About me
I completed my bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with a specialization in aerospace engineering at RWTH Aachen University in 2017. After that, I specialized in aeronautics and graduated with a master’s degree in 2019. During my studies, I further had the opportunity to participate in a double degree program (T.I.M.E.), which allowed me to obtain a diploma in general engineering at Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France. Although I had the opportunity to work in diverse research areas, from microbial fuel cells to tribology, I found my passion for numerical methods in engineering, especially in the field of lightweight design. Alongside my studies, I worked as a student assistant in the field of numerical flutter analysis, combining my interest for lightweight structures and multiphysics simulation. In the same vein, I later investigated some numerical aspects in the field of Fluid-Structure Interaction in my master’s thesis before starting my doctoral studies at TU Wien in the Lightweight group with my supervisor Prof. Stefanie Elgeti.
Research
In my research, I am working in the field of optimization. More specifically, I am investigating the use of microstructured geometries, constructed through functional composition of splines. These porous structures offer the potential to reduce material costs and their local properties provide a vast realm of design possibilities versatile basis for optimization. Particularly, I am interested in their application in extrusion dies – the shape giving component in plastic profile extrusion. In this context, I am working on providing a framework for numerical shape optimization, employing various techniques of numerical analysis, e.g. the Finite Element Method (FEM) or Isogeometric Analysis (IGA), which goes hand in hand with developing new software.