Prof. Dr. Philipp Schempp

Dr.-Ing.
Prof. Dr. Philipp Schempp

Campus Deutz
Betzdorfer Straße 2
50679 Köln
Room HO 2-30 Mailing address


  • Phone: +49 221-8275-4978

Office hours


No fixed office hours - just contact me via mail or phone

Positions

  • Chairman of Working Party 15 (Corrosion in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries) of EFC (European Federation of Corrosion)

Teaching disciplines

  • Materials Application - Material Behaviour during Manufacturing, Daily Service and Recycling with focus on Metallic Materials
  • Joining Technologies - important joining technologies and design, calculation, metallurgy + imperfections of fusion welds

Research fields

  • Prediction of Material Degradation on basis of Big Data Management and AI
  • Measurement Technology to detect Materials Degradation (e.g. corrosion)
  • Failure Analysis of Metallic Materials and Risk Management

Book chapter

  • Critical Conditions for Weld Solidification Crack Growth
    C.E. Cross, N. Coniglio, P. Schempp and M. Mousavi, 2011, Publisher: Hot Cracking Phenomena in Welds 3, Ed.: J. Lippold, T. Böllinghaus and C.E. Cross, p. 25-41, Springer, Berlin

PhD thesis

  • Grain refinement in aluminium GTA welds
    Philipp Schempp, 2013, Publisher: BAM-Dissertationsreihe, Band 111, 121 Seiten, BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin
    https://d-nb.info/1121035426/34

Journal paper (peer-reviewed)

  • About the Correlation Between Crude Oil Corrosiveness and Results From Corrosion Monitoring in an Oil Refinery
    P. Schempp, K. Preuß and M. Tröger, 2016, Publisher: NACE Corrosion, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 843-855
  • Understanding grain refinement in aluminium welding
    P. Schempp and M. Rethmeier, 2015, Publisher: Welding in the World, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 767-784
  • Grain structure in aluminium TIG welds
    P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, A. Pittner and M. Rethmeier, 2014, Publisher: Welding and Cutting, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 177-181
  • Kornfeinung in Aluminium-WIG-Schweißnähten
    P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, A. Pittner und M. Rethmeier, 2014, Publisher: Schweißen und Schneiden, Band 66, Heft 3, S. 120-125
  • Solidification of GTA Aluminum Weld Metal: Part 2 – Thermal Conditions and Model for Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition
    P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, A. Pittner and M. Rethmeier, 2014, Publisher: Welding Journal, Vol. 93, No. 3, pp. 69s-67s
  • Solidification of GTA Aluminum Weld Metal: Part I – Grain Morphology Dependent upon Alloy Composi-tion and Grain Refiner Content
    P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, A. Pittner, G. Oder, R.S. Neumann, H. Rooch, I. Dörfel, W. Österle and M. Rethmeier, 2014, Publisher: Welding Journal, Vol. 93, No. 2, pp. 53s-59s
  • Influence of solute content and solidification parameters on grain refinement of aluminum weld metal
    P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, A. Pittner and M. Rethmeier, 2013, Publisher: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 3198-3210
  • Influence of grain size on mechanical properties of aluminium GTA weld metal
    P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, R. Häcker, A. Pittner and M. Rethmeier, 2013, Publisher: Welding in the World, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 293-304
  • Influence of Ti and B additions on grain size and weldability of aluminium alloy 6082
    P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, C. Schwenk and M. Rethmeier, 2012, Publisher: Welding in the World, Vol. 56, No. 9-10, pp. 95-104
  • Weld Metal Grain Refinement of Aluminium Alloy 5083 through Controlled Additions of Ti and B
    P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, C. Schwenk and M. Rethmeier, 2011, Publisher: MP Materials Testing, Vol. 53, No. 10, pp. 604-609

Conference Proceedings

  • New approach for sulphidation prediction in crude oil refineries
    P. Schempp, S. Köhler, K. Preuß and M. Tröger, 2019, Publisher: EUROCORR 2019, Proceedings of the European Corrosion Congress, Paper No. 233938 (18 p.)
  • Corrosion in the crude distillation unit overhead line: Contributors and solutions
    P. Schempp, S. Köhler, M. Menzebach, K. Preuß and M. Tröger, 2017, Publisher: EUROCORR 2017, Proceedings of the European Corrosion Congress, Paper No. 88826 (15 p.)
  • Prediction, monitoring and inspection of high temperature sulphidation
    P. Schempp, S. Köhler, K. Preuß and M. Tröger, 2016, Publisher: EUROCORR 2016, Proceedings of the European Corrosion Congress, Paper No. 68895 (12 p.)
  • Influence of Alloy and Solidification Parameters on Grain Refinement in Aluminum Weld Metal due to Inoculation
    P. Schempp, Z. Tang, C.E. Cross, A. Pittner, T. Seefeld and M. Rethmeier, 2012, Publisher: Trends in Welding Research, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, p. 98-107, ASM International, Materials Park, USA
  • Kornfeinung beim WIG- und Laserstrahlschweißen von Aluminiumlegierungen
    Z. Tang, P. Schempp, T. Seefeld, C. Schwenk und F. Vollertsen, 2011, Publisher: DVS-Berichte, Band 275, S. 153-160, DVS-Verlag, Düsseldorf
  • Welt der Werkstoffe - talk, Folge 27
    M. Bonnet, P. Schempp, 2023, Publisher: Youtube Podcast
    Podcast

