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We congratulate Annina Adams on the successful completion of her bachelor thesis titled "Advancing the Capriccio method: Parameter study with respect to load application". In her thesis, Annina complemented a recent study of equilibration simulations of molecular dynamics samples under stochastic bo...

We are delighted to announce the graduation of Dr.-Ing. Maximilian Ries. In his thesis "Characterization and modeling of polymer nanocomposites across the scales," Maximilian introduces a methodology to derive continuum mechanical models for polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) based on molecular dynamics...

On May 25, 2023, Sebastian Pfaller and Felix Weber visited the Müller-Plathe Group at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. There, we had a fruitful discussion on fracture simulations using coarse-grained molecular dynamics models.  In a first part, the general applicability of (generic) coarse-grai...

We congratulate Lukas Laubert who completed and successfully defended his project thesis on a comparison between the Capriccio method in 3d with a simplified 1d setting. Lukas set up a one-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional coupled MD-FE system and implemented a smart evaluation schem...

Welcome to the Capriccio Special Seminar 2023! We are happy to announce our first online Capriccio Seminar (CSS), in which we aim to link experimental and numerical viewpoints for the investigation of polymer materials as well as polymer composites. Recent studies on modeling, simulation, and exp...

We are happy to announce Vincent Dötschel and Jakob Seibert as new graduates of the FAU: Both received their Bachelor certificates during the commencement ceremony at the Faculty of Engineering for their theses "Untersuchung des Materialverhaltens von Poly(2-Vinylpyridin) mithilfe molekulardynamisch...

The Capriccio group is offering a doctoral researcher position for the Franco-German research project “BIO ART: Optimization of Mechanical Properties of BIO-Sourced Epoxy Resins by ARTificial Intelligence: Multiscale Modelling of Polymers”. Details can be found in the call for positions. FAU_BIOA...

We congratulate Sebastian Reber who completed and successfully defended his project thesis on polymer nancomposites with grafted nanoparticles. He implemented a numerical tool in LAMMPS to create nanoparticles with surface grafting inspired by the techniques used in polymer synthesis. Based on this,...

We are pleased to announce the completion und successful defense of Eva Richter's bachelor thesis! She continued the studies within the polystyrene-silica interphase project and implemented an automated generation of representative volume elements (RVEs) with multiple filler inclusions at various si...

On July 27-29, we held a Capriccio mini retreat in Baiersdorf (next to Altkunstadt in Upper Franconia), focusing on our upcoming doctoral theses and the Frascal renewal proposal. Starting with presentations by Wuyang and Christof on the current status of their dissertations, we intensively discus...