E-Mail: thomas.brunner@tugraz.at
I am currently a Student Project Employee with the Aero- and Vibroacoustics group at the Institute of Fundamentals and Theory in Electrical Engineering (IGTE). My work focuses on investigating noise generation mechanisms in automotive applications and applying Reduced Order Modeling (ROM) techniques to analyze complex aeroacoustic flows.
I am pursuing a individual Master's degree in Computational Engineering at Graz University of Technology, which is a custom-tailored program combining diverse disciplines. The curriculum integrates theoretical and computational fluid mechanics, acoustics, nonlinear solid mechanics, electromagnetics, multiphysics modeling, optimization, and nonlinear control systems. You can find the curriculum here.
My current focus is my master’s thesis on Fluid-Structure-Acoustic Interactions (FSAI) in aeroacoustics. This research involves conducting high-fidelity CFD simulations using the MGLET solver on the Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC), addressing the intricate coupling between fluid dynamics, structural responses, and acoustic phenomena.
Prior to this, I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics at Graz University of Technology. My Bachelor’s thesis explored nanofluidics, specifically investigating water transport through flexible carbon nanotubes. Using molecular dynamics and finite element simulations, I evaluated the applicability of continuum mechanics on the nanoscale. This work was conducted at the Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics. You can view my thesis here and the final presentation here.
Here are a few pictures and animations as a showcase of my current research.