2026
We are happy to announce the publication of the article "Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Solving Contact Problems in Three Dimensions" in the special issue Advances and Challenges in Computational Mechanics.
Our article “Error estimates and graded mesh refinement for isogeometric analysis in the vicinity of polar corners” has recently been published in the journal Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.
Our new preprint “Can one hear the shape of a crack in a drum? Spectral fingerprints and a data-driven perspective” by Thomas Apel, Serge Nicaise, and Philipp Zilk is now available on HAL.
Our new preprint on “Smoothed aggregation algebraic multigrid for problems with heterogeneous and anisotropic materials” has been published on arXiv.
Tobias Koch successfully defends his PhD thesis ‘Resilient Airport Systems: Integrating Model-Based Analysis with Simulation for Blackout and Cyber Attack Response’.
The new preprint “Experimental and numerical study of the transient response of a cantilever beam with a piezoelectric disc sensor” by Radek Kolman, Robert Cimrman, Ladislav Musil, Moritz Frey, Jaromír Kylar, Sebastian Brandstaeter, Vojtěch Kotek, Alexander Popp, and Jan Kober is now available on arXiv.
IMCS was actively represented at the 3rd German–Italian GACM–GIMC Workshop in Udine, where Alexander Popp co-organized the event and, together with Sebastian Brandstaeter, presented current research on mixed-dimensional modelling and probabilistic analyses in computational mechanics.
As co-organizer of the first HPSF Community Summit, IMCS underlines its active role in the international high-performance software community and contributes its expertise in powerful simulation frameworks such as Trilinos to the strategic advancement of the ecosystem.
Prof. Dr. Daniel Walter gives a talk on “Optimal sensor placement in source location tasks” in the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) research colloquium.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Fadi Aldakheel gives a talk on “Physics-based machine learning for computational failure mechanics” in the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) research colloquium.
Our new preprint on an embedded mesh approach for isogeometric boundary layers in contact mechanics is now available on arXiv.
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Mayr has successfully completed his habilitation in the field of Computational Mechanics and is now authorized to carry the title Privatdozent (PD).
Our article “Sparse source identification in transient advection-diffusion problems with a primal-dual-active-point strategy” by Marco Mattuschka, Daniel Walter, Max von Danwitz and Alexander Popp has been published in the journal Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.
On February 27, 2026, our former IMCS colleague Tarik Sahin celebrated an important milestone in his academic career: by successfully defending his dissertation, he completed his doctoral studies
In their new paper “Dirichlet control problems with energy regularization governed by non-coercive elliptic equations”, Thomas Apel, Mariano Mateos, and Arnd Rösch investigate a linear–quadratic Dirichlet control problem governed by a non-coercive elliptic equation posed on possibly non-convex polygonal domains.
The 96th GAMM Annual Meeting took place from March 16–20, 2026, at the University of Stuttgart.
Last week, Dr. Ratnadeep Pramanik presented a finite element approach based on frictional contact for modelling the placement of braided endovascular (contour) devices at the 14th congress of the German Society for Biomechanics.
We are pleased to announce the publication of our article on the mathematical modeling and numerical discretization of lipolysis on lipid droplets, a life-essential metabolic process.
A newly published paper in ACM TOMS presents a comprehensive update on Trilinos, showcasing its modern architecture and advances in performance portability.