Ernst Hofmann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technische Universität Wien

Institut für Strömungsmechanik und Wärmeübertragung E322

Stiege 2 / 2.Stock / Raum AS 02 15

Resselgasse 3

A-1040 Wien

 

Tel.: +43 1 58801 32214

E-Mail: ernst.hofmann@tuwien.ac.at

Advisor

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Phys. Dr.rer.nat.habil. Hendrik Kuhlmann

Curriculum vitae

17.Feb.1979

Born in Gmunden, Upper Austria

1993 - 1998

Federal Secondary College for Mechanical Engineering (HTL Vöcklabruck), Matura passed with distinction

10/1998 - 05/1999

Military service

06/1999 - 08/2002

Design engineer for automotive systems at TCG Unitech

09/2002 - 08/2004

Quality engineer in the automotive department of STIWA GmbH

10/2004 - 10/2007

Studies of Technical Physics (BSc.) at the Graz University of Technology

10/2007 - 03/2010

Studies of Technical Physics (Dipl.-Ing.) at the Vienna University of Technology, passed with distinction

2006 - 2009

Instrument technician for annual reviews of German nuclear power plants at Mühlegger GmbH

since 04/2010

Research associate at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Research Group: Computational Fluid Dynamics

01/2011

Winner of the "Diplomarbeitspreis der Stadt Wien"

04/2010 - today

Employed under a grant of the Klima- u. Energiefonds (managed by the FFG), project # 825560

Research interests

absorbing film flow, linear stability analysis, particle accumulation structures (PAS)

Publications

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Publications in Scientific Journals


E. Hofmann, H.C. Kuhlmann:
"Particle accumulation on periodic orbits by repeated free surface collisions";
Physics of Fluids, 23 (2011), 7; 072106-1 - 072106-14.

H.C. Kuhlmann, E. Hofmann:
"The mechanics of particle accumulation structures in thermocapillary flows";
European Physical Journal - Special Topics, 192 (2011), 3 - 12.


Talks and Poster Presentations (without Proceedings-Entry)


E. Hofmann, H.C. Kuhlmann:
"Towards a model for the absorbing wavy falling film";
Talk: 14th ERCOFTAC ADA PC Meeting, Linz; 11-04-2011.

E. Hofmann, H.C. Kuhlmann:
"A model for particle accumulation of density-matched tracers in thermocapillary flows";
Talk: 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS/DFD, Long Beach, USA; 11-21-2010 - 11-23-2010.

E. Hofmann, H.C. Kuhlmann:
"Particle accumulation in thermocapillary liquid bridges";
Talk: 11th ERCOFTAC ADA PC Meeting, Graz; 04-30-2010.


Diploma and Master Theses (authored and supervised)


E. Hofmann:
"Particle accumulation in thermocapillary liquid bridges";
Supervisor: H.C. Kuhlmann; Institut für Strömungsmechanik und Wärmeübertragung, 2010; final examination: 03-10-2010.



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