Martin Frank M.Sc.

Academic Education

Research Topics

My research focus is about modeling and simulation of cerebral aneurysms including various topics:

• Computational and Imaging-Based Hemodynamic Assessment of Intracranial Aneurysms

• Generation of Endovascular Implants for Aneurysm Treatment
                
  
  
• Simulation of patient-specific Interventions
  
  

Articles in Peer-Reviewed International Journals 

1. Frank M., F. Holzberger, M. Horvat, J. Kirschke, M. Mayr, M. Muhr, N. Nebulishvili, A. Popp, J. Schwarting, and B. Wohlmuth (2024): Numerical simulation of endovascular treatment options for cerebral aneurysms. GAMM-Mitteilungen. 47 (2024), e202370007, DOI (Open Access) , arXiv 

Preprints and Articles Submitted for Publication

1. Frank, M., Steinbrecher, I., Mayr, M., Popp, A. (2026): Mechanical Modeling of Braided Neurovascular Flow Diverters Using a Beam-to-Beam and Beam-to-Surface Contact Formulation. Preprint, submitted for publication, arXiv

International Conference Contributions with Abstract

1. Frank M, Mayr M, Steinbrecher I, Popp A,: Virtual Deployment of braided flow diverters in patient-specific cerebal aneurysms, 17th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM) 2026, Munich, Germany, July 19 - 24, 2026
2. Frank M, Mayr M, Steinbrecher I, Popp A,: Virtual Deployment of flow diverters in cerebral aneurysms - Importance of device selection, 9th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering - CMBE2026, Kobe, Japan, June 22 - 24, 2026
3. Frank M, Mayr M, Steinbrecher I, Popp A,: Computational Deployment of Flow Diverters in Cerebral Aneurysms, XI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Computational Bioengineering ICCB 2025, Rome, Italy, September 8 - 10, 2025
4. Frank M, Mayr M, Popp A,: Towards modeling the pre- and postoperative state of cerebral aneurysms, The 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering 2024, Lissbon, Portugal, June 3 - 7, 2024
5. Frank M, Mayr M, I, Popp A,: Porous media models for medical devices in cerebral aneurysms after endovasuclar intervention, V. International Conference on Biomedical Technology 2023, Hannover, Germany, November 6 - 8, 2023
6. Frank M, Mayr M, Steinbrecher I, Popp A,: A porous media model for cerebral aneurysms after endovasuclar
   intervention, 9th GACM Colloqium on Computational Mechanics 2022, Essen, Germany, September 21 - 23, 2022

Monographs

1. Frank M (2021): Implementation of the Space Time Finite Element Method within the AdhoC++ Framework, Master's thesis, TU Munich
2. Frank M (2018): Estimation of Unknown Airfoil Coefficients Using Geometrical Parameters, Bachelor's thesis, TU Munich

Teaching 

Supervised Student Projects / Theses

• Mechanical Modeling of Braided Neurovascular Devices: Incorporating Beam Contact Mechanics and Braiding Patterns, Bachelor's Thesis (2026)
• Computational Modeling and Simulation of Contour Devices for Endovascular Cerebral Aneurysm Treatment, Master's Thesis (2025) -  supervised in cooperation with TU Munich
• CFD Modeling of Flow Diverters for Cerebral Aneurysms: An Evaluation using 4C, Bachelor's Thesis (2024)
• Automatic Detection of Aneurysms and importation to Cubit, Student Project (2023)

Software Stack

• 4C: open-source multiphysics code
• VMTK: tool for preprocessing of vascular geometries
• CubitPy: for mesh generation
• Beamme: for generation of finite element beam meshes 
• Paraview: for data visualization and analysis tool
• Spack: for handling software installation at our HPC Cluster 

For active software development contributions check out github.