PhD theses completed

R1) Multirate and multiscale methods

• Avanced Simulation of an Adaptive Lower Limb Prosthesis, Dr.-Ing. Nasim Alnu'man
• Systematic data extraction in HF electromagnetic fields, Dr.-Ing. Todorka Banova
• Development of boundary conforming and adaptive high order schemes for beam dynamics simulations, Dr.-Ing. Jian Cui
• Robust reduced order models and direct network couplings, Dr.-Ing. Martin Eller
• Quality Assessment for Large-Eddy-Simulations, Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Frankenbach
• Coupled fluid dynamic and electromagnetic simulations using a boundary conforming Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) approximation, Dr.-Ing. Annette Fröhlcke
• Extended transmission line modeling of electrical machines, Dr.-Ing. Hai Van Jorks
• Space-time Discretization for Maxwell's Equations in Geometric Algebra Setting, Dr.-Ing. Mariusz Klimek
• Finite Element Methods in Electromagnetics, Dr.-Ing. Fritz Kretzschmar
• Development of a Femtosecond Bunch Arrival Time Monitor System, Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kuhl
• Higher-Order Multirate Methods for Transient Multi-Physics Problems, Dr. rer. nat. Karen Kuhn
• hp-Adaptive Finite Element Methods for the Time Dependent Maxwell Equations, Dr.-Ing. Martin Lilienthal
• Coupled Magnetic and Thermal Simulation of superconducting magnets, Dr.-Ing. Anna Mierau
• Flow over superhydrophobic surfaces under the influence of electric fields, Dr.-Ing. Clarissa Schönecker
• Generation of compact models for power electronics devices, Dr.-Ing. Felix Traub
• Simulation and adjoint-based optimization of water supply networks, Dr. rer. nat. Lisa Wagner
• Modeling of Thin Sheets and Surface Impedance Boundary Conditions, Dr.-Ing. Irene Woyna

R2) Optimal control

• FSI-based optimization of profiled structures, Dr.-Ing. Nima Aghajari
• Adaptive Multilevel Optimization Methods based on adaptive FE- and reduced Order Approximations, Dr. rer. nat. Stefanie Bott
• Multidimensional Optimization Algorithm for the Control of Combustion Engines, Dr. rer. nat. Timo Burggraf
• Adaptive Multilevel SQP-Methods for PDAE-Constrained Optimal Control Problems, Dr. rer. nat. Debora Clever
• Optimal flow control based on reduced models, Dr. rer. nat. Jane Ghiglieri
• Modelling and tailoring of damping in self-excited mechanical systems, Dr.-Ing. Dominik Jekel.
• Identification and optimization of flow and transport phenomena, Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Seitz
• Model order reduction for parameterized dynamical systems obtained with the finite integration technique, Dr.-Ing. Kynthia Stavrakakis
• Numerical Simulation of Aerodynamic Plasma Actuator Effects, Dr.-Ing. Debora Gleice Vieira
• Wave Propagation in Liquid Crystal, Dr.-Ing. Xiao Wang
• Adaptive Multilevel SQP-Methods for PDE-constrained Optimization, Dr. Jan Carsten Ziems

R3) Discrete-continuous and global optimization

• A continuous reformulation of cardinality constrained optimization problems, Dr. rer. nat. Max Bucher
• Optimization with Bilinear and Complementarity Constraints, Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Fischer
• Derivative Free Surrogate Optimization for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Black Box Problems in Engineering, Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hemker
• Optimal Operation of Water Supply Networks by Mixes Integer Nonlinear Programming and Algebraic Methods, Dr. Wei Huang
• Trajectory and Task Planning for Cooperating Vehicles: Discrete-Continuous Modeling and Optimization, Dr.-Ing. Christian Reinl

R4) Uncertainty quantification

• Methods from statistical signal processing for application in accelerator technology, Dr.-Ing. Mouhammad Alhumaidi
• Modelling and Quantification of Uncertainties in electro-mechanical Energytransducers, Dr.-Ing. Zeger Bontinck
• Simulation of Coupled Problems and Uncertainty Quantification in Nanoelectronics, Dr.-Ing. Thorben Casper
• Numerical Methods for Estimation and Reduction of the Impact of Geometrical Uncertainties on the Performance of Electromagnetic Devices, Dr.-Ing. Jacopo Corno
• Advanced Robust Bootstramp Techniques for Signal Processing, Dr.-Ing. Lala Khadidja Hamaidi
• Stochastic Modelling of Materials in Accelerator Magnets, Dr.-Ing. Radoslav Jankoski
• Entwicklung numerischer Verfahren zur Unsicherheits-Quantifizierung in elektromagnetischen Feldmodellen mit einer vergleichsweise großen Anzahl unsicherer Parameter, Dr.-Ing. Dimitrios Loukrezis
• Stochastic Galerkin methods for incompressible flows, Dr. rer. nat. Christopher Müller
• Development of a numerical method for preliminary design of components to ensure operational stability under stochastic multiaxial vibrational load, Dr.-Ing. Ngoc Bao Nguyen
• Unsteady adaptive stochastic collocation methods in Uncertainty Quantification, Dr. rer. nat. Bettina Schieche
• Reduced basis methods for PDE problems with random data, Dr. rer. nat. Christopher Spannring
• Robust Classification and Clustering for Distributed Sensor Networks, Dr.-Ing. Freweyni Kidane Teklehaymanot
• Flow Optimization under Uncertainty, Dr.-Ing. Christoph Thiem

