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Tim Ricken

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing.

Head of Department
Institute of Structural Mechanics and Dynamics in Aerospace Engineering

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70569 Stuttgart
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  1. 2026

    1. Azhdari, M., Kamrava, M., Rezazadeh, G., Pathak, R., Schulze-Späte, U., Ricken, T., & Seyedpour, S. M. (2026). From mechanical models to clinical reality: A systematic review of finite element advances in dental implant design, biomechanics, and optimization. Materials Today Communications, 50, 114314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.114314
    2. Mandl, L., Nayak, D., Ricken, T., & Goswami, S. (2026). Physics-informed time-integrated DeepONet: Temporal tangent space operator learning for high-accuracy inference. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 455, 118917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2026.118917
    3. Brodbeck, M., Bertrand, F., & Ricken, T. (2026). Adaptive Finite Element Methods Based on Flux Equilibration Using FEniCSx. In J. S. Dokken, H. N. Finsberg, J. S. Hale, M. E. Rognes, & M. W. Scroggs (Eds.), The FEniCS Project (Vol. 19, pp. 1–12). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17396-6_1
    4. Pathak, R., Seyedpour, S. M., Kutschan, B., Thom, A., Thoms, S., & Ricken, T. (2026). Computational modeling of sea ice freezing dynamics across scales. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 309, 111010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2025.111010
    5. Araz, F., Seyedpour, S. M., Ricken, T., & Armiti-Juber, A. (2026). Asymptotic reduction modelling for partially saturated soil based on the Theory of Porous Media. Computational Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-026-02761-2
    6. Azhdari, M., Rezazadeh, G., Pathak, R., Tautenhahn, H.-M., Tautenhahn, F., Ricken, T., & Seyedpour, S. M. (2026). A critical review of non-Fourier heat transfer theories with phase lag in bio-heating: Explaining the variations in reported phase lag coefficients. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 220, 110376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2025.110376
    7. Padhy, M., Ricken, T., & Armiti-Juber, A. (2026). From quasi-static to dynamics: A hierarchical asymptotic model and multigrid-in-time method for poroelasticity. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 454, 118837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2026.118837

