Last week, Prof. Erhan Kayabaşi of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at  Karabük University,Turkey, stayed in our Fachgebiet Technische Thermodynamik as guest lecturer and visiting scientist within the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility program, an EU-sponsored activity in the field of education, training, youth and sport.

During his stay, Erhan first presented his current research by a seminar talk entitled “The role of hydrogen on synthetic fuel strategies” within our weekly Institute’s Colloquium. Moreover, within the regular master student’s course “Advanced Engineering Heat Transfer” (Angewandte Wärmeübertragung), he gave a guest lecture in front of students of Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy Technology on the topic “Heat Transfer from Finned Surfaces”, see figure 1. It was very instructive to see how Erhan introduced into this important topic in the field of sustainable engineering, namely by using  a bio-inspired motivation. Already millions of years ago, dinosaurs like stegosaurus developed bone plates not only for defensive and display purposes, but also as an effective tool to control body temperature, see figure 2.

During his visit, Prof. Kayabaşi was hosted by our colleague Christian Karcher.

Figure 1: Prof. Kayabaşi (left in the middle) among the students and his host.TU Ilmenau / Christian Karcher
Figure 1: Prof. Kayabaşi (left in the middle) among the students and his host.
Figure 2: Introductory slide.
Figure 2: Introductory slide.