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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Udo Fritsching

Deputy Head of Process Engineering / Head of Multiphase Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer

Departments: Multiphase Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer , Process Engineering

Phone
+49 421 218 51230
Email
ufri@iwt.uni-bremen.de
Office
Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien - IWT
FZB - Room 1380
Badgasteiner Str. 3
28359 Bremen
   

Personal data

Research profiles

Academic education with degree

05/1984Dipl.-Ing.
 
01/1983 – 10/1083

Diploma Thesis

University of Nevada Systems: DRI - Energy Systems Center

10/1977 – 05/1984

Studies Mechanical Engineering (RWTH Aachen)

Field of study: Fundamentals of mechanical engineering


Scientific degrees

01/1999 

Habilitation Priv. Doz. (Dr.-Ing. habil.)

Venia legendi for process engineering

07/1990

Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.)

Dissertation topic: Simulation of the flow around spherical and cylindrical bodies in laminar shear flow

Supervisor: Prof. K. Bauckhage


Professional career since graduation

Since 09/1990Head of the Multiphase Flow Department in the Process Engineering Division at the Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT, formerly the Foundation Institute for Materials Engineering in Bremen
 
10/2008Visiting Professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology, PR China
 
04/2007Appointed professor at the University of Bremen
 
07/1985 – 08/1990Research assistant at the Department of Mechanical Process Engineering, Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Bremen
 
06/1984 – 06/1985Research assistant at the Institute for Practical Mathematics, RWTH Aachen University

Awards

2024Best Poster Award Dechema/VDI Multiphase flow expert group (T. Tonn)
 
2022Outstanding Reviewer Award Particuology
 
2019Best Poster Award Multiphase Flow Conf. Dresden 10/2019 (N. Narajan)
 
2019Best Poster Award ProcessNet Multiphase Flow 2019, Würzburg (T. Wollborn)
 
2018Norman Chigier Award of ILASS International
 
2013Best Poster Award PARTEC 2013 (X. Li)
 
1992Award „Bremer Studienpreis“ for excellent PhD Dissertation
 
1986Scholarship of Max-Buchner-Stiftung of DECHEMA

Offices and Memberships

 Specialist group Computational Fluid Dynamics von ProcessNet
 
 Scient. Advisory Board of the Industrial Furnace Construction Association (FOGI) in the VDMA
 
 Editorial Board Member: Atomization and Spray Journal
 
 HTM Heat Treatment Metals
 
 Chairman of the multiphase flow specialist group in ProcessNet
 
 ILASS Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spraying Systems (Vice President of ILASS Europe and ILASS International)
 
 ILASS-Europe Committee (2003-2011)
 
 The International Information Center for Multiphase Flow (IceM)
 
 Working Group Heat Treatment and Materials Technology (AWT)
 
 Association of German Engineers (VDI)
 
 Delegate at Multiphase Flow Working Party of EFCE

Latest 10 publications

  • Fritsching, U., Ciacchi, L. Colombi, Köppen-Hannemann, S., Giefer, P. 2025.
    Immobilization and interfacial activation of lipase at liquid and solid interfaces. Soft Matter. , DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01218F. OPEN ACCESS
  • Heyse, A., Drusch, S., Fritsching, U., Giefer, P. 2025.
    Cysteines in β-lactoglobulin affects its interfacial adsorption and protein film stabilization. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 677 , 217-230. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.07.088. OPEN ACCESS
  • Weicht, A., Peters, M., Achelis, L., Evers, S., Hlawatsch, F., Ufermann-Wallmeier, D., Uhlenwinkel, V., Fritsching, U. 2025.
    Formulation of blast-furnace slag for use in hydraulically bound construction materials. Powder Technology. 451 , 120455. DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2024.120455. OPEN ACCESS
  • Stodt, M., Kiefer, J., Fritsching, U. 2024.
    Correlating the spatio-temporal Spray Flame Evolution of the SpraySyn II Burner. ICLASS - International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Shanghai, China, 23 - 27 Juni 2024. Shanghai, China: 16, 2024,
  • Zerwas, A. A., da Silva, F. C., Guardani, R., Achelis, L., Fritsching, U. 2024.
    Impact of the gas atomizer nozzle configuration on metal powder production for additive manufacturing. Powder Technology. 443 , 119974. DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2024.119974.
  • Giefer, P., Bäther, S., Kieserling, H., Wollborn, T., Wagemans, A. M., Fritsching, U., Drusch, S., Heyse, A. 2024.
    Impact of the Mechanical Stress and Stress Residence Time on Proteins in Emulsion Formulation Within the Premix Membrane Emulsification.Dispersity, Structure and Phase Changes of Proteins and Bio Agglomerates in Biotechnological Processes Dispersity, Structure and Phase Changes of Proteins and Bio Agglomerates in Biotechnological Processes. Kwade, A., Kampen, I., Hrsg. Springer Nature Switzerland, 269-312. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-63164-1_9.
  • Heyse, A., Giefer, P., Bäther, S., Kieserling, H., Wollborn, T., Wagemans, A. M., Fritsching, U., Drusch, S. 2024.
    Impact of the Mechanical Stress and Stress Residence Time on Proteins in Emulsion Formulation Within the Premix Membrane Emulsification.Dispersity, Structure and Phase Changes of Proteins and Bio Agglomerates in Biotechnological Processes Dispersity, Structure and Phase Changes of Proteins and Bio Agglomerates in Biotechnological Processes. 269-312. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-63164-1_9. ISBN: 978-3-031-63163-4 978-3-031-63164-1.
  • Giefer, P., Heyse, A., Drusch, S., Fritsching, U. 2024.
    Cysteines in beta-lactoglobulin affects its interfacial adsorption and protein film stabilization. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 677 (Pt A), 217-230. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.07.088. OPEN ACCESS
  • Lübben, T., Frerichs, F., Barbieri, M., Buss, L., Riefler, N., Fritsching, U. 2024.
    Quenching of Disk-Shaped Components in Aqueous Polymer Solutions. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 79 (2), 53-80. DOI: 10.1515/htm-2024-0006.
  • Schumski, L., Tonn, T., Sölter, J., Avila, K., Buss, L., Karpuschewski, B., Fritsching, U. 2024.
    Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) Supply through Internal Cooling Channels in Drilling Processes. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 8 (2), 69. DOI: 10.3390/jmmp8020069. OPEN ACCESS