M.Sc. Uwe Etzien

Test Bed Engineer

General Information:

Tel:                 +49 (0) 381/498-9157
Fax:               +49 (0) 381/498-9152
E-Mail:           uwe.etzienuni-rostockde

Projects

  • SAARUS - "Optimisation of exhaust gas scrubbing technology to reduce environmentally harmful ship emissions"

    Further information can be found at www.saarus.de

     

Academic C.V.

Since 2019 Research Assistant in the department of Piston Machines and Internal Combustion Engines
2012–2019 Research Engineer, FVTR GmbH, Rostock
2010–2012 Master's in Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Rostock, specialising in Energy & Environmental Engineering
2009 Industrial internship at MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, PrimeServ Hamburg
2007–2010 Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Rostock
2007 Basic business management internship at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Hamburg
2006 2007 Basic Military Service
2006 A-levels /Abitur am Gymnasium Friderico – Francisceum, Bad Doberan

Publications

  1. Shukla, D., Czech, H., Kokkola, T., Bauer, M., Paul, A., Etzien, U., Ihalainen, M., Fang, Z., Hartikainen, A., Gawlitta, N., Hohaus, T., Rudich, Y., Streibel, T., Buchholz, B., Sippula, O., Øvrevik, J., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Zimmermann, R.; "Emission speciation of volatile and intermediate volatility organic compounds from a marine engine: effect of engine load, fuel type and photochemical aging" , (2025) Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 5 (9), pp. 973 - 986, DOI: 10.1039/d5ea00040h
  2. Saraji-Bozorgzad, M.R., Bendl, J., Jeong, S., Padoan, S., Mudan, A., Etzien, U., Giocastro, B., Schade, J., Kaefer, U., Streibel, T., Buchholz, B., Zimmermann, R., Adam, T.; " Influence of low and high sulphur marine engine fuels and wet scrubbing on heavy metal emissions from ships" , (2025) Science of the Total Environment, 999, art. no. 180254, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180254
  3. Paul, A., Kokkola, T., Fang, Z., Ihalainen, M., Czech, H., Etzien, U., Hohaus, T., Sippula, O., Rudich, Y., Buchholz, B., Kiendler-Scharr, A., Zimmermann, R.; " The impact of photochemical aging on secondary aerosol formation from a marine engine", (2025) npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8 (1), art. no. 106, DOI: 10.1038/s41612-025-00985-2
  4. Jeong, S., Pantzke, J., Offer, S., Käfer, U., Bendl, J., Saraji-Bozorgzad, M.R., Huber, A., Michalke, B., Etzien, U., Jakobi, G., Orasche, J., Czech, H., Rüger, C.P., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Streibel, T., Buchholz, B., Adam, T., Sklorz, M., Di Bucchianico, S., Zimmermann, R.; "In vitro genotoxic and mutagenic potentials of combustion particles from marine fuels with different sulfur contents", (2025) Environment International, 198, art. no. 109440, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109440
  5. Anders, L., Bauer, M., Jeong, S., Schmidt, M., Hakkim, H., Kalamašņikovs, A., Rosewig, E.I., Schade, J., Irsig, R., Ehlert, S., Bendl, J., Saraji-Bozorgzad, M.R., Giocastro, B., Käfer, U., Etzien, U., Buchholz, B., Adam, T., Sklorz, M., Streibel, T., Czech, H., Passig, J., Zimmermann, R.; "Limited efficiency of wet scrubbers in reducing the environmental impact of ship-emitted particles", (2025) Environmental Chemistry Letters, 23 (4), art. no. 101055, pp. 923 - 929, DOI: 10.1007/s10311-025-01830-x
