Advanced Engineering for Processes and Technologies

Andreas Öchsner is a Full Professor of Lightweight Design and Structural Simulation at the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Having obtained a Diploma Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1997. From from 1997-2003 he was a a research and teaching assistant while pursuing his his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.) at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. From 2003-2006, he worked as Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven years (2007-2013) as a Full Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, where he was also Head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab. From 2014-2017 he was a Full Professor at the School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia and Leader of the Mechanical Engineering Program (Head of Discipline and Program Director). His research interests are related to experimental and computational mechanics, cellular metals and thin structures and interphases. He has authored over 450 scientific publications, including 13 research monographs, 23 book chapters and four teaching books on finite element methods, and has obtained more than 3000 citations in Google Scholar. He is the general chairman of 12 international conferences on computational and experimental engineering (ACE-X series) and 14 international conferences in the area of heat and mass transfer (DSL series). His editorial work comprises posts as Editor-in-chief of the international journal Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Springer), Editor-in-chief of the Springer book series on Advanced Structured Materials and Editor of SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology: Computational Mechanics. He was a awarded a higher doctorate degree (D.Sc.) by the University of Newcastle, Australia in 2010 in recognition of his research achievements.