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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Evangelos Tsotsas

Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Fakultät für Verfahrens- und Systemtechnik

Institut für Verfahrenstechnik

Evangelos Tsotsas is Chair of Thermal Process Engineering since 1994. He has a PhD (1985) and a habilitation (1990) from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and was Senior Process Specialist at Dow Chemical from 1991 to 1994. With many PhD and postdoc researchers, he works is on drying, and on particle formulation processes, such as spray fluidized bed agglomeration, granulation and coating. The group has extensive experimental facilities in these fields, including various types of particle characterization, 3D imaging and process monitoring. Novel discrete models (pore networks for wetting and drying, Monte-Carlo for particulate processes, thermal DEM, combinations of DEM with CFD and volume of fluid), but also continuous approaches (such as population balances) belong to the research portfolio of the group. Tsotsas has authored about 500 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and he is the editor of the five-volume book series Modern Drying Technology.

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Date, place of birth: January 22th, 1959, Thessaloniki / Greece
Nationality: German, Greek

University education with degree

1976-1981                      Mechanical Engineering; Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Degree: Dipl.-Ing.

Research degrees

1985                                Dr.-Ing., Process Engineering, University of Karlsruhe,
                                         Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. E.-U. Schlünder  
1990                                Habilitation to Dr.-Ing. habil., University of Karlsruhe

Professional experience

1994-present                 Full professor and Chair of Thermal Process Engineering, Faculty of Process    
                                         and Systems Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
1991-1994                      Senior Process Specialist in R&D (Solids Processing, Engineering Science
                                         Laboratory) of the Dow Deutschland Inc., Stade
1985-1990                      Postdoctoral research assistant, Thermal Process Engineering, Univ. Karlsruhe
1982-1985                      Research assistant, Thermal Process Engineering, University of Karlsruhe
1981-1982                      Research assistant, Applied Thermodynamics, Aristotle University Thessaloniki

Honors and Awards

2018                               Professor Arun S. Mujumdar Medal for Outstanding Mentorship and 
                                        Sustained Excellence in Drying Research 
                                        (presented at 21th Intern. Drying Symposium, Valencia, Spain)
2017                               Honorary Professor of the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy,
                                        Sofia, Bulgaria
2017                               Award for Excellence in Drying R&D
                                        (presented at 2nd Nordic Baltic Drying Conference, Hamburg, Germany)
2016                               Best Research Award
                                        (presented at 20th International Drying Symposium, Gifu, Japan)
2013                               Otto von Guericke Research Award, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
2010                               Award for Excellence in Drying Research
                                        (presented at 17th Intern. Drying Symposium, Magdeburg, Germany)
2002                               Award for Innovation in Drying Research
                                        (presented at 13th Intern. Drying Symposium, Beijing, China)

Memberships/Activities in Scientific Organizations

  • Senate and Grants Committee of the DFG for Collaborative Research Centers (2014-2020)
  • Expert Panel of the DFG for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering (2004-2012)
  • Speaker of the Expert Panels of the DFG for Process Engineering and Technical Chemistry (2008-2012)
  • Vice speaker of DFG Graduate School 1554 (2016-2019)
  • Central Selection Committee of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2005-2013)
  • Working Party on Drying Technology, ProcessNet (1998-today, Chairman: 2005-today)
  • Working Party on Heat and Mass Transfer, ProcessNet (1995-today)
  • Working Party on Granular Media and Agglomeration Technology, ProcessNet (2009-today)
  • European Working Party on Drying, EFCE (2003-today, Chairman: 2004-2008)
  • Scientific Council of International Center of Heat and Mass Transfer (2002-today)
  • Section “Product Design and Engineering” of the EFCE (2007-today)
  • Advisory board of VDI/GVC (Process and Chemical Engineering Association, 2005-2018)
  • Chairman of the regional VDI group “Chemical and Process Engineering” (2005-today)
  • Founding Dean, Dean (1998-2002) and Vice-Dean (2013-today) of the Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Member of the Academic Senate of the Otto von Guericke University (2002-2013, 2020-today)
  • Center of Dynamic Systems (CDS), Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (2016-today)
  • International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) ProEng, Magdeburg (2019-today)
  • Other activities and services

  • Editorial board of: Drying Technology Journal, Processes, ChemEngineering
  • Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Chemical Engineering
  • Editor of the book series “Modern Drying Technology”, 5 volumes, Wiley-VCH, 2007-2014
  • Expertenprofil

