Dr.-Ing. Christoph Meier

Contact

• Room 1234
• Email: christoph.anton.meier@tum.de
• Phone: +49-89-289-15238
• Fax: +49-89-289-15301
• Office hours: by arrangement

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Broader Research Fields 

• Computational mechanics with focus on finite element methods (FEM), discrete 
  element methods (DEM) and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH)
• Computational solid and structural mechanics
• Computational thermo-solid and (multi-phase) thermo-fluid mechanics
• Reduced-order modelling
• Physics-based and data-based modeling approaches

Specific Research Topics 

• Physics-based modeling and simulation of metal additive manufacturing (AM): macroscale (part-scale thermo-solid-mechanics), mesoscale (melt pool thermo- hydrodynamics and powder spreading) and microscale (microstructure) modeling
• Computational contact mechanics and elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication (EHL)
• Modeling of Solid-liquid and liquid-vapor phase transitions
• Solid material modeling
• Modeling of cohesive powders and granular materials
• Geometrically exact beam theories
• Mechanical contact and intermolecular interactions between slender beams/fibers
• Coupling/embedding of reduced-dimensional structeres and 3D continua
• Modeling of fibrous systems/materials with complex fiber arrangements/interactions

Student Care

• Academic recognition service (Anerkennung von Studienleistungen)
• Student advisory service (Studienberatung), SS 2012 - WS 15/16

Teaching

• Physics-Based Modeling and Simulation of Metal Additive Manufacturing: lecturer 
  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUM, winter terms 21/22, 22/23
• Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics: lecturer
  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUM, winter terms 22/23, 21/22, 20/21, 19/20, 18/19
• Computational Solid and Fluid Dynamics: lecturer
  Munich School of Engineering (MSE), TUM, winter terms 20/21, 19/20, 18/19
• Research Topics in Computational Mechanics – Additive Manufacturing: lecturer
  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUM, winter terms 20/21, 19/20
• Nonlinear Finite Element Methods: lecturer
  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUM, summer terms 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
• Engineering Mechanics 2: lecturer (selected chapters with Prof. W. A. Wall)
  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUM, summer term 2019*
• Engineering Mechanics 3 – Dynamics: exercises, tutorials and administration
  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUM, winter term 11/12*
• Engineering Mechanics 2 – Elastostatics: exercises, tutorials and administration
  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUM, summer term 2011*
• Engineering Mechanics 1 – Statics: exercises, tutorials and administration
  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUM, winter term 10/11*
• Virtual Worlds: advanced training for high school teachers
  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUM, summer term 2015
• TM-Applet Project – Teaching Software from Students for Students: 
  project organization and student supervision
• Supervision of more than 20 Bachelor and Master theses

      *Up to 1000 undergraduate students typically attend these courses

Thesis

Meier, C.: Geometrically exact finite element formulations for slender beams and their contact interaction, Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2016

CISM Course: Metal Additive Manufacturing: Fundamentals, Modeling, Materials, and Implementation

• Udine, Italy, October 18-22, 2021.
• Organizers: Christoph Meier and A. John Hart.
• Lecturers: Bianca Maria Colosimo (Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy), Jürgen Eckert (Montan Universität Leoben, Austria), Andrey Gusarov (Moscow State Technological University "STANKIN", Russia), A. John Hart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA), Neil Hodge (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA), Christoph Meier (Technical University of Munich, Germany).
• 100 participants in total (in presence and online).
• Further information at www.cism.it/activities/courses/C2119.