Rate My Professor Sabine Flamme

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sabine Flamme serves as a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Fachhochschule Münster, where her teaching and research focus on resource, material flow, and infrastructure management. Born in 1967 in Büren, she pursued dual studies from 1987 to 1994 at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Münster, earning a Diplom-Verwaltungswirtin (FH), and subsequently at Fachhochschule Münster in Civil Engineering with a specialization in settlement water and waste management, obtaining a Dipl.-Ing. (FH). Between 1997 and 2002, she participated in the Assistentenprogramm funded by the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry for School, Science, and Research, conducted preparatory doctoral studies at Bergische Universität Wuppertal in Civil Engineering, and was awarded her Dr.-Ing. degree in July 2002. Her early professional experience included a brief role as Regional Inspector at Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe in 1990. From August 1994 to October 2005, she worked as a Project Manager at INFA - Institute for Waste, Wastewater and Infrastructure Management GmbH in Ahlen, advancing to Head of the Department for mechanical and energetic waste treatment in December 2001 and Scientific Director in June 2006. Since 1996, she has lectured at HWK Bildungszentrum Münster. Appointed professor at Fachhochschule Münster in October 2005, she celebrated 20 years in the professorship and 25 years in public service.

At Fachhochschule Münster, Prof. Flamme is affiliated with the IWARU - Institute for Infrastructure, Water, Resources, and Environment, serving on its Management Board and leading the Water and Resource Management specialist group. Her research addresses sustainable resource use, including waste-to-energy processes, quality standards for solid recovered fuels, recycling of lithium-ion batteries, and circular economy strategies in construction and urban infrastructure. Notable publications include 'Status of waste-to-energy in Germany, Part I - Waste treatment facilities' (2020, co-authored with Weber, Quicker, Hanewinkel), 'Recycling Strategies for Spent Consumer Lithium-Ion Batteries' (2024, with Petzold), 'Quality standards and requirements for solid recovered fuels' (2012, with Geiping), and 'Construction suitable for recycling' (2016, with Rohde). She contributes to the university's Commission for Research and Transfer and leads projects such as R2Q for resource efficiency in urban neighborhoods and Kreislaufgerechte Planung von Gebäuden. Her work advances resource-efficient practices in engineering and environmental management.