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<\/a>Professor Rainald L\u00f6hner with (from left) Vice President Professor Manfred Krafczyk, TU President Angela Ittel and Professor Antje Schwalb, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences. Photo credits: Kristina Rottig\/TU Braunschweig<\/p><\/div>\n
“His innovative methodological developments and groundbreaking software implementations have pushed the boundaries of what can be modelled and simulated in many areas of application, particularly in the recording of flow and multiphysics phenomena,” the honorary doctorate certificate states.<\/p>\n
“With this, we not only honour an extraordinary scientific career, but also a deep bond: the connection between a scientist and his alma mater,” says the President of TU Braunschweig, Angela Ittel. “Professor L\u00f6hner’s work combines the depth and precision of the German research tradition with the pioneering spirit and innovative spirit of American scientific culture. His career shows what is possible when you think and live across borders \u2013 geographically, disciplinarily and intellectually.”<\/p>\n
During the presentation of the honorary doctorate, Professor Manfred Krafczyk, Chief Vice President for Digitalisation and Sustainability at TU Braunschweig, professed himself a \u2018fan\u2019 of the award winner, who, over four decades of work, has specialised in several complex fields of application, most of which concern human safety: “Rainald L\u00f6hner is one of a very small group of individuals who not only manage to be recognised as world-class researchers by publishing new ideas, but also successfully apply these new methods to solve problems that simply cannot be solved with the available commercial tools.”<\/p>\n
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Professor Rainald L\u00f6hner mit der Urkunde zur Verleihung der Ehrendoktorw\u00fcrde. Bildnachweis: Kristina Rottig\/TU Braunschweig<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n
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TU-Pr\u00e4sidentin Angela Ittel hielt ein Gru\u00dfwort. Bildnachweis: Kristina Rottig\/TU Braunschweig<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n
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Professor Manfred Krafczyk, Hauptamtlicher Vizepr\u00e4sident f\u00fcr Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit, hielt die Laudatio. Bildnachweis: Kristina Rottig\/TU Braunschweig<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n
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Professorin Antje Schwalb, Dekanin der Fakult\u00e4t Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen und Umweltwissenschaften begr\u00fc\u00dfte die G\u00e4ste der Ehrenpromotion. Bildnachweis: Kristina Rottig\/TU Braunschweig<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n
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Professor Rainald L\u00f6hner w\u00e4hrend seines Vortrags. Bildnachweis: Kristina Rottig\/TU Braunschweig<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n
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Tiffany und Johannes L\u00f6hner gestalteten das musikalische Programm. Bildnachweis: Kristina Rottig\/TU Braunschweig<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
Simulation of underwater explosions and material fatigue<\/h3>\n
Professor L\u00f6hner is a regular guest at the Institute of Statics and Dynamics at TU Braunschweig, where he works with staff and students on \u2018High Fidelity Digital Twins\u2019 \u2013 digital models that realistically map complex physical processes. His research focuses on the simulation of highly complex flows, such as those that occur during underwater explosions. He also works in the field of structural mechanics, in particular the simulation of material fatigue and the calculation of pedestrian flows.<\/p>\n
Other important topics in his research include the spread of aerosols in air conditioning systems and buildings \u2013 an aspect that has been particularly important during the Covid-19 pandemic \u2013 as well as the effects of wind and water on structures and entire neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n
Rainald L\u00f6hner also has a personal connection to Braunschweig: he was born in Braunschweig and graduated from TU Braunschweig in 1982 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He is also the great-nephew of Professor Kurt L\u00f6hner, the former rector of TU Braunschweig and head of the Institute for Combustion Engines (IVB).<\/p>\n
About the person<\/h3>\n
Rainald L\u00f6hner went to school in Buenos Aires. He then studied mechanical engineering at TU Braunschweig and completed his doctorate in civil engineering at Swansea University, Wales. After working as a scientist in Wales and Washington, D.C., he joined the Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, in the USA, in 1993, initially as an Associate Professor. Today he is Director of the Center for Computational Fluid Dynamics there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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