Benjamin Rodenberg, M.Sc. (hons)

Technical University of Munich

TUM School of CIT
Department of Computer Science
Boltzmannstrasse 3
85748 Garching
Germany

Office: MI 02.05.042
Mail: benjamin.rodenberg (at) cit.tum.de my public key (OpenPGP)
Tel: +49-89-289-18639 (usually easier to reach me via email)

ORCid: 0000-0002-3116-0133
Other pages: arXiv, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, GitHub

I'm also known as Benjamin Rüth

Background

Research interests

  • Fluid-structure interaction (FSI)
  • Multiphysics, blackbox coupling
  • Multiscale simulation
  • Time integration schemes (multirate, parallel, coupled)
  • Research software engineering, software sustainability

Student Projects

Open student projects

Topics change with my ongoing work and depend mostly on the interests and experience of the student. It is best to contact me directly if you are interested in a thesis or student project. Here is a list of topics I am interested in:

Running Student Projects

  • Armin Ettenhofer is writing Master's thesis on a coupled atmosphere-ocean model with preCICE
  • Niklas Vinnitchenko is working on improvments for the MATLAB bindings of preCICE and develops and maintains tutorials

Past student projects

  • Tobias Eppacher implemented parallel-in-time methods using pySDC in the partitioned heat equation with FEniCS and preCICE.
  • Marc Amorós Trepat did convergence studies for higher-order time stepping schemes of OpenFOAM, CalculiX, and a coupled simulation of OpenFOAM + CalculiX.
  • Niklas Vinnitchenko developed a tutorial for higher-order coupling of the partitioned heat equation with FEniCS and preCICE.
  • Nikola Wullenweber worked on automated quality analysis of black-box models for her IDP (interdisciplinary project).
  • Hisham Saeed developed a first prototype and corresponding test scenarios for the Elmer adapter for preCICE during his master thesis.
  • Nikola Wullenweber worked on solving different problems in FEniCS using higher-order time stepping schemes for her bachelor thesis.
  • Ishaan Desai worked on the FEniCS adapter and the Fluent adapter for preCICE and its python bindings.
  • Moritz Gnisia was a student assistant. He modernized the code framework of the course "CFD Lab" and developed a CI infrastructure and auxiliary tools for the course.
  • Richard Hertrich developed a tutorial for the "replay mode" of preCICE as a student assistant.
  • Richard Hertrich developed FSI tutorials for preCICE that use FEniCS and OpenFOAM and extended the FEniCS adapter for preCICE during his bachelor thesis.
  • Richard Hertrich also worked on the Fluent adapter for preCICE during his research internship.
  • Dominik Volland developed the MATLAB bindings for preCICE during his master thesis.
  • Gilberto Lem Carrillo helped with the integration of the MATLAB bindings as a student assistant.

Theses advised

2024

  • Marc Amorós Trepat: Time stepping review of open-source solvers. Studien thesis, 2024 more…
  • Niklas Vinnitchenko: Evaluation of Higher-Order Coupling Schemes with FEniCS-preCICE. Bachelor thesis, 2024 more…
  • Tobias Eppacher: Parallel-in-Time Integration with preCICE. Bachelor thesis, 2024 more…

2023

  • Philip Hildebrand: Extending the FEniCSx Adapter for the Coupling Library preCICE. Bachelor thesis, 2023 more…

2022

  • Nikola Wullenweber: Development of a testing framework for the quantitative analysis of the quality within computational models. IDP-Arbeit, 2022 more…

2021

  • Hisham Saeed: Elmer Adapter for preCICE. Master thesis, 2021 more…
  • Nikola Wullenweber: High-order time stepping schemes for solving partial differential equations with FEniCS. Bachelor thesis, 2021 more…

2019

  • Dominik Volland: Coupling TherMoS with preCICE. Master thesis, 2019 more…
  • Richard Hertrich: Partitioned Fluid Structure Interaction: Coupling FEniCS and OpenFOAM via preCICE. Bachelor thesis, 2019 more…

2018

  • Mohammad Alhasni: Multi-GPU parallelization of a dynamic heat transfer model on the Moon. Master thesis, 2018 more…
  • Richard Hertrich: MSE-Forschungspraktikum: Aktualisierung des preCICE-Fluent Adapters. Studien thesis, 2018 more…

Publications

Publications

2023

  • Philipp Emanuel Stelzig; Benjamin Rodenberg: Simulation Model as a Service (SMaaS): A concept for integrated deployment, execution and tracking of system simulation models. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, Linköping University Electronic Press, 2023 more…

