Carolin Birk
Univ.-Prof. Dr.- Ing. habil.
Carolin Birk
Academic career
| 1999 | Academic degree "Diplom-Ingenieur Bauwesen", Technische Universität Dresden |
| 1999-2009 | Research assistant / postdoc, Institute of Structural Analysis, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2004 | Doctoral degree, Technischen Universität Dresden. Thesis: "Consistent absorbing boundaries for time-domain interaction analyses using the fractional calculus" |
| 2009-2011 | Marie Curie Fellow, University of New South Wales and Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2011-2015 | Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| 2013 | Postdoctoral lecturer qualification (Habilitation), Technische Universität Dresden. Thesis: "Computational modelling of transient problems in unbounded domains" |
| Since 2015 | Professor for Structural Analysis of Plates and Shells, Universität Duisburg-Essen |
Research
- Scaled boundary finite element method
- Dynamic soil-structure interaction
- Numerical modelling of wave-based methods of non-destructive testing
- Image-based automatic mesh generation and structural analysis
- Computational modelling of microstructures
- Noise and vibration analysis
Teaching
- Baustatik 1 (Statically determinate structures)
- Baustatik 2 (Statically indeterminate structures)
- Baustatik 4 (Plate structures)
- Statik 5 (Structural Dynamics)
- Statik 6 (Shell structures)
- Structural Dynamics