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A figure from our article "A single charge in the actin binding domain of fascin can independently tune the linear and non-linear response of an actin bundle network" in publication in EPJ E, Vol. 38, issue no. 5 (May 2015) paper No. 50, has been selected to illustrate the front cover of the… [read more]

Maximilian Grill was awarded with the "Graduate Award of the SEW-EURODRIVE-Foundation" for his Master's Thesis, entitled "Development of a Finite Element Formulation for Potential-Based Interactions of Slender Continua and it's Application to Biopolymer Physics". [read more]

The new website of the "German Association of Computational Mechanics (GACM)" is now online. Its main objective is to stimulate and promote education, research and practice in computational mechanics in Germany. GACM is is a non-governmental organization currently led by Prof. Wolfgang A. Wall as… [read more]

On the occasion of the Graduation Ceremony of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the TUM on July 11th, 2014, Rui Fang was awarded the "1st Prize in Golden Teaching" by the student council. This award was given for his excellent performance in teaching the exercise course "Engineering… [read more]

Dr. Alexander Popp was appointed to a four-year term as German representative in the "ECCOMAS Young Investigators Committee". The ECCOMAS YIC consists of one young scientist (under the age of 40) in the field of computational mechanics from each national or regional association in Europe that is… [read more]

Prof. Wolfgang A. Wall has been appointed as a member of the Research and Technology Advisory Committee of TU Graz [read more]

Dr. Francesc Verdugo was awarded with the "ECCOMAS PhD Award 2013" for the best thesis in computational methods in applied sciences and engineering in Europe for his doctoral work carried out at the Laboratori de Càlcul Numèric (LaCàN), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). [read more]

Dr. Francesc Verdugo was awarded with the "SEMNI prize 2014" for the best thesis in numerical methods in engineering in Spain for his doctoral work carried out at the Laboratori de Càlcul Numèric (LaCàN), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). [read more]

Dr. Cristóbal Bertoglio was awarded with the "Airbus Group Foundation prize 2013" for the best thesis in mathematics and their interactions in France for his doctoral work carried out at the REO Team, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt. [read more]

The student council awarded the "3rd Prize in Golden Teaching" in the category "Best Exercise Course in Undergraduate Studies" to Rui Fang for the exercise course "Engineering Mechanics 1" offered during the winter term 2012/2013. [read more]