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Members of the Dynamics Group

Contact details and further information of Dynamics Group members.

Norbert Hoffmann

Head of the Institute

E-Mail: norbert.hoffmann@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Nonlinear Structural Dynamics, Nonlinear Waves

Charlotte Geier

E-Mail: charlotte.geier@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Networks, Physics-Informed Machine Learning

Bjoern Niedergesäß

E-Mail: bjoern.niedergesaess@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Structural Dynamics, Modal Analysis, Vibration Analysis, Computational Mechanics

Jakob Schwarz

E-Mail: jakob.schwarz@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Boundary Element Methods, Numerical Integration, Vortex Methods

Nathanael Winter

E-Mail: nathanael.winter@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning for the control of cyber-physical systems

Svenja Ehlers

E-Mail: svenja.ehlers@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Reconstruction and Prediction of Ocean Waves, Rogue Waves, Physics-Informed Machine Learning

Jakob Ohlsen

E-Mail: jakob.ohlsen@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Immersed boundary methods, High-performance computing, Deep learning for spatio-temporal dynamics

Mathies Wedler

E-Mail: mathies.wedler@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Prediction of Ocean Waves, Machine Learning

Guest & External Researchers

Michele Ciavarella

E-Mail: michele.ciavarella@poliba.it

Research Interests: Contact mechanics, Fatigue including fretting

Marcel Deutzer

E-Mail: marcel.deutzer@volkswagen.de

Research Interests: Structure Optimization, Complex Eigenvalue Analysis, Brake Development, Machine Learning

Moritz Hartmann

E-Mail: m.hartmann@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Hydrodynamics, fluid structure interaction, numerical modelling, deterministic wave and motion prediction

Marco Klein

E-Mail: marco.klein@dlr.de

Research Interests: wave-structure-interaction, non-linear waves, extreme waves and response

Antonio Papangelo

E-Mail: antonio.papangelo@poliba.it

Research Interests: Friction, Contact Mechanics, Friction-Induced Vibrations, Bifurcation Analysis

Amin Chabchoub

E-Mail: amin.chabchoub@sydney.edu.au

Research Interests: Nonlinear Waves, Rogue Waves

Nicolas Desmars

E-Mail: nicolas.desmars@tuhh.de

Research Interests: Free-surface hydrodynamics, Wave-structure interaction, Deterministic prediction, Marine energy systems

Matthias Huhn

E-Mail: matthias.huhn@iwes.fraunhofer.de

Research Interests: Verification and validation of aero-servo-elastic models using a state-of-the-art wind turbine.

Sebastian Oberst

E-Mail: sebastian.oberst@uts.edu.au

Research Interests: Complex Systems, Nonlinear Time-Series Analysis, Entropy Methods

Merten Stender

E-Mail: merten.stender@tu-berlin.de

Research Interests: Physics-Informed Learning, Complex Dynamics

Former Members

Here you find information about former members of the Dynamics Group.

Former members of the Dynamics Group

Dynamics Group Locations

The Dynamics Group is part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Hamburg University of Technology and has collaborations with partners in science and industry in different parts of the world.