  2. 2025

    1. Pathak, R., Seyedpour, S. M., Kutschan, B., Thoms, S., & Ricken, T. (2025). A coupled multiscale description of seasonal Physical--BioGeoChemical dynamics in Southern Ocean Marginal Ice Zone. Environmental Modelling & Software, 185, 106270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106270
    2. Suditsch, M., Wagner, A., & Ricken, T. (2025). Onco*: An umbrella Python framework for modelling and simulation of oncological scenarios. Journal of Computational Science, 85, 102533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2025.102533
    3. Gupta, I., Schanz, M., & Ricken, T. (2025). Thrombosis Simulation Using a Triphasic Porous Medium Model: Application to Aortic Dissection. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 151, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1061/JENMDT.EMENG-8468
    4. Armiti-Juber, A., & Ricken, T. (2025). A multigrid two-scale modeling approach for nonlinear multiphysical systems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 433, 117523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2024.117523
    5. Suditsch, M., Egli, F. S., Lambers, L., & Ricken, T. (2025). Growth in biphasic tissue. International Journal of Engineering Science, 208, 104183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104183
    6. Azhdari, M., Rezazadeh, G., Pathak, R., Tautenhahn, H.-M., Tautenhahn, F., Ricken, T., & Seyedpour, S. M. (2025). Non-Fourier bioheat transfer modeling: An extensive critical review of state of the art, caveats, and future directions. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 169, 109509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2025.109509
    7. Ali Mirza, Z., Azhdari, M., Kolomenskiy, D., Rezazadeh, G., Ricken, T., Pathak, R., Tautenhahn, H.-M., Tautenhahn, F., & Seyedpour, S. M. (2025). Enhancing laser therapy procedure through surface temperature control in multi-layered skin tissue. Journal of Thermal Biology, 129, 104106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2025.104106
    8. Azhdari, M., Rezazadeh, G., Ricken, T., Pathak, R., Tautenhahn, H.-M., Tautenhahn, F., & Seyedpour, S. M. (2025). Temperature distribution in multi-layered skin tissue during laser irradiation considering epidermis sublayers: Virtual Element Method approach. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 59, 103297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103297
    9. Arasteh-Khoshbin, O., Seyedpour, S. M., Mandl, L., Lambers, L., & Ricken, T. (2025). Comparing durability and compressive strength predictions of hyperoptimized random forests and artificial neural networks on a small dataset of concrete containing nano SiO2 and RHA. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 29, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/19648189.2024.2393881
    10. Brodbeck, M., Suditsch, M., Seyedpour, S. M., & Ricken, T. (2025). Phase transition in porous materials: effects of material parameters and deformation regime on mass conservativity. Computational Mechanics, 75, Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-024-02557-2
    11. Pathak, R., Seyedpour, S. M., Kutschan, B., Thom, A., Thoms, S., & Ricken, T. (2025). Simulating sea ice freezing using a continuum mechanical multi-phase and multi-component homogenization framework. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 239, 104591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2025.104591
    12. Kutschan, B., Thoms, S., Thom, A., Pathak, R., & Ricken, T. (2025). Phase boundary dynamics for ice nucleation and growth processes in fresh and sea water. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 481, 134855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2025.134855
    13. Grünfelder, N., Padhy, M., Armiti-Juber, A., Seyedpour, S. M., Waschinsky, N., & Ricken, T. (2025). Reduced-order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projection. Results in Engineering, 27, 106529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.106529
    14. Tahouni, S., Azhdari, M., Rezazadeh, G., Fathalilou, M., Pathak, R., Ricken, T., & Seyedpour, S. M. (2025). Experimental and numerical analysis of heat transfer in polymer composites with metallic inclusions using virtual element method. Materials & Design, 255, 114172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.114172
    15. Mandl, L., Goswami, S., Lambers, L., & Ricken, T. (2025). Separable physics-informed DeepONet : Breaking the curse of dimensionality in physics-informed machine learning. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 434, 117586.
    16. Egli, F. S., Seyedpour, S. M., Pachenari, M., Pierce, D. M., & Ricken, T. (2025). Computational modeling of articular cartilage: Mechanical experiments, sensitivity analyses, parameter identification, and validation. Acta Biomaterialia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2025.07.043
    17. Almasi, A., Ricken, T., & Pierce, D. M. (2025). Finite elements of multiscale mixtures (FE2M) in three dimensions: theory, numerical implementation, and analyses. Computational Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-025-02669-3
    18. Brodbeck, M., Grünfelder, N., Bertrand, F., & Ricken, T. (2025). Equilibration--Based A Posteriori Error Estimates for Solid Mechanics. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics & Mechanics, 25, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.70045
    19. Ricken, T., Azhdari, M., Rezazadeh, G., Pathak, R., & Seyedpour, S. M. (2025). Heat Transfer Modeling in Two-Dimensional Porous Composite Structure with Polymer Matrix and Metal Particles Using the Virtual Element Method Under Laser Heating. In W. Graf, R. Fleischhauer, J. Storm, & I. Wollny (Eds.), Advances and Challenges in Computational Mechanics (pp. 403–417). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93213-7_32

