Abbas Tutcuoglu

Administration of the group-server (RedHat Linux) and code repository (C++-based). Support of Scientific Computing Department in optimizing group-code structure and performance for usage by other groups. Supervision of semester thesis on the inverse-analysis of a computationally inexpensive Taylor model based on high-fidelity results from Monte-Carlo-Potts-simulations using genetic algorithms. Teaching assistant for the courses Computational Solid Mechanics and Computational Multiscale Modelling.

Optimization of thermally-activated rigidity tunable materials for application in soft-robotics based on both numerical (C++ home code) and experimental studies. Numerical investigation (MATLAB) of optimal control in electrostatic energy harvesting with soft-matter arrays of dielectric elastomer transducers.

Comparative analysis of numerical methods on wind turbines from low fidelity methods (e.g. BEM) to high fidelity methods (e.g. CFD) using the structured grid RANS solver FLOWer as part of the initial orientation phase of the MERWind project aiming towards an application of the institute's expertise in rotor dynamics in favour of a multidisciplinary design of wind turbines.

Stochastic modelling and optimization of thermo-mechanical processes (Thesis topic); Computational Engineering; High-Performance Computing; Computational Multiscale Modelling

Computational Mathematics; Computational Solid Mechanics; GPU Computing

Nonlinear thermal parameter optimization for conductive polymer-based elastomers using gradient-based inverse schemes (Research Thesis); Stochastic Processes; High-Dimensional Statistics (e.g. non-smooth convex optimization); Population Dynamics (e.g. stochastic differential equations)

Computational modelling of blast wave propagation and its interaction with the human head (Master's Thesis); Computational Fluid Dynamics; Computational Mechanics; Application of Fluid Dynamics (e.g. Physiological Flows)