Dr. Katharina Dormanns

Bachelor thesis: "Bionische Entfeuchtung der Prozessabluft von Teilereinigungsanlagen mittels technischer Textilien nach Vorbild von nebelsammelnden Organismen"

Participation in the development of a biomimetic soft robotic arm inspired by an octopus as part of the OCTOPUS project, a large-scale integrating project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme in the theme of the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (OCTOPUS IP, FP7-ICT 2007.8.5, FET Proactive, Embodied Intelligence, Grant agreement no. 231608)

Participation in the course of “Biomimetic Research Finalized to a Project of Industrial and Strategic Design”; Biomimetical research on animals‟ behaviour in swarms

Supervised tasks at the laboratory, Research and Development department

Development of computational models of neurovascular coupling, i.e. the ability of the vasculature to regulate blood perfusion of the human brain. Specialities: Abstraction of complex systems (biological or other), mathematical modelling, computational simulation and parameter sensitivity analysis.

Mathematics, Physics, Mechanics, Informatics, Optimisation, Biology, Preparation technique, Physiology, Locomotion, Specialities: Fluid Dynamics, Material Science