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New Preprint on the numerical analysis for the Stokes problem

In their recent paper “Numerical analysis for the Stokes problem with non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition,” Thomas Apel, Katharina Lorenz, and Johannes Pfefferer study the Stokes problem with low-regularity Dirichlet boundary data in possibly non-convex domains and develop numerical methods for its solution.

New preprint on beam-to-beam coupling in geometrically exact beam theories

In their new paper “A variationally consistent beam-to-beam point coupling formulation for geometrically exact beam theories”, Ivo Steinbrecher, Nora Hagmeyer, Christoph Meier, and Alexander Popp present a formulation-independent approach for coupling beam cross-sections within the framework of geometrically exact beam theory.

New ACM TOMS publication highlights the evolution of Trilinos

A newly published paper in ACM TOMS presents a comprehensive update on Trilinos, showcasing its modern architecture and advances in performance portability.

New publication on mathematical modelling of lipolysis on lipid droplets

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.

IMCS at the 14th congress of the German Society for Biomechanics in Hamburg

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.

IMCS at the 96th GAMM Annual Meeting in Stuttgart

The 96th GAMM Annual Meeting took place from March 16–20, 2026, at the University of Stuttgart.

New Preprint on Dirichlet Boundary Control Problems

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 newly awarded doctor Tarik Sahin wearing the doctoral hat lovingly crafted by his colleagues.

IMCS congratulates Tarik Sahin on his successful PhD completion

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

New publication on a method for determining unknown source locations

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.

Matthias Mayr successfully completes habilitation in computational mechanics

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).

Preprint on an embedded mesh approach for contact mechanics

Our new preprint on an embedded mesh approach for isogeometric boundary layers in contact mechanics is now available on arXiv.

CSE Colloquium talk by Fadi Aldakheel

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.

CSE Colloquium talk by Daniel Walter

Prof. Dr. Daniel Walter gives a talk on “Optimal sensor placement in source location tasks” in the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) research colloquium.

HPSF Community Summit 2026 at TU Braunschweig

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.

Workshop in Udine Strengthens German–Italian Collaboration

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.

New preprint published on arXiv

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.

Successful completion of Tobias Koch's doctoral thesis

Tobias Koch successfully defends his PhD thesis ‘Resilient Airport Systems: Integrating Model-Based Analysis with Simulation for Blackout and Cyber Attack Response’.

New preprint published on arXiv

Our new preprint on “Smoothed aggregation algebraic multigrid for problems with heterogeneous and anisotropic materials” has been published on arXiv.

New preprint on crack identification in membranes using spectral data

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.

New publication in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

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.

New publication in Advances and Challenges in Computational Mechanics

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.

Institute Christmas Party 2025

A festive evening of ice skating, conversation, and shared dinner marked a joyful end to the academic year.

Ratnadeep Pramanik organizes minisymposium at ICBT 2025

Last week, IMCS postdoctoral researcher Dr. Ratnadeep Pramanik organized the minisymposium at the International Conference on Biomedical Technology (ICBT 2025) in Hannover.

Student Internship in the Mathematical Engineering Program

High school student Maxi S. completed a two-week internship at the Universität der Bundeswehr München to learn more about the Mathematical Engineering (ME) program and studying at UniBW München.

New open-access Publication in Computational Mechanics

Our article "A Consistent Mixed-Dimensional Coupling Approach for 1D Cosserat Beams and 2D Surfaces in 3D Space" has been published in the journal Computational Mechanics.

Exploring AI at the IMCS Research Days 2025

The simulation group of IMCS gathered at the beautiful Haus der Bayerischen Landwirtschaft in Herrsching am Ammersee to discuss the benefits of AI in research.

IMCS at the Metamaterial Summer School in Nantes

From October 13 to October 18, 2025, Moritz Frey from IMCS participated in the international Summer School “Multi-Scale Approaches for Architectured and Microstructured Materials and Metamaterials” at École Centrale de Nantes in France.

Workshop on orchestrating multiphysics simulations with 4C & QUEENS

Our colleagues Dr.-Ing. Matthias Mayr and Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Brandstäter organized and delivered a workshop on the open-source software frameworks 4C Multiphysics & QUEENS.

Research Collaboration Continued: Thomas Apel Visits Mariano Mateos in Gijón

From September 22 to 26, Thomas Apel visited Mariano Mateos at the University of Oviedo in Gijón, Spain. Together with Arnd Rösch, the three continued their long-standing scientific collaboration.

IMCS at the GACM Colloquium 2025 in Braunschweig

IMCS PhD candidate Dharini Balachandran and our two external PhD candidates from DLR present their research at the GACM Colloquium 2025 in Braunschweig.