Application Engineer

FIFTY2 Technology GMBH, Freiburg im B. Germany

February 2023 - Present

Tasks & Experience

• Development of new sample applications and benchmarks
• Conducting of feasibility studies and validations
• Training for new customers
• Third level customer support

Postdoctoral Researcher

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen Germany

March 2021 - December 2022

Research Assistant

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen Germany

June 2014 - March 2021

Teaching & Communication

• Assigned teaching assistant for Master’s program course on Finite Elements for Fluid Flow Problems and Parallel Computing for Computational Mechanics. The worrk involved designing weekly class assignments, tutoring, and reviewing project reports.
• Teaching assistant Bachelor’s course on Simulation Methods for Mechanical Engineering. The work involved computer lab exercises in which various discretization methods were covered (5 years)
• Advised students on Bachelor and Master thesis projects
• Managing scientific student assistants working on various research topics
• Presented scientific results and methods at various conferences in Europe and Northern America

Research and Development

• Development of numerical methods with a focus on coupled problems involving fluid-structure interaction and spline-based methods.
• Development of high performance, in house software including FE-based fluid and structural solvers
• Perform numerical studies using our in-house software toolchain

M.Sc. Graduate Internship

Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), Wageningen, The Netherlands

September 2013 - May 2014

Tasks & Experience

• Numerical analysis of scaling effects on floating offshore wind turbines. Work involved parameter study using MARIN’s inhouse CFD solver ReFRESCO, and validation against model test data.
• Development of a shell-based tool for automated mesh generation and simulation.
• Publication of work in scientific journal (see publications)

Part-Time Naval Architect

Studio Delta Naval Architecture and Yach Design, The Hague, The Netherlands

September 2009 - September 2013

Tasks & Experience

• All-round naval architecture work including, structural design and analysis off hulls and superstructures, resistance and propulsion calculations and stability analysis
• Development of a simple tool to check structural designs with the applicable classification rules

RWTH Aachen University

Dr.-Ing. Computational Engineering Science

April 2021

Thesis: Spline-Based Methods for Aerothermoelastic Problems (summa cum laude)

Technical University Delft

M.Sc. Ship Hydromechanics

June 2014

Thesis: Predicting Scaling Effects on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (8.5/10)

Hoge School Inholland Delft

B.Eng. Naval Architecture

June 2009

Thesis: Concept Design of a 60 Meter Tall Ship for the Charter Industry (8/10)

Language Skills

Dutch (mother tongue), English (full professional proficiency), German (professional proficiency)

Sports and Hobbies

Running, Cycling, Windsurfing, Sailing, Hiking

Study Abroad

IHC Merwede – 3 months internship, Guangzhou/Tianjin, China. Athens Program – Crash course on solving large ODEs using Matlab, Polytechnic University Milan, Italy.

Memberships

Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Royal Dutch Association of Maritime Engineering (KNVTS), German Association for Computational Mechanics (GACM).

Spenke, T., Make, M., & Hosters. (2023). "A Robin‐Neumann scheme with quasi‐Newton acceleration for partitioned fluid‐structure interaction." In International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 142(4), 979-997.

Make, M., Spenke, T., Hosters, N., & Behr, M. (2022). "Spline-Based Space-Time Finite Element Approach for Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems with a Focus on Fully Enclosed Domains." In Computers & Mathermatics with Applications 114, 210-224.

Make, M. (2021). "Spline-Based Methods for Aerothermoelastic Problems." Dissertation. RWTH Aachen University.

Make, M., Hosters, N., Behr, M., & Elgeti, S. (2020). "Space-Time NURBS-Enhanced Finite Elements for Solving the Compressible Navier–Stokes Equations." In Numerical Methods for Flows (pp. 97–107). Springer, Cham.

Karyofylli, V., Wendling, L., Make, M., Hosters, N., & Behr, M. (2019). "Simplex space-time meshes in thermally coupled two-phase flow simulations of mold filling." In Computers & Fluids, 192, 104261.

Burmester, S., Gueydon, S., & Make, M. (2016). "Determination of scaled wind turbine rotor characteristics from three-dimensional RANS calculations." In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 753(8), 082003.

Make, M., & Vaz, G. (2015). "Analyzing scaling effects on offshore wind turbines using CFD." In Renewable Energy, 83, 1326–1340.

Make, M., Vaz, G., Fernandes, G., Burmester, S., & Gueydon, S. (2015). "Analysis of aerodynamic performance of floating wind turbines using CFD and BEMT methods." ASME 2015 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering.

Fernandes, G., Make, M., Gueydon, S., & Vaz, G. (2014). "Sensitivity to aerodynamic forces for the accurate modeling of floating offshore wind turbines." 1st International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, 24–26.

Make, M., Peer, A., & Joshi, S. SPH-Based Fluid-Structure Interaction to Aid Rapid Prototyping for Vehicle Water Wading. 19th SPHERIC World Conference , June 17 - 19, 2025, Barcelona, Spain.

Make, M., Spenke, T., & Hosters, N. Spline-Based Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction8th European Conference on Computational Methods in Applied Sciencs and Engineering ECCOMAS Congress 2022, Jun 5-9, 2022, Oslo, Norway.

Make, M., Antony, P., Hosters, N., & Behr, M. Simplex Space-Time Finite Elements for Fluid-Rigid-Body Interaction. Workshop on Multi-scale, Multi-physic and Coupled Problems on Highly Parallel Systems, HPC Asia, January 12 - 14, 2022, Kobe, Japan.

Make, M., Hosters, N., & Behr, M. Exact Geometric Fluid-Structure Interface Representation Using A Spline-Based Finite Element Method. 5th ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference YIC2019, September 1 – 6, 2019, Krakow, Poland.

Make, M., Hosters, N., & Behr, M. Spline-Based Finite Elements Methods for Exact Geometric Interface Representation. 8th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists from Academia and Industry, August 28 – 30, 2019, Kassel, Germany.

Make, M., Hosters, N., & Behr, M. Spline-Based Methods for Solving Thermal and Mechanical Fluid-Structure Interaction in Compressible Flows. 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics ECCM6 / 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics ECFD7, June11 – 15, 2018, Glasgow, UK.

Make, M., Hosters, N., Elgeti, S., & Behr, M. Spline-Based Methods for Solving Fluid-Structure Interaction in Compressible Flows. 3rd ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference YIC2017, September 13 – 15, 2017, Milano, Italy.

Make, M., Hosters, N., Elgeti, S., & Behr, M. Space-Time NURBS-Enhanced Finite Elements for Solving the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations. 19th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems FEF207, April 5 – 7, 2017, Rome, Italy.

Make, M., Hosters, N., & Behr, M. Numerical Study on Shock-Induced Fluid-Structure Interaction in Supersonic Flows. GAMM/DMV Joint Annual Meeting, March 7 – 11, 2016, Braunschweig, Germany.

Make, M., & Vaz, G. Aerodynamic Performance of Floating Wind Turbines at Model Scale. 3rd ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference / 6th GACM Colloquium, July 20 – 23, 2015, Aachen, Germany.

Make, M., Vaz, G., Fernandes, G., Burmester, S., & Gueydon, S. Aerodynamic Performance of Floating Wind Turbines Using CFD and BEMT Methods. ASME 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2015, May 31 – June 5, 2015, St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada.