Faculty
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Dennis M. Kochmann Assistant Professor of Aerospace Dipl.-Ing. Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany), 2006 M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006 Dr.-Ing. Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany), 2009 California Institute of Technology Graduate Aerospace Laboratories 1200 E. California Blvd., MC 105-50 Pasadena, CA 91125 phone: +1 (626) 395-8113 fax: +1 (626) 395-2900 email: kochmann(AT)caltech.edu web: kochmann.caltech.edu office: 302 Firestone |
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Dennis Kochmann is an Assistant Professor in Caltech's Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT). He graduated from Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) with a degree of Dipl.-Ing. (Diploma in Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering / Applied Mechanics with distinction in September 2006. He spent one year as a Fulbright fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he worked with Professors Walter J. Drugan and Roderic S. Lakes and was awarded a Master's degree in Engineering Mechanics in June 2006. Under the advisement of Professors Klaus Hackl and Chau Le, he received the degree of Dr.-Ing. (Doctor of Engineering) from Ruhr-University Bochum's Department of Mechanical Engineering in June 2009. After the completion of his doctoral degree, he first moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Engineering Physics, before he came to Caltech in September 2010 as a postdoctoral scholar in Aerospace and as a Feodor Lynen fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He joined the faculty of GALCIT in September 2011. His research comprises theoretical, computational and experimental solid mechanics and aims to understand the scale-bridging relations between microstructure and macroscopic properties in a wide range of materials (including metals, ceramics, and composites).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Assistant Professor Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology |
2011 - present |
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Postdoctoral Scholar Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology Computational Solid Mechanics Group (Prof. Michael Ortiz) |
2010 - 2011 |
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Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Advanced Materials Stability Group (Prof. W. J. Drugan, Prof. R. S. Lakes) |
2010 |
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Research Associate / Doctoral Candidate Institute of Mechanics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Research in the DFG-funded national research collaborative Analysis and Computation of Microstructures in Finite Plasticity (FOR 797) (Prof. Klaus Hackl, Prof. Khanh Chau Le) |
2006 - 2009 |
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Research Assistant Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Micromechanics Laboratory (Prof. W. J. Drugan, Prof. R. S. Lakes) |
2005 - 2006 |
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Research Assistant Institute of Mechanics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (Prof. Khanh Chau Le) |
2003 - 2005 |
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
| born February 19, 1982 in Bottrop, Germany |