Dr. Birte Schmidtmann
(Old website of a former member, who has left MathCCES,
see also list of former members)
Department of Mathematics and
Center for Computational Engineering Science (CCES)
RWTH Aachen University
Schinkelstr. 2
D-52062 Aachen
Germany
Room: 328a (Rogowski building, 3rd floor)
Phone: +49 (0)241 80 98 667
Email: B. Schmidtmann
Office Hours
By appointment. Please send a mail to Email
Research Interests
- Hyperbolic Conservation Laws
- Finite Volume Methods
- Limiter Functions
- WENO Schemes
- Approximate Riemann Solvers
- Modelling of real world applications with ODEs / PDEs
- (Discrete) Entropy Stability
Resume
- 01/2018 - present: Postdoctoral Researcher at ZNF, Universität Hamburg
- 10/2013 - 10/2017: Research assistant, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manuel Torrilhon, Dept. of Mathematics, MATHCCES, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
- 10/2014 - present: Associated Fellow at the Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science (AICES)
- 02/2016 - 05/2016: Research stay at Universitat de València, Spain
- 10/2012 - 07/2013: Research Master (Master after Master level, former Diploma Course) with D. Giordano, Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Brussels Area, Belgium
- 2012: Diploma (equivalent to M. Sc.) in Applied Mathematics with O. Iliev, Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- 03/2011-08/2011: Internship at INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest with R. Abgrall, Bordeaux, France
- 09/2009 - 07/2010: ERASMUS at ENSEIRB-MATMECA and Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- 10/2007 - 09/2012: Studies in Applied Mathematics with minor in Physics and Computer Science, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Teaching
- WS 15/16: Mathematische Grundlagen III (CES)
- SoSe 14: CES-Master-Seminar
- SoSe 14: Mathematische Grundlagen II (CES)
Supervision
- SoSe 17: Co-supervision of the CES Project works Detecting Deformations of Heliostat Surfaces Using Deflectometry with Drones and Detecting Soiling of Heliostat Surfaces Using Drones
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- Nadja Vranken - Models for transmission of disease with immigration of infectives (F. Brauer, P. van den Driessche, 2001) Ausarbeitung
- Leonie Ermert - The Hidden Geometry of Complex, Network-Driven Contagion Phenomena (D. Brockmann, D. Helbing, 2013) Ausarbeitung
- Franziska Ossenbrink - Stability Regions in Predator-Prey Systems with Constant-Rate Prey Harvesting (F. Brauer, A.C. Soudack, 1979) Ausarbeitung
- Tom Mersch - Heroin epidemics, treatment and ODE modelling (E. White, C. Comiskey, 2007)
- SoSe 16: Co-supervision of the CES Project work Parallelized High-Order Finite Volume Methods on Non-Uniform 1D Grids
- WS 14/15: Co-supervision of Master Thesis of Mariia Astrakhantceva, Hybride Riemann-Löser für Hyperbolische Erhaltungsgleichungen
- SoSe 14: Seminar "Aktuelle Themen der Numerik", Supervision of Mariia Astrakhantceva, Compact third-order limiter functions for finite volume methods
Publications
- Third-order Limiting for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws applied to Adaptive Mesh Refinement and Non-Uniform 2D Grids, B. Schmidtmann, P. Buchmüller, M. Torrilhon,submitted
- Hybrid Entropy Stable HLL-Type Riemann Solvers for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, B. Schmidtmann, A.R. Winters, Journal of Computational Physics, 330, pp. 566-570, (2017).
- A Hybrid Riemann Solver for Large Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws, B. Schmidtmann, M. Torrilhon, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 39(6), A2911-A2934 (2017).
