Jonas Hofmann

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research assistant IMES

Focus

Soft tissue biomechanics

Experience

• R&D Engineer Smart materials
  Angst+Pfister
  08 / 2021 - 07 / 2022
• PiBS Internship
  Angst+Pfister
  08 / 2017 - 07 / 2021

Education and Continuing education

Education

BSc / Mechanical Engineering
ZHAW SoE
09 / 2017 - 07 / 2021

Projects

• A histology-informed numerical structural and fluid mechanical investigation of pericardial patches for treatment of pulmonary artery stenosis / Team member / ongoing
• A data-driven solution that optimizes ankle-foot-orthopedic braces for children / Team member / ongoing
• Towards mechanically biocompatible implant materials for pelvic floor repair / Team member / ongoing
• Measurement, statistical evaluation, and calibration of mechanical model parameters of human soft tissues / Team member / completed
• The mechanobiology of fibroblasts in soft nanofibrous materials – novel test protocols for in-situ mechanical testing / Team member / completed

Publications

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Röhrnbauer, B., Zimmerli, J. and Hofmann, J. (2025) 'Numerical validation of an in-situ test method to quantify the microscale kinematics of nanofibrous membranes based on continuum mechanics', in 11th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics, Braunschweig, Germany, 21-24 September 2025.
• Nusser, M. et al. (2025) 'A novel robot based testing methodology to deepen clinical investigations of the knee joint', in 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Zurich, Switzerland, 6-9 July 2025. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-33661.
• Zimmerli, J., Hofmann, J. and Röhrnbauer, B. (2024) 'A continuum mechanics based quantification of microscale kinematics of nanofibrous membranes', in Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering SSBE Abstract Book. SSBE, p. 42. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-32725.
• Hofmann, J. et al. (2024) 'Micro and macromechanics of electrospun membranes under uniaxial and biaxial loading conditions', in 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 June - 3 July 2024.
• Cauquil, E. et al. (2023) 'A combined experimental and numerical method for tailoring the multi-scale mechanical properties of soft solid liquid composites', in 33rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), Davos, Switzerland, 4-8 September 2023. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-30272.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Carroll, D. et al. (2024) 'Developing a new robot based testing methodology to deepen clinical investigations surrounding the knee joint', in Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering SSBE Abstract Book. SSBE, p. 10. Available at: www.zhaw.ch/storage/engineering/institute-zentren/imes/SSBE/Abstract_Book_SSBE_2024.pdf.
• Hofmann, J. et al. (2024) 'Large-porous or nano-fibrous? – a mechanical perspective on implant materials for the pelvic floor', in 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 June - 3 July 2024.

Other publications

Fine liquid-core polymer fibers for microhydraulic applications: A versatile process design

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