What do food, textiles, environmental samples, chemical manufacturing processes and doping tests have in common? The chemical composition of all of these can be analyzed using the same analysis method - HPLC.
From left to right: Mattias Röhr, Bastian Kannengiesser, Dr. Alexander Bünz, Jost Wellensiek, Prof. Dr. Edwin Kreuzer, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Müller, Prof. Dr. Andreas Liese and Prof. Dr. An-Ping Zeng. Photo: Jupitz, TUHH
The Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) accepted the donation of a new Smartline HPLC system from KNAUER for use in education and training in the chemical engineering department. KNAUER's Managing Director, Dr. Alexander Bünz, presented the HPLC system worth 28 000 Euro to Prof. Dr. Andreas Liese in the presence of the Dean of Studies Prof. Dr. An-Ping Zeng, as well as several students of process engineering on July 9th.
HPLC stands for "high performance liquid chromatography", a powerful and universal chemical analysis method which has become indispensable in modern laboratories. With an HPLC system of their own, process engineers studying at TUHH can learn how to use this important technology during their studies, before they enter the professional marketplace.
"We want to introduce students to interdisciplinary research early on, as is typical of the TUHH. The instrumentation donated by KNAUER enables our future engineers to become familiar with modern analysis methods at the interface of chemistry and chemical engineering", said Prof. Dr. Andreas Liese at the donation ceremony in Hamburg.
"The use of modern analytical instruments is very important for future engineers. We are pleased to support a higher standard of education at the TUHH with our donation" said Dr. Alexander Bünz, himself a former engineering student at TUHH in the 80's and one of the first to receive a doctorate from the university in 1995.
KNAUER develops and manufactures chromatography instruments for diverse analysis tasks in laboratories - for example, for the quantification or purification of dissolved substances in fluids with a complex composition. KNAUER is specialized in several chemical analysis methods including ultra-high performance liquid chromatography at pressures up to 1000 bar, as well as analytical and preparative HPLC. These systems are used worldwide in research and development and in quality control as well as production laboratories. Applications include pharmaceutical and medical research, the analysis of foods, petrochemical products, and fine chemicals, as well as environmental analysis.
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