Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing.

Tim Ricken

Head of Department
Institute of Mechanics, Structural Analysis, and Dynamics of Aerospace Structures

Contact

+49 711 685-63612
 +49 711 685-63706

Pfaffenwaldring 27
 70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Room: 00.048

Subject

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

 

  1. 2019

    1. Drieschner, M., Matthies, H. G., Hoang, T.-V., v. Rosić, B., Ricken, T., Henning, C., … Korzeniowski, T. F. (2019). Analysis of polymorphic data uncertainties in engineering applications. GAMM-Mitteilungen, 42(2), e201900010. https://doi.org/10.1002/gamm.201900010
    2. Seyedpour, S. M., Janmaleki, M., Henning, C., Sanati-Nezhad, A., & Ricken, T. (2019). Contaminant transport in soil: A comparison of the Theory of Porous Media approach with the microfluidic visualisation. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.095
    3. Seyedpour, S. M., Kirmizakis, P., Brennan, P., Doherty, R., & Ricken, T. (2019). Optimal remediation design and simulation of groundwater flow coupled to contaminant transport using genetic algorithm and radial point collocation method (RPCM). Science of The Total Environment, 669, 389--399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.409
    4. Ricken, Tim, & Lambers, L. (2019). On computational approaches of liver lobule function and perfusion simulation. GAMM-Mitteilungen, 9(3), e201900016. https://doi.org/10.1002/gamm.201900016
    5. Schmidt, A., Henning, C., Herbrandt, S., Könke, C., Ickstadt, K., Ricken, T., & Lahmer, T. (2019). Numerical studies of earth structure assessment via the theory of porous media using fuzzy probability based random field material descriptions. GAMM-Mitteilungen, 42(1), e201900007. https://doi.org/10.1002/gamm.201900007
    6. Pivovarov, D., Willner, K., Steinmann, P., Brumme, S., Müller, M., Srisupattarawanit, T., … Leyendecker, S. (2019). Challenges of order reduction techniques for problems involving polymorphic uncertainty. GAMM-Mitteilungen, 42(2), e201900011. https://doi.org/10.1002/gamm.201900011

  2. 2018

    1. Bongert, M., Wüst, J., Geller, M., Schlömicher, M., Ricken, T., Nicolas, V., & Strauch, J. (2018). Comparison of two biological aortic valve prostheses inside patient-specific aorta model by bi-directional fluid-structure interaction. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 4(1), 59--62. https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2018-0015
    2. Schröder, J., Nisters, C., & Ricken, T. (2018). On a least-squares finite element formulation for sea ice dynamics. PAMM, 18(1), e201800156. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201800156
    3. Hopkins, G., Skatulla, S., Moj, L., Ricken, T., Ntusi, N., & Meintjes, E. (2018). A biphasic model for full cycle simulation of the human heart aimed at rheumatic heart disease. Computers & Structures. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2018.02.012
    4. Henning, C., & Ricken, T. (2018). Polymorphic uncertainty quantification for stability analysis of fluid saturated soil and earth structures. PAMM, 17(1), 59--62. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201710018
    5. Bartel, F., Ricken, T., Schröder, J., & Bluhm, J. (2018b). On efficient computation of 3-d simulation within TPM 2 -Framework. PAMM, 18(1), e201800332. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201800332
    6. Pierce, D. M., Ricken, T., & Neu, C. P. (2018). Chapter 4 - 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; By M. Cerrolaza, S. J. Shefelbine, & D. Garzón-Alvarado). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811718-7.00004-6
    7. Moj, L., Ricken, T., Foppe, M., & Deike, R. (2018). Numerical simulation and validation of a solidification experiment using a continuum mechanical two--phase/--scale model. PAMM, 17(1), 611--612. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201710275
    8. Bartel, F., Ricken, T., Schröder, J., & Bluhm, J. (2018a). Microstructural influence on macroscopic response regarding fluid flow through porous media applying TPM2--Method. PAMM, 17(1), 577--578. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201710258
    9. Wang, X., Eriksson, T. S. E., Ricken, T., & Pierce, D. M. (2018). On incorporating osmotic prestretch/prestress in image-driven finite element simulations of cartilage. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 86, 409--422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.06.014
    10. Ricken, Tim, Waschinsky, N., & Werner, D. (2018). Simulation of Steatosis Zonation in Liver Lobule---A Continuummechanical Bi-Scale, Tri-Phasic, Multi-Component Approach. In Peter Wriggers, Prof. Thomas Lenarz (Ed.), Biomedical Technology (By Peter Wriggers, Prof. Thomas Lenarz). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59548-12
    11. Thom, A., Ricken, T., Koßler, M., Gehrke, T., Denecke, M., Widmann, R., … Schmidt, T. C. (2018). Numerical investigations of diffusion coefficients in the context of multi-component gas transport within the Theory of Porous Media. PAMM, 18(1), e201800446. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201800446
    12. Waschinsky, N., Werner, D., Ricken, T., Dahmen, U., & Dirsch, O. (2018). On a Tri--Scale and Multiphase Model for the Description of Perfusion coupled to Fat Growth Effects in Liver Tissue. PAMM, 17(1), 227--228. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201710083