  6. Hartikainen, A., Ihalainen, M., Shukla, D., Rohkamp, M., Mukherjee, A., He, Q., Piel, S., Virkkula, A., Li, D., Kokkola, T., Jeong, S., Koponen, H., Etzien, U., Das, A., Luoma, K., Schwalb, L., Gröger, T., Barth, A., Sklorz, M., Streibel, T., Czech, H., Gündling, B., Kalberer, M., Buchholz, B., Hupfer, A., Adam, T., Hohaus, T., Øvrevik, J., Zimmermann, R., Sippula, O.; "Photochemical aging of aviation emissions: Transformation of chemical and physical properties of exhaust emissions from a laboratory-scale jet engine combustion chamber"(2025) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25 (16), pp. 9275 - 9294, DOI: 10.5194/acp-25-9275-2025
  7. H. Czech, F. Wenig, T. Streibel, U. Etzien, R. Zimmermann, B. Buchholz, “Low-carbon fuels for non-road machinery: Emissions from a 45 kW one-cylinder four-stroke engine operated on ammonia with diesel pilot ignition”, European Aerosol Conference 2025, Lecce, Italy
  8. Wenig, F., Buchholz, B., Etzien, U., Prehn, S., Bank, R., & Sadlowski, T. (2025, Mai 19). Exhaust gas treatment concept with coordinated combustion process management for NH3-diesel engines. CIMAC Congress 2025, Zürich, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15276108
  9. Anders, L., Schade, J., Rosewig, E.I., Kröger-Badge, T., Irsig, R., Jeong, S., Bendl, J., Saraji-Bozorgzad, M.R., Huang, J.-H., Zhang, F.-Y., Wang, C.C., Adam, T., Sklorz, M., Etzien, U., Buchholz, B., Czech, H., Streibel, T., Passig, J., Zimmermann, R.
    "Detection of ship emissions from distillate fuel operation via single-particle profiling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons" (2023) Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 3 (8), pp. 1134-1144.
  10. Schneider, E., Czech, H., Hansen, H.J., Jeong, S., Bendl, J., Saraji-Bozorgzad, M., Sklorz, M., Etzien, U., Buchholz, B., Streibel, T., Adam, T.W., Rüger, C.P., Zimmermann, R.
    “Humic-like Substances (HULIS) in Ship Engine Emissions: Molecular Composition Effected by Fuel Type, Engine Mode, and Wet Scrubber Usage” (2023),  Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (37), pp. 13948-13958.
  11. Jan Bendl, Mohammad Reza Saraji-Bozorgzad, Uwe Käfer, Sara Padoan, Ajit Mudan, Uwe Etzien, Barbara Giocastro, Julian Schade, Seongho Jeong, Evelyn Kuhn, Martin Sklorz, Christoph Grimmer, Thorsten Streibel, Bert Buchholz, Ralf Zimmermann, Thomas Adam, How do different marine engine fuels and wet scrubbing affect gaseous air pollutants and ozone formation potential from ship emissions?, Environmental Research, Volume 260, 2024, ISSN 0013-9351, doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119609.
  12. Etzien, Uwe; Gierenz, Niklas; Buchholz, Bert; Streibel, Thorsten; Zimmermann, Ralf; Jeong, Seongho; Adam, Thomas; Cwierz, Paul; Hammer, Karoline; Schulz-Bull, Detlef: „Investigations on combined scrubbing & particle filtration technologies for maritime applications“. In: 30th CIMAC World Congress 2023. Ed. by VDMA. 2023.
  13. Jeong, S., Bendl, J., Saraji-Bozorgzad, M., Käfer, U., Etzien, U., Schade, J., Bauer, M., Jakobi, G., Orasche, J., Fisch, K., Cwierz, P., Rüger, Ch., Czech, H., Karg, E., Heyen, G., Krausnick, M., Geissler, A., Geipel, Ch., Streibel, T., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Sklorz, M., Schulz-Bull, D., Buchholz, B., Adam, T.; Zimmermann, R. 2022. Aerosol emissions from a marine diesel engine running on different fuels and effects of exhaust gas cleaning measures. Environmental Pollution, 316 (2023): 120526.
