Scientific Advisory Board

Professor Dr.-Ing. Heinz Pitsch

Professor Dr.-Ing. Heinz Pitsch

Institut für Technische Verbrennung
RWTH Aachen University
Templergraben 64
52056 Aachen
phone: 0241-8094607
fax: 0241-8092923
e-mail: office@itv.rwth-aachen.de
http://www.itv.rwth-aachen.de

Education

• Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, Germany 1998, Grade: with honors (summa cum laude)
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, Germany, 1993

Employment

• Professor and Director, Institute for Combustion Technology, RWTH Aachen University,
  since August 2010
• Associate Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University,
  since August 2010
• Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University,
  July 2008 – July 2010
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University,
  January 2003 – June 2008
• Research Associate, Flow Physics and Computation Division, Stanford University,
  April 1999 – December 2002
• Postdoctoral fellow under sponsorship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Center for Energy and Combustion Research, University of California, San Diego,
  May 1998 – April 1999
• Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter, Institut für Technische Mechanik (ITM), RWTH Aachen,
  March 1993 – April 1998

Professional Memberships

• The Combustion Institute
• American Physical Society
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Electrochemical Society
• American Chemical Society

More information about professor Pitsch on the website of RWTH Aachen University