Theses

On this page, you will find offered topics to theses at the Working Group 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 AG 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

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External theses in cooperation with the EnSAP Research Lab Workshop of Nagoya University

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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 Gldemund
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