Prof. Dr. André Bardow
Prof. Dr. André Bardow
Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
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Research area
Energy systems optimization, conceptual process design, life cycle assessment, computer-aided molecular design, thermodynamics, microfluidics and CO2 capture & utilization.
André Bardow has been full professor for Energy and Process Systems Engineering at ETH Zurich since 2020. Previously, he was a professor and head of the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics at RWTH Aachen University (2010-2020) and associate professor at TU Delft (2007-2010). He was also in part-time director of the Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-10) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany (2017-2022). He was a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2015/16). He earned his Ph.D. degree at RWTH Aachen University.
Prof. Bardow is a fellow of the Royal Chemical Society and chairs the Technical Committee for Thermodynamics of VDI – The Association of German Engineers. He received the Recent Innovative Contribution Award of the CAPE-Working Party of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) in 2019, and the PSE Model-Based Innovation (MBI) Prize by Process Systems Enterprise in 2018. He was the first recipient of the Covestro Science Award. In 2009, he received the Arnold-Eucken-Award of the VDI-Society for Chemical Engineering (GVC). He is the recipient of RWTH’s “FAMOS für Familie” award for family-friendly leadership, and of teaching awards at RWTH and TU Delft.
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Link to the recording of the inaugural lecture of Prof. Dr. André Bardow with the title "To sustainability and beyond: A computer-animated story on energy & chemicals" on May 18th, 2022.
Course Catalogue
Autumn Semester 2024
| Number | Unit |
|---|---|
| 151-0051-00L | Thermodynamics I |
| 151-0209-00L | Renewable Energy Technologies |
| 151-0221-00L | Introduction to Modeling and Optimization of Sustainable Energy Systems |