On this page, you will find offered topics to theses at the Department of material flow management and resource economy. There is also the possibility to propose your own topic or edit a topic already suggested by an external partner. Please take in consideration these notes (opens in new tab) for external theses.
It is essential for successful completion of your thesis and preparation for a thesis defense to attend our workshop titled “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten am FG SuR”. The workshop takes place on the first or the second Wednesday in every two month between 13:00 and 15:00.
The dates for the year 2024 are:
07.02.2024
03.04.2024
05.07.2024
07.08.2024
02.10.2024
04.12.2024
Please register with your supervising research assistant.
External theses in cooperation with the EnSAP Research Lab Workshop of Nagoya University
The EnSAP Research Lab, led by Prof. Tanikawa, is one of the world's leading research group in the field of material stock analysis and evaluations of the weight of human activity. Opportunities are offered for Bachelor's and Master's students who have successfully completed their thesis under the supervision of Prof. Schebek to continue their research at the The EnSAP Research Lab. Please contact Dr.-Ing. Steffi Weyand if you are interested in this opportunity.
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Erstellung und Vergleich von Ökobilanzen des LehrLabor-Gebäudes an der TU Darmstadt am Standort Lichtwiese mit den Softwares OpenLCA und eLCA
2024/04/04
Master thesis
Externe Abschlussarbeit mit Fraunhofer IWKS: Optimierung von sensorgestützten Sortierprozessen im Bereich Recycling
2024/02/07
Externe Abschlussarbeit mit Fraunhofer IWKS: Recycling von Elektroschrott mittels elektrohydraulischer Zerkleinerung
2024/02/07
Completed theses
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
| 2021 | Development of a Program for Optical Classification of Materials Using Artificial Neural Networks | Malte Vogelgesang |
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Raw material analysis and recycling strategies for electric drive technologies of passenger cars | Malte Vogelgesang |
| 2020 | Development of a methodology for the evaluation of the pollution load of existing buildings on component level | Christian Dierks |
| 2020 | Methods for the extraction of medium-chain carboxylic acids from non-polar solvent | Kasimir Simon |
| 2020 | Development of a recycling concept for slag from domestic waste incineration for a regional example | Malte Vogelgesang |
| 2020 | Life Cycle Assessment of Cloud Computing | Julia Fischer |
| 2020 | Life cycle assessment of various measures for the refurbishment of residential buildings | Bianca Koch |
| 2020 | Life Cycle Assessment of a Process for Smartphone Recycling | Malte Vogelgesang |
| 2020 | Microplastics in compost ? Test and Optimization of a Triboelectric Separator for the Separation of Plastics from Compost | Dominik D”rder |
| 2020 | Analysis of the emergence of biogenic commercial and industrial residual and waste streams in the industrial sector and their potential contribution to the bio-economy in Germany | Almut Gldemund |
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Life Cycle Assessment of Industry 4.0 Enablers | Julia Fischer |
| 2019 | Investigation of political measures of the reduction of “macro” plastics in the feedstock of compost | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2019 | Waste management on Small Island Developing States – Overcoming Barriers | Jan Kannengießer |
| 2019 | Microplastics in compost ? method development for a pre-analytical extraction of plastic particles from the compost matrix | Dominik Dörder |
| 2019 | Sea level rise and the vulnerability of buildings and infrastructure on small islands: the case of the Republic of Fiji | Steffi Weyand |
| 2019 | Analysis and assessment of the potential of biogenic residual and waste streams in Poland for energy use. | Karoline Wowra |
| 2019 | Assessment of leapfrogging in the context of waste management | Alessio Campitelli |
| 2019 | Criticality analysis of raw materials for battery technologies for the electrification of heavy goods vehicles | Laura Göllner-Völker |
| 2019 | Microplastics in composts – construction and test of a compost reactor to produce plastic-free composts for spiking experiments | Dominik Dörder |
| 2019 | Raw material analysis and recycling strategies for electric drive technologies of passenger cars | Malte Vogelgesang |
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Literature research on food waste from the catering sector and analysis of their use in the bioeconomy. | Alessio Campitelli |
| 2018 | Microplastic-Development of quick methods for the charging of selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on microplastic surface | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2018 | Microplastics-Determination of polyethylene-water partition coefficients of different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in batch tests in the laboratory | Michael Gottschling |
| 2018 | Simulation of thermos-dynamic processes of a biomass heating power plant and discussion of optimisation potentials | Jan Kannengießer |
