M.Sc. Felix Faber
Research Associate
M.Sc. Felix Faber
Institute of Process Engineering
Chair of Thermal Process Engineering
Chair of Thermal Process Engineering
Universitätsplatz 2,
39106 Magdeburg,
G10-243
Tel.:
+49 391 67-58267
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
- Faber, F., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Thomik, M., Gruber, S., Först, P., & Tsotsas, E. (2025). Pore-scale study of coupled heat and mass transfer during primary freeze-drying using an irregular pore network model. Drying Technology.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2024.2407062
2024
- Aamer, E., Faber, F., Bhaskaran, S., Dürr, R., Bettenbrock, K., Kienle, A., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2024). Model-based study of the regulation of biofilm growth by design of the porous substratum (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. 4966212).
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4966212
2023
- Thomik, M., Faber, F., Gruber, S., Först, P., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2023). A Non-Isothermal Pore Network Model of Primary Freeze Drying. Pharmaceutics, 15(8), 2131.
https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15082131