Prof. Dr. Kirsten Bobzin
Engineering and engineering trades , Physical sciencesSurface engineering, materials engineering
Engineering and engineering trades
Thermodynamics, heat and matter transfer, fluid dynamics, materials science, colloid and interface science
Thermodynamics, heat and mass transport at interfaces and in thin films
Wetting phenomena
Innovative cooling methods for high-performance electronics
Falling film dynamics and evaporation
Spray cooling, droplet impact cooling
Fuel atomisation and evaporation in modern gas turbine combustion chambers
Nano- and microstructured and chemically modified surfaces
Hydrodynamics and heat transfer in microgravitation
Transport processes in porous materials and in compound materials
Mechanisms of foam formation
Polymer-derived ceramic materials
Hydrodynamic and thermal instabilities
Bénard–Marangoni convection
Promotion to Apl. Professor, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
CSI "Paper of the month" award for a publication about innovative cooling methods for high-performance electronics, 2010
"Team Achievement Award" for the European Space Agency (ESA) Foton M2 Space Mission, 2005
Admitted into the German Research Foundation (DFG) Emmy Noether programme, 2002
Minerva research fellowship from the Max Planck Society, 1998
Award for the article "Effect of anisotropic thermal expansion of crystals on the thermal conductivity of ceramic materials", 26th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Israel, 1996
Winner of the Moscow Student Mathematical Olympics, 1989
English, German, Hebrew, Russian
Gambaryan-Roisman, T.: Modulation of Marangoni convection in Liquid films. In: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 222, 2015. pp. 319-331. doi: /10.1016/j.cis.2015.02.003.
Gambaryan-Roisman, T.: Liquids on porous layers: Wetting, imbibition and transport processes. In: Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 19, 2014. pp. 320-335. doi: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.09.001
Weickgenannt, C.M. et al.: Non-isothermal drop impact and evaporation on polymer nanofiber mats. In: Physics Review E 83(3), 2011. 036305. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.83.036305.
Gambaryan-Roisman, T.: Dynamics of free liquid films during formation of polymer foams. In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 382(1-3), 2011. pp. 113-117. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.02.040.
Srikar, R. et al.: Nanofiber coating of surfaces for intensification of spray or drop impact cooling. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 52(25-26), 2009. pp. 5814-5826. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.07.021.
Yarin, A.L., Gambaryan-Roisman, T., Steffes, C.: Nanofasern: was schnelle Computer und Krebsmedizin verbindet. In: Forschen, Wissenschaftsmagazin der TU Darmstadt, N 2, 2009. pp. 14-17.
Gambaryan-Roisman, T.: Marangoni convection, evaporation and interface deformation in liquid films on heated substrates with non-uniform thermal conductivity. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 53(1-3), 2010. pp. 390-402. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.09.017.
Kabova, Y.O. et al: Marangoni-induced deformation and rupture of a liquid film on a heated microstructured wall. In: Physics of Fluids 18(1), 2006. 012104.
Scheffler, M. et al.: Self-foamed cellular ceramics from silicone resins with a zeolite surface. In: Lin, H.-T., Singh, M. (eds.): 26th Annual Conference on Composites, Advanced Ceramics, Materials, and Structures: B: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings 23(4), 2008. pp. 203-210. doi:10.1002/9780470294758.ch23.
Colombo, P. et al.: Conductive ceramic foams from preceramic polymers. In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society 84(10), 2001. pp. 2265–2268.
Litovsky, E. et al.: Effect of grain thermal expansion mismatch on thermal conductivity of porous ceramics. In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society 82(4), 1999. pp. 994-1000.
Gambaryan-Roisman, T. et al.: Effect of surface segregation kinetics on the effective thermal conductivity of porous ceramics. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 39(8), 1996. pp. 1687-1695. doi:10.1016/0017-9310(95)00252-9.
Coordinator of Marie Curie Initial Training Network „Complex Wetting Phenomena“ (CoWet), EU, since 2014. Consortium of 11 full partners, 6 associated partners.
German Research Foundation (DFG) project: "Evaporation of drops from liquid mixtures, solutions and dispersions at solid and deformable surfaces", with Prof. P. Stephan, Prof. H.-J. Butt, Dr E. Bonaccurso, since 2010
Collaborative Research Centres (SFB) Transregio 75 "Droplet-dynamic processes under extreme environmental conditions" (DFG), since 2010
DFG project: "Experimental and numerical investigations of wall-film dynamics and of transport processes in the atomisation of complex fluids", with Prof. P. Stephan, since 2009
SFB 568 "Flow and combustion in the gas turbine combustion chambers of the future" (DFG), since 2008
Excellence cluster: "Smart interfaces: Understanding and designing fluid boundaries" (CSI), 24 PIs, since 2007
DFG project: "Evaporation of thin films at structured surfaces" within the framework of the Emmy Noether programme, 2003-2010
Steering committee of the "Intelligent interfaces: Understanding and designing fluid boundaries" excellence cluster, 2010 – 2013
Editorial board of the journal Computational Thermal Sciences, since 2008
Organiser of international conferences, since 2006
Supervision of dissertations: 5 completed, 9 in progress
Publications: 123 (57 in refereed professional journals, 3 book chapters)
1 patent
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Engineering and engineering trades , Physical sciencesResearch, testing, consulting, monitoring, certification, damage investigation in the fields of component strength and high-temperature properties of components made of metals, including light alloys, construction materials, plastics, compound and composite materials, surface engineering, tribology. Lectures on materials science and component strength, supervision of doctoral, bachelor's and master's theses, advanced design projects, as well as tutorials, internships and seminars.
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