The research training group PintPFS focuses on different linked research topics from three main fields A, B and C. An overview on the projects from the first, second and third cohort is given in the following figure. Currently, projects from cohorts 1 and 2 are running.

Current projects in the first cohort (2019 - 2022) and second cohort (2022 - 2025)

A Dry and Unsaturated PFS

• A1 Experimental and numerical investigation of PFS under consideration of capillary effects
  Supervisors: Grabe, Dosta
  PhD student: Nicole Hüsener (cohort 1)
• A2 Identification of continuum mechanical material parameters of granular materials by means of particle-based methods
  Supervisors: Düster, Dosta
  PhD student: Sonja Rotter (cohort 1)
• A3 Investigations for the development of a new test method to prevent the alkali-silica reaction
  Supervisors: Schmidt-Döhl, Smirnova
  PhD student: Gyde Hartmut (cohort 1)
• A4 Development and application of BPM to study mechanics of frozen granular materials
  Supervisors: Dosta, Grabe
  PhD student: Tsz Tung Chan (cohort 1)
• A5 Molecular dynamics studies at fluid interfaces in nanoporous solids
  Betreuer/in: Meißner, Smirnova
  PhD student: Johannes Gäding (cohort 1)
• A6 Investigation of moisture transport in porous solid material systems and the corresponding changes in their mechanical properties
  Supervisors: Heinrich, Grabe
  PhD student: Abdullah Sadeq (cohort 2)
• A7 Investigation of packing properties of non-spherical, porous and deformable gel particles during supercritical drying
  Supervisors: Smirnova, Heinrich
  PhD student: Lara Gibowsky (cohort 2)
• A8 Investigation of heat transfer in dry and wet particle packings
  Betreuer/in: Heinrich, Smirnova
  Sachbearbeitung: Carine Alves (cohort 2)
• A9 Phase change materials based on molecular fillings of nanoporous materials for energy storage and conversion
  Supervisors: Huber, Smirnova
  PhD student: Mariia Liseanskaia (cohort 2)

B Saturated PFS

• B1 Selfdiffusion and transport of molecular liquids in granular packings of mesoporous silica and aerogel powders
  Supervisors: Huber, Meißner
  PhD student: Juan Sánchez Calzado (cohort 1)
• B2 Investigation of erosion processes at the interface soil/water and inside the soil
  Supervisors: Grabe, Düster
  PhD student: Hannah Kaiser (cohort 2)
• B3 Electrochemical effects on Si/SiOx water interfaces
  Supervisors: Meißner, Huber
  PhD student: Kamila Savvidi (cohort 2)

C Functionalized Particles and PFS

• C1 Manufacturing of functional granulates and agglomerates with large energy dissipation densites
  Supervisors: Heinrich, Düster
  PhD student: Maike Orth (cohort 1)
• C2 Adsorption of organic components from fluid mixtures on functionalised mesoporous materials: experiments and simulation
  Supervisors: Smirnova, Huber
  PhD student: Isabella Jung-Robeller (cohort 1)
• C3 Optimisation of mechanical properties of coated particles for improved kinetic energy absorption
  Supervisors: Düster, Heinrich
  PhD student: Wasif Safdar (cohort 2)
• C4 Manufacturing and quantification of the hydro-mechanical properties of functionalised granular soil particles
  Supervisors: Grabe, Shokri
  PhD student: Clara Toffoli (cohort 2)