2022

  • Gerasimos Chourdakis; Kyle Davis; Benjamin Rodenberg; Miriam Schulte; Frédéric Simonis; Benjamin Uekermann; Georg Abrams; Hans-Joachim Bungartz; Lucia Cheung Yau; Ishaan Desai; Konrad Eder; Richard Hertrich; Florian Lindner; Alexander Rusch; Dmytro Sashko; David Schneider; Amin Totounferoush; Dominik Volland; Peter Vollmer; Oguz Ziya Koseomur: preCICE v2: A sustainable and user-friendly coupling library [version 2;peer review: 2 approved]. Open Research Europe 2, 2022, 51 more…
  • Valentina Schüller, Benjamin Rodenberg, Benjamin Uekermann, Hans-Joachim Bungartz: A Simple Test Case for Convergence Order in Time and Energy Conservation of Black-Box Coupling Schemes. WCCM-APCOM2022, 2022 more…

2021

  • Benjamin Rodenberg; Ishaan Desai; Richard Hertrich; Alexander Jaust; Benjamin Uekermann: FEniCS–preCICE: Coupling FEniCS to other simulation software. SoftwareX 16 (100807), 2021 more…
  • Benjamin Rüth; Benjamin Uekermann; Miriam Mehl; Philipp Birken; Azahar Monge; Hans‐Joachim Bungartz: Quasi‐Newton waveform iteration for partitioned surface‐coupled multiphysics applications. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 122 (19), 2021, 5236-5257 more…

2018

  • Benjamin Rüth; Benjamin Uekermann; Miriam Mehl; Hans-Joachim Bungartz: Time stepping algorithms for partitioned multi-scale multi-physics in preCICE. ECCM 6 / ECFD 7, 2018 more…
  • Francesca Taddei; Benjamin Rüth; Christian Karpfinger; Gerhard Müller: Interactive Web Apps for Visualizations in Mathematics and Engineering. PAMM 18 (1), 2018 more…

2017

  • Benjamin Rüth: Computer-Aided Design in Virtual Reality. , 2017 more…

2016

  • Saumitra Joshi; Juan Carlos Medina; Friedrich Menhorn; Severin Reiz; Benjamin Rüth; Erik Wannerberg; Anna Yurova: CAD-integrated Topology Optimization (BGCE Honours Project). , 2016 more…

2014

  • Benjamin Rüth: Implementation of test scenarios for incompressible flow using a divergence-free finite-element approach. , 2014 more…

Posters

2024

  • Niklas Vinnitchenko; Benjamin Rodenberg; Hans-Joachim Bungartz; Benjamin Uekermann: Higher-Order Time-Stepping in Multiphysics using preCICE. FEniCS 2024, 2024 more…

2023

  • Gerasimos Chourdakis; Kyle Davis; Benjamin Rodenberg; Miriam Schulte; Frédéric Simonis; Benjamin Uekermann; Georg Abrams; Hans-Joachim Bungartz; Lucia Cheung Yau; Ishaan Desai; Konrad Eder; Richard Hertrich; Florian Lindner; Alexander Rusch; Dmytro Sashko; David Schneider; Amin Totounferoush; Dominik Volland; Peter Vollmer; Oguz Ziya Koseomur: preCICE: A sustainable and user-friendly coupling ecosystem for partitioned simulations. SIAM CSE23, SIAM, 2023 more…
  • Gerasimos Chourdakis; Kyle Davis; Ishaan Desai; Benjamin Rodenberg; David Schneider; Miriam Schulte; Frédéric Simonis; Benjamin Uekermann: preCICE: A sustainable and flexible research software ecosystem for multi-X simulations. 2023 more…

2021

  • Hans-Joachim Bungartz; Gerasimos Chourdakis; Kyle Davis; Ishaan Desai; Konrad Eder; Oguz Ziya Koseomur; Miriam Mehl; Benjamin Rodenberg; David Schneider; Frédéric Simonis; Benjamin Uekermann: preCICE - A Sustainable Foundation for Modern Multi-Physics Simulations. SIAM CSE21, SIAM, 2021Online more…

