M.Sc. Felix Faber
M.Sc. Felix Faber
Chair of Thermal Process Engineering
Born 1999 in Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Education
October 2023 – February 2025
M.Sc. Nachhaltige Verfahrens- und Umwelttechnik, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Master thesis: Development of a non-isothermal pore network model for primary freeze-drying of pore structures reconstructed from X-ray tomography image data
October 2018 – June 2023
B.Sc. Verfahrenstechnik, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Bachelor thesis: Overview and comparison of different model approaches for primary freeze-drying
Experience
Since April 2024
Research Associate, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Thermal Process Engineering
October 2021 – March 2024
Student Assistant, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Thermal Process Engineering
Awards & Grants
April 2024 – September 2024
Scholarship from Kompetenznetz Verfahrenstechnik Pro3 e.V.
https://verfahrenstechnik-pro3.de
Methods
- Non-isothermal, irregular pore network modeling
- Digital image processing and segmentation
Topics
- Freeze-drying
- Microwave heating
- Biomass pyrolysis
- Biofilm growth in porous substrate
- Heat and mass transfer in porous media
- High temperature processes
2025
Peer-reviewed journal article
Use of reconstructed pore networks for determination of effective transport parameters of commercial Ti-Felt PTLs
Altaf, Haashir; Milicic, Tamara; Faber, Felix; Vidakovic-Koch, Tanja; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: Processes - Basel : MDPI, Bd. 13 (2025), Heft 4, insges. 24 S.
Pore-scale study of coupled heat and mass transfer during primary freeze-drying using an irregular pore network model
Faber, Felix; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Thomik, Maximilian; Gruber, Sebastian; Först, Petra; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Drying technology - Philadelphia, Pa. : Taylor & Francis, Bd. 43 (2025), Heft 1-2, S. 162-182
2023
Peer-reviewed journal article
A non-isothermal pore network model of primary freeze drying
Thomik, Maximilian; Faber, Felix; Gruber, Sebastian; Foerst, Petra; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: Pharmaceutics - Basel : MDPI, Bd. 15 (2023), Heft 8, Artikel 2131, insges. 25 S.