| 2018 | Developing a concept for the disposal of glass wool in Electronic City Bangalore, India | Alessio Campitelli |
| 2018 | Microplastics-Comparing the sorption capacity of fluoranthene on the surface of different plastic materials using a quick sorption method | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2018 | Modelling of parameterized life cycle assessment data sets of perovskite solar cells | Steffi Weyand |
| 2018 | Determination of the influence of soil textures on the isotope composition of soil water | Lili Xia/Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2018 | Life Cycle Assessment of Industry 4.0 Enablers | Julia Fischer |
| 2018 | Sea level rise and the vulnerability of buildings and infrastructure on small islands: the case of the Republic of Fiji | Steffi Weyand |
| 2018 | Analysis and assessment of the potential of biogenic residual and waste streams in Poland for energy use. | Karoline Wowra |
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Microplastics – Investigation of the effect of different vergin polyethylene pellets of various producers and lots on the polyethylene-water partitioning coefficient for naphthalene in a batch system in the lab | Michael Gottschling/Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2017 | Designing an intensive-decomposition phase based on specific parameters for mixed residual and commercial waste in Bangalore, India | Alessio Campitelli |
| 2017 | Evaluation of cost-effectiveness of selected Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) methods for the separation and enrichment of microplastic related persistence organic pollutants (POPs) | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2017 | Microplastics – Investigation of the effect of different plastic additives on the polyethylene-water partitioning coefficient for naphthalene in a batch system in the lab | Michael Gottschling/Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2017 | Comparative analysis of process-specific life cycle assessment studies of commercial and emerging photovoltaic technologies | Steffi Weyand |
| 2017 | Development of an elution scheme to maximize the recovery of persistence organic pollutants (POPs) from silica-based Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) cartridges | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2017 | Evaluation of chemical stability of different polymers during the solvent extraction of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on microplastics | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2017 | Operation electricity supply concept for an optimized facility pool | Maximilian Seier |
| 2017 | Literature Study: Biologic Degradation of Floor Coverings made out of Natural Materials | Alessio Campitelli |
| 2017 | Determination of cumulative energy demand data of perovskite solar cells considering scale effects | Steffi Weyand |
| 2017 | Life Cycle Assessment of municipal wastewater treatment in the context of the water energy nexus | Maximilian Seier |
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
| 2021 | Environmental-economic assessment of industrial robot systems | Steffi Weyand/Carina Geyer/Florian Stuhlenmiller (FB 16) |
| 2021 | Microplastics – Comparison of the seasonal sorption behaviour of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on a selected type of polymer for two different wastewater treatment plant size classes and investigation of the influence of physicochemical wastewater treatment plant parameters on the sorption behaviour in the cleaning stages of a wastewater treatment plant | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder/Michael Gottschling |
| 2021 | Microplastics – Investigation of correlations of polymer-water partition coefficient of PAHs and physicochemical properties of selected PAHs as well as polymers | Michael Gottschling |
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Light-driven biofuel production in Yarrowia lipolytica: Genetic and bioprocess optimisation in bench-top bioreactors and life cycle assessment | Prof. Dr. Johannes Kabisch/Almut Güldemund |
| 2020 | Microplastics – Predicting polymer-water partition coefficients (Kpw) of a hydrophobic compound for different polymer types using Kpw determined in the presence of co-solvent | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2020 | Stop exporting plastic waste from Europe: determination of environmental impacts for different scenarios | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2020 | Development of a life cycle assessment model for the evaluation of recycling routes for construction and demolition waste with special regard to substitution effects | Christian Dierks |
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
| 2019 | Regional transference of the ecological scarcity method to Malaysia | Patrizia von Wyschetzki |
| 2019 | Microplastics-Determination of polymer-water partition coefficients of phenanthrene using different polymer types in batch tests in the laboratory | Michael Gottschling |
