Hello, I am

Paul Hoffrogge

My Resume

My Expertises

My Experience
(Senior) Software Engineer

July 2024 - Today

e.solutions GmbH

Erlangen, Germany

Design and implementation of ADAS embedded C++ library.

C++14 techniques: Template metaprogramming, smart pointers, RAII.

PhD Candidate / PostDoc

July 2017 - June 2024

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / Hochschule Karlsruhe (HKA)

Karlsruhe, Germany

Development, implementation and application of a multiphase-field model for surface diffusion in solid-oxide fuel cell anodes.

Analytics and numerics of partial differential equations.

Parallelization techniques: MPI, OpenMP and SIMD-intrinsics for finite-difference code. First experience with CUDA C.

Research Assistant

Sep 2016 - Feb 2017

Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT)

Aachen, Germany

Automation (PLC-programming) of a LASER-assisted welding process.

My Education
Dr.-Ing.

2017 - 2023

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Karlsruhe, Germany

Title: "Understanding Degradation Phenomena in Solid-Oxide Fuel-Cell Anodes by Phase-Field Modeling and Analytics"

Master of Science

2014 - 2016

RWTH Aachen University

Aachen, Germany

Thesis: Development of standalone OpenMP parallel C++ postprocessing software for molecular dynamics (MD).

Bachelor of Science

2010 - 2014

RWTH Aachen University

Aachen, Germany

Thesis: Simulation studies on recrystallization with a cellular automaton.

Language Skills
German
English
Czech
Computer Science Skills
Math and Physics Modeling
3D Visualization (Paraview / VisIt)
C/C++
Python
Git/GitLab
MPI/OpenMP/SIMD CPU Parallel Computing
CUDA Graphics Card Computing
Scientific Work

My Contributions

My Publications
Grain-resolved kinetics and rotation during grain growth of nanocrystalline Aluminium by molecular dynamics
P. W. Hoffrogge and L.A. Barrales-Mora
Computational Materials Science 128 | 2017
Multiphase-field model for surface diffusion and attachment kinetics in the grand-potential framework
P. W. Hoffrogge, A. Mukherjee, E. S. Nani, P. G. Kubendran Amos, F. Wang, D. Schneider, and B. Nestler
Physical Review E 103 | 2021
Phase-Field Simulations with the Grand Potential Approach
M. Seiz, P. Hoffrogge, H. Hierl, A. Reiter, D. Schneider, and B.Nestler
High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering '20 | 2022
A phase‐field based model for coupling two‐phase flow with the motion of immersed rigid bodies
M. Reder, P. W. Hoffrogge, D. Schneider and B. Nestler
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 123 | 2022
High-performance multiphase-field simulations of solid-state phase transformations using Pace3D
E. Schoof, T. Mittnacht, M. Seiz, P. Hoffrogge, H. Hierl, and B. Nestler
High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering '21 | 2023
Triple junction benchmark for multiphase-field and multi-order parameter models
S. Daubner, P. W. Hoffrogge, M. Minar and B. Nestler
Computational Materials Science 219 | 2023
Modeling Anisotropic Transport in Polycrystalline Battery Materials
S. Daubner, M. Weichel, P. W. Hoffrogge, D. Schneider, and B. Nestler
Batteries 9 | 2023
Performance estimation by multiphase-field simulations and transmission-line modeling of nickel coarsening in FIB-SEM reconstructed Ni-YSZ SOFC anodes I: Influence of wetting angle
P. W. Hoffrogge, D. Schneider, F. Wankmüller, M. Meffert, D. Gerthsen, A. Weber, B. Nestler, and M. Wieler
Journal of Power Sources 570 | 2023
Triple junction benchmark for multiphase-field models combining capillary and bulk driving forces
P. W. Hoffrogge, S. Daubner, D. Schneider, B. Nestler, B. Zhou and J. Eiken
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 33 | 2024
Understanding Degradation Phenomena in Solid-Oxide Fuel-Cell Anodes by Phase-Field Modeling and Analytics
Paul W. Hoffrogge
KIT Library | 2024
Solid-state dewetting of polycrystalline thin films: a phase field approach
P. Hoffrogge, N. Becker, D. Schneider, B. Nestler, A. Voigt and M. Salvalaglio
Scripta Materialia 277 | 2026
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