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Course Descriptors.
- Advanced Numerical Methods.
- Numerische Methoden in den Werkstoffwissenschaften - Atomistische Methoden.
- Computational Models of Biomaterial Failure.
- Dislocation Theory and Dislocation Simulation.
- Festkörperkinetik.
- Foundations of Computational Materials Science I/II.
- Foundations of Finite Element Simulation.
- Generalized Continuum Models of Materials Mechanics.
- Modelling Materials with Finite Element Simulation.
- Multiscale Simulation Methods I/II.
- Practical (Computer Lab).
- Seminar Computational Materials Science I/II.
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Open Positions.
Staff.
- Prof. Dr. Michael Zaiser.
- Gabriele Zehbe.
- Dr. Paolo Moretti.
- Dr. Frank Wendler.
- Dr. Pejman Shayanfard.
- Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini.
- Samaneh Esfandiary.
- Nosaibeh Esfandiary.
- Jonas Ritter.
- Stefan Hiemer.
- Mahshid Pournajar.
- Georgino Kaleng Tshikwand.
- Dilshod Durdiev.
- Christian Greff.
- Shucheta Shegufta.
- Christof Schulze.
Alumni.
Institute Seminar.
- Winter Term 2022/23.
Summer Term 2022.
- Analysis of ferroelectrics using molecular dynamics.
- Fracture surface geometry in 3D hierarchical material adhesion.
- From Atomic Defects To Turbine Blades: Multiscale Modeling & Informatics Towards Materials By Design For Extreme Conditions.
- Discovering Equations from Graph Neural Networks using Symbolic Regression.
Winter Term 2021/22.
Summer Term 2021.
Winter Term 2020/21.
- Summer Term 2020.
Winter Term 2019/20.
- Modelling uni-axial and cyclic deformation of gradient nano-grained materials.
- Accelerating High-Resolution Simulations of Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Contacts.
- Localization in hierarchical networks: From statistical physics to neuroscience and materials science applications.
- Model evaluation in tropical rainforests: Spatial correlations and density fluctuations.
- A beam network model for strength optimization of fibrous materials.
- Multiscale discrete dislocation dynamics simulation of gradient nano-grained material.
- Cyclic plasticity of high entropy alloy: experiments, modelling and simulations.
- Charge transfer and transport in carbon polymers and biopolymers.
- On the numerical atomistic characterization of interfacial plasticity.
Summer Term 2019.
- Machine learning plastic deformation of crystals.
- Equivalence of the Burridge-Knopoff train model of earthquakes and the dynamics of driven Edwards-Wilkinson interfaces.
- From molecular simulation to wave detection in heterogeneous excitable media.
- Slow and Anomalous Dynamics in Hierarchical Modular models of Brain Networks.
- FEM Simulation of Dissipation and Damping in Shape Memory Alloys.
Winter Term 2018/19.
- Robustness of hierarchical network organization in models of functional connectivity.
- Nucleation process of earthquakes: Instability, acceleration, and sensitivity to perturbations.
- Modelling the mechanical behaviour of porous cohesive granular material using discrete elements: Application to snow failure.
- Migration mechanisms of faceted vicinal grain boundaries.
- Molecular dynamics simulation on glass transition temperature of polyimides.
- From flat sheets to folded geometries: Understanding Origami approaches and simulation models.
- Beyond classical thermodynamics: dislocation-mediated plasticity.
- Mechanics of a model cohesive granular medium.
Summer Term 2018.
- Effect of vertical twin boundary on the mechanical properties of bicrystalline copper micropillars.
- Network Dimension as Damage Indicator in Biosystems.
- Dislocation mechanism based size-dependent crystal plasticity modeling and simulation of gradient nano-grained copper..
- On stress and driving force calculation within multi-phase-field models: Applications to martensitic phase transformation and crack propagation in multiphase systems.
- Forecasting catastrophe: Statistical physics approach.
- A Dislocation-based Multiscale modeling of Strength and Ductility of Materials with Gradient Microstructure.
- Coupled Problems in Constitutive Modeling Across Various Lenght-Scales.
- Optimization of network structures in view of failure resilience.
Winter Term 2017/18.
- Simulating Biomaterials as Hierarchical Networks.
- Theoretical study of Electrocardiogram(EKG).
- Percolation behaviour study of metal nanoparticle in DLC matrix.
