Dr.-Ing. habil. Yousef Heider

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Dr.-Ing. habil. Yousef Heider
Address
Appelstraße 9a
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
121
Photo of Dr.-Ing. habil. Yousef Heider Photo of Dr.-Ing. habil. Yousef Heider
Dr.-Ing. habil. Yousef Heider
Address
Appelstraße 9a
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
121

Research project

  • Research
    • Multiphase processes
    • Multifield mechanics
    • Multiscale modeling
    • Porous media mechanics
    • Machine learning in engineering
    • Phase-field method
    • Continuum Mechanics
    • Soil dynamics
    • Fracture Mechanics
    • Lattice Boltzmann method
    • Discrete element method

     

  • Teaching Activities
    • Reliable Simulation in the Mechanics of Materials and Structures
    • Continuum Mechanics of multiphase porous Materials
  • Educational Background
    2021 Habilitation

    RWTH Aachen University

    Habilitation in the field of Mechanics (facultas docendi and venia legendi)

    Title of the thesis: Multi-field and multi-scale computational fracture mechanics and machine-learning material modeling

    Reviewers: Prof. Bernd Markert (RWTH Aachen), Prof. Bernhard Schrefler (University of Padova, Italy), Prof. Ralf Müller (TU Kaiserslautern)

    2012 Promotion

    University of Stuttgart

    Institute of Applied Mechanics, Chair of Continuum Mechanics

    Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    PhD Thesis title: Saturated porous media dynamics with application to earthquake engineering

    Advisor: Prof. Wolfgang Ehlers; Co-Advisors: Prof. Holger Steeb and Prof. Bernd Markert

    2007 M. Sc.

    University of Stuttgart

    Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Master's Program: "Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures (COMMAS)"

    2003 B. Sc.

    Damaskus University, Syria

    Faculty of Civil Engineering, Discipline: Construction Engineering

     

  • Work Experience
    Since 10/2023 Senior Engineer

    Leibniz University Hannover

    Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science

    Institute of Mechanics and Computational Mechanics (IBNM)

    05/2014 - 09/2023 Group Leader

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    Institute of General Mechanics

    Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

    Research group: Multi-field Mechanics (MFM)

    01/2016 - 09/2023 Adjunct Lecturer

    RWTH Aachen International Academy

    Master's Program: Management and Engineering in Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering

    10/2018 - 09/2019 Associate Research Scientist

    Columbia University, New York, USA

    Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
    07/2011 - 04/2014 Project Engineer

    Ed. Züblin AG, Zentrale Technik, Stuttgart

    Ground Engineering, Dep. of Renewable Energies

    08/2007 - 06/2011 Research Associate

    University of Stuttgart, Germany

    Institute of Applied Mechanics

    Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering