Robert Sterchi

Work at ZHAW

Position

Scientific Employee, Professional Trainer

Focus

• R&D Projects in the Field of Process Engineering and Material Analysis
• Services in the Field of Process Engineering and Material Analysis

Teaching

• Support of Students in Master and Bachelor
• Professional training for apprentices as EFZ laboratory technicians chemistry

Experience

• Scientific Employee - Laboratory for Process Engineering
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  01 / 2022 - today
• Scientific Employee - Laboratory for Material Analysis
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  03 / 2013 - 12 / 2021
• Scientific Employee - Laboratory for Ceramic Materials
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  01 / 2011 - 02 / 2013
• Scientific Assistant - Laboratory for Polymer Coatings
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  12 / 2007 - 12 / 2010

Education and Continuing education

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry / Chemistry
Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur
10 / 2004 - 11 / 2007

Continuing Education

Professional Trainer
Professional Training School Winterthur BBW
06 / 2023

Network

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Sustainable production of new green monomers / Team member / completed
• Scaling up Bio-based Production of High-Purity Acetic Acid / Deputy project leader / completed
• ISOPINE – Capturing Isoprene from Untouched Renewable Resources / Team member / completed
• Development of an effective extraction method of insect-pathogenic granuloviruses for innovative and sustainable plant protection / Team member / completed
• Improved distillation of bio-based acetic acid / Co-project leader / completed
• IR-cell for inline-monitoring of extractions with supercritical CO2 / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Sterchi, R. et al. (2023) 'In situ attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopic monitoring of supercritical CO2 extraction for green process applications', Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62(8), pp. 3828–3832. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03558.
• Siegmann, K. et al. (2017) 'Spectroscopy on photografted polyethylene surfaces using a perfluorophenyl azide : evidence for covalent attachment', Surface and Interface Analysis, 50(2), pp. 205–211. doi: 10.1002/sia.6359.
• Siegmann, K. et al. (2013) 'Lime repellent polyethylene additives', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 129(5), pp. 2727–2734. doi: 10.1002/APP.38928.
• Siegmann, K. et al. (2011) 'Sol-gel coatings with lime repellent properties', Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 59(3), pp. 574–579. doi: 10.1007/s10971-011-2530-8.

Other publications

• Gorbar, M. et al. (2019) 'Multi-color gradient ceramics produced by aqueous tape casting', in XVI Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS), Torino, Italy, 16-20 June 2019.
• Siegmann, K. et al. (2014) 'Schepeneses mumifizierte Organe', Göttinger Miszellen. Edited by H. Sternberg-El Hotabi, 2014(240), pp. 37–51. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3787.

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