  3. 2017

    1. Schulte, M., Jochmann, M. A., Gehrke, T., Thom, A., Ricken, T., Denecke, M., & Schmidt, T. C. (2017). Characterization of methane oxidation in a simulated landfill cover system by comparing molecular and stable isotope mass balances. Waste Management, 69, 281--288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.07.032
    2. Moj, L., Foppe, M., Deike, R., & Ricken, T. (2017). Micro-macro modelling of steel solidification: A continuum mechanical, bi-phasic, two-scale model including thermal driven phase transition. GAMM--Mitteilungen, 40(2), 125--137. https://doi.org/10.1002/gamm.201720004
    3. Christ, B., Dahmen, U., Herrmann, K.-H., König, M., Reichenbach, J. R., Ricken, T., … Waschinsky, N. (2017). Computational Modeling in Liver Surgery. Frontiers in Physiology, 8, 906. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00906

  4. 2016

    1. Seyedpour, S.Morteza, & Ricken, T. (2016). Modeling of contaminant migration in groundwater: A continuum mechanical approach using in the theory of porous media. PAMM, 16(1), 487--488. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201610232
    2. Pierce, David M., Unterberger, M. J., Trobin, W., Ricken, T., & Holzapfel, G. A. (2016). A microstructurally based continuum model of cartilage viscoelasticity and permeability incorporating measured statistical fiber orientations. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 15(1), 229--244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-015-0685-x
    3. Henning, C., Moj, L., & Ricken, T. (2016). A ternary phase bi-scale FE-model for diffusion-driven dendritic alloy solidification processes. PAMM, 16(1), 449--450. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201610213
    4. Waschinsky, N., Werner, D., Ricken, T., Dahmen, U., & Dirsch, O. (2016). On a bi-scale and tri-phasic model for the description of growth in biological tissue using the example of the human liver. PAMM, 16(1), 109--110. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201610043
    5. Bartel, F., Ricken, T., Schröder, J., & Bluhm, J. (2016). Remarks on coupled multi-scale simulations and high performance computation. PAMM, 16(1), 511--512. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201610244

  5. 2015

    1. Ricken, T., Werner, D., Holzhütter, H. G., König, M., Dahmen, U., & Dirsch, O. (2015). Modeling function-perfusion behavior in liver lobules including tissue, blood, glucose, lactate and glycogen by use of a coupled two-scale PDE-ODE approach. Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 14(3), 515--536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-014-0619-z
    2. Werner, D., Ricken, T., Dahmen, U., Dirsch, O., Holzhütter, H.-G., & König, M. (2015). On the Influence of Growth in Perfusion Dependent Biological Systems - at the Example of the Human Liver. PAMM, 15(1), 119--120. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201510050
    3. Thom, A., Ricken, T., Bluhm, J., Widmann, R., Denecke, M., & Gehrke, T. (2015). Validation of a coupled FE-model for the simulation of methane oxidation via thermal imaging. PAMM, 15(1), 433--434. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201510207
    4. Moj, L., Ricken, T., & Steinbach, I. (2015). A continuum mechanical, bi-phasic, two-scale model for thermal driven phase transition during solidification. PAMM, 15(1), 409--410. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201510195
    5. Bartel, F., Ricken, T., Schröder, J., & Bluhm, J. (2015). A two-scale homogenisation approach for fluid saturated porous media based on TPM and FE 2 -Method. PAMM, 15(1), 447--448. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201510214

