Ulrike Fitzer

Areas of work and research

Model order reduction
Interaction between neurons and electrodes

Research project

Ms Fitzer has been pursuing a PhD at Jade University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the University of Rostock since September 2021. The working title of her thesis is “Reduced Order Modelling of Neuron-Electrode Interfaces”.

Academic background

since September 2021	PhD student at Jade University in collaboration with the University of Rostock
April 2019 – July 2021	Master of Science in Computational Science and Engineering, University of Rostock
July 2010 – March 2018	Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics, AKAD University Stuttgart

Publications

Articles in international journals (co-author)

S. Hu, U. Fitzer, K. C. Nguyen, D. Hohlfeld, J. G. Korvink, T. Bechtold, “Multi-Objective Topology Optimisation of a Broadband Piezoelectric Energy Harvester”, Micromachines, 14.2: 332, 2023.

Conference papers

U. Fitzer, P. Goyal, A. Schütz, I. Zawra, D. Hohlfeld, T. Bechtold, “Comparison of Model Order Reduction Methods for a Linear Finite Element Model of an Electrically Stimulated Neuron” 25th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE), April 2024, Catania, Sicily, Italy.
U. Fitzer, D. Hohlfeld, T. Bechtold, “Neuron-Electrode Interface with Hodgkin-Huxley Model in ANSYS”, 24th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE), April 2023, Graz, Austria.
U. Fitzer, D. Hohlfeld, T. Bechtold, “Reduced Order Model of a Neuron-Electrode Interface Coupled to a Hodgkin-Huxley Model”, 8^th World Congress on Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems and Sciences (EECSS’22), July 2022, Prague, Czech Republic.
U. Fitzer, D. Hohlfeld, T. Bechtold, “Reduced Order Modelling of a Neuron-Electrode Interface”, 23rd International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE), April 2022, St Julian’s, Malta
S. Hu, U. Fitzer, S. Stindt, T. Bechtold, “Topology Optimisation of a Folded Beam Piezoelectric Energy Harvester”, MathMOD 2022, 10th Vienna Conference on Mathematical Modelling, July 2022, Vienna, Austria.
S. Hu, U. Fitzer, T. Bechtold, “Topology Optimisation of a Miniaturised Piezoelectric Energy Harvester”, 22nd International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE), April 2021.