Head of Chair

Julia Riese

> Fluid Process Engineering

Head - Professor - Full professor

Office: E3.354
Phone: +49 5251 60-2408
E-mail: julia.riese@uni-paderborn.de
E-mail: sekretariat@fvt.upb.de

Sec­ret­ari­at

Astrid Bongard

Secretary - Employee - Administrative tasks - Organisation

Office: E3.359
Phone: +49 5251 60-2422
E-mail: astrid.bongard@uni-paderborn.de
E-mail: sekretariat@fvt.upb.de

Re­tired pro­fess­or

Eugeny Kenig

Emeritus - Professor retired

Lec­turer

Harald Reinach

Lecturer - Lesson process apparatus and machines

Seni­or en­gin­eer

Nicole Lutters

Chief Engineer - Academic Councillor

Office: E3.167
Phone: +49 5251 60-3372
E-mail: nicole.lutters@uni-paderborn.de

Re­search as­sist­ants/doc­tor­al can­did­ates

Sahar Belmadani

Research Associate - Experimental and theoretical investigation of multiphase flow in pillow‑plate structures

Office: E3.164
Phone: +49 5251 60-2409
E-mail: sahar.belmadani@uni-paderborn.de

Özgün Alkim Boz

Research Associate - Investigation of the influence of electrically heated ceramic packing materials on mass and heat transport in separation columns

Office: E3.155
E-mail: oezguen.alkim.boz@uni-paderborn.de

Patrick Franke

Research Associate - Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter - Experimentelle und theoretische Untersuchung der Fluiddynamik und des Stofftrennverhaltens von Anstaupackungen

Office: E3.161
Phone: +49 5251 60-2160
E-mail: patrick.franke@uni-paderborn.de

Matti Grabo

Research Associate - Simulation and optimization of latent heat and cold storages

Office: E3.350
Phone: +49 5251 60-2392
E-mail: matti.grabo@uni-paderborn.de

Muhammad Bilal Hafeez

Research Associate - CFD-based modeling of viscous fingering in adhesive bonds

Office: E3.350
Phone: +49 5251 60-2392
E-mail: muhammad.bilal.hafeez@uni-paderborn.de

Elham Hassan Nezhad

Research Associate - Development of an HT-PCM heat storage system with increased capacity

Office: E3.155
E-mail: elham.hassan.nezhad@uni-paderborn.de

Viola Hollenhorst

Research Associate - Numerical investigation of surface roughness effects on fluid dynamics and heat transfer.

Office: E3.164
Phone: +49 5251 60-2409
E-mail: viola.hollenhorst@uni-paderborn.de

Torben Schmücker

Research Associate - Simulation and Optimization of Power-to-Gas Plants

Office: E3.161
Phone: +49 5251 60-2160
E-mail: torben.schmuecker@uni-paderborn.de
E-mail: torben.Schmuecker@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Tobias Thelen

Research Associate - Entwicklung eines Latentwärmespeichers für industrielle Anwendungen

Office: E3.152
Phone: +49 5251 60-2403
E-mail: tobias.thelen@uni-paderborn.de

Guest sci­ent­ist

Olga Arsenyeva

Guest Professor

Office: E3.152
Phone: +49 5251 60-2403
E-mail: olga.arsenyeva@uni-paderborn.de

Tech­nic­al staff

Lukas Degner

Technical Employee - Employee

Office: IW1.434
Phone: +49 5251 60-3153
E-mail: lukas.degner@uni-paderborn.de

Kai Ingo Overkott

Technical Employee - Employee

Office: IW0.434
Phone: +49 5251 60-3164
E-mail: kaiingo@mail.uni-paderborn.de

Elena Sabanov

Technical Employee - Employee

Office: IW1.428
Phone: +49 5251 60-3154
E-mail: elenas@mail.uni-paderborn.de

Ex­tern­al doc­tor­al can­did­ates

Felix Reinker

External

Office: E3.350
Phone: 02551/962339
E-mail: reinker@mail.uni-paderborn.de

Stu­dent as­sist­ants

Miguel ImeriE-Mail: mimeri@campus.uni-paderborn.de 
Kevin SchaabE-Mail: schaabk@mail.uni-paderborn.de 
Sasche BrüneE-Mail: sbruene@mail.uni-paderborn.de 
Mehmet Bora KöseogluE-Mail: mbk@campus.uni-paderborn.de 
Ecem BiritanirE-Mail: ecemb@campus.uni-paderborn.de 
Niklas PählerE-Mail: pniklas@mail.uni-paderborn.de 
Mohammad YasamiE-Mail: yasami@campus.uni-paderborn.de 