  3. 2024

    1. Brodbeck, M., Egli, F. S., Suditsch, M., Seyedpour, S. M., & Ricken, T. (2024). On the influence of non-linearity within two-phase poro-elasticity: Numerical examples and counterexamples. Examples and Counterexamples, 6, 100167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exco.2024.100167
    2. Soltani, K., Seyedpour, S. M., Ricken, T., & Rezazadeh, G. (2024). Transient high-frequency spherical wave propagation in porous medium using fractional calculus technique. Acta Mechanica, 235, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-023-03780-3
    3. Pathak, R., Seyedpour, S. M., Kutschan, B., Thom, A., Thoms, S., & Ricken, T. (2024). Modeling freezing and BioGeoChemical processes in Antarctic sea ice. Pamm, 24, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202400047
    4. Maike, S., Schröder, J., Bluhm, J., & Ricken, T. (2024). A mesh--in--element method for the theory of porous media. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.7565
    5. Grünfelder, N., Savall, B. P., Seyedpour, S. M., Waschinsky, N., & Ricken, T. (2024). Exploring the dependencies of Poisson’s ratio in auxetic structures. Pamm. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202400073
    6. Seyedpour, S. M., Azhdari, M., Lambers, L., Ricken, T., & Rezazadeh, G. (2024). One-dimensional thermomechanical bio-heating analysis of viscoelastic tissue to laser radiation shapes. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 218, 124747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.124747
    7. Lambers, L., Waschinsky, N., Schleicher, J., König, M., Tautenhahn, H.-M., Albadry, M., Dahmen, U., & Ricken, T. (2024). Quantifying fat zonation in liver lobules: an integrated multiscale in silico model combining disturbed microperfusion and fat metabolism via a continuum biomechanical bi-scale, tri-phasic approach. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-023-01797-0
    8. Pi Savall, B., Seyedpour, S. M., & Ricken, T. (2024). Experimental Analysis of Strain and Thermal Behaviour on 3D Printed Flexible Auxetic Structures. In H. Altenbach, L. Hitzler, M. Johlitz, M. Merkel, & A. Öchsner (Eds.), Lectures Notes on Advanced Structured Materials 2 (pp. 85–102). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49043-95
    9. Azhdari, M., Rezazadeh, G., Lambers, L., Ricken, T., Tautenhahn, H.-M., Tautenhahn, F., & Seyedpour, S. M. (2024). Refining thermal therapy: Temperature distribution modeling with distinct absorption in multi-layered skin tissue during infrared laser exposure. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 157, 107818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.107818
    10. Trivedi, Z., Wychowaniec, J. K., Gehweiler, D., Sprecher, C. M., Boger, A., Gueorguiev, B., D’Este, M., Ricken, T., & Röhrle, O. (2024). Rheological Analysis and Evaluation of Measurement Techniques for Curing Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Bone Cement in Vertebroplasty. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 10, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c00417
    11. Tautenhahn, H.-M., Ricken, T., Dahmen, U., Mandl, L., Bütow, L., Gerhäusser, S., Lambers, L., Chen, X., Lehmann, E., Dirsch, O., & König, M. (2024). SimLivA-Modeling ischemia-reperfusion injury in the liver: A first step towards a clinical decision support tool. GAMM-Mitteilungen. https://doi.org/10.1002/gamm.202370003
    12. Trivedi, Z., Wychowaniec, J. K., Gehweiler, D., Sprecher, C. M., Boger, A., Gueorguiev, B., D’Este, M., Ricken, T., & Röhrle, O. (2024). Rheological Analysis and Evaluation of Measurement Techniques for Curing Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Bone Cement in Vertebroplasty. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 10, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c00417
    13. Suditsch, M., Wagner, A., & Ricken, T. (2024). OncoTUM models. DaRUS. https://doi.org/10.18419/DARUS-4647

