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About Andreas ÖchsnerResam Makvandi

Andreas Öchsner is Full Professor of Lightweight Design and Structural Simulation at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences Germany. After completing his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (1997) he served as Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1997 to 2003 while pursuing his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.) degree. From 2003 to 2006 he was 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 (20072013) as 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 to 2017 he was Full Professor at the School of Engineering Griffith University Australia and Leader of the Mechanical Engineering Program (Head of Discipline and Program Director).Resam Makvandi is presently leading the computational department in the Acandis GmbH. He received his Ph.D. at the Institute of Mechanics Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg Germany. He completed his B.Sc. degree at the Islamic Azad University Ahvaz Branch Iran (2010) and his M.Eng. degree at the University of Technology Malaysia (2013) both in Mechanical Engineering.