Theme offers for final theses
Thesis and Project Topics at the Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy
If you haveyour own ideas or questions about additional topics for a thesis project, please feel free to contact us (email the IAK ).
Current topics at the IAK:
Topics for project, bachelor’s, or master’s theses for students in the fields of environmental sciences, waste and circular economy, resource efficiency, process engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemistry:
Current state of research on the removal of PFAS (and other substances) from anthropogenic and natural cycles using thermal processes (project, bachelor’s, or master’s thesis)—if interested, please contact Roman Maletz
Additionally: If you are interested in writing a thesis on sustainable electronics or electronic waste, please contact Dr. Karoline Owusu-Sekyere (theses may also be written in English and are welcome). Contact: Dr.-Ing. Karoline Owusu-Sekyere, Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy, Tel.: +49 351 463 44148
External Topics:
Topic for a bachelor’s thesis: Waste profile—waste streams from production buildings, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Environmental Protection, 68305 Mannheim
Master’s Thesis Topic: Increasing Separate Collection to Boost Material Recycling, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Environmental Protection, 68305 Mannheim
Current thesis opportunities (Bachelor’s/Master’s) at GFR mbH, 97080 Würzburg
Master’s / Diploma Thesis, Topic: CO₂ Analysis in the Production of Biogas from Livestock Manure and Crop Biomass or Waste for the Production of Bio-CNG or Bio-LNG, AEV Energy GmbH, Dresden
Master’s/Diploma Thesis, Topic: Electrochemical stimulation of microorganisms in a model reactor for biogas production, AEV Energy GmbH, Dresden
Revision of the guideline “Reuse and Recycling of Removed Asphalt” as a resource for Saxony’s enforcement authorities; a master’s thesis supervised by the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture, and Geology (LfULG)
Also always looking for:
ongoing topics for theses (Master’s, Bachelor’s, Diplom) at the Papiertechnische Stiftung Heidenau (under the “Students” category)
The DBFZ (German Biomass Research Center, a non-profit GmbH) in Leipzig regularly offers new opportunities for students (m/f/d) to write their theses
Ongoing openings: Theses (Bachelor’s/Master’s/Diploma) in the fields of wastewater engineering, environmental engineering, process engineering, and waste management; Innovation Network for Wastewater Recycling
Further information on ongoing research projects can be found under the “Research” menu item.
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Pratzschwitzer Straße 15, 01796 Pirna
Phone: 0351 463 44121
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