Sports magazine paper

  • Popo und seine Geliebte – Vulkantouren in Mexiko
    P. Schempp und B. Erhardt, 2019, Publisher: Bergsteiger, Vol. 02/19, pp. 102-108
  • Auf einsamen Wegen zu den Gipfeln der Sierra Nevada
    P. Schempp, 2017, Publisher: Schwaben Alpin, Vol. 93, No. 2, pp. 28-31
  • Tanz auf dem Vulkan - eine etwas andere Tour auf den höchsten Berg Spaniens
    P. Schempp und B. Erhardt, 2014, Publisher: Schwaben Alpin, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 28-31
  • P.Schempp: Make the Best of your Integrity Data to Reduce Maintenance Costs and to Increase Plant Availability
    Emerson Exchange EMEA 2024, Düsseldorf
    2024-02-28
  • P. Schempp: Collect, predict & optimise: Make the best of your big data to reduce material degradation
    EuroTAC Fall meeting, Copenhagen
    2023-11-10
  • P. Schempp: Prediction of Material Degradation on basis of Big Data and Machine Learning
    EUROCORR 2023 - European Corrosion Congress, Brussels
    2023-08-29
  • P. Schempp: Career Management – what should I do after finalising my PhD?
    BAM alumni colloquium (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing), Berlin
    2023-04-28
  • S. Köhler and P. Schempp: Understanding, Monitoring, Reacting (pro)actively - Corrosion Monitoring of Chemical Assets using the Example of a Refinery
    3 Countries Congress, Society for Corrosion Protection (GfKORR), virtually
    2020-11-03
  • P. Schempp: Prediction, Monitoring, and Prevention of Material Degradation when processing "opportunity crudes" in petrochemistry
    9th Materials Congress by the VAIS (Association for Process Engineering and Industrial Services), virtually
    2020-11-03
  • P. Schempp and S. Köhler: HTHA in HCU reactor effluent heat exchanger – Successful management of recent HTHA case at Shell Rheinland Refinery
    EUROCORR 2020 - European Corrosion Congress, virtuell
    2020-09-10
  • P. Schempp, S. Köhler, K. Preuß and M. Tröger: New approach for sulphidation prediction in crude oil refineries
    EUROCORR 2019 - European Corrosion Congress, Sevilla
    2019-09-11
  • P. Schempp: Corrosion in Petrochemistry - Mechanisms, Materials, and Weld Behaviour
    DVS Series of Lectures (German Association for Welding), Cologne
    2018-04-12
  • P. Schempp: Sensor big data management – opportunities and challenges
    European Permasense user group meeting, Gelsenkirchen
    2018-01-16
  • P. Schempp, S. Köhler, M. Menzebach, K. Preuß and M. Tröger: Corrosion in the crude distillation unit overhead line: Contributors and solutions
    EUROCORR 2017 - European Corrosion Congress, Prag
    2017-09-05
  • P. Schempp, S. Köhler, K. Preuß and M. Tröger: Prediction, monitoring and inspection of high tempera-ture sulphidation
    EUROCORR 2016 - European Corrosion Congress, Montpellier
    2016-09-13
  • P. Schempp: Corrosion prediction and monitoring on piping of Rheinland Refinery
    DVS Series of Lectures (German Association for Welding), Cologne
    2016-03-17
  • P. Schempp: Monitoring of high temperature corrosion
    European Permasense user group meeting, Karlsruhe
    2016-01-26
  • P. Schempp: Working for Shell - Perspectives as Materials and Corrosion Engineer in Rheinland Refinery
    Company on Campus Day, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe
    2014-10-23
  • P. Schempp: The future of energy supply
    BAM alumni colloquium (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing), Berlin
    2014-09-11
  • P. Schempp: Career @ Shell
    Bonding Industrial Fair, RWTH, Aachen
    2013-12-02
  • C.E. Cross, P. Schempp, A. Pittner and M. Rethmeier: Grain Refinement of Aluminum Weld Metal
    FABTECH, Chicago
    2013-11-19
  • P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, A. Pittner and M. Rethmeier: Influence of welding speed and grain refinement on grain morphology in aluminium GTA weld metal (Poster)
    International Conference and Expo on Materials Science & Engineering, Chicago
    2012-10-23
  • P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, R. Häcker, A. Pittner and M. Rethmeier: Influence of grain size on mechanical properties of aluminium GTA weld metal
    65th IIW Annual Assembly & International Conference, Denver
    2012-07-11
  • P. Schempp, Z. Tang, C.E. Cross, A. Pittner, T. Seefeld and M. Rethmeier: Influence of Alloy and Solidifica-tion Parameters on Grain Refinement in Aluminum Weld Metal due to Inoculation
