Contact

• Room 1202
• Email: vgravem@lnm.mw.tum.de
• Phone: +49 (0) 89 289 15245
• Fax +49 (0) 89 289 15301
  
  

CURRICULUM VITAE (pdf)

Professional Experience

• 2012- Research Associate at the Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technische Universität München, Germany
• 2011- Chief Executive Officer and Founding Shareholder, AdCo Engineering^GW GmbH, Garching, Germany
• 2007-2012 Head of Emmy Noether Research Group, Technische Universität München, Germany
• 07-10/2010 Visiting Fellow at the Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA
• 2005-2006 Research Associate at the Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technische Universität München, Germany
• 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA
• 2000-2003 Research Associate at the Institute of Structural Mechanics, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
  
  

Education

• 2003 Doktor-Ingenieur (doctorate), Civil Engineering, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
• 1999 Diplom-Ingenieur (diploma), Civil Engineering, Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany

Honors and Awards

• Richard-von-Mises-Prize of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM - Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik)
• Feodor Lynen Alumni Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Germany
• Elected Member of Emmy Noether Program of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
• Finalist of the ECCOMAS Award for the Best European PhD Thesis of 2003 on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
• Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Germany; only one Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship was granted in Engineering in 2004 (113 overall in Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Engineering)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, CA, USA
• Best Graduation in Civil Engineering at Universität Kaiserslautern in the academic year 1999/2000
• Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation); less than 0.5% of all students in Germany were granted this scholarship at that time

Teaching

• SS 2006 - SS 2013: Finite Elemente in der Fluidmechanik (Finite Elements in Fluid Mechanics)
• WS 2005/2006 - 2012/2013: Numerische Methoden fuer Ingenieure (Numerical Methods for Engineers)
• SS 2005: Variationelle Mehrskalenmethoden in der Stroemungssimulation (Variational Multiscale Methods in Flow Simulation)
• April 2005: Short course "The Variational Multiscale Method – Basics and Large Eddy Simulation of Incompressible Flows", Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• WS 2000/2001: Seminar series "The Variational Multiscale Method", Universität Stuttgart

Research Interests

• Computational fluid dynamics
• Turbulent flow
• Turbulent combustion
• Large eddy simulation of turbulent flow and turbulent combustion
• Electrochemical systems
• Fluid-structure interaction
• Thermo-fluid-structure interaction
• Complex fluids
• Finite element methods
• Finite volume methods
  
  