2019

  • Hans-Joachim Bungartz; Gerasimos Chourdakis; Florian Lindner; Miriam Mehl; Benjamin Rüth; Dmytro Sashko; Frédéric Simonis; Benjamin Uekermann: preCICE: A dependable open-source coupling library for partitioned multi-physics simulations. deRSE19, 2019Potsdam more…
  • Hans-Joachim Bungartz; Gerasimos Chourdakis; Florian Lindner; Miriam Mehl; Benjamin Rüth; Dmytro Sashko; Frédéric Simonis; Benjamin Uekermann: preCICE: A dependable open-source coupling library for partitioned multi-physics simulations. NL-RSE19, 2019 more…

2018

  • Benjamin Rüth; Azahar Monge; Philipp Birken; Benjamin Uekermann; Miriam Mehl: Partitioned multirate coupling schemes for the heat equation in preCICE. Workshop on Scientific Computing in Sweden 2018 , 2018 more…
  • Benjamin Rüth; Benjamin Uekermann; Miriam Mehl; Hans-Joachim Bungartz: Efficient Time Stepping in Partitioned Multi-Physics. ISC 2018, 2018 more…

Talks

2024

  • Benjamin Rodenberg: How to use time interpolation in the preCICE tutorials. preCICE Workshop 2024, 2024 more…
  • Benjamin Rodenberg: High-fidelity partitioned multiphysics with preCICE and open-source solvers. PDESoft 2024, 2024 more…
  • Benjamin Rodenberg: Waveform iteration in partitioned multiphysics with preCICE. (Talk / CREATOR Seminar, TU Darmstadt) 2024 more…
  • Benjamin Rodenberg: Waveform iteration in partitioned multiphysics with preCICE. PinT 2024, 2024 more…
  • Benjamin Rodenberg: Dirichlet-Neumann waveform iteration with the coupling library preCICE. DD28, 2024 more…

2023

  • Benjamin Rodenberg: A black-box coupling scheme for higher-order multirate time stepping with preCICE. Coupled 2023, 2023 more…
  • Benjamin Rodenberg: B-Splines for flexible and robust multirate time stepping. preCICE Workshop 2023, 2023 more…

2022

  • Benjamin Rodenberg: From low-order to high-order coupling schemes. preCICE Workshop 2022, 2022 more…
  • Benjamin Rodenberg: Design and evaluation of a waveform iteration–based approach for coupling heterogeneous time stepping methods via preCICE. WCCM XV / APCOM VIII, 2022 more…
  • Valentina Schüller, Benjamin Rodenberg, Benjamin Uekermann, Hans-Joachim Bungartz: A Simple Test Case for Error Reduction of Black-Box Coupling Schemes. 9th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics, 2022 more…

2021

  • Benjamin Rodenberg: preCICE language bindings. preCICE Workshop 2021, 2021 more…
  • Benjamin Rodenberg: Quasi-Newton waveform iteration for solving coupled problems in a partitioned fashion. SIAM CSE 2021, 2021 more…
  • Benjamin Rüth: Quasi-Newton waveform iteration for solving coupled problems in a partitioned fashion. ECCOMAS Congress 2020 & 14 th WCCM, 2021 more…

2020

  • Benjamin Rüth: High-order and multi-rate time stepping with preCICE. preCICE Workshop 2020, 2020 more…

2019

  • Benjamin Rüth: A Quasi-Newton Accelerated Multirate Coupling Scheme for Partitioned Simulation. VIII International Conference on Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, 2019 more…
  • Benjamin Rüth: Using FEniCS and OpenFOAM for the simulation of conjugate heat transfer in a partitioned fashion. 90th GAMM Annual Meeting, 2019 more…

2018

  • Benjamin Rüth: High-Order Time Stepping in Partitioned FSI with Black-Box Solvers. WCCM XIII / PAMACM II, 2018 more…
  • Benjamin Rüth: Time stepping algorithms for partitioned multi-scale multi-physics in preCICE. ECCM 6 / ECFD 7 , 2018 more…
  • Benjamin Rüth: Improving Time Stepping in Partitioned Multi-Physics. 89th GAMM Annual Meeting, 2018 more…
  • Benjamin Rüth: Solving the Partitioned Heat Equation Using FEniCS and preCICE. GAMM CSE Workshop 2018, 2018 more…

2017

  • Benjamin Rüth: Time Stepping for Partitioned Multi-Physics. GAMM CSE Workshop 2017, 2017 more…

Other activities

  • Co-founder of simercator
  • Student advisor and program coordinator of the CSE Master's program (until end of summer term 2021)
  • Co-developer of web applications for teaching in mechanics and mathematics. See also here.
  • Assistant program coordinator of the elite track BGCE (until 2020)