Former em­ploy­ees

Emre Acar, M.Sc.Model-based optimisation of latent cold and heat storage systems
Reza AfsahnoudehNumerical and Experimental Investigation of Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer in Secondary Structured Pillow-Plate Heat Exchangers
Abbas Jarullah Sangoor Al-Lami, M.Sc.Improving heat transfer in pipes with internal channels (ICTs)
Manuel de Matos Alves M.Sc.Improving the heat dissipation of oil-cooled distribution transformers
Dr. Theodoros AtmakidisInvestigation of transport phenomena in systems with complex geometry using Computational fluid Dynamics
Klaus-Dieter BeckmannLaboratory engineer
Sören Bernemann, M. Sc.Simulation of multiphase flows
Dr René BertlingSimulation of multiphase flows in complex geometries
Dr Lukas BolenzRectification of viscous mixtures
Dr Ulf BrinkmannModelling reactive separation processes in apparatus with structured internals
Felix Buckmann, M. Sc.Experimental investigation of condensation in pillow plate heat exchangers
Anjam Byze, M.Sc. 
Dr. Anna ChasanisNumerical and experimental investigation and geometry-based optimisation of innovative separation units for the intensification of distillation processes
Dr Paris ChasanisNumerical and experimental investigation and geometry-based optimisation of innovative separation units for the intensification of distillation processes
Dr Daokun DaiIntensification of heat transfer during droplet condensation on a modified horizontal single tube
Christopher DechertNumerical investigation of liquid topology in structured packings
Thomas EhlertTheoretical investigation of the fluid dynamics and mass separation behaviour of moving columns
Dr Roland EngbergSingle droplets in liquid-liquid systems: Numerical investigations of fluid dynamics, mass transfer and marangoni convection
Dr Steve FlechsigExperimental and theoretical investigation of fluid dynamics and mass transport in accumulation packings
Hubert FuestTechnical centre - electrician
Dr Anna Große DaldrupModelling the flow and separation behaviour of viscous mixtures in packing columns based on tomographic investigations
Dr Arijit GanguliA CFD-based approach to the interfacial mass transfer at free gas-liquid interfaces
Dr Christian Helcig 
Iman Hami Dindar, M.Sc.Modelling and simulation of reactive absorption of carbon dioxide
Dr. Venkatesh InguvaMultiphase CFD, acoustics, 3D metal printing, heat transfer
Stefanie JackAdministration and organisation
Dr Alexander JanzenAnalysis of electrical heat transfer elements under consideration of crystallisation fouling in hot water treatment
Franz KaplaTechnical centre - construction of test facilities
Emre Karefe M.ScMember of the Competence Centre for Sustainable Energy Technology
Torben Knoke, M.Sc.Modelling of heat transport in novel heat engines
Alborz Manavi, M.Sc.Simulation of fluid flows and heat transfer, turbulence modelling and nanofluids
Luz Alejandra Mapura Ramirez, M.Sc.Determination of mass transfer coefficients based on hydrodynamic analogies
Nils Mügge, M.Sc.Simulation and design of cyclic flow heat exchangers for isobaric expansion motors (IEM)
Apl. Prof. Reiner NumrichLectures on apparatus engineering and plant engineering
Dr Alexander OlenbergInvestigation and optimisation of structured packings using CFD simulations
Dr Mark PiperAnalysis of fluid dynamics and heat transfer in pillow-plate heat exchangers
Dr Alexander SaltenModelling of transport processes in packed beds and CFD simulations of viscous fingering
Dr Andreas SchulzNumerical simulation of mass transport phenomena at moving fluid phase boundaries using CFD-based methods
Rositsa Rieks, M. Sc.Modelling of heat transfer processes during the cooling and heating of electronic and mechanical components based on computational fluid dynamics
Dr Sebastian RieksSimulation of coupled transport processes with phase change
Dipl.-Ing. Julia SteubeInvestigation of spiral heat exchangers and structure packings
Dr Yuanhai SuLiquid mixing in multichannel micromixers
Dipl.-Ing. Julian TranExperimental investigation of condensation in pillow plate heat exchangers
Dr Mike WeberDynamic simulation of chemical absorption/desorption processes
Christian Wecker, M.Sc.Simulation of multiphase systems with marangoni convection
Dr Marc WendeModelling and simulation of gravidistillation with metal foams
Dipl.-Ing. Tim Sigun Wolf 
Dr Alexander UstinovFormer senior engineer
Dipl.-Ing. Murat YazgiModelling reactive absorption with the HA model
Dr. Ömer YildirimTheoretical and experimental investigation of the flow and transport processes of accumulation packings
Dr Litao ZhuCFD and data-driven modelling of mass and heat transfer in fixed bed reactors
Alexander Zibart, M.Sc.