Univ.Ass. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Thomas Loimer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resselg. 3

1040 Wien

 

Tel.: +43 1 58801 32233; Fax: +43 1 58801 32299

Curriculum vitae

March 1, 1968  

Born in Vienna, Austria.

June 1986

Matura in Vienna.

1987 — 1994  

Studies at TU Wien, TU Berlin and Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza". Stages at companies of the metal and aircraft industry in Austria and in Italy. Masters' thesis in cooperation with AVL List GmbH, Graz.

1994

Graduation with Dipl. Ing. für physikalische Ingenieurwissenschaften from TU Berlin.

1994 — 1998

Research Assistant at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, TU Wien, and Christian Doppler Laboratory for Continuous Solidification Processes, Vienna.

1998

Graduation with Dr. techn. from TU Wien.

1998 — 2001

Post-doctoral position with Prof. Avi Nir at the Dep. of Chemical Eng., Technion, Haifa, Israel. Marie Curie fellowship No. HPMF-CT-1999-00137.

2001 — 2002

Product development at a paper manufacturing company, Neusiedler AG.

2002 —

Assistant position at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.

Research interests

Publications

For a list including links to the electronic versions of the publications, visit the publication database of the university.


Publications in Scientific Journals


T. Loimer, P. Uchytil, R. Petrickovic, K. Setnickova:
"The flow of butane and isobutane vapors near saturation through porous Vycor glass membranes";
Journal of Membrane Science, 383 (2011), 104 - 115.

T. Loimer:
"Linearized description of the non-isothermal flow of a saturated vapor through a micro-porous membrane";
Journal of Membrane Science, 301 (2007), 107 - 117.

C. Schlimp, T. Loimer, M. Rieger, M. Schmidts, W. Lederer:
"Pathophysiological mechanism and immediate treatment of retrograde cerebral venous air embolism";
Intensive Care Medicine, 32 (2006), 6; 945.

C. Schlimp, T. Loimer, M. Rieger, W. Lederer, M. Schmidts:
"The potential of venous air embolism ascending retrograde to the brain";
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 50 (2005), 4; 906 - 909.

T. Loimer, G. Machu, U. Schaflinger:
"Inviscid bubble formation on porous plates and sieve plates";
Chemical Engineering Science, 59 (2004), 4; 809 - 818.

T. Loimer, A. Nir, R. Semiat:
"Shear-induced corrugation of free interfaces in concentrated suspensions";
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 102 (2002), 115 - 134.

T. Loimer, U. Schaflinger:
"The effect of interfacial instabilities in a stratified resuspension flow on the pressure loss";
Physics of Fluids, 10 (1998), 2737 - 2745.


Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry)


T. Loimer, P. Uchytil, R. Petrickovic, K. Setničková:
"The flow of saturated vapors through porous vycor glass";
Talk: ICAPM2009, Istanbul; 08-10-2009 - 08-12-2009; in: "4th International Conference on Applications of Porous Media", N. Egrican, A. Mohamad (ed.); (2009), 126 - 131.

T. Loimer, P. Uchytil, R. Petrickovic, K. Setničková:
"Isothermal and adiabatic flow of vapors near saturation through porous membranes";
Talk: Eurotherm Seminar Nr. 84, Namur, Belgium; 05-24-2009 - 05-27-2009; in: "Thermodynamics of phase changes", (2009), Paper ID 40, 4 pages.

T. Loimer:
"The effect of the contact angle on a flow with condensation and evaporation through a microchannel";
Talk: ICNMM2008, Darmstadt; 06-23-2008 - 06-25-2008; in: "Proceedings of the 6th International ASME Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels", (2008), Paper ID ICNMM2008-62167, 6 pages.

T. Loimer:
"Linearized description of the flow of a vapor with condensation and evaporation through a micro-porous membrane";
Talk: GAMM 2007, Zürich; 07-16-2007 - 07-20-2007; in: "Proceedings of the Annual Meeting GAMM 2007", PAMM, 7 (2007), ISSN: 1617-7061; 4100037 - 4100038.

