Teaching from Practice
Honorary Professorship for Christof Asbach
The photo shows from left to right Prof. Dr. Heinz Fissan, Prof. Dr. Christof Asbach, Prof. Dr. Dieter Schramm (Dean of the Faculty of Engineering), Prof. Dr. Dieter Bathen (Scientific Director of IUTA). © privat
With his festive opening lecture on May 13, Dr.-Ing. Christof Asbach, Head of Department at IUTA, now holds the title of Honorary Professor. He was awarded the title by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Schramm, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE). Asbach is president of the Society for Aerosol Research and an internationally recognized expert in this field.
In about 100 publications, he has dealt with dust exposure at workplaces, particle contamination in the semiconductor industry and particle formation in automotive wheel brakes, among other topics. And during the Corona pandemic, he was on television and radio stations, regional and national newspapers explaining how aerogenic viruses are transmitted.
At the UDE, Asbach has been teaching the Environmental Measurement Technology lecture in the master's programs in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering and NanoEngineering since the summer semester of 2013.
Asbach studied electrical engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen and earned his doctorate under Prof. Fissan. After nearly two years of post-doctoral research at the University of Minnesota, he became a research associate at IUTA in 2006. Since 2013, he has headed the Filtration & Aerosol Research Department there.
* IUTA is a research institute in the field of energy and environmental technology and forms the bridge between basic research and industrial application.