A new engine technology should make air travel possible with a clear conscience.   In the face of climate change, many people now board airplanes with a guilty conscience: emissions of climate-damaging carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels are high. An international consortium wants to change that: The aim of the "MYTHOS" project is to develop aircraft engines that can flexibly use various sustainably produced fuels, up to and including pure hydrogen. The project, called "Medium-range hybrid low-pollution flexi-fuel/hydrogen sustainable engine," will be funded by the European Union for four years starting January 1, 2023. It is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Francesca di Mare, holder of the Chair of Thermal Turbomachinery and Aero Engines at RUB.

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Ruhr-University Bochum has an agreement which enables students to exchange with the Tokyo School of Mechanical Engineering. If you want to get more information on this follow this link, Tokyo School of Engineering,  or please contact Prof. Dr. Francesca di Mare or Dr. Holger Grote.

The exam dates for spring 2022 can be viewed HERE. Please note the additional information provided in the respective Moodle courses!

The chair congratulates Mr. Benjamin Winhart on the successful completion of his PhD on 16.07.2021 with the title "Large-eddy simulation of a modified T106 low-pressure turbine stator under periodic wake impact".

The chair congratulates Mr. Omer Hodzic on the successful completion of his PhD on 14.10.2020 with the title "Experimental investigations of unsteady flow effects in an axial turbine control stage at full and partial pressures".

The publication

Post, P., Winhart, B., and di Mare, F., 2020. "Large Eddy Simulation of a Condensing Wet Steam Turbine Cascade.", ASME Paper No. GT2020-16064, ASME Turbo Expo, June 22-26, 2020, London, UK.

was voted Best Paper by the Steam Turbine Committee at the 2020 Virtual Turbo Expo!

The chair congratulates Mr. Martin Sinkwitz on the successful completion of his PhD on 06.10.2020 with the title "Experimental investigation of the formation of secondary flow in turbine ring grids under periodic-insteady inflow".

The chair congratulates Mr. Jan Kowalski on the successful completion of his PhD on 23.10.2020 with the title "Investigation of the acoustic hood ventilation flow of a gas turbine plant to improve the informative value of explosion safety assessments".

The chair congratulates Mr. Pascal Post on the successful completion of his PhD on 28.08.2020 with the title "Development of Efficient Numerical Methods for Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Flows in Propulsion and Power".