Dr. Alexander Mendler, Ph.D.
| E-Mail: | alexander.mendler(at)tum.de |
| Tel: | 089 / 289-27041 |
| Curriculum Vitae: | 2013 B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, TU Munich 2016 M.Sc. in Structural Engineering, TU Munich 2020 Ph.D. in Structural Dynamics, UBC Vancouver 2017-2020 Test Engineer at the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility, Vancouver 2018 Consulting Engineer at VC Structural Dynamics Ltd., Vancouver 2017-2020 Research Associate at Inria, Rennes 2021 Postdoctoral fellow at HSU, Univ. of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg since August 2021 Adjunct Professor at the Chair of Non-destructive Testing, TU Munich |
Focus of Research
Dr. Mendler (*1989) works in the field of structural dynamics and vibration analysis of structures. He specialized on the analysis of ambient vibrations, operational modal analysis and vibration-based structural health monitoring. The goal of his research is to develop new methods for the performance assessment and quality control of monitoring systems.
- Vibration analysis of structures
- Automated damage detection and localization
- Structural health monitoring
- Optimal sensor placement
- Performance assessment of monitoring systems
Research Projects
2021-2024 “Reliability-based Structural Health Monitoring of Highway Bridges”, Cooperation project with HSU, Funding through the Centre of Digitization and Technology Transfer of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg
Awards
2021 UBC award for academic excellence
2019 MITACS stipend for a research stay in France
2017 DAAD stipend for studying in Canada
2017 SOFiSTiK prize for an innovative masters thesis
2011-2013 Oskar-von-Miller Forum stipend of the Bavarian construction industry
2007-2008 VIMP promotion for exceptional highschool students, Univ. of Ulm
Boards and Committees
2021 IOMAC, Konferenzorganisator
2021 FIB International, member and co-author
2017 CCSSEE, member of the organizing committee
2016 VBI, engineering student recruitment campaign
Teaching
Since 2022 Lecturer for "ATHENS - Introduction to Structural Health Monitoring" at TU Munich
Since 2021 Lecturer for “Introduction to Structural Health Monitoring” at TU Munich
2017-2019 Teaching assistant for “Structural Analysis“ at UBC (180 students)
2018-2019 Teaching assistant for “Seismicity and Seismic Design Parameters“ at UBC (40 students)
2016-2017 Teaching assistant for Technical Mechanics I + II at TUM (350 students)
Publications
Peer-reviewed
Mendler A., Döhler M., Ventura C.E. (2022) Sensor placement with optimal damage detectability for statistical damage detection. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Elsevier, 170, pp.1-15. ⟨10.1016/j.ymssp.2021.108767⟩. ⟨hal-03699103⟩
Mendler A., Döhler M., L. Mevel, Ventura C.E. (2021). A reliability-based approach to determine the minimum detectable damage for statistical damage detection. Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Volume 154: 107561.
Mendler A., Döhler M., Mevel L., Ventura C.E. (2020). Clustering of redundant parameters for fault isolation with Gaussian residuals. In Proceedings of the IFAC – 21st World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Berlin, Germany.
Mendler A., Döhler M., Ventura C.E. (forthcoming). Localizability of damage using statistical tests: Compromising between resolution, detectability, and false alarms
Other conference papers
Gres S., Mendler A., Jacobsen N-J, Andersen P., Döhler M. (2022, Jul) Statistical damage detection and localization with Mahalanobis distance applied to modal parameters. IOMAC 2022 - 9th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference, Vancouver, Canada. pp.1-8. ⟨hal-03722669⟩
Mendler A., Döhler M., Grosse C.U. (2022, Jul) Selection of damage-sensitive features based on probability of detection curves. IOMAC 2022 - 9th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference, Jul 2022, Vancouver, Canada. pp.1-11. ⟨hal-03722892⟩
Mendler A., Cadoret A., Freyssinet C., Döhler M., Lecieux Y., Mevel L., & Ventura C. (2021, June). Minimum localizable damage for stochastic subspace-based damage diagnosis. In Proceedings of the SHMII-10 - 10th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Porto, Portugal.
Mendler A., Döhler M., Mevel L., Ventura C.E. (2020, February). Minimum detectable damage as an optimization criterion for performance-based sensor placement. In Proceedings of the IMAC - 38th International Modal Analysis Conference, Houston, United States.
Mendler A., Allahdadian S., Döhler M., Mevel L., Ventura C.E. (2019, May). Minimum detectable damage for stochastic subspace-based methods. In Proceedings of the IOMAC - 8th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mendler A., Ventura C.E..; Nandimandalam L., Kaya Y. (2019, January). Launching semi-automated modal identification of the Port Mann Bridge. In Proceedings of the IMAC - 37th International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, United States.
Kaya Y., Mendler A., Ventura C.E. (2018, July). Structural health monitoring network in British Columbia, Canada. In Proceedings of the EWSWH - 9th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. Manchester, United Kingdom
Mendler A., Ventura C.E., Allahdadian S. (2018, February). The Yellow Frame: Experimental studies and remote monitoring of the structural health monitoring benchmark structure. In Proceedings of the IMAC - 36th International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, United States.