Dr. Janine Mergel

Education

• 11/2012 - 10/2016: Doctoral student at Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science (AICES), RWTH Aachen
• 2006 - 2012: Diplom in Computational Engineering Science, RWTH Aachen

Professional Career

• 2011 - 2012: Student assistant at Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science (AICES), RWTH Aachen
• 2010 - 2011: Student assistant at the Chair for Process Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen
• 2008 - 2010: Student assistant at the mathematics division of the Center of Computational Engineering Science, RWTH Aachen

Refereed Journal Publications

Mergel, J.C., Sauer, R.A., Ober-Blöbaum, S.: "C1-continuous space-time discretization based on Hamilton's law of varying action",
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (ZAMM) 97(4), pp. 433-457, 2017, [PDF]

Mergel, J.C., Sauer, R.A.: "On the optimum shape of thin adhesive strips for various peeling directions",
The Journal of Adhesion 90(5-6), pp. 526-544, 2014, [PDF]

Mergel, J.C., Sauer, R.A., Saxena, A.: "Computational optimization of adhesive microstructures based on a nonlinear beam formulation",
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 50(6), pp. 1001-1017, 2014, [PDF]

Sauer, R.A., Mergel, J.C.: "A geometrically exact finite beam element formulation for thin film adhesion and debonding",
Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 86, pp. 120-135, 2014, [PDF]

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Mergel, J.C., Sauer, R.A., Ober-Blöbaum, S.: "C1-continuous time discretization based on cubic Hermite interpolation",
Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 16(1), pp. 753-754, 2016