Pictures of the Month 2024

Christmas is the time of cookies and gingerbread. The members of the Institute wish you all a Merry Christmas, Season's Greetings and all the best for 2025!
December 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Mattia Graiff who received his PhD on 16 October 2024. He worked on the test rig integration and experimental analyis of the flow within a turbine vane frame
November 2024
In July our new head Robert Krewinkel invited for the first time members, former members, friends and partners to our traditional summer BBQ.
October 2024
Marian Staggl and Nicolaus Krajnc returned from the ASME conference in London by bike. Havin driven 1600 km through England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria they arrived in Graz after 11 days.
September 2024
10 members of the institute attended the ASME Turbo Expo Conference 2024 in London. They reported about their research work in 7 papers and one poster.
August 2024
On May 21st, Prof. Franz Heitmeir held his farewell lecture “Will we fly with turbomachines also in the future?” Dean Franz Haas, the former rectors Hans Sünkel and Harald Kainz as well as the new head of the institute Robert Krewinkel were among the many participants and congratulators.
July 2024
Many institute members and students took part in the excursion to Linz AG invited by Dr. Christian Scheinecker, head of energy generation. We were lucky to see an open steam turbine and heat recovery steam generator during the overhaul.
June 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Filippo Merli who received his PhD on 19 March 2024. He worked on the aerodynamics of Turbine Center Frames and Turbine Vane Frames
May 2024
Some impressions from the institute skiing day in Obertauern
April 2024
Captain Robert Krewinkel and former captain Franz Heitmeir in the cockpit of the Boeing 727 in the Nova Air restaurant during the Christmas dinner. Later, Martin Haubenhofer and Florian Plank took over the control.
March 2023
Jakob Woisetschläger made a historical city tour with interested members of the institute, which ended at the rooftop cafeteria
February 2024
Patrick Jagerhofer and Ena Badzek perform the last pre-test checkups before the IDOMINEO test facility goes into operation
January 2024