Research

Topology optimization

Metamaterials

Model order reduction

Vibro-acoustics

Topology optimization

'Where efficiency creates designs'

• Part of the structural optimization family.
• The aim is to obtain optimized material distributions within a given design space while minimizing a certain objective and complying with user-defined constraints.
• My focus is on applying topology optimization in the field of metamaterials and sandwich structures towards minimizing noise.

Metamaterials

'Shaping possibilities beyond nature's limits'

• Metamaterials are engineered structures which can achieve properties not seen naturally in nature.
• By adding masses or resonators periodically on a plate, bandgaps can be achieved in which no free wave propagation takes place.
• My focus in on the design and characterization of vibro-acoustic metamaterials.

Model order reduction

'Streamlining complexity for efficient engineering'

• Model order reduction aims to approximate expensive high-fidelity models into lower-cost models while still including the important physics.
• The reduced system is constructed using full order model simulations.
• My focus is on model reduction techniques for the application of vibro-acoustic systems and metamaterials.

Vibro-acoustics

'Where vibrations and acoustics become one'

• In vibro-acoustics, the structural domain and acoustic domain are coupled.
• My focus is on the numerical simulation of vibro-acoustic systems to fully grasp their effects and design them to our wishes.