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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil.
Thomas Klassen
Languages:
German
English
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Phone
04152-87-2542
Email
thomas.klassen@hereon.de
Postal address
Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502 Geesthacht
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German
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Cooperations with companies
Cooperations for scientists
Purposes of doctorate
Lectures
Evaluations
Phone
04152-87-2542
Email
thomas.klassen@hereon.de
Postal address
Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502 Geesthacht
Administration
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Short description
Head of the Institute for Hydrogen Technology at the Helmholtz Center Hereon
Institute Director Materials Technology at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg
Education
Graduate physicist, Dortmund University of Technology, 1990
Doctorate in Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, 1993
Habilitation and Venia Legendi for the Department of Materials Science, Hamburg University of Technology, 2005
Experience
PostDoc University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (1994 - 1995)
Head of Department Nanotechnology, Helmholtz Center Hereon Geesthacht (1996 - 2005)
Professorship for Materials Engineering, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg (2005 - ongoing)
Research data
Research level
Professor
Area of research
Energy engineering
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Research topic
Hydrogen storage in metal hydrides, hydrogen compression with metal hydrides, from basic material development to prototype and system integration. Surface coating using kinetic spraying, functional properties of materials in the field of hydrogen technology.
Research institute
Helmholtz Center Hereon
Research institute location
Geesthacht
Department
Institute for Hydrogen Technology
Research institute 2
Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg
Research institute location 2
Geesthacht
Department 2
Mechanical and civil engineering
Institution 2
Materials engineering
Chair 2
Materials science
Publications and projects
Selected publications
Giovanni Capurso, Benedetto Schiavo, Julian Jepsen, Gustavo Lozano, Oliver Metz, Adriana Saccone, Serena De Negri, José M. Bellosta von Colbe, Thomas Klassen, Martin Dornheim:
Development of a modular room-temperature hydride storage system for vehicular applications
Appl. Phys. A (2016) 122: 236
3. H. Assadi, , H. Kreye, F. Gärtner, T. Klassen:
Invited Review: Cold spraying – A materials perspective
Acta Materialia 116 (2016) 382-407.
Committees and Awards
Selected councils
Advisory Board Geesthacht Innovation and Technology Center (GITZ)
Advisory Board North German Initiative for Nanotechnology (NINa)
Chairman Scientific and Technical Council of Hereon
Selected awards
Young Scientists Award of the German Society for Materials Research (DGM)
Harris German-Dartmouth Distinguished Professorship