Publications

Articles in Peer-Reviewed International Journals

• M. Ismail, V. Gravemeier, A. Comerford, W.A. Wall, A stable approach for coupling multidimensional cardiovascular and pulmonary networks based on a novel pressure-flowrate or pressure-only Neumann boundary condition formulation, Preprint, submitted for publication in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 2013.
• C. Danowski, V. Gravemeier, L. Yoshihara, W.A. Wall, A monolithic computational approach to thermo-structure interaction, Preprint, submitted for publication in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2012.
• G. Bauer, P. Gamnitzer, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, An isogeometric variational multiscale method for large-eddy simulation of coupled multi-ion transport in turbulent flow, Preprint, submitted for publication in Journal of Computational Physics, 2012.
• A. Comerford, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, An algebraic variational multiscale-multigrid method for large-eddy simulation of turbulent pulsatile flows in complex geometries with detailed insight into pulmonary airway flow, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 71 (2013) 1207-1225. DOI
• A. Ehrl, G. Bauer, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, A computational approach for the simulation of natural convection in electrochemical cells, Journal of Computational Physics 235 (2013) 764-785. DOI
• U. Rasthofer, V. Gravemeier, Multifractal subgrid-scale modeling within a variational multiscale method for large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow, Journal of Computational Physics 234 (2013) 79-107. DOI
• P. Gamnitzer, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, A mixed/hybrid Dirichlet formulation for wall-bounded flow problems including turbulent flow, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 245-246 (2012) 22-35. DOI
• K. Nissen, C.J. Cyron, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, Information-flux method: a meshfree maximum-entropy Petrov-Galerkin method including stabilised finite element methods, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 244 (2012) 225-237. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, A. Comerford, L. Wiechert, M. Ismail, W.A. Wall, Neumann inflow boundary conditions in biomechanics, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering 28 (2012) 560-573. DOI
• G. Bauer, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, A stabilized finite element method for the numerical simulation of multi-ion transport in electrochemical systems, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 223-224 (2012) 199-210. DOI
• G. Bauer, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, A 3D finite element approach for the coupled numerical simulation of electrochemical systems and fluid flow, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 86 (2011) 1339-1359. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, Variational multiscale methods for premixed combustion based on a progress-variable approach, Combustion and Flame 158 (2011) 1160–1170. DOI
• U. Rasthofer, F. Henke, W.A. Wall, V. Gravemeier, An extended residual-based variational multiscale method for two-phase flow including surface tension, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 200 (2011) 1866-1876. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, Residual-based variational multiscale methods for laminar, transitional and turbulent variable-density flow at low Mach number, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 65 (2011) 1260-1278. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, M. Kronbichler, M.W. Gee, W.A. Wall, An algebraic variational multiscale-multigrid method for large-eddy simulation: generalized-alpha time integration, Fourier analysis and application to turbulent flow past a square-section cylinder, Computational Mechanics 47 (2011) 217-233. DOI
• C.J. Cyron, K. Nissen, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, Information flux maximum-entropy approximation schemes for convection-diffusion problems, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 64 (2010) 1180-1200. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, An algebraic variational multiscale-multigrid method for large-eddy simulation of turbulent variable-density flow at low Mach number, Journal of Computational Physics 229 (2010) 6047-6070. DOI
• C.J. Cyron, K. Nissen, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, Stable meshfree methods in fluid mechanics based on Green's functions, Computational Mechanics 46 (2010) 287-300. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, M.W. Gee, M. Kronbichler, W.A. Wall, An algebraic variational multiscale-multigrid method for large eddy simulation of turbulent flow, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 199 (2010) 853-864. DOI
• P. Gamnitzer, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, Time-dependent subgrid scales in residual-based large eddy simulation of turbulent channel flow, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 199 (2010) 819-827. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, M.W. Gee, W.A. Wall, An algebraic variational multiscale-multigrid method based on plain aggregation for convection-diffusion problems, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 198 (2009) 3821-3835. DOI
• F. van der Bos, V. Gravemeier, Numerical simulation of premixed combustion using an enriched finite element method, Journal of Computational Physics 228 (2009) 3605-3624. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, A space-time formulation and improved spatial reconstruction for the “divide-and-conquer” multiscale method, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 197 (2008) 678-692. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, S. Lenz, W.A. Wall, Towards a taxonomy for multiscale methods in computational mechanics: building blocks of existing methods, Computational Mechanics 41 (2008) 279-291. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, S. Lenz, W.A. Wall, Variational multiscale methods for incompressible flows, International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics 1 (2007) 444-466.
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, A “divide-and-conquer” spatial and temporal multiscale method for transient convection-diffusion-reaction equations, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 54 (2007) 779-804. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, Variational multiscale large eddy simulation of turbulent flow in a diffuser, Computational Mechanics 39 (2007) 477-495. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, A consistent dynamic localization model for large eddy simulation of turbulent flows based on a variational formulation, Journal of Computational Physics 218 (2006) 677-701. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, The variational multiscale method for laminar and turbulent flow, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering - State of the Art Reviews 13 (2006) 249-324. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, Scale-separating operators for variational multiscale large eddy simulation of turbulent flows, Journal of Computational Physics 212 (2006) 400-435. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, E. Ramm, Large eddy simulation of turbulent incompressible flows by a three-level finite element method, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 48 (2005) 1067-1099. DOI
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, E. Ramm, A three-level finite element method for the instationary, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 193 (2004) 1323-1366. DOI
  

Articles in Other Journals

• V. Gravemeier, Variational multiscale methods for large eddy simulation of turbulent flows, GACM Report 5 (2008) 8-13.
• V. Gravemeier, Current methods for the numerical simulation of turbulent flows, CADFEM Infoplaner 1 (2007) 44-45.
  
  

PhD Thesis

• V. Gravemeier, The variational multiscale method for laminar and turbulent incompressible flow, PhD Thesis, Report No. 40, Institute of Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, 2003.
  
  

Book Chapter

• P. Gamnitzer, V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, Advances in variational multiscale methods for turbulent flows, in: Multiscale Methods in Computational Mechanics, Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2010.
• M. Mensinger, V. Gravemeier, Dynamische Simulation nichtruhender Belastungen bei Verbundbrücken (Dynamic simulation of non-resting loading for composite bridges), in: Theorie und Praxis im Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau (Theory and Practice in Construction Engineering), festschrift in honor of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Bode, W. Ramm, T. Däuwel, H.-J. Kronenberger (eds.), ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, 2000, 547-557.
  
