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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Rene Hofmann was appointed as University Professor Industrial Energy Systems at TU Wien with effect from 1 May 2020. He is assigned to the Institute of Energy Systems and Thermodynamics, opens an external URL in a new window (E302) in the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window.

Rene Hofmann studied Mechanical Engineering at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate in 2009 for his thesis on “Experimental and Numerical Gas-Side Performance Evaluation of FinnedTube Heat Exchangers, opens an external URL in a new window" with distinction. Between 2009-2015 he gained industrial work experience at the Josef Bertsch GmbH & Co KG.  From 2015 on he got an endowed professorship for Industrial Energy Systems at both, TU Wien and at AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH). In 2019 he obtained his habilitation, thus qualifying him to teach in the field of Industrial Energy systems, with his habilitation on „Aspects of Design Optimization and Operational Optimization for Industrial Energy Systems“.

He is the Head of the Institute of Energy Systems and Thermodynamics and the since 2015 also Head of the Research Group for Industrial Energy Systems, opens an external URL in a new window within the Research Unit of Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering (E302-01). He leads also the Doctoral School "Smart Industrial Concept (SIC), opens an external URL in a new window" (E056-06).

Publications by Rene Hofmann in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window