Benjamin Brands

Dr. Benjamin Brands is a Research Fellow at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), specializing in computational mechanics and multiscale material modeling. He works under the Chair of Engineering Mechanics (LTM), led by Prof. Paul Steinmann.

• Core Research: Multi-scale, multi-physics modeling of magneto-sensitive polymeric materials and reduced-order modeling techniques.
• Technical Focus: Computational homogenization, finite element methods, and magneto-mechanical material analysis.
• Key Projects: Involved in the ERC-funded MOCOPOLY project (2012–2017), which explored process-microstructure-property relationships in smart materials.

His publications span computational mechanics, material science, and advanced numerical methods, emphasizing magneto-sensitive polymers and multi-scale simulations. No scientific awards or student advisement details are explicitly mentioned.