Theses
Open Topics
Microstructure-mechanics correlation in gray matter structures of the human brain
Temperature sensitivity of the mechanical properties of spinal cord by nanoindentation
Supervisor: Oskar Neumann
Starting Date: open
Finished Theses
Master Thesis
- Entwicklung einer Softwarelösung zur Erstellung von 3D-Netzen von Zellstrukturen aus mikroskopischen Bilddaten
- Mechanical and microstructural characterization of the murine extraorbital lacrimal gland
- Quantification of Stiffness Gradients in Porcine Brain Tissue and Alginate-based Hydrogels Through Indentation Experiments
- Effects of cell proliferation on the mechanical behaviour of alginate-based hydrogels
- Poro-viscoelastic modeling and simulation of regional brain tissue properties under different loading conditions
- Computational modeling and simulation of spatio-temporal COVID-19 outbreak dynamics in Germany
- Quantitative analysis of cellular and extracellular components of human brain tissue through Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA)
- Experimental analysis of the effects of cell differentiation and proliferation on the mechanical properties of cell-laden alginate-based hydrogels
- Insights into the Microstructural Origin of Brain Viscoelasticity
- Multi-Modal Mechanical Analysis and Inverse Parameter Identification of Human Brain Tissue
- Analysis of the individual contributions of cells and matrix material on the mechanical properties of alginate-based hydrogels
- Computational Analysis of Wrinkling Modes in the Developing Brain
- A systematic study towards the rheology of healthy and diseased human brain tissue and its correlation with the underlying microstructure
- A continuum based model to investigate geometrical instabilities under different modes of compression
- Mechanical Characterization of Human Brain Tissue
- Investigation of the influence of myelination on the mechanical properties of brain tissue using Abaqus
Project Thesis
- Validation of a numerical model for human brain development via microscope images and analytical predictions
- Experimental and computational analysis of geometrical effects of cortical folding
- Numerical Investigations towards the Hyper- and Viscoelasticity of Human Brain Tissue
- Understanding how our brain folds: growth-induced geometric instabilities in hyperelastic bilayers
- Computational aspects of growth-induced geometric instabilities: a comparison of linear and quadratic finite elements
Bachelor Thesis
- Rheological and Microstructural Characterization of Human Brain Organoids
- Quantifying microstructural components of human brain tissue through histological and immunohistochemical staining
- Mechanical analysis of oxidized alginate-based hydrogels as substitute materials for brain tissue
- Implementation of a Turing reaction-diffusion system to elucidate brain folding
- Regional, directional, and species-dependent mechanical properties of brain tissue
- Experimental and computational investigation of buckling instabilities in thin polymer films as a model problem for brain folding