Curriculum Vitae

Time periodActivity
03/2024 - todayScientific Assistant, Technical Mechanics - Solid Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
10/2021 - 02/2024Master of Science, Computational Materials Science, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
08/2016 - 11/2020Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, University of Mumbai, India

Main areas of work

  • Solid mechanics
  • Continuum mechanics with geometric and physical non-linearities
  • Coupled problems (phase transformations, plasticity, damage)
  • Constitutive modelling of active and multifunctional materials
  • Finite element method
  • Damage modelling
  • Phase field models

Academic services

Awards and honours

  • GAMM Junior 2026 - 2028
  • Personal Programming Project (PPP) Excellence Award 2023
  • Top Finalist, Avishkar Research Convention (2019-20), India

Research projects

Teaching

  • Summer term 2025, continuum mechanics, exercise, TUBAF, Germany

Publications

Conference presentations

  • S. A. Patil, S. Prüger, S. Roth, B. Kiefer, 2025. A modular UEL framework for hydrogen-enhanced, ductile damage modelling, 7th International Small Sample Test Techniques Conference (SSTT), Freiberg, Germany.
  • S. A. Patil, S. Prüger, S. Roth, B. Kiefer, 2025. A monolithic finite element framework for fully-coupled chemo-mechanics and the non-local Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman model, 12th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC), Lyon, France.
  • S. A. Patil, S. Prüger, S. Roth, A. Seupel, B. Kiefer, 2024. Implementation of a Finite Element Framework Coupling Chemo-Mechanics and the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman Model, 94th Conference of the Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), Magdeburg, Germany.

Poster presentations

  • S. A. Patil, S. Roth, B. Kiefer, 2024. Simulation-based predictions of hydrogen-induced damage effects, 15th Freiberg Refractory Forum, Freiberg, Germany.