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15. October 2024
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Dr.-Ing. Georgino Kaleng Tshikwand

Friedrich-Alexander Universität
Chair of Applied Mechanics

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Fully Coupled FEA Simulation of Re-programmable Origami Micro-Matter

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      • Continuum Dislocation Dynamics (CDD) theory
      • Deformation behaviour of Materials with Amorphous Microstructure
      • Failure and microstructure evolution of foams and cell structures
      • Finite Element Modeling of Bi-directional Origami Microactuator System
      • Shape Diagram of Body-Centered Cubic Crystals
      • Thermal Performance Optimization of EV Battery Module Electric Boxes: A Comparative Study of Alternative Housing Materials
      • AI-guided Recognition of Local Patterns in Nanoparticles from Tomographic Images
      • Simulation Study of Multiple Loading Conditions for Shape Memory Alloy films
      • Uncovering Hidden Structures in Materials Data: A Study of Two Clustering Algorithms with Dimensionality Reduction
      • Study of morphological indicators of virtual microstructures for material optimization
      • Computationally Efficient Torque Estimation in SMA Microactuation Systems: A Neural Network Surrogate Trained on Parametric FEM Data
      • System Identification of physical chemical model of Li-ion cell using deep learing
      • Modelling dislocation structures and size effects in deformed bicrystal based on continuum approaches
      • Shape Memory Alloys and Shape Memory Polymers in Origami-Inspired Self-Bending Micro-Actuators
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      • Modelling uni-axial and cyclic deformation of gradient nano-grained materials
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