Chair Holder
© Tobias Ritz
Chair holder, Director of the Institute
NameMr Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beckmann
Dean of Mechanical Engineering, Department spokesman
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Visitor address:
Walther-Pauer-Bau, Room 306/307 George-Bähr-Straße 3b
01069 Dresden
Career:
| 1984-1989 | Studies of raw material technology with specialization in fuel technology at Freiberg University of Technology, Mining Academy |
| 1989-1990 | Chemical engineer in the area of lignite drying, Senftenberg |
| 1990-1995 | Research assistant, Department of Energy Process Engineering at Clausthal Institute for Environmental Technology Ltd. (CUTEC-Institut GmbH), Clausthal-Zellerfeld |
| 1995 | Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at Clausthal Technical University, Department of Energy Process Engineering and Fuel Technology |
| 1995-2000 | Head of department for Thermal Waste Treatment and Energy Process Engineering |
| 1996-2000 | Main department head of environmental engineering at the CUTEC-Institut Ltd. |
| 2000-2007 | Professorship for Process and Environment at Weimar Bauhaus University |
| 11/2007-05/2015 | Professorship for Combustion, Heat and Mass Transfer at the Institute of Energy Engineering at Dresden University of Technology |
| since 06/2015 | Professorship for Energy Process Engineering at the Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology at Dresden University of Technology |
| since 2015 | Director of the institute for process engineering and
environmental technology |
| since 2020 | Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TU Dresden |
| since 2020 | Spokesman of the Engineering Sciences Department of TU Dresden (Komm.) |
Tasks at the chair:
Teaching and Lectures:
- Heat and mass transfer
- Technical thermodynamics II – heat transfer
- Combustion and steam generation
- Power plant technology
- Operation and maintenance of power systems
Main research areas:
- Characterization of fuels > pyrolysis, gasification and combustion processes
- Energy use, heat transfer in high temperature processes
- Use of renewable fuels, including substitute fuels and
- Thermal waste treatment
- Recycling, Circular economy
Publications:
- See menu item Publications