Research Associate - Dr. Thomas Fiedler

Dr. Thomas Fiedler
The University of Newcastle
Discipline of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics
Building ES, Room 431
Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
Tel: +61 2  4921 6208
Thomas.Fiedler@newcastle.edu.au

Qualifications
PhD (Portugal)

Research Interests
Cellular Materials (Metals and Ceramics) and Composite Materials
Experimental and Computational Mechanics
Finite Element Methods
Lattice Monte Carlo Methods
Numerical Heat Transfer

Fellowships and Awards
Member of the Erasmus Socrates program 2004.
PhD Scholarship by FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Technologia) 2006/2007
Outstanding Young Scientist Award, DSL 2007, 3rd International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids, 4 - 6 July, Alvor, Portugal.

Scientific Activities
Member of the bilateral cooperation between Portugal and Slovenia on 'Computational Modelling of Cellular Materials under Impact Conditions'. Funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (GRICES), 2006-2007
Member of the bilateral cooperation between Portugal and Brazil on 'Investigation of Damage Evolution in Metallic Foams'.  Funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (GRICES), 2005-2006
Member of Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, University of Aveiro, Portugal, since 2004
Member of the Centre for Geotechnical and Materials Modelling, University of Newcastle, Australia, since 2008