- Scientific machine learning	- Energietransition
- Variational principles	- Numerical analysis
- Phase field approach	- Multiphysics
- Multi-scale modeling	- Fatigue/Fracture/Damage
- Gradient-extended theory	- Finite element technology (FEM)
- Coupled problems	- Virtual element method (VEM)
- Material modeling	- Contact mechanics
- Theory of Porous Media	- Experimental validation

Education

Aug. 2017 - Jun. 2020	Habilitation, Institute of continuum mechanics Leibniz University Hanover LUH, Germany Thesis: Simulation of Fracture Processes using Global-Local Approach and Virtual Elements Submission Day: 15.06.2020 Supervisor: Prof. Peter Wriggers Co-supervisor: Prof. Laura De Lorenzis
Sep. 2011 – May 2016	Ph.D., Institute of Applied Mechanics University of Stuttgart, Germany Thesis: Mechanics of Nonlocal Dissipative Solids: Gradient Plasticityand Phase Field Modeling of Ductile Fracture http://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/8820 Supervisor: Prof. Christian Miehe Co-supervisor: Prof. Jörn Mosler
Oct. 2009 – Aug. 2011	M.Sc. Degree in Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures (COMMAS), University of Stuttgart, Germany Thesis: Computational Homogenization in Micro-Electro-Elasticity https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324132798 Supervisor: Prof. Christian Miehe
Sep. 2001 – Jun. 2006	B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Power Department, University of Aleppo, Syria

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2023	Full Professor (W3) Institute of Mechanics and Computational Mechanics (IBNM) - Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science Leibniz University Hanover
2023	Call for full-professorial chair for "Digitisation and data-modelling in science and technology" at the University of Leoben (declined)
2022 - 2023	Associate Professor (Honorary) Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering (ZCCE), Swansea University, United Kingdom
2017-2022	Group Leader and Chief Engineer Institute of continuum mechanics - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Leibniz University Hanover
Jun. 2016 – Jul. 2017	Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Applied Mechanics (CE), University of Stuttgart, Germany - Teaching masters courses, setting up and correcting exams - Supervising Master theses from university and industry - Working with Ph.D. students on different research topics
Jul. 2014 – Jul. 2017	Course Director of the international Master Program “Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures” (COMMAS) at University of Stuttgart
Jul. 2014 – Jul. 2017	Local Director of the EU Excellence Program: “Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Computational Mechanics”
Jan. 2012 – Jun. 2014	Examination Officer of the international Master Program “Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures” (COMMAS) University of Stuttgart, Germany
Jul. 2007 – Aug. 2009	Teaching assistant at the Faculty of Petrochemical Engineering Alfurat University, Syria - Teaching undergraduate courses - Setting up and correcting exams
Jun. 2006 – Jun. 2007	HVAC engineer at CIAT Middle east north, Aleppo - Syria - Sales and technical support engineer - Designing of heating and cooling systems for building - Preparation of financial offers
Aug. 2005 – Sep. 2005	IAESTE YUGOSLAVIA - Internships - Thermal Power Plant Nikola Tesla plc in Obrenovac, Serbia and Montenegro - Minel Elvo company in Novi Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro

Teaching Activities

Leibniz Universität Hannover
WiSe 2023/24	Baumechanik A
WiSe 2023/24	Kontinuumsmechanik von mehrphasigen porösen Materialien/Continuum Mechanics of multiphase porous Materials
WiSe 2023/24	Machine Learning for Material and Structural Mechanics
WiSe 2023/24	Reliable Simulation in the Mechanics of Materials and Structures
SoSe 2023	Machine Learning for Material and Structural Mechanics I
WiSe 2022/23	Machine Learning for Material and Structural Mechanics
SoSe 2020	Technische Mechanik IV
SoSe 2018 - SoSe 2020	Continuum Mechanics II
SoSe 2018 - SoSe 2020	Numerical Implementation of Constitutive Models
WiSe 2017/18 - WiSe 2019/20	Continuum Mechanics I

Universität Stuttgart
SoSe 2016 - SoSe 2017	Micromechanics of Materials and Homogenization Methods
WiSe 2016/17	Computational Mechanics of Materials

Awards

2020	Richard-von-Mises-Preis of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM)
2019	"Best Paper Awards" International Federation for Structural Concrete
2011	DAAD scholarship in Master of Science (COMMAS) at University of Stuttgart
2002-2006	Honor roll certificates at Faculty of mechanical engineering, University of Aleppo, Syria