  6. 2014

    1. Moj, L., Ricken, T., & Steinbach, I. (2014). Multi-Scale and Multi-Component Approach for Solidification Processes. PAMM, 14(1), 465--466. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201410220
    2. Bluhm, J., Bloßfeld, W. M., & Ricken, T. (2014). Energetic effects during phase transition under freezing-thawing load in porous media -- a continuum multiphase description and FE-simulation. ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift Für Angewandte Mathematik Und Mechanik, 94(7–8), 586--608. https://doi.org/10.1002/zamm.201200154
    3. Werner, D., Ricken, T., Holzhütter, H.-G., König, M., Dahmen, U., & Dirsch, O. (2014). On growth effects in the human liver. PAMM, 14(1), 105--106. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201410040
    4. Albrecht, D., Ricken, T., & Pierce, D. M. (2014). A Multi-Component Description of Osmotic Driven Deformations in Articular Cartilage. PAMM, 14(1), 109--110. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201410042
    5. Ricken, Tim, Sindern, A., Bluhm, J., Widmann, R., Denecke, M., Gehrke, T., & Schmidt, T. C. (2014). Concentration driven phase transitions in multiphase porous media with application to methane oxidation in landfill cover layers. ZAMM--Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics/Zeitschrift Für Angewandte Mathematik Und Mechanik, 94(7), 609--622.
    6. Ricken, Tim, & Bluhm, J. (2014). Modeling of liquid and gas saturated porous solids under freezing and thawing cycles. In T. Schanz & A. Hettler (Eds.), Aktuelle Forschung in der Bodenmechanik 2013 (pp. 23--42; By T. Schanz & A. Hettler). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37542-22
    7. Sindern, A., Ricken, T., Bluhm, J., Widmann, R., Denecke, M., & Gehrke, T. (2014). A coupled multi-component approach for bacterial methane oxidation in landfill cover layers. PAMM, 14(1), 469--470. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201410222

  7. 2013

    1. Albrecht, D., Ricken, T., Pierce, D. M., & Holzapfel, G. A. (2013). A hyperelastic biphasic fiber reinforced model for articular cartilage considering the distribution and orientation of collagen fibers. PAMM, 13(1), 55--56.
    2. Werner, D., Ricken, T., & Ferreira Pfeiffer, A. (2013). On a FEM model for isotropic and transversely isotropic growth in biphasic materials. PAMM, 13(1), 63--64.
    3. Sindern, A., Ricken, T., Bluhm, J., Widmann, R., & Denecke, M. (2013). Bacterial methane oxidation in landfill cover layers--a coupled FE multiphase description. PAMM, 13(1), 193--194.
    4. Ricken, Tim, Dahmen, U., Dirsch, O., & Werner, D. Q. (2013). A Biphasic 3D-FEM Model for the Remodeling of Microcirculation in Liver Lobes. In Computer Models in Biomechanics. Computer Models in Biomechanics (pp. 277--292). Springer.
    5. Pierce, David M., Ricken, T., & Holzapfel, G. A. (2013). A hyperelastic biphasic fibre-reinforced model of articular cartilage considering distributed collagen fibre orientations: continuum basis, computational aspects and applications. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 16(12), 1344--1361.
    6. Pierce, D. M., Ricken, T., & Holzapfel, G. A. (2013). Modeling sample/patient--specific structural and diffusional responses of cartilage using DT--MRI. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 29(8), 807--821.

  8. 2012

    1. Sindern, A., Ricken, T., Bluhm, J., Denecke, M., & Schmidt, T. C. (2012). Phase transition in methane oxidation layers--a coupled FE multiphase description. PAMM, 12(1), 371--372.
    2. Albrecht, D., Ricken, T., Pierce, D. M., & Holzapfel, G. A. (2012). A biphasic transverse isotropic FEM model for cartilage. PAMM, 12(1), 105--106.
    3. Werner, D., Ricken, T., Dahmen, U., & Dirsch, O. (2012). A Biphasic FEM Model for the Microperfusion in Liver Lobules. PAMM, 12(1), 89--90.
    4. Bloßfeld, W. M., Bluhm, J., & Ricken, T. (2012). Simulation of Freezing and Thawing Processes with Capillary Effects in fluid filled porous media. PAMM, 12(1), 365--366.

