Frank Manuel Bauer, M. Sc.

Frank Manuel Bauer, M. Sc.

  • Engesserstr. 18
    76131 Karlsruhe

Current Ph.D. research

Development and testing of catalytic emission control systems for hydrogen-powered engines

 

Work History

Since 05.2025 Research Engineer – Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering Group
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) – Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP)
 
04.2023 – 04.2025 Research Engineer – Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Research
Low Carbon Hydrogen Systems Group
EIfER – European Institute for Energy Research, Karlsruhe
 
04.2022 – 03.2023 Research Engineer – Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Research
Fuel Cells and Electrolysis Group
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) – Institute for Applied Materials – Electrochemical Technologies (IAM-ET)
 
05.2022 – 12.2022 Master´s Student – Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Research
Fuel Cells and Electrolysis Group
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) – Institute for Applied Materials – Electrochemical Technologies (IAM-ET)
 
10.2019 – 05.2021 Technical Project Engineer – Project Manager 
InSeWA – Innovation, service and maintenance, Weil im Schönbuch
 
08.2013 – 01.2020 Technical Project Engineer – Project Manager
IRONMAN Unlimited Events Germany GmbH, Hamburg
 
01.2018 – 03.2018 Bachelor´s Student – Research and Development
OVESCO Endoscopy AG, Tübingen
 
07.2017 – 12.2017 Junior Project Manager – Research and Development
OVESCO Endoscopy AG, Tübingen
 

 

Education

03.2019 – 12.2022  M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering – Energy Technology
Reutlingen University, Reutlingen
Thesis: Investigation of metallic interconnectors for solid oxide cells under extended operating conditions
Institute for Applied Materials – Electrochemical Technologies (IAM-ET)
 
09.2014 – 08.2018  B. Eng. in Industrial Engineering – Mechanical Engineering & Economy
Technical University Lübeck
Thesis: Development of an endoscopic extension system to detect lesions behind intestinal folds during colonoscopy
OVESCO Endoscopy AG, Tübingen
 

 

Current Projects

-PoWer - Potential of hydrogen engines for efficient and robust off-road application
https://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2024_098_mobility-hydrogen-engine-for-off-road-applications.php

-TrackAct - Tracking the active site in heterogeneous catalysis for emission control
https://www.trackact.kit.edu/


Current Research Fields

  • Technologies for reduction of local and global pollutants
  • Dynamics of chemical reactors, processes and heterogeneous catalysts
  • Preparation, characterization and kinetic testing of heterogeneous catalysts


Previous Research Fields

  • Electrochemical characterization (impedance spectroscopy) of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC/SOEC)
  • Development, design, modernization and construction of fuel cell test benches
  • Production of hydrogen from renewable energies using high-temperature electrolysis

 

Publications

09.2024 Pressurized Single Cell Testing of Solid Oxide Cells
C. Grosselindemann, M. Dorn, F. M. Bauer, M. Seim, M. Geörg, R. Rössler, A. Pundt and A. Weber (2024). 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234963
05.2024 Impact of CeCo-Coated Metallic Interconnectors on SOCs Towards Performance, Cr-Oxide-Scale, and Cr-Evaporation
C. Grosselindemann, M. J. Reddy, H. Störmer, D. Esau, M. Dorn, F. M. Bauer, D. Ewald, L. Wissmeier, J. Froitzheim and A. Weber (2024). 
http://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad44da
08.2023 From Ideal to Stack-like Contacting of an SOC
Grosselindemann, C., Esau, D., Dorn, M., F. M. Bauer, Wissmeier, L. and 
Weber, A. (2023).  
http://doi.org/10.1149/MA2023-015489mtgabs
05.2023 From Ideal to Stack-like Contacting of an SOC
Grosselindemann, C., Esau, D., Dorn, M., F. M. Bauer, Wissmeier, L. and 
Weber, A. (2023).  
https://doi.org/10.1149/11106.0533ecst
12.2022 Investigation of metallic interconnectors for solid oxide cells under extended operating conditions
F. M. Bauer (2022).  
https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000157639