  4. 2023

    1. Mandl, L., Mielke, A., Seyedpour, S. M., & Ricken, T. (2023). Affine transformations accelerate the training of physics-informed neural networks of a one-dimensional consolidation problem. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42141-x
    2. Soltani, K., Seyedpour, S. M., Ricken, T., & Rezazadeh, G. (2023). Transient high-frequency spherical wave propagation in porous medium using fractional calculus technique. Acta Mechanica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-023-03780-3
    3. Arasteh-Khoshbin, O., Seyedpour, S. M., Brodbeck, M., Lambers, L., & Ricken, T. (2023). On effects of freezing and thawing cycles of concrete containing nano-Formula: see text: experimental study of material properties and crack simulation. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48211-4
    4. Azhdari, M., Seyedpour, S. M., Lambers, L., Tautenhahn, H.-M., Tautenhahn, F., Ricken, T., & Rezazadeh, G. (2023). Non-local three phase lag bio thermal modeling of skin tissue and experimental evaluation. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 149, 107146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2023.107146
    5. Seyedpour, S. M., Thom, A., & Ricken, T. (2023). Simulation of Contaminant Transport through the Vadose Zone: A Continuum Mechanical Approach within the Framework of the Extended Theory of Porous Media (eTPM). Water, 15, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15020343
    6. Trivedi, Z., Gehweiler, D., Wychowaniec, J. K., Ricken, T., Gueorguiev-Rüegg, B., Wagner, A., & Röhrle, O. (2023). Analysing the bone cement flow in the injection apparatus during vertebroplasty. Pamm, 23, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202200295
    7. Suditsch, M., Ricken, T., & Wagner, A. (2023). Patient--specific simulation of brain tumour growth and regression. Pamm, 23, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202200213
    8. Seyedpour, S. M., Lambers, L., Rezazadeh, G., & Ricken, T. (2023). Mathematical modelling of the dynamic response of an implantable enhanced capacitive glaucoma pressure sensor. Measurement: Sensors, 30, 100936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measen.2023.100936
    9. Azhdari, M., Seyedpour, S. M., Ricken, T., & Rezazadeh, G. (2023). On the thermo-vibrational response of multi-layer viscoelastic skin tissue to laser irradiation. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 187, 108160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2023.108160
    10. Seyedpour, S. M., Henning, C., Kirmizakis, P., Herbrandt, S., Ickstadt, K., Doherty, R., & Ricken, T. (2023). Uncertainty with Varying Subsurface Permeabilities Reduced Using Coupled Random Field and Extended Theory of Porous Media Contaminant Transport Models. Water, 15, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15010159
    11. Völter, J.-S. L., Ricken, T., & Röhrle, O. (2023). About the applicability of the theory of porous media for the modelling of non--isothermal material injection into porous structures. Pamm, 23, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202200070
    12. Trivedi, Z., Gehweiler, D., Wychowaniec, J. K., Ricken, T., Gueorguiev, B., Wagner, A., & Röhrle, O. (2023). A continuum mechanical porous media model for vertebroplasty: Numerical simulations and experimental validation. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 22, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-023-01715-4
    13. Paul, F., Schwarz, C., Audh, R. R., Bluhm, J., Johnson, S., MacHutchon, K., Mielke, T., Mishra, A., Rampai, T., Ricken, T., Schwarz, A., Skatulla, S., Thom, A., Verrinder, R., Schrder, J., Vichi, M., & Lupascu, D. C. (2023). Sea ice mechanics. Computer Methods in Material Science, 23, Article 3. https://doi.org/10.7494/cmms.2023.3.0816

  5. 2022

    1. Arasteh-Khoshbin, O., Seyedpour, S., & Ricken, T. (2022). The effect of Caspian Sea water on mechanical properties and durability of concrete containing rice husk ash, nano SiO2, and nano Al2O3. Scientific Reports, 12, 20202. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24304-4
    2. Seyedpour, S. M., Nafisi, S., Nabati, M., Pierce, D. M., Reichenbach, J. R., & Ricken, T. (2022). Magnetic Resonance Imaging--based biomechanical simulation of cartilage: A systematic review. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 126, 104963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104963
    3. Bertrand, F., Brodbeck, M., & Ricken, T. (2022). On robust discretization methods for poroelastic problems: Numerical examples and counter-examples. Examples and Counterexamples, 2, 100087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exco.2022.100087
    4. Ricken, T., Schröder, J., Bluhm, J., Maike, S., & Bartel, F. (2022). Theoretical formulation and computational aspects of a two-scale homogenization scheme combining the TPM and FE 2 method for poro-elastic fluid-saturated porous media. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 241, 111412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111412
    5. Armiti-Juber, A., & Ricken, T. (2022). Model order reduction for deformable porous materials in thin domains via asymptotic analysis. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 92, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-021-01907-3

