Attendances
This is a list of things I attended, e.g. conferences, workshops, etc. (or will attend if I update frequently).
GAP Days Fall 2026
September 2026 Aachen, Germany
gapdays.de/gapdays2026-fall/Co-organized the workshop as one of the local organizers and worked on the new GAP visualization package.
DLRK 2026
September 2026 Aachen, Germany
dlrk2026.dglr.deCo-organized our own session "Civitas Lunaris", co-authored the talk "What Do We Build First? The Initial Infrastructure of a Lunar Base", and presented the talk "Design considerations and challenges of a lunar habitat based on a topological interlocking assembly".
GMI 2026
August 2026 Potsdam, Germany
gmi2026.math.uni-potsdam.dePresented a poster titled "Topological interlocking assemblies: From crystallographic groups to interdisciplinary applications" and co-authored a second poster titled "Benefits of modular design for mycelium-based composites based on topological interlocking assemblies" as part of a separate collaboration for an upcoming preprint.
GAP Days Spring 2026
May 2026 Porto, Portugal
gapdays.de/gapdays2026-spring/Held a talk about the future of visualizations in GAP and worked on its implementation.
HackMining 2026
April 2026 Aachen, Germany
amt.rwth-aachen.de/hackmining2nd Place – Worked on the challenge of SICK as part of team "GoldDiggers".
CIRP Design 2026
March 2026 Tokyo, Japan
cirp-design2026.jspe.or.jpPresented two Procedia CIRP papers: a probabilistic study quantifying how geometric variance impacts the performance of formed airbag pressure bins (TRR 188, A09) and a numerical parameter study on how a generative design parameter influences the mechanical performance of hexagonal topological interlocking assemblies (SFB/TRR 280, A04).
GAP Days Summer 2025
August 2025 Koper, Slovenia
gapdays.de/gapdays2025-summer/Held the introductory workshop for newcomers and worked on the
SimplicialSurfaces package. GAP Days Spring 2025
April 2025 Brussels, Belgium
gapdays.de/gapdays2025-spring/Worked on the
CrystFundDom package. CIRP Design 2025
April 2025 Patras, Greece
cirpdesign2025.upatras.grPresented a paper discussing the central thesis of A09 in TRR 188.
Grueppchen 2025
March 2025 Kiel, Germany
www2.mathematik.uni-halle.de/waldecker/index_nach.htmlHeld a talk about ongoing collaborative work bridging group theory and structural engineering.
HackMining 2025
January 2025 Aachen, Germany
amt.rwth-aachen.de/hackmining3rd Place – Worked on the challenge of Innomotics as part of team "GoldDiggers".
GAP Days Summer 2024
August 2024 St. Andrews, Scotland
gapdays.de/gapdays2024-summer/Held a talk titled "Usage of GAP in Topological Interlocking Research" and worked on the GAP website itself and the
SimplicialSurfaces package. GAP Days Spring 2024
March 2024 Kaiserslautern, Germany
gapdays.de/gapdays2024-spring/Held a talk about the
GAPic package and helped organize the conference.