| 2019 | Development of a model for the life cycle assessment of Nd-Fe-B magnet recycling | Steffi Weyand |
| 2019 | Evaluation of the effectiveness of energy audits by the means of a developed data-base system for large scientific institutions in Germany | Steffi Weyand |
| 2019 | Development of a model for the life cycle assessment of organic waste recycling methods | Alessio Campitelli |
| 2019 | Development of a model for the determination of waste collection costs in rural areas using the example of the Mekong Delta / Vietnam | Alessio Campitelli |
| 2019 | Development of a life cycle assessment model for the regionalized assessment of biofuel technologies | Karoline Wowra |
| 2019 | Development of a methodology for the evaluation of the dissipation of raw materials in the context of resource criticality and application to the elements vanadium and titanium | Christian Dierks |
| 2019 | Development of a framework for the determination of environmental indicators for the evaluation of the energy transition in Germany | Steffi Weyand |
| 2019 | Material Flow and Cost Analaysis of Dismantling Fossil Power PLants with a Fokus on Coal-fired Power Plants | Laura Göllner-Völker |
| 2019 | Concept for the evaluation of energy sacing potential in office buildings through the use of innovative meassuring and monitoring systems and operational optimization | Laura Göllner-Völker |
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
| 2018 | Microplastic – Optimization of GC/MS analytical conditions for the determination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on microplastics (MPs) in the environment | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2018 | Microplastic – Development of an experimental protocol to determine the sorption capacity of plastic resin pellets for hydrophobic organic pollutants (HOPs) | Michael Gottschling/Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2018 | Microplastic – Development of an optimal analytical protocol to extract persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from different microplastics (MPs) | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder |
| 2018 | Life Cycle Assessment of phosphorous recycling in the context of the new sewage-sludge regulation | Maximilian Seier |
| 2018 | Effects of the European CO2 fleet tresholds on the market expansion of electric vehicles in Europe | Maximilian Seier |
| 2018 | Energy concept for a manned habitat on Mars | Maximilian Seier |
| 2018 | Collection and strategic analysis of waste streams and recycling technologies in Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region | Julia Fischer |
| 2018 | ?Regional transference of the ecological scarcity method to Malaysia? | Patrizia von Wyschetzki |
| 2018 | Life Cycle Assessment of a biological treatment in Darmstadt using an aerobic and anaerobic technology | Alessio Campitelli |
| 2018 | Simulation-based development of optimised charging strategies including local regenerative energy sources – Improved integration of electric vehicles in urban districts | Niklas Wulff |
| 2018 | Criticality of Resources for the Energy Transition. Analysis and Evaluation of Supply Security of decisive Elements for Photovoltaic Technologies in Germany up to 2050 | Niklas Wulff |
| 2018 | Substitution and concentration indicators for assessing resource criticality of wind generators using classical risk theory | Niklas Wulff |
| 2018 | Regional transference of the ecological scarcity method to Malaysia | Patrizia von Wyschetzki |
| 2018 | Microplastics – Determination of polymer-water partition coefficients of phenanthrene using different polymer types in batch tests in the laboratory | Michael Gottschling |
| 2018 | Development of a model for the life cycle assessment of Nd-Fe-B magnet recycling | Steffi Weyand |
| 2018 | Evaluation of the effectiveness of energy audits by the means of a developed data-base system for large scientific institutions in Germany | Steffi Weyand |
| Year | Topic | Supervisor |
| 2017 | Development and future demands on the distribution and transmission network caused by the German energy transition | Steffi Weyand |
| 2017 | Sustainable supply of raw materials for the electronics industry – the example of lithium and one further material | Steffi Weyand |
| 2017 | Comparing different operation strategies of power to gas electrolyzer concepts | Maximilian Seier |
| 2017 | Analyzing the recycling potential of electric mobility accumulators. | Steffi Weyand |
| 2017 | Deviation of an empiric curve for specific greenhouse gas emissions depending on the nominal output of electricity suppliers through LCA | Maximilian Seier |
| 2017 | Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Perovskite Solar Cells | Steffi Weyand |
| 2017 | Challenges of novel / innovative construction and insulation materials for actors in the waste and recycling management | Alessio Campitelli |
| 2017 | Developing of a sampling and analytical method for biological waste of a composting facility | Jan Kannengießer |
| 2017 | Identification of the physical and chemical soil properties to differentiate the soil types of rape fields | Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder/Lili Xia |