  6. 2021

    1. Lambers, L., Suditsch, M., Wagner, A., & Ricken, T. (2021). A Multiscale and Multiphase Model of Function--Perfusion Growth Processes in the Human Liver. Pamm, 20, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202000290
    2. Egli, F. S., Straube, R. C., Mielke, A., & Ricken, T. (2021). Surrogate Modeling of a Nonlinear, Biphasic Model of Articular Cartilage with Artificial Neural Networks. Pamm, 21, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202100188
    3. Mielke, A., & Ricken, T. (2021). Finite element analysis of a 2D cantilever on a noisy intermediate-scale quantum computer. Pamm, 21, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202100246
    4. Trivedi, Z., Bleiler, C., Gehweiler, D., Gueorguiev-Rüegg, B., Ricken, T., Wagner, A., & Röhrle, O. (2021). Simulating vertebroplasty: A biomechanical challenge. Pamm, 20, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202000313
    5. Seyedpour, S. M., Valizadeh, I., Kirmizakis, P., Doherty, R., & Ricken, T. (2021). Optimization of the Groundwater Remediation Process Using a Coupled Genetic Algorithm-Finite Difference Method. Water, 13, Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030383
    6. Pi Savall, B., Mielke, A., & Ricken, T. (2021). Data--Driven Stress Prediction for Thermoplastic Materials. Pamm, 21, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202100225
    7. Bertrand, F., Lambers, L., & Ricken, T. (2021). Least Squares Finite Element Method for Hepatic Sinusoidal Blood Flow. Pamm, 20, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202000306
    8. Suditsch, M., Lambers, L., Ricken, T., & Wagner, A. (2021). Application of a continuum--mechanical tumour model to brain tissue. Pamm, 21, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202100204
    9. Suditsch, M., Schröder, P., Lambers, L., Ricken, T., Ehlers, W., & Wagner, A. (2021). Modelling basal--cell carcinoma behaviour in avascular skin. Pamm, 20, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202000283
    10. Christ, B., Collatz, M., Dahmen, U., Herrmann, K.-H., Höpfl, S., König, M., Lambers, L., Marz, M., Meyer, D., Radde, N., Reichenbach, J. R., Ricken, T., & Tautenhahn, H.-M. (2021). Hepatectomy-Induced Alterations in Hepatic Perfusion and Function - Toward Multi-Scale Computational Modeling for a Better Prediction of Post-hepatectomy Liver Function. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 579. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.733868
    11. Seyedpour, S. M., Nabati, M., Lambers, L., Nafisi, S., Tautenhahn, H.-M., Sack, I., Reichenbach, J. R., & Ricken, T. (2021). Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Liver Biomechanics: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 733393. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.733393
    12. Lambers, L., Mielke, A., & Ricken, T. (2021). Semi--automated Data--driven FE Mesh Generation and Inverse Parameter Identification for a Multiscale and Multiphase Model of Function--Perfusion Processes in the Liver. Pamm, 21, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202100190

  7. 2020

    1. Hopkins, G., Skatulla, S., Moj, L., Ricken, T., Ntusi, N., & Meintjes, E. (2020). A biphasic model for full cycle simulation of the human heart aimed at rheumatic heart disease. Computers & Structures, 232, 105920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2018.02.012

  8. 2019

    1. Nisters, C., Schröder, J., Niekamp, R., & Ricken, T. (2019). The Taylor-least-squares time integrator scheme applied to tracer equations of a sea ice model. Pamm, 19, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201900473
    2. Thom, A., & Ricken, T. (2019). Towards a physical model of Antarctic sea ice microstructure including biogeochemical processes using the extended Theory of Porous Media. Pamm, 19, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201900285
    3. Lambers, L., Ricken, T., & König, M. (2019). Model Order Reduction (MOR) of Function--Perfusion--Growth Simulation in the Human Fatty Liver via Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Pamm, 19, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201900429
    4. Lambers, L., Ricken, T., & König, M. (2019). A multiscale and multiphase model for the description of function-perfusion processes in the human liver. Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC 2019), September 2-4, 2019, Cape Town, South Africa, 304.
    5. Egli, F., & Ricken, T. (2019). On Osmotic Pressure in Hyperelastic Biphasic Fiber--Reinforced Articular Cartilage. Pamm, 19, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201900355
    6. Keller, K., Wallmersperger, T., & Ricken, T. (2019). An Overview of Simulated Hydrogel Behaviour under Various Kinds of Stimulation. Pamm, 19, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201900487
    7. Henning, C., & Ricken, T. (2019). Polymorphic Uncertainty Quantification of Computational Soil and Earth Structure Simulations via the Variational Sensitivity Analysis. Pamm, 19, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201900289
    8. Mielke, A., & Ricken, T. (2019). Evaluating Artificial Neural Networks and Quantum Computing for Solving Mechanical Boundary Value Problems. In Zingoni, A (ed.), Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications (pp. 537–542). CRC Press-Balkema.
    9. Ricken, T., & Lambers, L. (2019). On computational approaches of liver lobule function and perfusion simulation. GAMM-Mitteilungen, 42, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1002/gamm.201900016
    10. Bartel, F., Ricken, T., Schröder, J., & Bluhm, J. (2019). Application of Artificial Neural Network accelerating a porous media FE2 homogenization scheme. Pamm, 19, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201900381
    11. Mielke, A., & Ricken, T. (2019). Evaluating Artificial Neural Networks and Quantum Computing for Mechanics. Pamm, 19, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201900470

