Skip menu
Skip menu

Teaching and research centre of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences in the field of Green Tech

Front view of the AKI building. The front in a strong orange colour.

The AUGUST-KRAMER-INSTITUT commenced operations at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences in January 2006. It is used for research and teaching in the fields of energy systems, materials and process engineering and geoengineering.

The institution is named after Dr phil. August Ephraim Kramer (1817-1885), Nordhausen personality and inventor of the pointer telegraph.

The AUGUST-KRAMER-INSTITUT brings together the activities focussing on Green Tech from the Faculty of Engineering at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences. The AUGUST-KRAMER-INSTITUT is used as a teaching and research centre by the following institutes.

The organisation of processes and planning at the AUGUST-KRAMER-INSTITUT is coordinated by the heads of department from the above-mentioned research institutes.

View from above into the interior of the AKI hall

Head of department:
Pascal Leibbrandt, M.Eng.

Main topics:

  • Solar thermal collectors and components
  • Optimisation of flow and heat transfer processes with flow simulation software (CFD and FEM)
  • Energy efficiency in production processes, companies, neighbourhoods and municipalities
Department_Plastics__Waste_electrical_equipment__Batteries_and_sampling_1_2

Head of department:

Dr Christian Borowski
Main topics:

  • Recycling and processing of consumer waste
  • Sampling of material flows
  • Carbon fixation
  • Pyrolysis
  • Process engineering conceptualisation of sorting and recycling plants
  • Cross-sectional tasks across all subject areas in the IW department.
Department_Electrical_Energy_Systems

Head of department:
Christoph Schmidt, M.Eng.
Main topics:

  • Energy system modelling on various scales - from single-family homes to municipalities and municipal utilities to federal states
  • Photovoltaics - ageing tests, module tests, expert reports; climate chamber tests (-15°C to 100°C)
View from above of the biogas plant's tanks and equipment

Head of department:
Dr.-Ing. Anja Schreiber
Main topics:

  • Process engineering process development of biological remediation and treatment processes in the fields of biogas production, wastewater technology and soil remediation

Contact

Further information