  9. 2011

    1. Robeck, M., Ricken, T., & Widmann, R. (2011). A finite element simulation of biological conversion processes in landfills. Waste Management, 31(4), 663--669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2010.08.007
    2. Ricken, Tim, Widmann, R., & Schmidt, T. C. (2011). On the Modeling and Simulation of Biological Methane Oxidation in porous media-A Multiphase Continuum Approach.
    3. Bluhm, Joachim, Bloßfeld, W. M., & Ricken, T. (2011). Simulation of Capillary Effects and Phase Transition under Freezing and Thawing Load in Liquid and Gas Saturated Porous Media. PAMM, 11(1), 455--456.
    4. Lilledahl, M. B., Pierce, D. M., Ricken, T., Holzapfel, G. A., & de Lange Davies, C. (2011a). Extracting quantitative biomechanical parameters for cartilage from second harmonic generation images. In A. Periasamy, K. König, & P. T. C. So (Eds.), SPIE BiOS (p. 79033A; By A. Periasamy, K. König, & P. T. C. So). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888087
    5. Bluhm, Joachim, Ricken, T., & Bloßfeld, M. (2011). Ice Formation in Porous Media. In Advances in Extended and Multifield Theories for Continua. Advances in Extended and Multifield Theories for Continua (pp. 153--174). Springer.
    6. Lilledahl, M. B., Pierce, D. M., Ricken, T., Holzapfel, G. A., & de Lange Davies, C. (2011b). Structural analysis of articular cartilage using multiphoton microscopy: input for biomechanical modeling. Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions On, 30(9), 1635--1648.

  10. 2010

    1. Ateshian, G. A., & Ricken, T. (2010). Multigenerational interstitial growth of biological tissues. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 9(6), 689--702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-010-0205-y
    2. Ricken, Tim, & Bluhm, J. (2010a). Modeling fluid saturated porous media under frost attack. GAMM--Mitteilungen, 33(1), 40--56.
    3. Pierce, D. M., Lilledahl, M. B., Ricken, T., de Lange Davies, C., & Holzapfel, G. A. (2010). Morphological Analysis of Articular Cartilage Using Multiphoton Microscopy as Input for Constitutive Modeling: Experiment and Mathematical Implementation. In 6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2010). August 1-6, 2010 Singapore. 6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2010). August 1-6, 2010 Singapore (pp. 895--898). Springer.
    4. Bluhm, Joachim, Ricken, T., & Bloßfeld, W. M. (2010). Simulation of freeze--thaw--cycles in liquid--and gas saturated porous media. PAMM, 10(1), 359--360.
    5. Ricken, Tim, Dahmen, U., & Dirsch, O. (2010). A biphasic model for sinusoidal liver perfusion remodeling after outflow obstruction. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 9(4), 435--450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-009-0186-x
    6. Ricken, Tim, & Bluhm, J. (2010b). Remodeling and growth of living tissue: a multiphase theory. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 80(5), 453--465.

  11. 2009

    1. Ricken, Tim, & Bluhm, J. (2009). Evolutional growth and remodeling in multiphase living tissue. Computational Materials Science, 45(3), 806--811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2008.10.016
    2. Ricken, T., Bluhm, J., Epple, M., Wehmöller, M., & Annen, T. (2009). An Enriched Biphasic Model for Solute Driven Degradation. PAMM, 9(1), 165--166.
    3. Bluhm, Joachim, Ricken, T., & Bloßfeld, W. M. (2009). Freezing and thawing processes in porous media--Experiment and Simulation. PAMM, 9(1), 387--388.
    4. Ricken, Tim, Robeck, M., & Widmann, R. (2009). A multiphase finite element simulation of biological conversion processes in landfills. PAMM, 9(1), 51--54.

  12. 2008

    1. Schrefler, B. A. (Ed.). (2008). Modeling of porous functionally graded biodegradable implants for bone replacement (By B. A. Schrefler).
    2. Bluhm, Joachim, Ricken, T., & Bloßfeld, M. (2008a). MODELING OF FREEZING AND THAWING CYCLES OF SATURATED POROUS MEDIA.
    3. Bluhm, Joachim, Ricken, T., & Bloßfeld, W. M. (2008b). Energetische Aspekte zum Gefrierverhalten von Wasser in porösen Strukturen. PAMM, 8(1), 10483--10484.