  9. 2018

    1. Lambers, L., Waschinsky, N., & Ricken, T. (2018). On a Multi-Scale and Multi-Phase Model of Paracetamol-induced Hepatotoxicity for Human Liver. Pamm, 18, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201800454
    2. Pierce, D. M., Ricken, T., & Neu, C. P. (2018). Image-Driven Constitutive Modeling for FE-Based Simulation of Soft Tissue Biomechanics. In M. Cerrolaza, S. J. Shefelbine, & D. Garzón-Alvarado (Eds.), Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes (pp. 55–76). Academic Press and Elsevier/AP Academic Press an imprint of Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811718-7.00004-6

  10. 2016

    1. Hopkins, G., Skatulla, S., Moj, L., Ricken, T., Ntusi, N., & Meintjes, E. (2016). An initial biphasic model of the human heart aimed at computational investigation of rheumatic heart disease. Insights and Innovations in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, SEMC 2016, 636–641.

  11. 2015

    1. Moj, L., Ricken, T., & Steinbach, I. (2015). A continuum mechanical, bi-phasic, two-scale model for thermal driven phase transition during solidification. Pamm, 15, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201510195

  12. 2010

    1. Bluhm, J., Ricken, T., & Bloßfeld, W. M. (2010). Simulation of freeze--thaw--cycles in liquid--and gas saturated porous media. Pamm, 10, Article 1.
    2. Ricken, T., Dahmen, U., & Dirsch, O. (2010). A biphasic model for sinusoidal liver perfusion remodeling after outflow obstruction. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 9, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-009-0186-x

  13. 2003

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Introduction to Strength of Materials (Aerospace Engineering)

Applied Mechanics I

Applied Mechanics II

Exercise to Applied Mechanics II

Seminar Exercise to Applied Mechanics II

Applied Mechanics III

Statics

Introduction to the Finite Element Method

Statics III (Introduction to Linear Contiuum Mechanics)