  

CTR Annual Research Briefs and Proceedings of the Summer Program

• V. Gravemeier, Towards an extended algebraic variational multiscale-multigrid method for turbulent premixed combustion based on a combined G-equation/progress-variable approach, in: Annual Research Briefs - 2010, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, 2010, 185-196. link
• V. Gravemeier, A consistent dynamic localization model for large eddy simulation based on a variational formulation, in: Annual Research Briefs - 2005, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, 2005, 257-268. link
• V. Gravemeier, Variational multiscale large eddy simulation of turbulent flows in a planar asymmetric diffuser, in: Annual Research Briefs - 2005, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, 2005, 187-198. link
• V. Gravemeier, Variational multiscale large eddy simulation of turbulent flows using a finite volume method, in: Annual Research Briefs - 2004, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, 2004, 131-144. link
• A.A. Oberai, V. Gravemeier, G.C. Burton, Transfer of energy in the variational multiscale formulation of LES, in: Proceedings of the Summer Program 2004, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, 2004, 123-132. link
  
  

Technical Reports

• V. Gravemeier, Scale-separating operators for variational multiscale large eddy simulation of turbulent flows, CTR Manuscript 187, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, 2004.
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, E. Ramm, Large eddy simulation of turbulent incompressible flows by a three-level finte element method, SFB 404 Report 2004/07, 2004.
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, E. Ramm, A three-level finite element method for the instationary, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, SFB 404 Report 2003/26, 2003.
  
  

Reviewed Conference Proceedings

• V. Gravemeier, U. Rasthofer, A variational multiscale method with multifractal subgrid-scale modeling for large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow, Preprint, submitted for publication in: Proceedings of the European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2012), J. Eberhardtsteiner et al. (Eds.), Vienna, Austria, September 10-14, 2012.
• M. Ismail, V. Gravemeier, A. Comerford, W.A. Wall, Neumann boundary conditions in coupled 3D-0D biofluid networks, in: Proceedings of the First ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference (YIC 2012), A. Andrade-Campos, N. Lopes, R.A.F. Valente, H. Varum (Eds.), Aveiro, Portugal, April 24-27, 2012.
• C. Danowski, V. Gravemeier, U. Küttler, M.W. Gee, W.A. Wall, A monolithic approach to thermo-structure interaction in rocket nozzles, to appear in: Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference for Aerospace Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4-8, 2011, Publisher: Torus Press.
• V. Gravemeier, S. Lenz, W.A. Wall, Variational multiscale methods for incompressible flows, in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Boundary and Interior Layers (BAIL 2006), G. Lube, G. Rapin (Eds.), Göttingen, Germany, July 24-28, 2006, http://www.num.math.uni-goettingen.de/bail/.
• V. Gravemeier, Variational multiscale large eddy simulation of turbulent flows using a two-grid finite element or finite volume method, in: Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications (ENUMATH 2005), A. Bermudez de Castro et al. (Eds.), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, July 18-22, 2005, Publisher: Springer-Verlag, 2006, 788-795.
• V. Gravemeier, A two-grid finite volume method for variational multiscale large eddy simulation of turbulent flows, in: Proceedings of the Third MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, K.J. Bathe (Ed.), Cambridge, MA, USA, June 14-17, 2005, Publisher: Elsevier, 2005, 654-657.
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, E. Ramm, Numerical solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations by a three-level finite element method, in: Proceedings of the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, K.J. Bathe (Ed.), Cambridge, MA, USA, June 17-20, 2003, Publisher: Elsevier, 2003, 915-918.
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, E. Ramm, A three-level approach for incompressible Navier-Stokes, in: Proceedings of the Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM V), H.A. Mang, F.G. Rammerstorfer, J. Eberhardtsteiner (Eds.), Vienna, Austria, July 7-12, 2002, Publisher: Vienna University of Technology, Austria, ISBN 3-9501554-0-6, 2002, wccm.tuwien.ac.at.
  
  

Conference Proceedings

• V. Gravemeier, U. Rasthofer, A variational multiscale method with multifractal subgrid-scale modeling for large-eddy simulation of turbulehnt flow, in: Computational Mechanics 2012 - Proceedings of the Tenth World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM X), Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 8-13, 2012.
• F. Henke, V. Gravemeier, Numerical simulation of premixed combustion combining level set with extended finite element methods, in: Proceedings of XFEM 2009, T.P. Fries and A. Zilian (Eds.), Aachen, Germany, September 28-30, 2009.
• V. Gravemeier, W.A. Wall, A "divide-and-conquer" spatial and temporal multiscale method for transient convection-diffusion-reaction equations, in: Proceedings of the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multi-scale Computational Methods for Solids and Fluids, A. Ibrahimbegovic et al. (Eds.), Cachan, France, November 28-30, 2007.
• V. Gravemeier, M. Kronbichler, W.A. Wall, Variational multiscale methods for large eddy simulation of turbulent flows: Fourier analysis and application to diffuser flow, in: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP 5), N. Adams, J. Eaton, R. Friedrich (Eds.), Munich, Germany, August 27-29, 2007.