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Dr Thomas Fiedler

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Position UoN Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Engineering
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office ES414, Es

Biography

Dr Fiedler completed his Master studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) in 2004. He continued his academic career at the University of Aveiro (Portugal). After completing his PhD in December 2007 Dr Fiedler commenced working as a Postdoc at the University of Newcastle. In 2010 Dr Fiedler was awarded and APD Fellowship by the ARC.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Mechanical Engineering), Universidade de Aveiro - Portugal, 2007

Research

Research keywords

  • Cellular Materials
  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Experimental Mechanics
  • Finite Element Methods
  • Mechanical Engineering

Research expertise

Dr Thomas Fiedler's Research Expertise are: Cellular Materials (Metals and Ceramics) and Composite Materials, Experimental and Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Methods, Lattice Monte Carlo Methods and Numerical Heat Transfer.

Collaboration

  • academic partners in Australia, Germany, Slovenia, Brazil, Malaysia, Spain and Portugal
  • industrial partners in Germany

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • German And Related Languages
  • Portuguese

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
091299 Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified 60
091399 Mechanical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified 25
020499 Condensed Matter Physics Not Elsewhere Classified 15

Centres and Groups

Centre

Appointments

Fellowship APD
Australian Research Council (Australia) 		01/01/2010 - 01/12/2012

Awards

Research Award.

2006 'Investigation of Damage Evolution in Metallic Foams'
Portuguese Ministry of Science, Thechnology and Higher Education (Portugal)
Member of the bilateral cooperation between Portugal and Brazil on 'Investigation of Damage Evolution in Metallic Foams'. Funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Thechnology and Higher Education (GRICES) 2005-2006.

Teaching

Teaching expertise

Mech 2700

Mech 2450

GENG 1001