Dr. Patrick Kurzeja
Curriculum Vitae
| since 04/2017 | Senior Researcher, Institute of Mechanics, Technical University Dortmund, Germany |
| 04/2022 - 09/2022 | Substitute Professor, Technical Mechanics - Structural Mechanics, University of Bremen, Germany |
| 03/2016 - 03/2017 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Computational and Statistical Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
| 03/2015 - 02/2016 | Postdoctoral Researcher, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, USA |
| 01/2014 - 02/2015 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Continuum Mechanics, Ruhr-University, Germany |
| 06/2011 - 07/2011 | Research Exchange, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, USA |
| 03/2010 - 12/2013 | Research Assistant, Continuum Mechanics, Ruhr-University, Germany Dr.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr-University, Germany |
| 10/2008 - 08/2014 | B. Sc. Mathematics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
| 10/2005 - 02/2010 | Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
Research
Research Interests
- Interface mechanics
- curvature effects and gradient-extensions
- atomistic to continuum modeling
- Statistical methods for physics-based information transfer
- across multiple length scales
- for improvement of ANNs
- Cyclic damage evolution in steel
- load-path dependence
- regularization of ill-posed formulations
- Structural instabilities by design
- fluid-(buckling) structure interaction
- nature-inspired low-frequency damping
- Wave propagation in partially saturated porous media
- oscillatory flow in rocks, bones and foams
- bubble and droplet dynamics
Publications
P. Kurzeja
Waves in partially saturated porous media: An investigation on multiple scales
PhD thesis, Ruhr-University Bochum, 2013
ISBN 978-3-935892-37-7
G.-L. Geuken, J. Mosler, P. Kurzeja
Optimizing artificial neural networks for mechanical problems by physics‐based Rao‐Blackwellization: Example of a hyperelastic microsphere model,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 22: e202200325 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.202200325), 2023
P. Kurzeja
Oscillatory flow in elastic tubes: experiments and implications for pore-scale modeling,
Biot-Bažant Conference on Engineering Mechanics and Physics of Porous Materials (DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14759025.v1), 2021
P. Kurzeja, C. Sievers, L. Brendel and J. Mosler
Ritz-type surface homogenization: from atomistic to continuum surface models of copper despite imperfect bulk models,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 20: e202000193 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.202000193), 2021
P. Kurzeja
Interfacial energies depending on curvature: the drastic loss of elastic coupling on small scales and its impact on multiphase mechanics,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 19: e201900080 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201900080), 2019
P. Kurzeja, C. Sievers and J. Mosler
Improving constitutive equations in multiscale modelling by means of the sufficiency criterion using the example of nano wire contraction,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 18: e201800292 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201800292), 2018
K. Schröer, P. Kurzeja, S. Schulz, P. Brockmann, J. Hussong, P. Janas, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf and D. Wolf
Dilute suspensions in annular shear flow under gravity: simulation and experiment,
EPJ Web of Conferences, 140: 09034 (DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714009034), 2017
P. Kurzeja
Improving Constitutive Relationships in Multiscale Modeling by the Concept of Sufficiency - Illustrated by Saturation, Interfacial Areas, and Capillary Rise.,
ASCE Poromechanics VI, 481-488 (DOI: 10.1061/9780784480779.059), 2017
P. Kurzeja and J. Tang
Wave dispersion in highly deformable, fluid-filled structures: Numerical and experimental study of the role of solid deformation and inertia,
Proc. Mtgs. Acoust., 25: 065001 (DOI: 10.1121/2.0000375), 2015
P. S. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
Frequency-dependent properties of multiphase materials: origins, needs, and effective use in geophysics and modern synthetic materials,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 14: 703-704 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201410334), 2014
P. Kurzeja, H. Steeb, and J. Renner
The Critical Frequency in Biphasic Media: Beyond Biot's Approach,
ASCE Poromechanics V, chapter 276, 2361-2370 (DOI: 10.1061/9780784412992.276), 2013
P. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
Residual saturated porous media - from oscillating water blobs to waves in ground earth,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 13: 561-564 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201310265), 2013
D. Uribe, H. Steeb, E. H. Saenger, P. Kurzeja, and O. Ruiz
Numerical analysis of wave propagation in fluid-filled deformable tubes,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 13: 329-330 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201310160), 2013
I. Gueven, P. Kurzeja, S. Luding, and H. Steeb
Experimental evaluation of phase velocities and tortuosity in fluid saturated highly porous media,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 12: 401-402 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201210189), 2012
P. S. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
Microscopical investigation of wave propagation phenomena in residual saturated porous media,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 12: 445-446 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201210211), 2012
C. Becker, P. Kurzeja, and H. Steeb
Modelling internal erosion of cohesionless soils using a microstructural parameter,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 10: 355-356 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201010170), 2010