T. Loimer:
"Effects of capillarity on a Joule-Thomson process of a fluid near saturation";
Talk: XIVth International Symposium on Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics, Seeheim; 08-22-2004 - 08-28-2004; in: "Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics", Yongqi Wang, K. Hutter (ed.); Shaker Verlag, Aachen (2005), ISBN: 3-8322-3600-7; 247 - 256.

T. Loimer:
"A Joule-Thomson process of a wetting fluid near saturation";
Poster: 21st International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland; 08-15-2004 - 08-21-2004; in: "Proceedings of the ICTAM04", (2004), ISBN: 83-89687-01-1; Paper ID 11487, 2 pages.

T. Loimer:
"The flow of saturated vapor with positive Joule-Thomson coefficient through a porous membrane";
Poster: 4th European Thermal Sciences Conference, Birmingham; 03-29-2004 - 03-31-2004; in: "Proceedings of the 4th ETSC", (2004), ISBN: 0-9547299-0-0; Paper ID POM1 S14, 11 pages.

T. Loimer:
"A Joule-Thomson process with condensation and evaporation";
Talk: GAMM 2003, Abano Terme; 03-24-2003 - 03-28-2003; in: "Proceedings of the Annual Meeting GAMM 2003", PAMM, 3 (2003), ISSN: 1617-7061; 390 - 391.

T. Loimer, G. Machu, U. Schaflinger:
"Formation of bubbles at porous walls";
Talk: GAMM 1999, Metz; 04-12-1999 - 04-16-1999; in: "Proceedings of the Annual Meeting GAMM 99", ZAMM, 80 (2000), Suppl. 3; S723 - S724.

T. Loimer, U. Schaflinger:
"Nonlinear interfacial instability in a stratified, laminar resuspension flow";
Talk: 3rd International Conference on Multiphase Flow, Lyon; 06-08-1998 - 06-12-1998; in: "Proceedings of the ICMF 98", (1998), Paper ID 539, 8 pages.

T. Gruber, U. Schaflinger:
"Nonlinear interfacial instabilities of a 2D resuspension flow";
Talk: GAMM 97, Regensburg; 03-24-1997 - 03-27-1997; in: "Proceedings of the Annual Meeting GAMM 97", ZAMM, 78 (1998), Suppl. 1; S419 - S420.

T. Loimer, U. Schaflinger, T. Aihara, T. Ohara:
"A turbulent two-phase jet in a very shallow fluidized bed";
Talk: GAMM 96 Annual Meeting, Prague; 05-27-1996 - 05-31-1996; in: "Proceedings of the Annual Meeting GAMM 96", ZAMM, 77 (1997), Suppl. 1; S107 - S108.


Talks and Poster Presentations (without Proceedings-Entry)


K. Setničková, R. Petrickovic, T. Loimer, P. Uchytil:
"Studium kondenzace butanu při jeho transportu v neustáleném stavu Vycorovou membránou";
Talk: 54. Konference chemického a procesního inzenýrství CHISA 2007, Srní, Sumava, Czech Republic; 10-15-2007 - 10-18-2007.

T. Loimer:
"Influence of the Joule-Thomson effect on the flow of a vapor through a micro-porous membrane";
Talk: 2005 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 58th Annual Meeting (DFD05), Chicago; 11-20-2005 - 11-22-2005.

T. Loimer:
"Flow of a saturated vapor through a porous membrane";
Talk: Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague (invited); 04-11-2005 - 04-11-2005.

T. Loimer, A. Nir, R. Semiat:
"Shear-induced corrugation of free interfaces in concentrated suspensions";
Poster: 4th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, New Orleans; 05-27-2001 - 06-01-2001.

T. Loimer, U. Schaflinger:
"Long interfacial waves in a stratified resuspension flow";
Talk: STAMM 1998, Nice; 05-25-1998 - 05-29-1998.


Doctor's Theses (authored and supervised)


T. Loimer:
"Nonlinear interfacial instabilities in a stratified resuspension flow";
Reviewer: U. Schaflinger, A. Kluwick; Institut für Strömungslehre und Wärmeübertragung, 1998.



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