    Wärme- und Stoffübertragung in Partikelsystemen wie z.B.:
    • Festbetten
    • Wirbelschichten
    • Mechanisch durchmischte Schüttungen
    • Poröse Stoffe (Agglomerate, Membranen usw.)
    • Nanosuspensionen, nanostrukturierte Funktionsstoffe, Gele

    Dabei Bezug auf Prozesse wie:
    • Trocknung
    • Partikelbildung (Granulation, Agglomeration, Coating)
    • Heterogene Reaktion und Katalyse
    • Adsorption
    • Vergasung und Verbrennung von Biofuels

    Serviceangebot

    Technical Service
    • Trocknungstechnik: Vollständige Unterstützung bei der Auslegung von Prozessen, der Charakterisierung von Stoffen und der experimentellen Untersuchung
    • Wirbelschichttechnik: Vollständige Unterstützung bei der Formulierung von Produkten (Granulate, Agglomerate, ummantelte Partikel) sowie bei der Prozessauslegung.
    • Thermische Charakterisierung disperser und poröser Feststoffe.
    • Röntgen-Mikrotomographie mit einer Auflösung von bis < 1 Mikrometer.
    • Simulationstechnik: Problembezogene Anwendung und Entwicklung moderner Simulationstechniken wie CFD, Populationsdynamik, Porennetzwerkmodelle, diskrete Monte-Carlo Techniken, DEM, thermische DEM, sowohl mit kommerziellen wie auch mit eigenen Codes.

    Forschergruppen • Projekte • Kooperationen

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    Kooperationen

    • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Kienle, Institut für Automatisierungstechnik
    • Mehrere Industriepartner
    • Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Metzger, BASF
    • Dr. Thomas Metzger, BASF
    • Prof. Berend van Wachem, OVGU, Fakultät für Verfahrens- und Systemtechnik Institut für Verfahrenstechnik Lehrstuhl Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik
    • Prof. Alba Dieguez Alonso
    • Dr. Fabian Sewerin, Fakultät für Verfahrens- und Systemtechnik
    • IFF Magdeburg
    • Prof. Viktor Scherer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    • Dr. Maksim Mezhericher, Princeton University
    • Prof. Achim Kienle
    • Materialforschungs- und prüfanstalt, Bauhaus Universität Weimar
    • Institut für Ziegelforschung Essen e.V.
    • Dr. Torsten Hoffmann
    • IPT Pergande GmbH, Weißandt-Gölzau
    • Granolis GmbH, Meiningen
    • Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, Weimar
    • Evonik Technology & Infrastructure GmbH, Hanau
    • Dr. Wernecke Feuchtemesstechnik GmbH, Potsdam
    • DDP Specialty Products Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Bomlitz
    • Dr. Nicole Vorhauer-Huget
    • Prof. Harald Schuchmann, Hochschule Darmstadt
    • niederländische Projektpartner (Bodec, Nestlé NL)
    • Deutsche Industrie aus Exzellenscluster WIGRATEC (Glatt Ingenieurtechnik)
    • niederländische Projektpartner (Bodec, Agglomix)
    • Kooperationen: Deutsche Industrie aus Exzellenzcluster WIGRATEC (Pergande Group)
    • Prof. Petra Först, TU München
    • Dr. Tanja Vidakovic-Koch, MPI Magdeburg
    • Prof. Dr. Frank Beyrau, FVST/OVGU
    • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Wolter, FEIT/OVGU
    • Dr.-Ing. Abdolreza Kharaghani
    • Prof. Joao Thomeo, Paulista State University, Sao Paulo do Rio Preto, Brazil
    • University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
    • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
    • BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
    • Dr.-Ing. Markus Henneberg, AVA GmbH
    • Prof. Mirko Peglow
    • Prof. Heinrich, TU Hamburg-Harburg
    • Prof. Prat, IMFT Toulouse, Frankreich
    • Uhde GmbH
    • Vinnolit GmbH
    • Novozymes AS, Denmark
    • Sanofi-Aventis, Frankfurt
    • Prof. Avi Levy, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
    • Prof. Mujumdar, Toronta, Canada
    • Prof. Andreas Bück, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
    • Prof. Achim Kienle, OvGU Magdeburg
    • MSc. Rui Wang, supportes by CSC (Chinese Scholarship council), on agglomerate generation and characterization
    • Dr. Stutee Bhoi, supported by AvH (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) on afvanced population balance and Monte Carlo modeling of agglomeration
    • Dr. Stutee Bhoi, supported by AvH (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) on advanced population balance and Monte Carlo modeling of agglomeration
    • Nestlé, Switzerland
    • Dr. Maciej Jaskulski, TU Lodz