Prof. Dr. Robert Eberlein

Work at ZHAW

Position

Director of Institute IMES

Focus

Experimental and numerical modeling of solid polymers and lightweight structures

Teaching

Senior Lecturer in Mechanics at IMES

Experience

• Director of Institute IMES
  ZHAW, Winterthur, Switzerland
  08 / 2017 - today
• Senior Lecturer of Mechanics at IMES
  ZHAW, Winterthur, Switzerland
  11 / 2013 - 07 / 2017
• CTO and member of the Group Executive Committee
  Angst+Pfister Group, Zurich, Switzerland
  06 / 2006 - 10 / 2013
• Group Leader in Biomechanics
  Sulzer Innotec, Winterthur, Switzerland
  07 / 1998 - 04 / 2006
• Structural Engineer
  Stein & Partners, Hannover, Germany
  08 / 1997 - 06 / 1998

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr.-Ing. (PhD) / Numerical Mechanics
  Darmstadt University of Technology
  07 / 1992 - 07 / 1997
• Exchange Student / Graduate Program in Mechanics
  University of California at Berkeley
  07 / 1991 - 06 / 1992
• Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) / Mechanics
  Darmstadt University of Technology
  10 / 1987 - 06 / 1992

Continuing Education

• Modules in CAS Educational Science
  Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich
  11 / 2015
• Executive Program for Growing Companies
  Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, USA
  07 / 2008

Network

Membership of networks

Expert Group Mechanics and Industry

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5762-6472

Awards

• Professor ZFH
  Fachhochschulrat
  12 / 2019
• Dr.-Ing. (PhD) summa cum laude
  Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
  07 / 1997
• Graduate Assistantship
  Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
  01 / 1993

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Lifetime prediction of POM gears / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Measurement, statistical evaluation, and calibration of mechanical model parameters of human soft tissues / Project leader / ongoing
• Digital twin of ROSTA rubber spring elements / Team member / ongoing
• URBANBOX Solar Infrastructure Solution / Project leader / completed
• Optimisation of the tooth root geometry of plastic gears / Deputy project leader / completed
• Mechanobiological plastic model / Team member / completed
• Machine Learning Enhanced Process Simulation in Laser Pow­der Bed Fusion (LPBF) / Deputy project leader / completed
• Development of new family of high-endurance sealing system(s) for high-pressure / fast pneumatic valves / Project leader / completed

