Welcome to AOT-TP!

* Open positions for doctoral candidates *
AOT-TP is looking for new team members in the form of doctoral candidates for the following research topics:

– Condensation of binary hydrocarbon mixtures on smooth and finned tubes and in tube bundles (details in German and in English)

– Effective thermal conductivity of dispersions with a continuous liquid phase (details in English and in German)

– Influence of flow phenomena on condensation heat transfer in tube bundles (details in German)

* Note for students *
We offer many different Master and Bachelor theses. Example topics are given on the open theses page.

Photograph of AOT-TP team in July 2025
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Photograph of AOT-TP team in October 2024
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Photograph of AOT-TP team in July 2023
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Photograph of AOT-TP team in September 2022
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Photograph of AOT-TP team in September 2022
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Photograph of AOT-TP team in June 2021
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Photograph of AOT-TP team in June 2021
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Photograph of AOT-TP team in July 2019
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Photograph of AOT-TP team in October 2024

Photograph of AOT-TP team in September 2022

The Institute of Advanced Optical Technologies – Thermophysical Properties (AOT−TP) headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Paul Fröba has been established in 2015 as an independent unit within the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBI) and is located at the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The institute and its staff members focus on the development and application of various conventional and optical methods for the accurate determination of thermophysical properties of fluids of interest for chemical and energy engineering. Besides the experimental approach, the expertise of the institute also includes the theoretical calculation of thermophysical properties based on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations as well as the development of prediction schemes for engineering practice. Furthermore, activities related to heat transfer with particular focus on phase change are in the scope of the institute.

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