R5) Combustion

• Numerical Investigations of Altitude Relight Phenomena, Dr.-Ing. Kai Aschmoneit
• Advanced Modelling of flame-wall interaction and heat transfer in Combustion Systems, Dr.-Ing. Amer Avdic
• Simulation of Turbulent Combustion Processes in GDI-engines using LES, Dr.-Ing. Matteo Ghelfi
• Analyse und Bewertung der Einflüsse von Biokraftstoffen auf die Verbrennung im Motor, Dr.-Ing. Chao He
• Development of numerical models for the simulation of compressible combustion, Dr.-Ing. David Jesch
• Compressible combustion and combustion instabilities, Dr.-Ing. Jean Kadavelil
• Prediction of minor species in combustion systems, Dr.-Ing. Anja Ketelheun
• Development of numerical methods for the simulation of turbulent premixed combustion, Dr.-Ing. Guido Künne
• Modeling and unsteady simulation of turbulent multiphase flow including fuel injection in IC-engine, Dr.-Ing. Kaushal Nishad
• Numerical Study of Stratification on novel Homogeneous-Charge Compression-Ignition (HCCI) Engines for Higher Load Extension, Dr.-Ing. Esra Yildar

R6) Multiphase flows

• Free Surface Fluid Flow Controlled by Surface and Electro-Magnetic Forces, Dr.-Ing. Nehzat Emamy
• Direct Numerical Simulations and Computational analysis of binary droplet collisions for complex fluids, Dr.-Ing. Christian Focke
• Multi-Phase Flow Simulation with an Eulerian approach and the Direct Quadrature Method of Moments (DQMOM), Dr.-Ing. Werner Gumprich
• Aerodynamic Sound Production in Shear Flows, Dr.-Ing. Jan-Niklas Hau
• Discontinuous Galerkin Simulation of Multiphase Flows with Interfacial Equations, Dr.-Ing. Christina Kallendorf
• Simulation of incompressible flows using the discontinuous Galerkin method, Dr.-Ing. Benedikt Klein
• A Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) Multi-Phase Solver for Compressible Fluids, Dr.-Ing. Stephan Krämer-Eis
• Direct numerical simulation of particle laden flows using extended Discontinuous Galerkin methods, Dr.-Ing. Dennis Krause
• Development of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods and Software for Multiphase Problems, Dr.-Ing. Florian Kummer
• Droplet Impact on Porous Media, Dr.-Ing. Nicklas Linder
• Numerical and analytical investigation of themocapillary motions and their impact on flow stability, Dr.-Ing. Anja Lippert
• Enhanced compact heat exchangers, Dr.-Ing. Felix Loosmann
• Modeling and DNS of disperse Fluids, Dr.-Ing. Laura Lukassen
• Mathematical modelling and numerical simulation of surface-tension-driven multi-phase flows without and with evaporation, Dr. rer. nat. Chen Ma
• A two-phase Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) computational framework using unstructured Finite Volume Method, Dr.-Ing. Tomislay Maric
• Simulation of compressible multiphase flow phenomena using the Discontinuous Galerkin method, Dr.-Ing. Björn Müller
• Numerical Simulation of Shear Induced Wetting and Dewetting, Dr.-Ing. Daniel Rettenmaier
• Extended Discontinuous Galerkin (XDG) Simulation of Multiphase Flows, Dr.-Ing. Thomas Utz
• Modeling and numerical simulation of multicomponent twophase fluids with ionic species, Dr.-Ing. Paul Weber

