2005 - 2008 The University of Texas at Austin,
                      The Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences,
                      Austin, TX, USA
                      ICES Postdoctoral Fellow
                      Project title: “Efficient computation of coupled acoustic-elastic wave
                        propagation in borehole environments using hp-adaptive finite elements”
                      Advisors: Prof. Leszek Demkowicz, Prof. Carlos Torres-Verdin
 
2000 - 2005 Delft University of Technology,
                      Faculty of Aerospace Engineering,
                      Delft, The Netherlands
                      Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics
                      Dissertation title: “Efficient numerical methods for fluid-structure
                          interaction”
                      Advisors: Prof. Rene de Borst, Prof. Harald van Brummelen
 
1999 - 2000 The von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics,
                      Department of Aeronautics / Aerospace,
                      Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium
                      Post-graduate Diploma Course in Computational Fluid Dynamics
                      Project title: “Numerical methods for unsteady flow computations on
                          moving meshes”
                      Advisors: Prof. Herman Deconinck, Prof. Hans De Sterck
 
1996 - 1999 Clausthal University of Technology,
                      Clausthal, Germany
                      Studies of Chemical Engineering
                      “Diplom-Ingenieur” (with Honors)
                      Diploma thesis title: “Untersuchungen zur Verbesserung numerischer
                          Modelle fur die Auslegung von Spritzgießplatten” (in German)
                      Advisor: Prof. Bernhard Zimmermann
 
 
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