Scientific Staff

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Student Assistants

Unfortunately, there are no positions available for student assistants.

For more information you can ask Dr. Zetzl (zetzl(at)tu-harburg.de).

Theses                                 

At our institute student theses are available permanently. For current topics you can ask any of the staff or the group leaders of our three research fields Biorefinery, Nanoporous Materials and Molecular Methods for Separation Processes.

The following topics are currently available:

• Investigation of the mechanism of the CO2 induced gelation of biopolymers towards aerogel production

• Characterization and Modelling of Hydrogel Particle Production via JetCutting

• 2 step Aquasolv Pretreatment of Wheat Straw in a Biorefinery Cascade for the Production of Platform Chemicals

• Development an extraction concept for the recovery of hemicellulose from hydrothermally pretreated wheat straw in a biorefinery concept

• Optimization of a Countercurrent Hydraulic Wash Column for the Solvent Exchange of Porous Materials

• Supercritical CO2 drying – Evaluation of System Dynamics for the Determination of Transient Kinetics

• Reliability of thermodynamic data from single ions: Evaluation and possibility for refinement of the COSMO-RS model

• Corona-Times-Friendly Master or Bachelor Thesis: Extension of COSMO-RS-ES for temperature dependent aqueous mean ionic activity coefficients

• Investigation of the shrinkage phenomena during the solvent exchange step for the production of biopolymer-based aerogels

• Project work (Englisch): Production of Lignin- aerogels for insulation applications

• Master Thesis: Development of lignin thin films via spray coating

• Master thesis at BASF Lemförde: Development of Lignin-Based Polyurethane and Polyisocyanurate Foams as Innovative Insulation Materials

• Master Thesis: Adsorption of organic components from fluid mixtures on functionalized mesoporous materials