Openings

ITES - pushing the energy transition in heat, hydrogen, and resilience

 

Spontaneous applications

Not all topics are listed on our website immediately. If you are interested in writing a thesis at ITES, please go ahead and reach out! Maybe we can identify an interesting topic!

Contact: info∂ites.kit.edu

 

Research associate (f/m/d)

Title Kontakt Type
Employee (f/m/d) in science in the field of heat storage with the possibility of a part-time doctorate Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier Invitation to tender

 

Master Theses

Title Supervisor Type
Evaluation of waste heat utilisation potential in a steelworks Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier Master thesis
Two-dimensional modelling of a fixed-bed heat storage with liquid metals Eike Schmidt
Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier		 Master thesis
Dynamic switching of a load between separate power supplies Dr. Andreas Class Master thesis
Numerical simulation of a heat exchanger from additive manufacturing processes Dr. Dietmar Kuhn Master thesis
System modeling and thermodynamic control of a grid-compatible heat pump Dr. Dietmar Kuhn Master thesis
Comparison of two models for calculating closed evaporative coolers Dr. Markus Nickolay Master thesis
Thermal-hydraulic analysis of a molten salt heat exchanger configuration with FLUENT-ANSYS Dr. Xiaoyang Gaus-Liu Master thesis

 

Bachelor/Master Theses

Title Supervisor Type
Theoretical Study on the Microencapsulation of AlSi for Applications in Liquid Metal-Based Packed-Bed Storage Systems Margaux Zehnder
Veronika Stahl		 Bachelor / Master thesis

 

Bachelor Theses

Title Supervisor Type
Development of an Experimental Concept for Investigating Thermo-Mechanical Stresses in a Packed-Bed Thermal Energy Storage Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier
Margaux Zehnder		 Bachelor thesis
Implementation of the Coolprop-database in GeSI and comparison of the simulation results with the Refprop-database and measured data Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Wiemer Bachelor thesis
Technical design and market research of compressor systems and heat exchangers of a hydrogen fuel cell to increase the overall efficiency of the hydrogen production plant Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Banuti
Dipl.-Wi-Ing. Dr. Karsten Haasters		 Bachelor thesis
Optimization of small-scale hydrogen plants: modelling and simulation Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Banuti
Dipl.-Wi-Ing. Dr. Karsten Haasters		 Bachelor thesis

 

Student Assistant (HiWi) (f/m/d)

Title Supervisor Type
Student Assistant (m/f/d) for Simulation- and AI-Based Research Projects Dr. Stella Möhrle HiWi-Job
Student Assistant for Revising a MATLAB Code for Latent Heat Storage Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier
Margaux Zehnder		 HiWi-Job