Publications

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Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Continuum Mechanics Background, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 21-40 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Fracture Processes, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 243-315 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Problems in Dynamics, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 185-207 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Computational Homogenization of Polycrystalline Materials, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 369-393 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Element Formulation for Finite Plasticity, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 209-224 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): VEM Ansatz Functions and Projection for Solids, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 41-85 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Thermo-mechanical Problems, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 225-242 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Beams and Plates, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 395-441 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Elasticity Problems, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 117-183 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Construction of the Virtual Element, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 97-115 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): VEM Ansatz Functions and Projection for the Poisson Equation, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 87-95 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Element Formulation for Contact, Springer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 317-367 More info
Julien Philipp Stöcker, Elsayed Saber Elsayed, Fadi Aldakheel, Michael Kaliske (2023): FE‐NN: Efficient‐scale transition for heterogeneous microstructures using neural networks, PAMM, e202300011 More info
Che Wang, Fadi Aldakheel, Chuanwei Zhang, Le Gu, Peter Wriggers (2023): Failure of high-speed bearing at cyclic impact-sliding contacts: Numerical and experimental analysis, Elsevier, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 253, 108410 More info
Fadi Aldakheel, Richard Hanke‐Rauschenbach (2023): Energy transition with green hydrogen: Toward computational design of comprehensive proton exchange membrane water electrolysis stacks, PAMM, e202300287 More info
Fadi Aldakheel, Holger Steeb (2023): PP 2020: Cyclic deterioration of high-performance concrete in an experimental-virtual lab, Minisymposia 16, 64 More info
Tong-Rui Liu, Fadi Aldakheel, MH Aliabadi (2023): Virtual Element Method for Phase Field Modeling of Dynamic Fracture, Elsevier, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 411, 116050 More info
Fadi Aldakheel (2023): 3D Simulations of Fracture Processes Using Global-Local Approach, Sciencedirect, Comprehensive Structural Integrity, Vol. 3, 333-347 More info
Fadi Aldakheel, Elsayed S Elsayed, Tarek I Zohdi, Peter Wriggers (2023): Efficient multiscale modeling of heterogeneous materials using deep neural networks, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 72, 155-171 More info
Christoph Böhm, Lukas Munk, Blaž Hudobivnik, Fadi Aldakheel, Jože Korelc, Peter Wriggers (2023): Virtual Elements for computational anisotropic crystal plasticity, North-Holland, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 405, 115835 More info
Fadi Aldakheel, Celal Soyarslan, Hari Subramani Palanisamy, Elsayed Saber Elsayed (2023): Machine learning aided multiscale magnetostatics, Sciencedirect, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 184, 104726 More info
Che Wang, Fadi Aldakheel, Chuanwei Zhang, Le Gu, Peter Wriggers (2022): Shear instability of high-speed bearing at cyclic impact-sliding contacts, Available at SSRN 4281375 More info
Fadi Aldakheel, Chaitanya Kandekar, Boris Bensmann, Hüsnü Dal, Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach (2022): Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Induced Fracture Modeling in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Production, Elsevier, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 400, 115580 More info
Nima Noii, Amirreza Khodadadian, Fadi Aldakheel (2022): Probabilistic failure mechanisms via Monte Carlo simulations of complex microstructures, Elsevier, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 399, 115358 More info
Jacinto Ulloa, N Noii, R Alessi, Fadi Aldakheel, G Degrande, S François (2022): Variational modeling of hydromechanical fracture in saturated porous media: a micromechanics-based phase-field approach, Elsevier, Computer Methods In Applied Mechanics And Engineering, Vol. 396, 115084 More info
Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Element Methods for Engineering Applications, Springer, Cham., SEMA SIMAI Springer Series book series, Vol. 31, 557-605 More info
Nima Noii, Amirreza Khodadadian, Jacinto Ulloa, Fadi Aldakheel, Thomas Wick, Stijn François, Peter Wriggers (2022): Bayesian inversion with open-source codes for various one-dimensional model problems in computational mechanics, Springer Nature, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, Vol. 29, 4285-4318 More info