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• R. Eberlein and T. Zacharias, Numerically Simulated Biomechanics, In ‘Proceedings of NAFEMS World Congress '05’, Malta, 2005.
• R. Eberlein, Value Added by Continuum Biomechanics in Spinal Implant Evaluation, IN ‘Proceedings of the 1st GAMM Seminar on Continuum Biomechanics’, W. Ehlers (Ed.), VGE, ISBN 3-937399-14-3, 25-33, 2005.
• R. Eberlein, G.A. Holzapfel and M. Fröhlich, Multi-Segment FEA of the Human Lumbar Spine Including the Heterogeneity of the Annulus Fibrosus, Comp. Mech., 34, 147-163, 2004.
• R. Eberlein, M. Fröhlich and Th. Nydegger, Assessment of a New Motion Restoring Spinal Implant by Means of Advanced FE Modeling of Intact and Degenerated Human Intervertebral Discs, IN ‘Book of Abstracts of the 10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST)’, Rome, Italy, 2003.
• R. Eberlein, G.A. Holzapfel and C.A.J. Schulze-Bauer, Assessment of a Spinal Implant by Means of Accurate FE Modeling of Intact Human Intervertebral Discs, IN ‘Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM V)’, H.A. Mang, F.G. Rammerstorfer and J. Eberhardsteiner (Eds.), Publisher: Vienna University of Technology, Austria, ISBN 3-9501554-0-6, Vienna, Austria, July 7-12, 2002.
• R. Eberlein, G.A. Holzapfel and C.A.J. Schulze-Bauer, An Anisotropic Model for Annulus Tissue and Enhanced Finite Element Analyses of Intact Lumbar Disc Bodies, Comp. Meth. Biomech. Biomed. Eng., 4, 209-229, 2001.
• R. Eberlein, Advances of Intervertebral Disc Prosthetics by a Meso Scale Approach to Fiber Reinforced Soft Tissue Modeling, In ‘Proceedings of the Biomechanica IV’, J. Biomech., 34, Suppl. 1, S58, 2001.
• G.A. Holzapfel, C.A.J. Schulze-Bauer, T.C. Gasser, R. Eberlein and M. Fröhlich, Extensibility and Anisotropic Material Model of Single Annulus Lamellae in Extension Experiments, In ‘Book of Abstracts of the XVIII Congress of the ISB’, Zürich, P723, 326-327, 2001.
• R. Eberlein, G.A. Holzapfel and C.A.J. Schulze-Bauer, Accurate FE Modeling of Human Annulus Tissue for Refined Spinal Implant Design, In ‘Book of Abstracts of the XVIII Congress of the ISB’, Zürich, P308, 146, 2001.
• R. Eberlein, G.A. Holzapfel and C.A.J. Schulze-Bauer, A Single Layer Approach to Fiber Reinforced Intervertebral Disc Modeling: Physical Relevance and Interpretation, In ‘Book of Abstracts of ECCM 2001’, Krakow, 2, 772-773, 2001.
• C. Haack, R. Eberlein, M. Fröhlich and J. Soulhat, Orthopedic Implants – Computer Aided Design and Analysis, In ‘Proceedings of NAFEMS World Congress '01’, Como, 2, 783-794, 2001.
• R. Eberlein, A New Constitutive Concept for Nonlinear Anisotropic Stress Response in Intervertebral Discs: Theoretical and Computational Aspects, In ‘Book of Abstracts of ECCOMAS 2000’, Barcelona, 114, 2000.
• R. Eberlein, M. Fröhlich and E.M. Hasler, Finite Element Analyses of Intervertebral Discs: Recent Advances in Constitutive Modeling, In ‘Constitutive Models for Rubber’, A. Dorfmann and A. Muhr (Eds.), A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 221-227, 1999.
• R. Eberlein, M. Fröhlich and E.M. Hasler, Finite Element Analyses of Intervertebral Discs: Structural Components and Properties, In ‘CD-ROM of First European Conference on Computational Mechanics’, W. Wunderlich (Ed.), Munich, 1999.
• R. Eberlein, Finite Element Analyses of Intervertebral Discs: A Review in Constitutive Modeling, In ‘Book of Abstracts of USNCCM 1999’, Boulder, Colorado, 255, 1999.
• R. Eberlein and P. Wriggers, Finite Element Concepts for Finite Elastoplastic Strains and Isotropic Stress Response in Shells, Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 171, 243-279, 1999.
• R. Eberlein and P. Wriggers, On the Calculation of Finite Plastic Strains in Shell Intersections with Finite Elements, Tech. Mech., 18, 181-188, 1998.
• R. Eberlein, Finite-Elemente-Konzepte für Schalen mit grossen elastischen und plastischen Verzerrungen, Dissertation, Institut für Mechanik IV der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt, 1997.
• R. Eberlein and P. Wriggers, Finite Element Formulations of Five and Six Parameter Shell Theories Accounting for Finite Plastic Strains, In ‘Computational Plasticity, Fundamentals and Applications’, D.R.J. Owen, E. Onate and E. Hinton (Eds.), CIMNE, Barcelona, 1898-1903, 1997.
• G.A. Holzapfel, R. Eberlein, P. Wriggers and H.W. Weizsäcker, A New Axisymmetrical Membrane Element for Anisotropic Finite Strain Analysis of Arteries, Comm. Num. Meth. Eng., 12, 507-517, 1996.   doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199608)12:8<507::AID-CNM998>3.0.CO;2-K
• G.A. Holzapfel, R. Eberlein, P. Wriggers and H.W. Weizsäcker, Large Strain Analysis of Soft Biological Membranes: Formulation and Finite Element Analysis, Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 132, 45-61, 1996.
• P. Wriggers, R. Eberlein and S. Reese, A Comparison of Three-Dimensional Continuum and Shell Elements for Finite Plasticity, Int. J. Sol. Struct., 33, 3309-3326, 1996.
• P. Wriggers, R. Eberlein and F. Gruttmann, An Axisymmetrical Quasi-Kirchhoff-Type Shell Element for Large Plastic Deformations, Arch. Appl. Mech., 65, 465-477, 1995.
• R. Eberlein, P. Wriggers and R.L. Taylor, A Fully Non-Linear Axisymmetrical Quasi-Kirchhoff-Type Shell Element for Rubber-Like Materials, Int. J. Num. Meth. Eng., 36, 4027-4042, 1993.

Other publications

R. Eberlein and R. Kappeler, Nichtlineare Materialparameteroptimierung für reibungsbehaftete einachsige Elastomer-Druckproben. In ‘Proceedings of Deutscher Verband für Materialforschung und -prüfung e.V., Arbeitskreis Elastomerbauteile’, Heidelberg, 2017

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