  14. Etzien, U., Gierenz, N., Buchholz, B., Streibel, T., Zimmermann, R., Jeong, S., Sklorz, M., Käfer, U., Bendl, J., Saraji-Bozorgzad, M., Adam, T.: Reduction of Particulate Emissions from Ships: A necessary Task for the near Future!, CIMAC Tech-Talk, 13.09.2022
  15. Etzien, U., Gierenz, N., Buchholz, B., Streibel, T., Zimmermann, R., Adam, T.: Particulate Emissions from Ships: An underestimated Problem, Analytica 2022, München, 21.-24.06.2022
  16. Kösling, P., Rüger, Ch., Schade, J., Ehlert, S., Etzien, U., Kozhinov, A., Tsybin, Y., Rigler, M., Adam, T., Walte, A., Buchholz, B., Zimmermann, R. 2022. Real-Time Investigation of Primary Ship Engine Emissions by Vacuum Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization High-Resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry, Analytical Chemistry, 94(48), 16855 – 16863.
  17. Etzien, U., Bank, R., Rabe, R. Bauer, T.; "Dry Scrubbing Technology: Improvement of Desulfurization Agnet and Cleaning Technology"; CIMAC Congress 2019; 10.-13. Juni 2019; Vancouver, Kanada
  18. Bank, R.; Etzien, U.; Buchholz, B.; Harndorf, H.; Bauer, T.; Thijssen, M.: "Development of Dry Scrubber Technology: New Absorbent Technologies for Two and Four Stroke Applications", CIMAC-Congress, Helsinki, Finland, June 6-10, 2016;
  19. Bank, R; Etzien, U.; Buchholz, B.; Harndorf, H.; Müller, A.; Costa-Patry, E.; Langeheinecke, K.-J.; Stöber-Schmidt, C.-P.: "Potential and Challenges of Technology Transfer from On Road Applications to Large Bore Diesel Engines", CIMAC Congress, Helsinki, Finland, June 6-10, 2016;
  20. Bank, R.; Etzien, U.; Buchholz, B.; Harndorf, H.: "Methane Catalysts at an Upstream Turbine Position", MTZ Industrial, Springer-Verlag, Ausgabe 01/2015, S. 14-21, ISSN 2194-8690, März 2015;
  21. Bank, R.; Etzien, U.; Buchholz, B.; Harndorf, H.: "Potential for the Catalytic Reduction of CH4 at an Upstream TC Turbine Position", Heavy-Duty-, On- und Off-Highway-Motoren, 9. Internationale MTZ-Fachtagung, 18.-19. November 2014;
  22. Naumov, S.; Langeheinecke, K.-J.; Bank, R.; Etzien, U.; Kabitzke, J.; Harndorf, H.; Buchholz, B.: "Operation Strategy Requirements for Modern Light-Duty diesel Engines resulting from the Exhaust Gas Treatment System", 8. Internationales Forum Abgas- und Partikel-Emissionen, Ludwigsburg, 01.-02. April 2014;
  23. Bank, R.; Buchholz, B.; Harndorf, H.; Rabe, R.; Etzien, U.: "High-Pressure SCR at Large Diesel Engines for Reliable NOx-Reduction and Compliance with IMO Tier III Standards", CIMAC Congress, Shanghai, China, May 13-16, 2013;
  24. Etzien, U.; Bank, R.; Buchholz, B.; Harndorf, H; Rabe, R.: “Analysis of the conversion characteristics of SCR catalysts with different cell densities at modified exhaust gas pressure and engine operation on sulfur-containing fuels”, 8th MTZ Conference Heavy-Duty On- and Off-Highway Engines, 5.-6. November 2013;
  25. Bank, R.; Buchholz, B.; Harndorf, H.; Rabe, R.; Etzien, U.: "Analyse des Konversionsverhaltens von SCR-Katalysatoren unter den Betriebsbedingungen IMO Tier III konformer Großdieselmotoren", 2. Rostocker Großmotorentagung, 17.-18. September 2012;

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