany from September 28 – 30, 2020. The event is organized by researchers from the ITN LubiSS, the DFG priority programme SPP 2171 and the CRC 1194.

Holger Marschall and Hrvoje Jasak at WCCM-ECCOMAS Congress

Holger Marschall and CRC 1194 Mercator Fellow Hrvoje Jasak are organizing a mini-symposium on multiscale and multiphase flows at the 14th World Congress Computational Mechanics/8th Eccomas Congress to be held as a virtual congress from January 11-15, 2021.

Introduction to DG-FOAM toolbox and practical exercises

Gregor Cvijetić (University of Zagreb) will hold an OpenFOAM workshop from September 16-20, 2019. The workshop will include basic introductions to C++, foam-extend and DG. Special focus will be on the DG-FOAM toolbox.

Flatbed scanner as scientific instrument

Pauline Brumm has been awarded the best poster award from Elsevier at the 33rd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS), from 8-13 September 2019. Brumm presented a poster entitled: “The flatbed scanner as a scientific instrument: Spontaneous pattern formation statistics on large-area printed surfaces”.

Organized by Peter Stephan and Hans-Jürgen Butt

The CRC 1194 organizes a special session “Wetting and Transport” during the 33rd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (8-13 September 2019 in Leuven).

International Workshop

An international workshop on nanoscale wetting phenomena is to be held from 26 – 30 August 2019 at the MPI for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden. The workshop is coordinated by Shahriar Afkhami (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Tatiana Gambaryan-Roisman (TU Darmstadt) and Len Pismen (Technion, Haifa).

Code exchAnge for RUBI Analysis Tools

CARAT is a consortium of international researchers, which was founded within the framework of the Multiscale Boiling Project (RUBI). Many of the participating research institutes have already developed computer-aided methods in order to efficiently evaluate the huge amount of experimental data. Within the framework of the CARAT project, these methods are to be bundled and jointly optimised.

Multiscale Boiling experiment to be launched in August

Scientists from TU Darmstadt have teamed up with colleagues from Europe, the US, Russia and Japan to launch a boiling experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). According to ESA the shoebox-sized setup is slated for launch in the coming days. The results may help scientists to develop more accurate models for heat transfer processes.

Zonta Club award for master's thesis

On July 16, 2019, Pauline Brumm hast been awarded the Zonta Prize 2019 for her master's thesis in Mechanical Engineering. The award comes with a prize money of 3000 €.

Team of ITN CoWet awarded Ralf Dahrendorf Prize 2019

The team of the ITN CoWet have been awarded the Ralf Dahrendorf Prize for the European Research Area. With this new prize the Federal Ministry of Education and Research honours excellent projects funded within the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The prize money of up to 50,000 euros is designated for science communication projects.

Artikel in Physik unserer Zeit erschienen

Die physikalischen Grundlagen des Rutschens und der Reibung von Tropfen auf Oberflächen sind bis heute wissenschaftlich nicht gut verstanden. Spannende Einblicke in die Grundlagenforschung im Grenzgebiet zwischen Chemie, Materialforschung, Physik, Technik und Biologie liefert ein neuer Artikel in „Physik unserer Zeit“.

Investigation of boiling phenomena in low gravity environment

From February 21-22, 2019, a group of European researchers has met at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, Netherlands to make last preparations for their experiment “Multiscale Boiling”. The experiment was designed to measure boiling phenomena under microgravity and is to be carried to the International Space Station ISS on July 8, 2019 with the Falcon 9 rocket. After installation, the experiment will be operated for several months.

Rückblick: „Kaminabend Karrierewege – Ingenieurinnen berichten“

Wie sieht der Berufsalltag einer promovierten Ingenieurin aus? Welche Berufsperspektiven gibt es und wie unterschiedlich können Karriereverläufe sein? Der Kaminabend „Karrierewege – Ingenieurinnen berichten“ am 13.12.2018 im Lichtenberg-Haus bot allen Interessierten die Gelegenheit, diese und andere Fragen zu klären und sich zu individuellen Anliegen auszutauschen.

Award for Master's Thesis

Sebastian Dehe (Institute for Nano- and Microfluidics) has been awarded the “Heinrich und Margarete Liebig-Preis” for his master's thesis.