Dr Thomas Rüberg

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Computational Structural Mechanics Lab

Department of Engineering
University of Cambridge
Trumpington Street
Cambridge, CB2 1PZ
United Kingdom

Email:
Tel:	+44 (0) 1223 330271
Fax:	+44 (0) 1223 339713
Office:	INO-32, Inglis building, mezzanine level, behind the Stress Lab

Research interests

• Fluid-structure interaction
• Immersed finite element methods
• Domain decomposition methods
• Boundary element methods for dynamic problems
• Coupling of finite and boundary element methods
• Generic programming techniques for finite element simulations

Publications

Journal papers

• Rüberg T, Cirak F: Subdivision-stabilised immersed b-spline finite elements for moving boundary flows. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 209–212 (2012), p. 266–283 
• Rüberg T, Cirak F: An immersed finite element method with integral equation correction. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 86 (2011), p. 93–114 
• Rüberg T, Schanz M: An alternative collocation boundary element method for static and dynamic problems. Computational Mechanics 44 (2009), p. 247–261 
• Rüberg T, Schanz M: Coupling finite and boundary element methods for static and dynamic elastic problems with non-conforming interfaces. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 198 (2008), p. 449–459 
• Lehmann L, Rüberg T: Application of hierarchical matrices to the simulation of wave propagation in fluids. Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering 22 (2006), p. 489–503 
• Schanz M, Rüberg T, Struckmeier V: Quasi-static poroelastic boundary element formulation based on the convolution quadrature method. Computational Mechanics 37 (2005), p. 70–77 
• García-Aznar JM, Rueberg T, Doblaré M: A bone remodelling model coupling microdamage growth and repair by 3D BMU-activity. Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology 4 (2005), p. 147–167 
• Schanz M, Antes H, Rüberg T: Convolution quadrature boundary element method for quasi-static visco- and poroelastic continua. Computers and Structures 83 (2005), p. 673–684 

Theses

• Non-conforming Coupling of Finite and Boundary Element Methods in Time Domain (PhD), supervised by Martin Schanz and Olaf Steinbach, Graz University of Technology, Austria (2007)
• Computer Simulation of Adaptive Bone Remodeling (MS/Dipl.-Ing.), supervised by José Manuel García Aznar and Manuel Doblaré Castellano, Centro Politécnico Superior, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain (2003)

Other

• Schanz M, Rüberg T, Kielhorn L: Time Domain BEM: Numerical Aspects of Collocation and Galerkin Formulations. Chapter 27 in Recent Advances in Boundary Element Methods, Manolis GD, Polyzos D (eds.), Springer, 2009 
• Rüberg T: Non-conforming FEM/BEM Coupling in Time Domain. Computation in Engineering and Science, Volume 3, Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz, 2008 (basically the same as the thesis above)

Biography

since Mar 2009	Postdoc at CSML, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Mar–Jul 2011	Secondment at ABB Corporate Research, Baden, Switzerland
2005–2009	Research Assistant at Institute of Structural Analysis, Graz University of Technology, Austria
2004–2005	Research Assistant at Institute of Applied Mechanics, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
Jan–Jul 2003	Student in the Group of Structural Mechanics and Material Modelling, Centro Politécnico Superior, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
2000–2003	Student of Civil Engineering and Computational Sciences in Engineering, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
1997–2000	Student of Civil Engineering, Technical University Dortmund, Germany