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Andrea Thom

Dr.-Ing.

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  1. 2019

    1. 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 -- Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 19, e201900285. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201900285
    2. Thom, A., & Ricken, T. (2019). Development of a thermodynamically consistent model towards biogeochemical processes within Antarctic sea ice microstructure within the extended Theory of Porous Media (eTPM). 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, 292.

  2. 2018

    1. Thom, A., Ricken, T., Koßler, M., Gehrke, T., Denecke, M., Widmann, R., Schulte, M., & 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, Article 1.

  3. 2017

    1. Henning, C., Thom, A., & Hettler, A. (2017). Numerical Investigations of the Effects of Dynamic Construction Processes on Deep Excavation Walls. In Holistic Simulation of Geotechnical Installation Processes (pp. 297–302). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52590-7_13
    2. 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

  4. 2016

    1. Thom, A., & Hettler, A. (2016). Prediction of construction-induced deformations of deep excavation walls by the use of a holistic 3D-finite-element model. In Holistic Simulation of Geotechnical Installation Processes (pp. 231–239). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23159-4_11

  5. 2015

    1. 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, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201510207

  6. 2014

    1. 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, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201410222
    2. Ricken, T., 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, Article 7–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/zamm.201200198

  7. 2013

    1. 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, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201310092

  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, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201210174
Multiscale and Multiphase Materials (SS19)
Simulation of Coupled Problems (WS19/20, SS22)
Nonlinear Finite Elements (SS20, WS21/22, WS22/23)
Introduction to the Finite Element Method (WS0/21)
Applied Finite Elements - Seminar (SS21)

 

Supervision of Bachelor Thesis:

  • 2015 Tim Mruczkowski: ‚Untersuchung von Diffusions- und Advektionsvorgängen von Gasen in porösen Medien‘,  TU Dortmund University
  • 2014 Timo Kölker: ‚Numerische Untersuchungen zu teilgesättigten porösen Medien‘, TU Dortmund University
  • 2013 Stefan Papenkort: ‚Vergleichende numerische Studien zu reduzierten Drei-Phasen-Formulierungen teilweise gesättigter poröser Medien mit starrem Festkörperskelett‘, TU Dortmund University

Personal Information:

Dipl.-Ing. Andrea Thom, geb. Sindern
04.06.1981
Maternal leave 06/2016 – 05/2017

Education and Professional Experience:

Since 01/2018         

PhD Student and Research Assistant,
Institute of Mechanics, Structural Analysis, and Dynamics,
University of Stuttgart,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tim Ricken
DFG-project ‘ Multiphase modelling of bacterial methane oxidation in landfill cover layers’

11/2011 – 12/2017  

PhD Student and Research Assistant, Institute of Mechanics, Structural Analysis, and Dynamics,
TU Dortmund University,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tim Ricken
DFG-project ‘ Multiphase modelling of bacterial methane oxidation in landfill cover layers’

09/2013 – 10/2016  

Research Assistant (part-time position), Chair of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering,
TU Dortmund University,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Hettler
DFG-Research Group FOR 1136 ‘Geotech – Holistic simulation of geotechnical installation processes’

2011

Master Degree (Dipl.-Ing.)
Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering,
TU Dortmund University,
Chair of Mechanics/Statics

04/2006 – 09/2011  

Studies of Civil Engineering, TU Dortmund University

04/2011 – 09/2011  

Student Assistant, Fa. Goldbeck, Bielefeld

10/2007 - 09/2010   

Student Assistant and Tutor,
Chair of Mechanics/Statics, TU Dortmund University

Study Abroad:

06/2015 – 07/2015  

Visiting Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Panos Papadopoulos 

Graduate School:

11/2013 – 05/2016  

Participation and Speaker of PhD Students in Graduate School
‘Simulation-Based Microstructure Design of Materials (SiMiDe)’, UAMR

Awards:

09/2011                 

Sponsorship Award of Ernst & Sohn for promotion of young talents

Environmental Engineering

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