- Improved Understanding of Plasticity Mechanisms in Metals and Ceramics in Light of Atomic Scale Simulations Results.
- Introduction to Topological Data Analysis and an application of brain functional networks.
- Nanoscale strain mapping during in situ deformation in the TEM.
- A statistical approach to charaterize discrete dislocation data.
- The effect of platinum nanoparticles on the adhesion behaviour of graphene inter-layers: a molecualr dynamics study.
- Dislocation patterning in a 2D stochastic continuum model.
- Adiabatic shear banding and fracture during high speed shear cutting: Numerical study.
- Mesoscale Simulation of Shape Memory Alloy Film Damping.
- The Role of Damage Diffusion on the Plastic Properties of Amorphous Solids - A Kinetic Monte Carlo Approach.
Summer Term 2017.
- Topological dimension tunes activity patterns in hierarchical modular network models.
- On the properties of (scale-free) random networks.
- From multimodal images to connectivity of brain networks in both healthy and pathological conditions.
- Neutral neural dynamics: a tale about physics, ecology and the brain.
- Precursor phenomena of creep failure in disordered materials.
- Skeletal Muscles as Prototypes of Active Materials.
Winter Term 2016/17.
- Phase-field Modeling of Functional Materials.
- The Capriccio method as a novel technique to couple MD and FE simulations of polymers.
- Static and Dynamic Friction of hierarchical surfaces.
- Defect nucleation and mobility in gold nanowires.
- On the temporal coarse graining in dislocation dynamics.
- Phase-field models for thermo-magneto-mechanical coupling in shape memory alloys.
- Microstructure informed constitutive models and SPH crystal plasticity modelling approaches.
Summer Term 2016.
Winter Term 2015/16.
Summer Term 2015.
- Comparison of various continuum models of dislocations system.
- Multiscale modeling of collagen tissue mechanics.
- Size effects in failure of defected graphene.
- The relationship between structure and dynamics in complex networks.
- From mild to wild fluctuations in crystal plasticity, and associated size effects.
- Deformation in metallic nanomaterials.
- Curvature effects on the plastic behavior of metals as studied by atomistic simulations.
Winter Term 2014/15.
- Fluid flow, heat transfer and particle distribution in electromagnetic stirrer.
- Modelling Spatio-Temporal Strain Localization of Snow.
- Continuum dislocation modelling of cyclic fatigue in the crystal plasticity finite element framework.
- Strongly heterogeneous continuum dislocation plasticity.
- Biomechanical modelling bone and bone-implant systems.
- How (not) to model dislocation patterns.
- Rounding of phase transitions in cortical networks: the advantages of a low-dimensional brain.
Summer Term 2014.
- Adsorption of water on calcite surface: theoretical study and experiments.
- Avalanches and glassy relaxation in brain networks.
- Phase field models and plastic flow.
- Fragmentation of plastic materials.
- A Discrete Approach to Describe the Interaction between a Tire Tread and a Snow-Covered Road.
- Dislocations in bilayer graphene.
- Higher order continuum modelling of the compressive behaviour of snow.
Winter Term 2013/14.
- Avalanche statistics in disordered visco-elastic interfaces.
- Avalanche localization and universality class of amorphous plasticity.
- G2C2: Geometry, Generalized Continua and Compatibility.
- Field models of anisotropic dislocation systems.
- Micromechanics of Geomaterials using Generalised Continuum Models.
- Monte Carlo Simulation of Creep Deformation of Amorphous Materials.
- Modelling of materials with random microstructure.
- Snow Fracture and Slab Avalanche Release - A Case Study.
Summer Term 2013.
- Atomistic input to Discrete Dislocation Dynamics.
- Bond order potentials for elements and compound.
- Modeling the Kinetics of Annealing.
- Higher order alignment tensors in continuum dislocation dynamics.
- Multiscale Simulation of Concrete.
- Continuum Modelling and Simulation of Strain Ageing Phenomena in Metallic Alloys.
Winter Term 2012/13.
- Statistical properties of plastic deformation of crystalline solids.
- Phase field modeling of microstructure evolution.
- Multiscale modelling of MgO single crystal plasticity.
- Concurrent Multiscale Simulations of Metal Fracture.
- Anticrack-type Fracture of Foam Glass under Compression.
- Relating gradient plasticity with Discrete Dislocation Dynamics.