    9th International Trends in Welding Research Conference, Chicago
    2012-06-06
  • P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, A. Pittner and M. Rethmeier: Influence of grain size on mechanical properties of aluminium GTA weld metal
    Intermediate meeting of IIW sub-commission IX, Cambridge
    2012-02-23
  • Z. Tang, P. Schempp, T. Seefeld, C. Schwenk and F. Vollertsen: Improvement of Weldability of Aluminium by Grain Refinement
    DVS Congress, Hamburg
    2011-09-28
  • P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, C. Schwenk and M. Rethmeier: Grain refinement of aluminium weld metal through inoculation with titanium-boron master alloy
    EUROMAT 2011 - European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes, Montpellier
    2011-09-14
  • P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, C. Schwenk and M. Rethmeier: Influence of Ti and B additions on grain size and weldability of aluminium alloy 6082
    64th IIW Annual Assembly & International Conference, Chennai
    2011-07-19
  • P. Schempp, C.E. Cross, C. Schwenk and M. Rethmeier: Influence of weld metal grain size on weldability of aluminium 6082
    Intermediate meeting of IIW sub-commission IX, Zoetermeer
    2011-03-18
  • EFC - European Federation of Corrosion
    EFC
  • DECHEMA - German Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
    DECHEMA
  • DAV - German Alpine Club
    DAV
  • Digitalisation and Computational Science VP Award (2021)
    for Shell-internal contribution to AI project
  • 2 SRAs / Special Recognition Awards (2019+2022)
    for Shell-internal contributions to Causal Learning after major incident and to optimisation of turnaround strategy ba application of RBI (risk-based inspection)
  • Henry Granjon Prize (2015)
    by the IIW (International Institute of Welding) in Category B "Materials Behaviour and Weldability" for research work "Understanding Grain Refinement in Aluminium Welding"
    DVS Magazine
  • PhD with distinction / summa cum laude (2013)
    Topic: "Grain refinement in Aluminium GTA welds"
    PhD thesis
Since 2023 Professor for Materials Application, TH Köln
R&D and teaching in field of metallic materials with focus on material degradation. Special focus on prediction of material degradation on basis of big data management and AI. TH Köln, IWA (Institute of Applied Materials)
2022-2023 Team Lead Project Inspection & QA/QC, Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, Köln
Lead of project inspection team (14 internal+external staff) with focus on mechanical design + inspection of new pressure equipment and technical warehouse inspection Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland
2019-2022 Senior Materials and Corrosion Engineer, Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, Köln
Lead of Materials and Corrosion team (6 internal+external staff) at 1 of 2 sites of Refinery (Godorf) Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland
2015-2017 Lecturer, TH Köln
Lecturer for Mechanical Design TH Köln, Institute of Mechanical Engineering
2013-2019 Materials and Corrosion Engineer, Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, Köln
Materials and corrosion assessments for petrochemical units, corrosion prediction (simulation + machine learning) and monitoring, RBI (Risk-based Inspection), failure analysis + materials selection for static pressure equipment Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland
2009-2013 PhD student, BAM (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing), Berlin
Welding and casting of aluminium alloys, metallurgical investigations, materials testing, electron beam analysis, aquisition + execution of research projects, management of PhD student seminar + tutoring of students BAM
2009-2013 Doctoral studies, TU Berlin
Degree: Dr.-Ing., final mark: with distinction / summa cum laude, PhD thesis "Grain refinement in aluminium GTA welds" TU Berlin
2003-2009 Academic studies on Mechanical Engineering, University of Stuttgart
Degree: Dipl.-Ing., final mark: 1.6 (five point scale), main subjects: mechanical design and materials science University of Stuttgart
2002-2003 Soldier, Mountain Infantry Batallion 231, Bad Reichenhall
Military Service Bundeswehr/GebJgBtl 231
1993-2002 Secondary school, Schubart-Gymnasium Aalen
Degree: Abitur (comparable to A-level), final mark: 1.5 (five-point-scale), main subjects: Physics and French Schubart-Gymnasium

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