Simulation of coupled problems with the Finite Element Method

Machine Learning Methods in Mechanics

Experimental stress analysis & strain analysis

FEM with FeniCS

Personal Information:  
Ricken, Tim Born: March 8, 1971
Education:  
2002 PhD Graduation (Dr.-Ing.):
Faculty of Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Mechanics, Germany
1998 Master degree (Dipl.-Ing.):
Faculty of Engineering, University of Essen, Institute of Mechanics, Germany
Current Position:  
08/2017 - now Director of the Institute of Mechanics, Structural Analysis and Dynamics of Aerospace Structures
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Previous Positions:  
2011 - 7/2017 Full Professor for „Mechanics, Structural Analysis, and Dynamics“
Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Germany
4/2011–9/2011
Acting Professor for „Mechanics and Structural Analysis”
Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Germany
2009 - 2011 Associate Professor (JP after peer Evaluation) in "Computational Mechanics"
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Mechanics, Germany
2009 Visiting Professor (Biomechanics)
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory (MBL), Columbia University, USA
2006 - 2011 Assistant Professor (Junior Professor) for “Computational Mechanics”
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Mechanics, Germany
2002 - 2006 Postdoctoral research fellow
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Mechanics, Germany
1998 - 2002 Research fellow
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Mechanics, Germany
Supervision of Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows:  
2011 - now 7 PhD and 17 Master Students
Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Germany
2006 - 2011 4 PhD and 11 Master Students
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Mechanics, Germany
Institutional Responsibilities:  
2020 - now Member of the Senate Committee on Teaching and Continuing Education, 
University of Stuttgart
2021 - 2025 Vice-Dean of Study of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy, University of Stuttgart
2012 - 2017 Member of University Council (Senat), TU Dortmund University, Germany
2012 - 2017 Member of Faculty Board (Fakultätsrat), TU Dortmund University, Germany
2006 - 2011 Course Director of Master-Program &quo;Computational Mechanics&quot,, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Mechanics,
Germany
Teaching Activities:  
1998 - now Lecture & Exercises: Engineering Mechanics I-IV, Structural Analysis I-II, Finite Continuum Mechanics, Dynamics, Tensor calculus, Non-linear
Theory of Materials, Multiphase Materials, Numerical Methods, Finite Element Method for Non-Linear Problems, Coupled Problems, Plate and Shell Structures
ISD, University of Stuttgart,
Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, TU Dortmund University and Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Mechanics,
Germany
Organization of Scientific Meetings:  
2014 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2014), Spain, Section Multiscale Liver Simulation
2014/13/09 Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), Sections Biomechanics (2014), Material modelling in solid
mechanics (2003), Biomechanics (2009)
2014 - 2006 Annual Young Researchers Workshop on Biomechanics, Austria-Switzerland-Germany
2013 Graduate School SiMiDe (Simulation-based Microstructure Design of Materials), Topic: Multiscale Formulation in Porous Media, Germany
2011/09/07 Annual Meeting of the German Association of Computational Mechanics (GACM), Sections Soft Tissue Mechanics (2011, 2009, 2007), Germany 
2010
IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 2010), Section Coupled Problems in Porous Media Mechanics, France
Tabellenende
Commissions of Trust:  
2012 - now Reviewer for DFG (German Research Foundation), Germany
2012 - now Reviewer for FWO (Research Foundation Flanders), Belgium
2012 - now Reviewer for DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Germany 
2006 – now Reviewer for several scientific peer review journals: Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, International Journal for Numerical Methods
in Biomedical Engineering, Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, BioSystems, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Journal of
Visualized Experiments, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Mechanics Research Communications, Archive
of Applied Mechanics, Acta Mechanica, Transport in Porous Media, Chemical Engineering Communications, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, International
Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Memberships of Scientific Societies:  
2006 - now Membership in the German Association of Biomechanics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biomechanik, DGfB)
2002 - now Membership in the German Association of Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM)
Activity Groups: Multifield Problems, Multiscale Material Modeling, Phase Field Modeling, Computer Science and Engineering
Major Collaborations:  
  Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria
  Gerard A. Ateshian, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory (MBL), Columbia University, USA
  Jörg Schröder, Institute of Mechanics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  Uta Dahmen, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Germany
  Olaf Dirsch, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Jena, Germany
  H. G. Holzhütter, Institute of Biochemistry, University Medicine Charité Berlin, Germany
  Jan Hengstler, Leibniz Research
Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors IfA, Dortmund, Germany
Memberships:  
  Mitglied der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (GAMM)
  Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Biomechanik
  Mitglied im Deutschen Hochschulverband
  Gamm-Fachausschuss: Mehrfeldprobleme
  Gamm-Fachausschuss: Multiscale Material Modelling and Simulation
Gutachterliche Tätigkeiten:  
  International Journal of Solids and Structures
  Mechanics Research Communications
  Acta Mechanica
  Archive of Applied Mechanics
  Transport in Porous Media
  Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
International experience:  
06/2009 - 09/2009 Columbia University, New York, Prof. Gerard A. Ateshian
   

 

Research interest:  
Topics: Mechanical description and numerical simulation
 
  • Coupled and nonlinear structural mechanics
  • Dynamics and wave propagation
  • Multifield problems
  • Multiscale problems
  • Porous Media
  • Growth, remodelling and optimization
  • Biomechanics
Tools:  
 
  • Continuum mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Finite Element Method
  • Numerical solution methods
  • Materials science
  • Theory of Porous Media
   
Research projects:  
 
   
Industry contacts:

 
INTES:  
 
  • Simulation of the corrosion processes of polymeric materials
DMT:  
 
  • Simulation of microbial and geochemical reaction processes in subsoil, specifically in pit water.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe:  
 
  • Material description of steel
  • Process simulation of steel production and finishing
  • Simulations in welding and forming technology
  • Simulation of a continuous casting plant
Salzgitter AG:  
 
  • Material description of steel
  • Plasticity
  • Life cycle analysis of hollow steel profiles
  • Modelling of weld seam
AG Ruhr:  
 
  • Simulation of landfill sites
  • Methane oxidation
   
Miscalleneous:  
Providing of expertise:
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Mechanics Research Communications
  • Acta Mechanica
  • Archive of Applied Mechanics
  • Transport in Porous Media
  • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

 

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