Staff

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Eilts

Head of Institute 

Room: 105
Telefon: +49 531 391-66901

p.eilts(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Details

Erich Wenz, M. Sc.

Senior Assistant

Room: 102
Phone: +49 531 391-66933

e.wenz(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Mandy Ludwig

Accounting

Room: 103
Phone: +49 531 391-66906

mandy.ludwig(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Nico Höweling, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Room: 108
Phone: +49 531 391-66934

n.hoeweling(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Projects:

• Methanol Dual Fuel CI Combustion Process with Stratified Fuel Injection
• Nachhaltige Wasserstoff-Verbrennungskonzepte

Research focus:

• Hydrogen in internal combustion engines
• Commercial vehicle engines
• Gasoline engines with homogeneous (lean) combustion
• Combustion process development for gasoline engines
• Numerical 0D/1D simulation of combustion in gasoline engines

Additional activities:

• Laboratory "Arbeitsprozess der Verbrennungskraftmaschine" / “Combustion Process”
• Exercise: "Konstruktion von Verbrennungskraftmaschinen" / "Design of internal combustion engines”
• Coordination of modules: "Chemie der Verbrennung" / “Chemistry of combustion” and "Versuchs- und Applikationstechnik an Fahrzeugantrieben" / “Test and calibration technology for vehicle drives”

Lukas Knowles-Wilkinson, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Room: 102
Phone: +49 531 391-66924

lukas.knowles-wilkinson(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Research focus:

• Numerical modeling of raw emissions from hybrid gasoline engines

Additional activities:

• Low-temperature NOX reduction in diesel engines using hydrogen
• Supervisory duties:
  • Lecture/exercise: “Verbrennung und Emission der Verbrennungskraftmaschine" / “Combustion and emissions in internal combustion engines”
  • Laboratory: "Verbrennung und Emission der Verbrennungskraftmaschine" / “Combustion and emissions in internal combustion engines”
  • Schüler-Ingenieur-Akademie / Student Engineer Academy (SIA)
  • Kinderwissenschaften / Children's Science (Kiwi)
  • Zukunftstag / Future Day

Dipl.-Ing. Christian Kohlert

Research Assistant

Room: 131
Phone: +49 531 391-66913

c.kohlert(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Key areas:

• Design and construction of test setups
• Technical management and operational safety
• Technical support for test facilities

Florian Meier, M.Sc.

Research Assistant

Room: 108
Phone: +49 531 391-66916

fl.meier(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Project:

• Prüfverfahren Kraftstoffgüte

Research focus:

• Alternative fuels
• Combustion processes in gasoline engines

Additional activities:

• Public relations
• Excerise: "Indiziertechnik an Verbrennungsmotoren (IaV)" 

Maximilian Meyer, M. Sc.

Reseaerch Assistant

Room: 108
Phone: +49 531 391-66917

maximilian.meyer(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Project

• FVV H2-DeNOx II

Research focus:

• Exhaust gas aftertreatment Diesel engine
• Low-temperature NOx reduction using hydrogen in diesel engines

Additional activities:

• Maintenance of the laboratory gas test bench
• Supervisory duties:
  •  Laboratory "Verbrennung und Emission der Verbrennungskraftmaschine" / “Combustion and emissions of internal combustion engines”
  • Zukunftstag / Future
  • Schüler-Ingenieur-Akadamie / Student Engineer Academy (SIA)

Johann Ritter, M.Sc.

Research Assistant

Room: 109
Phone: +49 531 391-66929

johann.ritter(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Project:

• Aktive Beeinflussung der Ladungsbewegung durch fluidische Wirbelgeneratoren

Research focus:

• Charge motion in diesel engines
• CFD validation
• 0D/1D simulation of combustion in diesel engines

Additional activities:

• Supervision of flow test bench – swirl measurement

Lennart Kösters, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Room: 110
Phone: +49 531 391-66904

l.koesters(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Project:

• Data-driven understanding of aviation PEM fuel cells under reliability aspects

Research focus:

• PEM fuel cell degradation in aviation
• Thermal management of PEM fuel cells in aviation

Additional activities:

• Development and expansion of a fuel cell-powered scooter
• Supervision tasks:
  • Teaching module: "Hydrogen as Energy Carrier"
  • Teaching module: "Verbrennungskraftmaschinen und Brennstoffzellen"
  • Schüler-Ingenieur-Akademie / Student Engineer Academy (SIA)
  • Kinderwissenschaften / Children's Science (Kiwi)
  • Zukunftstag / Future Day

Sunil Kumar, M. Eng.

Research Assistant

Room: 110
Phone: +49 531 391-66912

sunil.kumar(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Research focus:

• Increasing the flight envelope of PEM fuel cells for transient limiting operating conditions.
• Fuel cell system testing process optimization.
• Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
• Single-cell characterization.

Secondary activities:

• Construction of a 200 kW End-of-Line test bench.
• Teaching modules:
  • Fuel cell systems (FCS).
  • Electrochemical storages embedded in onboard power systems.
  • Fuel cell systems laboratory.

Nadine Mohamed, Dipl.-Ing.

Research Assistant

Room: 110
Phone: +49 531 391-66920

nadine.mohamed(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Research Focus Areas:

• Impact of cosmic radiation on PEMFC applications in aviation
• Post-mortem analysis of PEMFCs
• Characterization of single PEMFCs

Secondary activities:

• Development of a PEMFC post-mortem analysis laboratory for the institute
• Teaching module: Hydrogen as Energy Carrier, starting in Summer Semester 2026

Bhav Munjal, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Room: 107
Telefon: +49 531 391-66910

b.munjal(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Research Project:

• Phase Change Cooling of PEMFCs for Aviation EU-Project EFACA – Environmentally Friendly Aviation for all Classes of Aircraft
  Concrete tasks within the project:
  • Design and construction of a Phase Change plus Heat Pump Cycle
  • Experimental Validation of the Cooling Concept

Additional activities:

• Support for the development and expansion of hydrogen infrastructure at the NFF, TU Braunschweig
• Teaching Module: “Hydrogen Technologies”

Arne Graf von Schweinitz, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Room: 110
Phone: +49 531 391-66922

arne.schweinitz(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Research Focus:

• Optimization of the power density of large fuel cell systems with regard to balance-of-plant components
• Phase-change cooling of PEM fuel cells for aviation EU-Project EFACA - Environmentally Friendly Aviation for all Classes of Aircraft
• Water management and diagnostics using acoustics in PEM fuel cells

Additional activities:

• Public Relations
• Innovative Teaching and Learning Concepts:  H2ER - Hydrogen Escape Room

Guang Yang, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Room: 107
Phone: +49 531 391-66911

guang.yang(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Research focus:

• Metal hydride compressor systems for hydrogen refueling stations THEWA – Thermomanagement von Wasserstoff-Tankstellensystemen
• LH₂ propulsion systems, refueling for small aircraft TOWEWA – Wertschöpfungsketten für Flüssigwasserstoff
• Cross-scale simulation of transport phenomena in PEM fuel cells EU-Project EFACA - Environmentally Friendly Aviation for all Classes of Aircraft
• Design and applications of fuel cell systems

Additional activity:

• Development and integration of a Schwalbe with an MH storage system and fuel cell system

Martin Konrad

Workshop management

Room: 131
Phone: +49 531 391-66990

martin.konrad(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Jonas Kronhardt

IT-Service

Room: 132
Phone: +49 531 391-66923

j.kronhardt(at)tu-braunschweig.de