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Welcome to the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics!

The Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTT), founded in 1989 and based in Erlangen-Tennenlohe, is one of ten institutes of the Department of Chemical and Bioengineering (CBI) at the Faculty of Engineering of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). In addition to basic lectures on technical thermodynamics and heat and mass transfer in various course programmes, the LTT  offers a wide range of advanced courses in the fields of energy technology, combustion and measurement methods

Research at the LTT Erlangen covers a broad spectrum, starting with basic investigations, e.g. on complex molecules, particle formation and combustion processes, through to the improvement of technical processes in energy and process engineering. A major methodological focus of the LTT lies in the development and application of optical, mostly laser-based measurement methods. In all research areas, there is close cooperation with national and international partners from science and industry. Among other things, the LTT is integrated into the FAU institutions founded as part of the Excellence Initiative, namely the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) and the Competence Unit Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM).

 

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Phillipp Bräuer and Benjamin Klevansky have won the SAOT Innovation Award 2025 for their proposal for a Raman setup for the in-situ control of highly-fluorescing biological processes. In the picture (from left to right): Dr. Max Gmelch, SAOT Director of Administration and Outreach, Benjamin Klevansk...

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Mr Ralph Bissé, Dipl.-Ing. (FH), has been working in the areas of occupational safety and technical organisation at LTT since May 2025. He studied at the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg, then worked for many years as an application and project engineer and spent several y...

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LTT was also represented with poster contributions at this year's Gordon Research Conference - Laser Diagnostics in Energy and Reacting Flows. The conference took place from June 15 to 20 in Les Diablerets near Lake Geneva.

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  “For outstanding contributions to the development of laser-based measurement techniques for combustion science, particularly regarding soot formation and nanoparticle synthesis” Stefan Will was named a Fellow of the Combustion Institute in April 2025. With this honor, the international ass...

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