Theses

Supervisor: Nina Reiter

Starting Date: open

• Analyze the morphological features of the 3D numerical models depicting the fetal human brain (2024, technical supervision: Saeed Zarzor and Jan Hinrichsen
• Inverse nonlinear 3D cell force reconstruction for traction force microscopy using finite elements (2024, technical supervision: Jan Hinrichsen)
• Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of Human Brain Organoids During Maturation (2022, technical supervision: Nina Reiter)
• Entwicklung einer Softwarelösung zur Erstellung von 3D-Netzen von Zellstrukturen aus mikroskopischen Bilddaten (2022, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Mechanical and microstructural characterization of the murine extraorbital lacrimal gland (2022, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Quantification of Stiffness Gradients in Porcine Brain Tissue and Alginate-based Hydrogels Through Indentation Experiments (2021, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Effects of cell proliferation on the mechanical behaviour of alginate-based hydrogels (2021, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Poro-viscoelastic modeling and simulation of regional brain tissue properties under different loading conditions (2021, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Computational modeling and simulation of spatio-temporal COVID-19 outbreak dynamics in Germany (2020, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Quantitative analysis of cellular and extracellular components of human brain tissue through Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA) (2020, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Experimental analysis of the effects of cell differentiation and proliferation on the mechanical properties of cell-laden alginate-based hydrogels (2020, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Insights into the Microstructural Origin of Brain Viscoelasticity (2020, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Multi-Modal Mechanical Analysis and Inverse Parameter Identification of Human Brain Tissue (2020, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Analysis of the individual contributions of cells and matrix material on the mechanical properties of alginate-based hydrogels (2019, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Computational Analysis of Wrinkling Modes in the Developing Brain (2019, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• A systematic study towards the rheology of healthy and diseased human brain tissue and its correlation with the underlying microstructure (2018, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• A continuum based model to investigate geometrical instabilities under different modes of compression (2017, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Mechanical Characterization of Human Brain Tissue (2015, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Investigation of the influence of myelination on the mechanical properties of brain tissue using Abaqus (2015, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)

• Image-based 3D Reconstruction of Rotating Specimens (2024, technical supervision: Jan Hinrichsen)
• Validation of a numerical model for human brain development via microscope images and analytical predictions (2020, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Experimental and computational analysis of geometrical effects of cortical folding (2020, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Numerical Investigations towards the Hyper- and Viscoelasticity of Human Brain Tissue (2019, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Understanding how our brain folds: growth-induced geometric instabilities in hyperelastic bilayers (2017, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Computational aspects of growth-induced geometric instabilities: a comparison of linear and quadratic finite elements (2016, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)

• Experimental investigation of damage thresholds of porcine brain tissue under different loading modes (2023, technical supervision: Emma Griffiths, Nina Reiter)
• Mechanical Characterization of Porcine Brain Tissue in Tension (2021, technical supervision: Nina Reiter)
• Rheological and Microstructural Characterization of Human Brain Organoids (2020, technical supervision: Nina Reiter)
• Quantifying microstructural components of human brain tissue through histological and immunohistochemical staining (2019, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Mechanical analysis of oxidized alginate-based hydrogels as substitute materials for brain tissue (2019, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Implementation of a Turing reaction-diffusion system to elucidate brain folding (2016, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Regional, directional, and species-dependent mechanical properties of brain tissue (2016, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)
• Experimental and computational investigation of buckling instabilities in thin polymer films as a model problem for brain folding (2014, technical supervision: Silvia Budday)