New MCI Professor Martin Pillei

In recognition of his outstanding achievements in research and teaching, exemplary implementation of research performance in practice and contributions to the further development of the Entrepreneurial University®, as well as the higher education sector, the MCI recently awarded Prof. Dr.-Ing Martin Pillei the title of Professor. The appointment as professor was made by MCI Rector Hon.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Altmann together with the head of the MCI University Board and Univ.-Prof. FH-Prof. Dr. Franz Pegger and the head of the Department of Industrial Engineering FH-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Hillmer.

Martin Pillei started his academic career with a degree in chemistry at the Leopold Franzens University in Innsbruck. This was followed by a Bachelor's and Master's degree in "Environmental, Process and Biotechnology" at the Entrepreneurial University®. Martin Pillei completed his doctorate at the Department of Chemical and Bioengineering at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg on the topic of 'Optimisation of DC cyclones with low solids loading'.

Since 2017, he has been a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department 'Integrated Engineering' in the Department of Industrial Engineering at MCI and has been Head of the research focus Fluids & Mechanics since 2018. in 2021, Pillei was awarded the Science Prize of the Provincial Capital of Innsbruck for research and innovation at MCI.

Inaugural lecture 'Process optimisation of disperse systems - simulation and validation'

Sustainable is the new profitable. Increasing efficiency, conserving resources and even the holistic evaluation of products and processes are no longer just ideas, but already lived practice in many companies: In his lecture "Process Optimisation of Disperse Systems - Simulation & Validation" Martin Pillei gave exciting insights into the world of process engineering and showed how complex problems in the field of dust removal, separation of impurities or in aerosol technology can be solved. Opening up the innovation process gives the companies access to special knowledge and competences, for example in the field of measurement technology, simulation or particle technology, which are not available in-house. In the last three years, research projects have been successfully carried out with more than 30 companies in the research focus area Fluids & Mechanics, thus generating economically useful solutions for the location.

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