In this new preprint, we investigate a scalable physics-based block preconditioner for mixed-dimensional models in beam-solid interaction and their application in engineering.

IMCS is taking part in this year's Heidelberg Seminar on Optimal Control from 24 February to 2 March in Haus im Ennstal.

On February 29, 2024, this year's leap year day, the second lecture of this year took place in the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) research colloquium organized by Professors Apel, Brünig, Kiendl and Popp.

In a new preprint we investigate the solution of the Laplace eigenvalue problem on circular sectors using isogeometric analysis, focusing on the influence and numerical resolution of the characteristic corner singularity.

Bavarian Minister of Internal Affairs Joachim Herrmann visits the UniBW and informs himself about the RISK.twin project.

In a new preprint, which is the result of a research collaboration with the Karl-Franzens-University Graz, we investigate the mathematical modeling and numerical discretization of lipolysis in lipid droplets.

Since February 1, 2024, Daniel Wolff has joined the Computer-based Simulation group (Prof. Popp) as a postdoc.

On February 1, 2024, the first talk of the year in the research colloquium Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) organized by Professors Apel, Brünig, Kiendl and Popp took place.

Our new article entitled "A fully coupled regularized mortar-type finite element approach for embedding one-dimensional fibers into three-dimensional fluid flow" has been published as an open-access paper in Wiley's International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

The new article "On solving elliptic obstacle problems by constant abs-linearization" has been published as open-access paper in Elsevier's Results in Control and Optimization.

Last week, from December 6th to 7th, the annual research days of the "Computer-based Simulation" group led by Prof. Popp took place for the third time in Herrsching am Ammersee

The traditional IMCS Christmas party took place yesterday, Wednesday 13 December 2023. This year's venue was the Max Munich Bowling centre in Brunnthal.

Last Saturday, the Master's ceremonies were held at our university to honour the recent graduates. The Civil Engineering and Mathematical Engineering degree programmes, where the IMCS plays an essential role in teaching, produced numerous highly qualified graduates this year.

Dr Max Winkler from TU Chemnitz was a guest at the IMCS this week and gave a talk on agent-based optimal control of pedestrian dynamics for the Colloquium Applied Mathematics.

In this preprint, we explore the ability of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) to solve forward and inverse problems of contact mechanics for small deformation elasticity.

A hands-on workshop successfully introduced the software framework QUEENS to the institute.

This week, the IMCS participated in the 5th International Conference on Biomedical Technology, which took place again in Hannover.

"Targeting a faster time-to-solution of mortar-based contact problems" has been published in Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics.

Last week, the IMCS participated in the 36th edition of the Chemnitz Finite Element Symposium, which was held this year on tour in Leibnitz, Styria.

The 10th GACM colloquium in Vienna gathered multiple researches to present and discuss their work in fields of digital twinning, machine learning, and model order reduction in engineering and science.

Yesterday, Monday, 04.09.2023, the doctoral defense of Nora Hagmeyer took place.

On August 17, the annual institute excursion of IMCS led its employees to Inzell. In a relaxed atmosphere, everyone enjoyed a delightful round of soccer golf at the Soccerpark, which brought about cheerful spirits. Following this, the group had lunch at Lindlbauer-Kaiserschmarrn Café, where a hearty Kaiserschmarrn awaited the participants, providing the energy for the rest of the day.

The chair of IMCS was again invited to participate in the “FE ohne Schnee” event this year, which took place in Kleinwalsertal. Our postdoc Ivo Steinbrecher was able to present its work on mixed-dimensional modeling.

The first edition of the newly introduced institute barbecue took place yesterday at the Hollerner See in the best weather and completely satisfied all the guests present.

On Wednesdy the 5th of July Philipp Zilk was awarded with the UKIE SIAM Student Talk Prize for his outstanding presentation at the 29th Biennial Numerical Analysis Conference

We are pleased to announce that IMCS made significant contributions at the 7th International Conference on Computational Contact Mechanics (ICCCM23) at Politecnico di Torino, with Prof. Alexander Popp as a co-organizer.

In the week of July 3-7, 2023, Thomas Apel was a guest of Serge Nicaise at the University Polytechnique Hauts de France in Valenciennes, France.

The IMCS participated with the exhibition "Mathematics to touch" at the open day in our university and attracted numerous interested people.

Two members of the IMCS contributed to the 11th International Conference on Isogeometric Analysis (IGA 2023) in Lyon.

On June 15 and 16, 2023, the fourth meeting of the doctoral student network was held on the campus of HSU/UniBw H, in which the two Universities of the Bundeswehr cooperate in research on the digitization of bridges.