R7) Multiphysics applications

• Investigation of the effect of surface roughness on the dynamic properties of fluid dynamic bearings, Dr.-Ing. Taner Baytekin
• Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) in Labyrinth seals of Jet Engines, Dr.-Ing. Yu Du
• Numerical Modeling of Complex Fluid-Structure Interaction, Dr.-Ing. Xingyuan Chen
• Dynamics of paper machinery, Dr.-Ing. Manuel Eckstein
• Acoustics of Fluid-Structure Interaction, Dr.-Ing. Frank Flitz
• Vibration-based Energy Harvesting, Dr.-Ing. Eduard Heffel
• Vibration-based Nonlinear Broadband Energy Harvesting, Dr.-Ing. Matthias Heymanns
• Numerical Simulation and Optimization of the generation of noise of the aircraft engines, Dr.-Ing. Xin Huang
• Flow and Combustion in modern gas turbine combustion chambers, Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kneißl
• Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows in Context of Fluid-Structure Interaction, Dr.-Ing. Anastasia Kondratyuk
• Simulation and Optimization of Thermal Fluid-Structure Interaction in Blade-Disc Configurations of Aircraft Engines, Dr.-Ing. Hannes Lück
• Multigrid Methods applied to Fluid-Structure Interaction, Dr. rer. nat. Stephen Sachs
• High-performance computing techniques for simulating multi-physical systems, Dr.-Ing. Andreas Schmitt
• Numerical methods for a parabolic-elliptic interface problem, Dr. rer. nat. Robert Schorr
• Load alleviation in wind turbines using self adaptive airfoils, Dr.-Ing. Henning Spiegelberg
• Fluid-Structure-Interaction in context of turbulent flows, Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Türk
• Avoidance of brake squeal by passive measures, Structural optimization of brake discs, Dr.-Ing. Andreas Wagner

R8) Material modeling

• Electric Field and Mechanical Stress in Ferroelectric Microstructures, Dr.-Ing. Daniel Franzbach
• Phase Transformations in Perovskite Single Crystals, Dr.-Ing. Shuai Wang
• Numerical simulation on the chemically induced mechanical stresses, Dr.-Ing. Ying Zhao

R9) Communication systems

• Multi-Antenna Multicasting and User Scheduling in Multi-User Networks, Dr.-Ing. Ahmed Abdelkader
• Multi-antenna multi-group multi-way relaying, Dr.-Ing. Aditya Amah
• Multi-user networks with outdated channel state information, Dr.-Ing. Alexey Buzuverov
• Multi-User Multi-Antenna Two-Way Relaying, Dr.-Ing. Holger Degenhardt
• Source Enumeration for Practical Multi-Sensor System, Dr.-Ing. Zhihua Lu
• Knowledge based Target Detection for Through the wall imaging, Dr.-Ing. Ahmed A. Mostafa
• Mathematical analysis of models from communications engineering, Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Schwinn
• Array Processing for non-stationary signals, Dr.-Ing. Waqas Sharif
• Adaptive Feedback Cancellation in Hearing Aids, Dr.-Ing. Falco Strasser
• Signal Processing in Cognitive Radio, Dr.-Ing. Fiky Suratman
• Multiple-antenna two-hop relaying for bi-directional transmission in wireless communication systems, Dr.-Ing. Timo Unger
• Electrical Post-Processing Techniques for Compensation of Impairments in Optical Transmission Systems, Dr.-Ing. Christian Weiß

C1) Visualization and simulated reality

• Simulation of Autonomous Robot Teams with Adaptable Levels of Abstraction, Dr.-Ing. Martin Friedmann
• Generation of Postured Voxel-based Human Models Used for Electromagnetic Applications, Dr.-Ing. Jing Gao
• Electromagnetic simulations of the human body, Dr.-Ing. Marija Nikolovski
• High Performance Computing on GPU Cluster, Dr.-Ing. Sven Widmer
• Methods for Realtime Simulation of Global Illumination on a Heterogeneous GPU-Cluster, Dr.-Ing. Dominik Wodniok

C2) High-performance computing techniques

• Automated Parallel Code Generation for Simulation of Carbon Nanotubes, Dr. rer. nat. Michael Burger
• Maintaining Long-Term Efficiency and Scalability in HPC Applications – A Methodic Approach, Dr. rer. nat. Christian Iwainsky
• Automatic Code and Performance Optimization for Massively Parallel Processors, Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Weber

C3) Verification and validation

• Advanced Modeling and Signal Processing for the Characterization of Complex Particles with the Time-Shift Technique, Dr.-Ing. Simon Rosenkranz
• Shear driven drop and rivulent motion on a rigid substrate, Dr.-Ing. Patrick Seiler
• Light-Scattering by Ice Crystals, Dr.-Ing. Patrick Stegmann
• Fast stretching of Liquid bridges of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids, Dr.-Ing. Christina Weickgenannt
• Laser beam interaction with droplets: computation and measurement, Dr.-Ing. Haitao Yu

C4) Software engineering concepts

• Bidirectional Model-to-Text Transformations, Dr.-Ing. Anthony Anjorin
• Incremental Model Synchronization with Precedence-Driven Triple Graph Grammars, Dr.-Ing. Marius Lauder
• Model based Software Development and Model Transformation, Dr.-Ing. Erhan Leblebici
• Concurrent Model Driven Automation Engineering – A Meta-Tool Environment for Triple Graph Grammars (TGG), Dr.-Ing. Michael Schlereth
• Decision-Presentation in virtual Product Development, Dr.-Ing. Frank Schönberg

D1) Cyber-physical systems

Coordinators: von Stryk

• Inverse problems in monitoring of atmospheric dispersion processes, Dr.-Ing. Tobias Ritter