  13. 2007

    1. Ricken, Tim, Schwarz, A., & Bluhm, J. (2007). A triphasic model of transversely isotropic biological tissue with applications to stress and biologically induced growth. Computational Materials Science, 39(1), 124--136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2006.03.025
    2. Bluhm, Joachim, & Ricken, T. (2007). Modeling of freezing and thawing processes in liquid filled thermo-elastic porous solids. Transport in Concrete: Nano-to Macrostructure, Edited by M. Setzer (Aedificatio Publishers, Freiburg, 2007), 41--57.
    3. Ricken, Tim. (2007). Transverse isotropic flow in biphasic materials. PAMM, 7(1), 4020005--4020006.

  14. 2006

    1. Ricken, Tim. (2006). On the Description of Growth in Saturated Living Tissues. PAMM, 6(1), 137--138.
    2. Ricken, Tim, Schwarz, A., & Bluhm, J. (2006). A Triphasic Theory for Growth in Biological Tissue--Basics and Applications. Materialwissenschaft Und Werkstofftechnik, 37(6), 446--456.
    3. Ustohalova, V., Ricken, T., & Widmann, R. (2006). Estimation of landfill emission lifespan using process oriented modeling. Waste Management, 26(4), 442--450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2005.11.012

  15. 2005

    1. Ricken, Tim. (2005). On Biological Activities in Organic Materials. PAMM, 5(1), 441--442.
    2. Ricken, T., & Ustohalova, V. (2005). Modeling of thermal mass transfer in porous media with applications to the organic phase transition in landfills. Computational Materials Science, 32(3), 498--508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.09.015
    3. Ricken, Tim, & de Boer, R. (2005). Two Phase Flow in Capillary Porous Thermo-Elastic Materials. In IUTAM Symposium on Physicochemical and Electromechanical Interactions in Porous Media. IUTAM Symposium on Physicochemical and Electromechanical Interactions in Porous Media (pp. 359--364). Springer.

  16. 2004

    1. Ricken, Tim. (2004). Mass Transfer in Porous Media. PAMM, 4(1), 492--493.
    2. Ricken, Tim, de Boer, R., de Boer, R., & de Boer, R. (2004). Kapillar induzierte Mehrphasenströmung in porösen Medien. Universität Duisburg-Essen.
    3. Ricken, Tim, de Boer, R., Ustohalova, V., & Widmann, R. (2004). Biodegradation in Porous Landfill Bodies.

  17. 2003

    1. Ricken, Tim, & de Boer, R. (2003). Multiphase flow in a capillary porous medium. Computational Materials Science, 28(3–4), 704--713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2003.08.032
    2. Ricken, T., & de Boer, R. (2003). Transport in a capillary thermo--elastic porous material. PAMM, 3(1), 420--421.
    3. Ricken, Tim. (2003). Transport of fluids in capillary porous solids. PAMM, 2(1), 384--385.

  18. 2002

    1. Ricken, Tim. (2002). Kapillarität in porösen Medien: theoretische Untersuchung und numerische Simulation ({PhD-Thesis}). Universität Essen.

  19. 1994

    1. de Boer, R., Bluhm, J., Waehling, M., Ricken, T., & Essen Univ.. Fachbereich 10-Bauwesen. (1994). Phase transition in porous media.
  • Einführung in die Festigkeitslehre
  • Technische Mechanik
Personal Information:  
Ricken, Tim Born: March 8, 1971
Education:  
2002 PhD Graduation (Dr.-Ing.):
Faculty of Engineering, University of 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 for Statics 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:  
2012 - now Member of University Council (Senat), TU Dortmund University, Germany
2012 - now 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 viewer 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
Mitgliedschaften:  
  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 Modetdng and Simulation
Gutachterliche Tätigkeiten:  
  International Journal of Sotdds and Structures
  Mechanics Research Communications
  Acta Mechanica
  Archive of Apptded Mechanics
  Transport in Porous Media
  Biomechanics and Modetdng in Mechanobiology
Auslandsaufenthalt:  
06/2009 - 09/2009 Columbia University, New York, Prof. Gerard A. Ateshian
Sprachkenntnisse: Englisch sicher in Wort und Schrift

 

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