Events

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...

The Capriccio group attended the "International Symposium on Polymer Nanocomposites 2022" (ISPN2022) in Lorient (France) from September 28th to 30th, being represented by Felix Weber and Sebastian Pfaller. Felix Weber gave a talk on “Modeling size effects in polymer nanocomposites with a quantitativ...

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...

On June 23, we held our Capriccio Junior Party, to which all students who have been involved in the Capriccio group for the past two years were invited. This way we could all get to know each other better, which was partly impeded by the Corona pandemic. Our principal investigator Sebastian Pfaller ...