Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Udo Fritsching

Academic Education and Appointments

2008-12 Guest Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology HIT, PR China
2007       Professor at the University of Bremen
2003       appointed as apl. Professor at the University of Bremen
1999       Habilitation, Faculty of Production Engineering, University Bremen (Priv.-Doz., Dr.-Ing. habil.)
1990       Doctor Degree, Faculty of Production Engineering, University Bremen (Dr.-Ing.)
1982-83 Desert Research Institute - Energy Systems Center, University of Nevada Systems, Boulder City, NV, USA, Diploma Thesis
1977-84 Technical University Aachen (RWTH Aachen), Mechanical Engineering, Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering
               Qualification: Dipl.-Ing.

Professional Experience

1990      Research Director “Multiphase Flow, Heat- and Mass Transfer”,
              Foundation Institute of Materials Science (IWT), Bremen (since 2018: Leibniz-Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT)
1985-90 Research Assistant, Department for Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Production Engineering, University Bremen
1984-85 Research Assistant, Institute for Geometry and Practical Mathematics, Technical University Aachen
1982-83 Research Associate, Desert Research Institute - Energy Systems Center, Boulder City USA
1979-82 Student Research Assistant, Institute and Laboratory for Machine Tooling (WZL) Technical University Aachen

Awards

2019      Best Poster Award Multiphase Flow Conf. Dresden 10/2019 (N. Narajan)
2019      Best Poster Award ProcessNet Multiphase Flow 2019, Würzburg (T. Wollborn)
2018      Norman Chigier Award of ILASS International
2013      Best Poster Award PARTEC 2013 (X. Li)
1992      Award „Bremer Studienpreis“ for excellent PhD Dissertation
1986      Scholarship of Max-Buchner-Stiftung of DECHEMA

Scientific Memberships

ILASS     Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spraying Systems
IceM       The International Information Center for Multiphase Flow
AWT       Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung und Werk­stoff­technik
VDI         Verein Deutscher Ingenieure

Functions

2019 - appointed member of Aerosol Technology Working Group of ProcessNet
2018 - Vice President / Secretary of ILASS International
2016 - Vice President of ILASS – Europe
2015 - appointed member of EFCE Working Party Multiphase Flow
2014 - Chair and Host of ILASS 2014 Conference, Bremen
2013 - Chair of Multiphase Flow working group section of ProcessNet
2011 - Member of Editorial Board of Atomization and Spray Journal
2011 - Member of Managing Board Graduate School MIMENIMA at Univ. Bremen
2011 - Member of Editorial Board of Atomization and Spray Journal
2010 - appointed member of CFD working group of ProcessNet
2008 - Member of Scientific Advisory Board of FOGI/VDMA
2006 - appointed member of GVC Multiphase Flow working group
2003 - Committee member of ILASS-Europe
2000 - Reviewer International Peer Reviewed Journals and International Research Funding Agencies