Renate Sachse
- Office hours: nach Vereinbarung
- renate.sachse@tum.de
Research Interests
- Motion Design
- Active and Adaptive Structures
- Biomechanics, Biomimetics and Bioinspirated Structures
- Soft Robotics
- Active Metamaterials
- Structural Mechanics for thin-walled and slender structures
- Contact Mechanics
- Modeling of the Musculoskeletal System
Curriculum Vitae
| seit 05/2024 | Research associate (postdoc) at the Chair of Structural Analysis, Technical University of Munich directed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger |
| seit 07/2023 | Associate of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA |
| 04/2024 – 06/2024 | Postdoctoral fellow in the Bertoldi Lab at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard University directed by Prof. Katia Bertoldi |
| 01/2021 – 04/2024 | Research associate (postdoc) at the Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technical University of Munich directed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang A. Wall |
| 01/2015 – 12/2020 | Research associate at the Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart directed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Manfred Bischoff |
| 04/2014 – 07/2014 | Research assistant at the Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart |
| 11/2012 – 12/2013 | Working student in structural engineering at Werner Sobek AG, Stuttgart |
| 01/2012 – 05/2012 | Study abroad in the ERASMUS-Program, École Spéciale des Travaux Public, du Batiment et de l’Industrie (ESTP) in Cachan, France |
| 10/2011 – 10/2014 | M. Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Stuttgart (Master thesis: „Isogeometric Contact Analysis of Thin-Walled Structures“) |
| 09/2011 – 12/2011 | Intern in structural engineering at Foster + Partners, London, UK |
| 02/2011 – 08/2011 | Research assistant at the Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart |
| 05/2009 – 12/2010 | Working student in structural engineering at Werner Sobek AG, Stuttgart |
| 10/2008 – 09/2011 | B. Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Stuttgart (Bachelor thesis: „An Elementary School Pavilion for Magagula in South Africa – Structural Analysis“) |
| 07/2008 | Abitur, Hegel-Gymnasium, Stuttgart |
Teaching
- Advanced Finite Element Methods, Technical University of Munich
- Theory of Plates, Technical University of Munich
- Numerical Methods for Engineers, Technical University of Munich
- Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics, Technical University of Munich
- Nonlinear Finite Element Methods (selected chapters), Technical University of Munich
- Baustatik und Baudynamik I (Structural statics and dynamics I), University of Stuttgart
- Baustatik und Baudynamik II (Structural statics and dynamics II), University of Stuttgart
- Nichtlineare finite Elemente (Nonlinear finite elements), University of Stuttgart
Grants and Awards
| 10/2023 | Appointment as TUM Researcher within CareerDesign@TUM |
| 08/2023 | Admission into the Freiburg Rising Stars Academy |
| 07/2022 | Publication Award 2020 of the Faculty 2 (Civil and Environmental Engineering) of the University of Stuttgart for the publication “Snapping Mechanics of the Venus flytrap” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) |
| 06/2022 | Bertha Benz Prize 2022 of the Daimler and Benz Foundation |
| 03/2022 – 12/2024 | Klaus Tschira Boost Fund Fellowship for excellent researchers with flexible funding of 80,000 € for an independent, high-risk, interdisciplinary project in an early career stage |
| 11/2021 | 3rd place of the Dr. Wilhelmy-VDI Award |
| 07/2021 | Award of the Friends of the University of Stuttgart for special scientific achievements in the dissertation |
| 01/2020 – 12/2022 | GAMM Juniors Fellowship of the Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM) for excellent junior scientists – limited to three years |
| 09/2017 | 3rd place at the AVK-Prize for Innovations 2017 for the submission of “Flectofold – ein bionisches, gelenkloses Verschattungssystem” (translated: Flectofold – a biomimetic, hingeless shading system) |
| 10/2014 | Emil Mörsch Study Award for exceptional academic achievements |
| 10/2013 – 09/2014 | Scholarship of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Deutschlandstipendium) for talented and high-performing students |
| 10/2009 – 09/2011 | Exemption from tuition fees for outstanding academic achievements (for the top 5% of students in the academic year) |
| 10/2008 – 09/2009 | Exemption from tuition fees due to well above-average aptitude (for the top 5% of students in the academic year) |