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Picture: AK BuschPicture: AK Busch
Meeting on High-Pressure Process Engineering and Adsorption
2024/03/13
This year’s meeting of the DECHEMA working groups for High-Pressure Process Engineering and Adsorption took place from March 13th to 15th at the Hörsaal- und Medienzentrum (HMZ) of TU Darmstadt.
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Picture: LyondellBasellPicture: LyondellBasell
Excursion to LyondellBasell in Wesseling
2024/02/27
In the context of this year’s Advanced Design Project, about 60 participants visited the LyondellBasell Wesseling site on the 27th and 28th February 2024. Apart from the 13 students of the US universities and about 30 students from TU Darmstadt and Provadis Hochschule Frankfurt, some visitors from the research group Busch also joined the excursion.
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Picture: AK BuschPicture: AK Busch
Advanced Design Project 2024
2024/02/23
From 12th to 23rd February 2024, the two-week Advanced Design Project of the technical chemistry took place where the students planned a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) producing plant and investigated an optimization task. This year, the course was supported by LyondellBasell who enabled the students to visit their site in Wesseling on the 27th and 28th February.
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Christmas Party of the Working Group 2023
2023/12/15
In this year's Christmas party on the 15th of December, the working group and Prof. Busch took part in a digital escape game. Looking for a (digital) treasure, five teams searched through the city center and solved different puzzles. After its completion, everyone came back together for a mulled wine at the Christmas market. In the end, the evening was rounded with dinner at the Oberwaldhaus.
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Picture: AK BuschPicture: AK Busch
Graduation Party Winter 2023
2023/12/14
On December 14th the graduation party of the department of chemistry took place, which twice a year honors the graduates, who completed their Bachelor's or Master's degree or doctorate.
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Picture: AK BuschPicture: AK Busch
Visit to Borealis in Stenungsund
2023/12/13
Prof. Busch, Denise Eryildirim, Lorenz Schmidt and Joshua Stahl travelled from December 12th to 14th to Sweden to visit the company Borealis in Stenungsund. The working group Busch and Borealis AG have a long-lasting cooperation in various projects.
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Santa Claus Coffee 2023
2023/12/08
As a tradition, the Santa Claus coffee of the working group always takes place in December of each year. All current and past members of the group are invited to join a cozy evening with food and drinks in a decorated atmosphere. In this year’s edition, on the 8th of December, over 40 participants joined, with 13 alumni among them.
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Picture: Katrin BinnerPicture: Katrin Binner
Dr. Hans Messer Foundation Award to Dr. Kristina Zentel
2023/11/23
This year’s award of the Dr. Hans Messer Foundation was presented to Dr. Kristina Zentel on the 23rd November 2023 for her research on the topic of sustainable, multiphase polymerization processes.
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WPPRE 2023 in Potsdam
2023/09/08
From the 8th to 10th September 2023, the 11th PhD-Student Workshop of the EFCE Working Party on Polymer Reaction Engineering (WPPRE) took place at the Fraunhofer IAP Conference Center in Potsdam as a direct follow-up event to the PRE conference. The WPPRE provides a framework for young scientists in the field of polymer reaction engineering to exchange ideas with each other and to establish contacts in the industry.
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Poster Award for Nicola Schreiner
2023/09/08
In the context of the 14th International Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering (PRE), Nicola Schreiner is awarded the “Macromolecular Journals Best Poster Award“ granted by Wiley.
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Presentation Award for Aaron Röblitz
2023/09/08
At the 14th International Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering (PRE), Aaron Röblitz is awarded the “Young Professional Best Lecture Award“ granted by the DECHEMA e.V., BASF SE and SABIC.
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PRE 2023 in Potsdam
2023/09/05
The 14th International Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering took place from September 5th to 8th 2023 at the Fraunhofer IAP Conference Center in Potsdam (Germany).
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Picture: AK BuschPicture: AK Busch
ChemCup 2023
2023/08/16
In the continuation of a long-standing tradition, this year’s ChemCup, the soccer tournament of the chemistry department, took place on August 16th. Therefore, a total of 11 teams from the different research groups came together in the university’s stadium (Hochschulstadion).
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Excursion of the TC1-Lecture to Evonik in Weiterstadt
2023/08/09
In the context of the TC1 lecture an excursion led by Prof. Markus Busch and Dr. Kristina Zentel to the Evonik Industries AG site in Weiterstadt took place on August 9th.
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ASME PVP 2023 Atlanta
2023/07/16
The ASME PVP (Pressure Vessels & Piping) Conference was held this year from July 16th to 21st in Atlanta (Georgia, USA). The research group Busch was represented with three presentations.
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Picture: Prof. T. Gamse, TU GrazPicture: Prof. T. Gamse, TU Graz
Summer School 2023
2023/07/09
Seven PhD students of the research group Busch participated from July 9th to 22nd in the ESS-HPT („The European Summer School in High Pressure Technology“) 2023 in Graz (Austria).
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Visit to Borealis in Linz
2023/07/06
In order to conclude a cooperation project, six PhD students of the research group Busch together with Professor Busch visited the Linz plant of Borealis in Austria on July 6th.
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Graduation Party Summer 2023
2023/07/05
On July 5th, 2023 the graduation party of the department of chemistry took place, which twice a year honors the graduates, who completed their Bachelor's or Master's degree or doctorate.
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Picture: AK BuschPicture: AK Busch
PhD Examination Christoph Mohl
2023/07/03
On July 3rd 2023, Christoph Mohl successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Structure Investigation of the High-Pressure-Copolymerization of Ethene and 1,7-Octadiene”.
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Visit to United Initiators in Pullach
2023/06/29
From June 28th to 30th Professor Busch and Svenja Albus visited the company United Initiators in Pullach (Germany).
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Seminar Week 2023 in Hirschegg
2023/06/19
This year’s seminar week took place from June 19th to 25th in Hirschegg.
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XVI. Annual Meeting of Darmstadt’s Chemical Technologists
2023/06/16
On June 16, 2023, the sixteenth annual meeting of Darmstadt’s Chemical Technologists took place at the Restaurant Oberwaldhaus with the award of the Ernst-Berl-Medal.
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16th LDPE Plant Improvement Conference 2023
2023/05/22
The 16th LDPE Plant Improvement Conference took place this year on May 22nd and 23rd in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference, organized by Uhde HPT, brings together companies involved in the operation of LDPE and EVA production plants to exchange information on innovations in the industry.