Open Bachelor Theses

  • Placental Organoids for Studying Pregnancy-Related Disorders  - supervisor: Julia Fuchs (contact)
  • Organoids in Personalized Cancer Therapy  - supervisor: Julia Fuchs (contact)
  • The usage of contactless optical measurements during the mechanical characterization of vascular tissues  - supervisor: Francesca Bogoni (contact)
  • A literature review on current experimental set-up for the characterization of the active mechanical properties of soft tissues  - supervisors: Francesca Bogoni (contact); Clarissa Holzer-Stock (contact)
  • A literature review on current testing protocols uesd for the characterization of the active mechanical properties of soft tissues  - supervisors: Francesca Bogoni (contact); Clarissa Holzer-Stock (contact)
  • Experimental Characterization of the Brain tissue at the gray-white matter interface  - supervisors: Mina Khalaj (contact); Gerhard Sommer

Open Master Theses

  • Consolidation of brain tissue and tissue-mimicking hydrogels - supervisors: Manuel Kainz (contact); Michele Terzano; Gerhard A. Holzapfel
  • The effect of omitted damage modeling on the predictive power of mechanical simulations - supervisors: Maximilian Wollner (contact); Gerhard A. Holzapfel
  • The assumption of homogenous deformation in biaxial testing of anisotropic materials - supervisor: Michele Terzano (contact); Francesca Bogoni; Gerhard A. Holzapfel
  • Micro-perfusion experiments on brain tissue and tissue-mimicking hydrogels - supervisors: Manuel Kainz (contact); Gerhard A. Holzapfel
  • Drop-jet collisions for cells-loaded alginate fibers - supervisors: Gerhard Sommer (contact); Prof. C. Planchette; Prof. B. Rinner
  • Modeling the fracture mechanics of polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering  - supervisor: Michele Terzano (contact)
  • Experimental puncture mechanics of soft membranes  - supervisor: Michele Terzano (contact); Gerhard Sommer; Gerhard A. Holzapfel
  • Simulation of soft architected hydrogels via RVE-based homogenization  - supervisor: Michele Terzano (contact); Malte Rolf; Gerhard A. Holzapfel
  • Time calibration of a thrombus formation model for an idealized backward-facing step geometry - supervisor: Gian Marco Melito (contact), Alireza Jaferinia, Katrin Ellermann
  • Design of a set-up for the mechanical characterization of the active mechanical properties of cardiac tissue under uniaxial tensile loading  - supervisors: Francesca Bogoni (contact); Clarissa Holzer-Stock (contact); Gerhard A. Holzapfel

Downloads

Sheet of Confirmation for Doctoralschool – [pdf]
Guidelines for Bachelor Theses – [pdf]
Guidelines for Master Theses – [pdf]

Winter Term 2025/26

Summer Term 2026