Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Thomas Apel

• Member of the Scientific Committee of the annual Chemnitz Finite Element Symposium

Research interests:

• Numerical methods for optimal control problems: SPP projekt, IGDK projekt
• Approximation on anisotropic finite element meshes
• Numerical methods for boundary value problems with corner and edge singularities
• Numerical methods for singularly perturbed problems
• A posteriori error estimation ad adaptive algorithms
• Numerical methods for quadratic operator eigenvalue problems

List of Publications:

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Supervised Ph.D. theses:

• Cornelia Pester:A posteriori error estimation for non-linear eigenvalue problems for differential operators of second order with focus on 3D vertex singularities, TU Chemnitz, 2006.
• Sergey Grosman:Adaptivity in anisotropic finite element calculations, TU Chemnitz, 2006.
• Gunter Winkler:Control constrained optimal control problems in non-convex three dimensional polyhedral domains, TU Chemnitz, 2008.
• Dieter Sirch:Finite Element Error Analysis for PDE-constrained Optimal Control Problems: The Control Constrained Case Under Reduced Regularity, TU München, 2010.
• Thomas Flaig:Discretization strategies for optimal control problems with parabolic partial differential equations, UniBw München, 2013.
• Johannes Pfefferer:Numerical analysis for elliptic Neumann boundary control problems on polygonal domains, UniBw München, 2014.
• Max Winkler:Finite Element Error Analysis for Neumann Boundary Control Problems on Polygonal and Polyhedral Domains, UniBw München, 2015.
• Sergejs Rogovs: Pointwise Error Estimates for Boundary Control Problems on Polygonal Domains, UniBw München, 2018.
• Volker Kempf: Pressure-robust discretizations for incompressible flow problems on anisotropic meshes, UniBw München, 2022.