Postdoctoral Theses

The movement and decision-making of pedestrians are influenced by a complex interplay of internal and external factors, such as individual behavior, social interactions, and the built environment. In the context of civil engineering and traffic, understanding these factors is crucial for optimizing the design of buildings and transport infrastructures to promote safe and efficient pedestrian flow. [...]

This postdoctoral thesis draws on manuscripts published as first or co-author in peer-reviewed scientific journals and demonstrates their common theme. Based on examples of advanced protective and functional coatings, the specific, systematic development of thermal spray processesis described. [...]

Using the Chemical Langrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS), which was developed in the last two decades, we discuss the following, process-oriented questions: (i) how to understand the formation of the extratropical mixing layer, which separates the troposphere from the stratosphere. (ii) what is the impact of mixing processes on the tropopause inversion layer (TIL) and, finally, (iii) how to explain the large annual cycle of ozone above the tropical tropopause [...]