Christine Schwarz is a Lecturer at the Chair of Land Management and Rural Development at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Her research focuses include topology optimization for nonlinear collision processes, multifidelity shape optimization, multiphysics robustness analysis, finite element modeling for injury minimization, and multi-level material modeling for fiber composites. Department: Chair of Land Management and Rural Development University: Technical University of Munich Email: christine.schwarz@tum.de
Tanja Schnappinger is a PhD student at the Department of Computational Solid Mechanics, Technical University of Munich (TUM), affiliated with the Professorship for Computational Mechanics. Her research focuses on multi-fidelity methods, uncertainty quantification, and advanced modeling in computational mechanics. Education: PhD in Computational Solid Mechanics (2024–Now), Technical University of Munich M.Sc. in Computational Mechanics (2021–2024), Technical University of Munich, with participation in the Honors Program of the Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering (BGCE) B.Sc. in Engineering (2017–2021), Technical University of Munich Semester abroad at National University of Singapore (2020) and Aalto University, Finland (2022) Research Interests: Tanja works on topology optimization of structures for nonlinear collision processes, multifidelity shape optimization, robustness analysis for crash and multiphysics applications, finite element modeling to minimize injuries, and multi-level material modeling for fiber composites. Her projects include AI-based model reduction and uncertainty quantification for dynamic rotor blade design. Scientific Awards: Honors Program of the Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering (BGCE) Contact: Tanja is based at the Professorship for Computational Mechanics, Theresienstr. 90 (2nd floor), 80333 Munich. She can be reached at tanja.schnappinger@tum.de or +49 (89) 289 - 28691, Room 0106.02.634.
Daniel Weigert is a Researcher at Audi AG with expertise in computational mechanics and crash simulation. His work focuses on: Topology optimization for nonlinear impact processes Multifidelity shape optimization and robustness analysis for crash simulations Finite element modeling to minimize injuries Multi-level material modeling for fiber composites Research Projects: He contributed to "Automatic Model Reduction in Crash Simulation" during 2013–2015. His publications include: Identification of sub-models for crash simulation (2014) Automatic model reduction using pre-existing simulations (2014) Robustness assessment via stochastic and geometric analyses (2012)
