Jan Niklas Schmäke

Computational Mechanics · Hochschule Düsseldorf

Mechanical engineer by training, working in computational mechanics research at Hochschule Düsseldorf — mostly on unfitted finite element methods, multi-level hp refinement and immersed boundaries, and the software that goes with them.

Projects

• Unfitted.jl (Julia): unfitted multi-level hp refinement on Cartesian grids with finite-cell immersed-boundary integration.
• FoamGen.jl (Julia): open-cell foam geometries for finite element and immersed-boundary tests.
• Oritone (theme): a color theme and scientific colormaps for editors, terminals and visualization, after Okabe & Ito.
• Oritone LaTeX (LaTeX): document classes and a Beamer theme for theses, manuscripts, CVs and slides.

Publications

1. J. N. Schmäke, M. Ruess. Unfitted multi-level hp refinement for localized and moving solution features. arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.25797, 2026. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2604.25797
2. J. N. Schmäke, O. Wege, M. Ruess. Efficient thermo-viscoplastic analysis using a multi-level hp-finite cell method with non-negative moment fitting. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 262, 104655, 2026. doi:10.1016/j.finel.2026.104655

Talks

1. J. N. Schmäke, M. Ruess. Unfitted superposition refinement for moving interfaces. WCCM-ECCOMAS 2026, Munich, 2026.
2. J. N. Schmäke, M. Ruess. Unfitted overlay hp-refinements on axis-aligned finite element meshes. GACM Colloquium 2025, Braunschweig, 2025.
3. J. N. Schmäke, O. Wege, M. Ruess. Error-controlled multi-level hp finite cells in the realm of elastoplastic analysis. WCCM-PANACM 2024, Vancouver, 2024.

Contact

• E-mail: contact [at] schmaeke [dot] dev
• GitHub: github.com/schmaeke
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/schmaeke

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