Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Steffens

supervises doctoral candidates at the Graduate Centre for Engineering Sciences in the following subjects

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Mechanical Engineering

Research

Identifying, assessing and preventing
- Dust at work and in the environment
- Fugitive emissions
- Noise at work and in the environment
Development of measuring systems (measuring swarm, IoT application) for monitoring emissions and immissions
Immission protection (pollutants, sound/noise)
Safety technology (work, system, operational and product safety)

Functions

Professor for pollution control, safety technology and management systems at the THM (ex FH Gießen-Friedberg) since 2004
Deputy member of the Committee for Industrial Safety (ABS) since 2023
Auditor of the DQS German Society for the Certification of Management Systems mbH since 2003
Member of the Graduate Centre for Engineering Sciences since 2024