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Sigrid Leyendecker

BMS substitute professor

Berlin Mathematical School
Biocomputing Group, Free University of Berlin



Arnimallee 6
14195 Berlin
Germany

room: 013
phone: +49 (0)30 838-75335
fax: +49 (0)30 838-75412
email: sleye[at]zedat[dot]fu[minus]berlin[dot]de



open positions

The Independent Junior Research Group in the DFG Emmy Noether Programme
Simulation and optimal control of the dynamics of multibody systems in biomechanics and robotics
at the University of Kaiserslautern has one open research position for a postdoc

see opening or Stellenausschreibung.

research interests

discrete mechanics and discrete calculus
mechanical integrators
constrained dynamical systems
flexible multibody dynamics
optimal control for multibody dynamics
biomotion

movies

colliding trimer
three-dimensional compass gait biped
three-bar swing
satellite reorientation: fully actuated and underactuated
six-body linkage
flexible slider-crank mechanism
kinematic pairs: revolute pair and planar pair

posters

dynamic optimisation of a three-dimensional walker
optimal control of constrained multibody dynamics
efficient and robust integration of constrained dynamical systems
conserving integrators for constrained mechanical systems