About us

Our team – lecturers, researchers, support staff, lab and workshop personnel – is available for applied research and development.

We aspire to achieve top international positioning in the field of thermal and fluid systems engineering:

Outstanding practically oriented training in energy technology
Innovative customer-oriented aR&D projects
Establishment and operation of a leading international research laboratory

We deploy the following resources in pursuit of this objective:

Broadly networked expertise, i.e. longstanding experience and a highly effective network of industrial partners and universities
Advantageous location in the “Energy Region Northwestern Switzerland” - CCEM, ETH, PSI, industry
Synergies with FHNW institutes
Ongoing expertise development among our excellent and dedicated staff
Inclusion of students in industrial projects

We are committed to working towards achieving and maintaining this ambitious goal on an ongoing basis.

Our institute is constantly extending its expertise through its contacts with other FHNW School of Engineering institutes in the areas of R&D physics, mechanical design, plastics, simulation, automation, particle measurement technology and data analysis. The tools we use are: both numerical and experimental. We have a large computational computer cluster, a wide array of experimental laboratories and extensive array of measurement techniques.

Head of Institute

Prof. Dr. Beat Ribi

Head of FHNW Institute of Thermal and Fluid Engineering

Telephone +41 56 202 74 34 (direct)

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Prof. Dr. Norbert Hofmann

Lecturer in thermo-mechanical and casting simulation

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Prof. Dr. Peter Stuber

Programme Head Bachelor Energy and Environmental Technology

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Prof. Dr. Daniel Weiss

Lecturer

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Prof. Dr. Kai Herrmann
Lecturer
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Stark
Lecturer
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Team

Dr. Weiqun Geng

Research Associate

Telephone +41 56 202 79 51 (direct)

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Prof. Dr. Christoph Gossweiler

Research Associate

Telephone +41 56 202 73 97 (direct)

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Mario Ackermann
Research Assistant, Master Student
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Patrick Albrecht
Research Assistant, Master Student
+41 56 202 88 71
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Markus Birchmeier
Laboratory
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Rafael Bölsterli
Research Assistant
+41 56 202 78 46
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Edgar Brodmann
Laboratory
+41 56 202 85 07
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Patrick Cartier
Research Assistant
+41 56 202 74 16
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Erwin Eichelberger
Research Associate
+41 56 202 87 19
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Niculin Flucher
Research Assistant
+41 56 202 79 28
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Jana Hoffmann
Research Assistant
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Merima Hotic
Research Assistant
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David Jost
Research assistant
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Elvira Knam
Administration
+41 56 202 74 17
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Cédric Kocher
Research Assistant, Master Student
+41 56 202 82 01
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Janik Lisser
Research Assistant
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Verena Roos
Administration
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Bruno Schneider
Research Associate
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Philip Schoass
Research Assistant
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Claude Spirgi
Research Assistant
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Walter Vera Tudela
Research Assistant
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Lea Ulrich
Research Assistant
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Linus Walker
Research Assistant
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Dario Wüthrich
Research Associate
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Silas Wüthrich
PhD Student
+41 56 202 74 85
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Jan Mazacek
Research Assistant, Master Student
+41 56 202 80 14
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Lukas Portmann
Research Assistant
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Geo Uhr
Research Assistant, Master Student
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Dominic Vonwyl
Research Assistant, Master Student
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About FHNW

Institute of Thermal and Fluid Engineering

Institute of Thermal and Fluid Engineering

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