Mohammed Asmael, Babak Safaei, Omer Kalaf, Qasim Zeeshan, Fadi Aldakheel, Tauqir Nasir, Zhicheng Yang (2022): Recent developments in tensile properties of friction welding of carbon fiber-reinforced composite: A review, De Gruyter, Nanotechnology Reviews, Vol. 11, Issue 1, 1408-1436 More info
Bilen Emek Abali, Fadi Aldakheel, Tarek I Zohdi (2022): Multiphysics Computation of Thermomechanical Fatigue in Electronics Under Electrical Loading, Springer Nature, Current Trends and Open Problems in Computational Mechanics, 1 More info
Qinghua Zhang, Bohayra Mortazavi, Xiaoying Zhuang, Fadi Aldakheel (2022): Exploring the mechanical properties of two-dimensional carbon-nitride polymer nanocomposites by molecular dynamics simulations, Elsevier, Composite Structures, Vol. 281, 115004 More info
Mohamed Abubakar Ali, Christoph Tomann, Fadi Aldakheel, Markus Mahlbacher, Nima Noii, Nadja Oneschkow, Karl-Heinz Drake, Ludger Lohaus, Peter Wriggers, Michael Haist (2022): Influence of moisture content and wet environment on the fatigue behaviour of high-strength concrete, MDPI, Materials, Vol. 15, Issue 3, 1025 More info
D. Kienle, F. Aldakheel, M.-A. Keip (2018): A Phase-field Model for Ductile Fracture in Frictional Materials, 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6), 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7) More info
Blaž Hudobivnik, Fadi Aldakheel, Peter Wriggers (2018): A Virtual Element Method For Phase Field Modeling of Brittle Fracture, 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6), 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7) More info
Stephan Teichtmeister, Daniel Kienle, Fadi Aldakheel, Marc-André Keip (2017): A Phase Field Approach to Fracture in Anisotropic Brittle Solids, Proceedings of the 7th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists from Academia and Industry More info
Fadi Aldakheel (2016): Mechanics of nonlocal dissipative solids: gradient plasticity and phase field modeling of ductile fracture, Stuttgart: Institut für Mechanik (Bauwesen), Lehrstuhl I, Universität Stuttgart More info
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-8803
ISBN: 978-3-937859-22-4
Fadi Aldakheel, Arun Raina, Christian Miehe (2015): Ductile failure with gradient plasticity coupled to the phase‐field fracture at finite strains, WILEY‐VCH Verlag, PAMM, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 271-272 More info
DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201510126
Christian Miehe, Martina Hofacker, L-M Schänzel, Fadi Aldakheel (2015): Phase field modeling of fracture in multi-physics problems. Part II. Coupled brittle-to-ductile failure criteria and crack propagation in thermo-elastic–plastic solids, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Volume 294, Pages 486-522 More info
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2014.11.017
Fadi Aldakheel, Arun Raina, Christian Miehe (2015): Phase Field Modeling of Ductile Fracture, 86th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics More info
Fadi Aldakheel, Steffen Mauthe, Christian Miehe (2014): Towards Phase Field Modeling of Ductile Fracture in Gradient‐Extended Elastic‐Plastic Solids, PAMM Proc. Appl. Math. Mech.14, 411 – 412 More info
DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201410193
Christian Miehe, Fabian Welschinger, Fadi Aldakheel (2014): Variational gradient plasticity at finite strains. Part II: Local–global updates and mixed finite elements for additive plasticity in the logarithmic strain space, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 268 (2014) 704–734 More info
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2013.07.015
Fadi Aldakheel, Steffen Mauthe, Christian Miehe (2013): Mixed variational principles and robust finite element design of gradient plasticity at finite strains, PAMM·Proc. Appl. Math. Mech.13, 173 – 174 (2013) More info
DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201310082
Christian Miehe, Fadi Aldakheel, Steffen Mauthe (2013): Mixed variational principles and robust finite element implementations of gradient plasticity at small strains, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng2013;94:1037–1074 More info
DOI: 10.1002/nme.4486
Fadi Aldakheel (2011): Computational Homogenization in Micro-Electro-Elasticity, Stuttgart: Institut für Mechanik (Bauwesen), Lehrstuhl I, Universität Stuttgart More info
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34176.66562
J. Schulte, M. Dittmann, F. Aldakheel, C. Hesch (2019): Phase-field modeling of thermomechanical porous-ductile fracture More info
F. Aldakheel, N. Noii, T. Wick, P. Wriggers (2019): An adaptive global-local approach for phase-field ductile fracture More info
B Hudobivnik, F Aldakheel, P Wriggers (2019): Efficient 3D virtual elements for finite strain thermo-plasticity, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany More info
Karlo Seleš, Fadi Aldakheel, Nenad Gubeljak, Zdenko Tonković, Jurica Sorić (2019): Phase-field model for high cycle fatigue life prediction of brittle materials More info
Fadi Aldakheel, Peter Wriggers (2019): Water-induced failure mechanics for concrete: Micro-mechanical model, experimental observation and phase-field coupling, Institute for Continuum Mechanics (IKM) Leibniz Universitaet Hannover More info
Ali Hussein, Blaz Hudobivnik, Fadi Aldakheel, Peter Wriggers (2019): A discontinuous approach to fracture based on the phase-field and the virtual element method More info