Funding

Support comes through cooperations with research partners, grants from Federal Ministries, research funding organizations, or industry partners.

Completed projects are listed below.

Funding from DFG

The project "P7 - Modeling of function-perfusion-deformation interaction on liver lobulus and cellular scale based on a bi-scale continuum FEM model" is part of the research unit FOR 5151: "Quantifying Liver Perfusion-Function Relationship in Complex Resection - A Systems Medicine Approach (QuaLiPerF)". 

This project is part of the Digital Liver Lab in the Computational Biomechanics group. More information can be found on the web page of the DFG regarding project P7, the research unit, and on the web page of QuaLiPerF.

SimLivA is the acronym for SIMulation supported LIVer Assessment for donor organs. The whole project is entitled "SIMulation supported LIVer Assessment for donor organs (SimLivA) - Continuum-biomechanical modeling for staging of ischemia reperfusion injury during liver transplantation" and is part of the priority programme SPP 2311: "Robust coupling of continuum-biomechanical in silico models to establish active biological system models for later use in clinical applications - Co-design of modeling, numerics and usability".

This project is part of the Digital Liver Lab in the Computational Biomechanics group. More information can be found on the web page of the DFG regarding the project and the priority programme, as well as on the web page of the priority programme itself.

The project "Skeletal Muscle Adaptation: the cornerstone for modelling neuromuscular diseases and predicting muscular deficiencies (Identification, Homogenisation, Verification, and Integration) " is part of the priority programme SPP 2311: "Robust coupling of continuum-biomechanical in silico models to establish active biological system models for later use in clinical applications - Co-design of modeling, numerics and usability".

This project is located in the Experimental Biomechanics group. More information can be found on the web page of the DFG regarding the project and the priority programme, as well as on the web page of the priority programme itself.

The project "Polymorphic uncertainty modeling, evaluation and quantification for fluid saturated soil and earth structures" is part of the priority programme SPP 1886: "Polymorphic uncertainty modelling for the numerical design of structures".

This project belongs to the research group on Optimization & Uncertainty Quantification at the ISD. More information on this project can be found on the web page of the DFG regarding the project and the priority programme. Furthermore, information on the first funding phase, the second funding phase, and the overall priority programme can be found on the webpage of the SPP 1886.

The project "Modeling of small scale processes in Antarctic sea ice and their impact on the biological pump in the future Southern Ocean - a physical-biological coupled bi-scale approach" is part of the infrastructure priority programme "SPP 1158:  Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas".

This project is part of the Experimental Mechanics & Environmental Engineering research group. More information can be found on the web page of the DFG regarding the project and the infrastructure priority programme. Moreover, information is available on the web page of the infrastructure priority programme regarding this project.

This research grant funds the project "Method Development for Robust Hybrid Knowledge- and Data-driven Model Order Reduction for Deformable Porous Fluid-Saturated Materials" as part of the Numerics & Model Order Reduction Group at the ISD. More information is available on the web page of the DFG regarding the project.

The project " Structural design space and interfaces of aft-mounted engines — methodological framework, structural design and optimization (B06)" is part of the transregional collaborative research center TRR 364: "Synergies of Highly Integrated Transport Aircraft - SynTrac". 

The Optimization & Uncertainty Quantification research group of the ISD is working on this project. Information is available on the wep page of the DFG for both the project and the transregional collaborative research center.

The project " Modelling of material injection processes into porous structures applied to vertebroplasty (C03)" is part of the collaborative research center SFB 1313: "Interface-Driven Multi-Field Processes in Porous Media - Flow, Transport and Deformation".

The team for material injection of the Computational Biomechanics group at the ISD is working on this project. More information is available on the web page of the DFG regarding both the project and the collaborative research center, as well as on the web page of the SFB 1313 alongside the project's web page.

The project "Data-enhanced prediction of organ-specific tumor growth in the liver - a hybrid knowledge and data-driven approach" is part of the project network PN2 "In Silico Models of Coupled Biological Systems" of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2075: "Data-Integrated Simulation Science (SimTech)".

The team of the Digital Liver Lab of the Computational Biomechanics group at the ISD is working on this project. Information on the EXC 2075 SimTech is available on the web page of the DFG and the web page of SimTech. Information on PN2 can be obtained on the web page of the project network.

The project "Quantum-enhanced and Data-integrated PDE Solution Methods" is part of the project network PN8 "Accelerating Simulation by Quantum Computing " of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2075: "Data-Integrated Simulation Science (SimTech)".

This project belongs to the research group on Machine Learning & Quantum Computing at the ISD. Information on the EXC 2075 SimTech is available on the web page of the DFG and the web page of SimTech. Information on PN8 can be obtained on the web page of the project network.

Funding from BMBF

The project "AI and Simulation for Tumor Liver Assessment (ATLAS)" is part of the funding measure "CompLS – Computational Life Sciences" in the funding phase of "AI in systems medicine". The team of the Digital Liver Lab of the Computational Biomechanics group at the ISD is working on this project. Information on the funding measure CompLS can be found on the web page of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the web page of the project management Jülich.

The project "Muscle Mechanics in relation to Movement Restrictions of the Ankle Joint - an Intraoperative Approach" is part of the network "3DFoot: Data-integrated, 3D muscle modelling for Optimised Orthopaedic Treatment of the foot" of the interdisciplinary research networks for musculoskeletal diseases funded by the BMBF.

This project is located in the Experimental Biomechanics group. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research provides information on their web page regarding the project, the network 3DFoot and the overarching interdisciplinary research networks.

Funding from BMWK

The ISD is working in several projects within the research project "Digitalization for Sustainability (DigiTain)" in close collaboration with partners from industry and other research institutions.

The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and belongs to the group of Industry Research at the ISD. More information can be found on the project's web page.

Other

The project "Exploring the Undiscovered Effects of Botulinum Toxin Treatment on Skeletal Muscle Mechanics" is funded by the Terra Incognita program of the University of Stuttgart. The Experimental Biomechanics group is working on this project. More information is also available regarding the research profile Biomedical Systems.

Completed Projects

The project "Data and Model Driven Multiscale Simulation of Tumor Growth in Liver Cell, Tissue and Organ" was part of the project network PN2 "In Silico Models of Coupled Biological Systems" of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2075: "Data-Integrated Simulation Science (SimTech)".

The team of the Digital Liver Lab of the Computational Biomechanics group at the ISD was working on this project. Information on the EXC 2075 SimTech is available on the web page of the DFG and the web page of SimTech. Information on PN2 can be obtained on the web page of the project network.

 

The international research training group GRK 2198: "Soft Tissue Robotics - Simulation-Driven Concepts and Design for Control and Automation for Robotic Devices Interacting with Soft Tissues" was part of the Experimental Biomechanics Group at ISD. More information is available on the web page of the DFG as well as on the web page of the GRK.

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