- Third-Order Limiter Functions in Finite Volume Methods, B. Schmidtmann, Oberwolfach Report, Volume 12, (2015)
- Relations between WENO3 and Third-order Limiting in Finite Volume Methods, B. Schmidtmann, B. Seibold, M. Torrilhon, Journal of Scientific Computing, 68.2, pp. 624-652, (2016). DOI 10.1007/s10915-015-0151-z
Presentations
- Reconstruction Techniques and Riemann Solvers for Finite Volume Methods, Séminaire Calcul Scientifique et Modélisation, Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux, France, November 30th 2017
- Techniques de Reconstructions et Solveurs de Riemann pour les Méthodes de Type Volumes Finis, Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, France, November 28th 2017
- TBA in the Minisymposium “Limiter techniques for flow problems”, EnuMath2017, Voss, Norway, September 25th-29th 2017
- Compact Third-Order Limiter Functions for Finite Volume Methods. Non-Uniform and 2D Grids, 4º Congreso de Jóvenes Investigadores, Valencià, Spain, September 4th-8th 2017
- Third-Order Limiter Functions for Finite Volume Methods – AMR and Non-Uniform 2D Grids, NumHyp2017 , Monte Verità, Switzerland, May 28th-June 2nd 2017
- Hybrid Entropy Stable HLL-Type Riemann Solvers for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, XVIth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems, Aachen, Germany, August 1st - 5th 2016
- Minisymposium Some Topics on High-Order Time and Space Methods for Hyperbolic Problems, ICOSAHOM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 27th-July 1st 2016
- Hybrid Riemann Solvers for Large Systems of Conservation Laws, VII ECCOMAS Congress, Crete, June 5th-10th 2016
- Reconstruction Techniques and Riemann Solvers for Finite Volume Methods, Applied Mathematics Group, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, May 18th 2016
- Reconstruction Techniques and Riemann Solvers in Finite Volume Methods - An Overview, Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada, Universitat de València, February 11th 2016
- Third-Order Limiter Functions with Application to Ideal MHD, Laboratoire de Mathématiques J.A. Dieudonné, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, January 28th 2016
- Third-Order Limiter Functions in Finite Volume Methods, Recent Developments in the Numerics of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, Oberwolfach, Germany, September 14th - 18th 2015
- A new Riemann Solver for Large Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws, YIC GACM, Aachen, Germany, July 20th - 24th 2015
- A hybrid Riemann Solver for Large Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws, NumHyp2015, Cortona, Italy, June 14th - 20th 2015
- On the Relation Between WENO3 and Third-Order Limiter Functions in Finite Volume Methods, mini-workshop High Order Reconstruction and Well Balancing Techniques for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, Turin, Italy, April 15th-16th 2015
- On the Relation Between WENO3 and Third-Order Limiter Functions in Finite Volume Methods, European Workshop on High Order Nonlinear Numerical Methods for Evolutionary PDEs (HONOM), Trento, Italy, March 16th-20th 2015
- On Third-Order Limiter Functions for Finite Volume Methods, XVth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems (HYP2014), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 28th-August 1st 2014
Research Stays and Invitations
- Invitation to the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, for an Oberseminar-presentation at the Applied Mathematics Group, May 2016
- Research stay at the Universitat de València, Spain, February – May 2016, supported by a DAAD scholarship for doctoral candidates
- Invitation to give a presentation at Laboratoire de Mathématiques J.A. Dieudonné, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, January 2016
- Invitation to the University of Zürich, Switzerland, December 2015
- Invitation to the meeting Recent Developments in the Numerics of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws in Oberwolfach, Germany, September 2015
- Invitation to the NumHyp2015 conference in Cortona, Italy, June 2015
- Research stay at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, June 2014
- Invitation to the University of Zürich, Switzerland, May 2014
Service Activities
- Co-organizer (together with Matteo Semplice) of the mini-workshop High Order Reconstruction and Well Balancing Techniques for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, Turin, Italy, April 15-16th, 2015
- Member of the Scientific Committee for YIC-GACM conference, Aachen, July 2015
- Member of different assessment committees
- 06/2014: Founding member of the SIAM Student Chapter Aachen
- Since 06/2015: Officer for Industry Liaison at the SIAM Student Chapter Aachen
- Review activities for SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis and Journal of Computational Physics.
