ffr Engineering was founded 2012 and is since then under private ownership and operation by Felix Frischmann (B.Eng. Civil Engineering & M.Sc. Computational Mechanics).
What started once as a part-time freelancing service aside the founders work in academia and science has turned over the years into a professional and independent provider of software technology, engineering as well as tech & business consulting services.
Right from the beginning we were aside from industrial projects also involved in open source software development in the field of pre-processing for numerical simulation in engineering. Our portfolio has grown since then by various professional services and proprietary as well as customized software products.
The development of actual software products is recently to a large extend being relocated to an independent business unit: Locis GmbH in 2017, founded and operated by Felix Frischmann and Dr. Christian Sorger. ffr Engineering will continue to offer a broad portfolio of engineering, tech & business consulting solutions and services in the field of civil engineering, engineering digitalization, product modelling, pre-processing, numerical simulation, engineering cloud computing and computational mechanics.
Vita: Felix Frischmann
Education:
| 03/2006 - 08 / 2009 | University of Applied Science - Stuttgart B.Eng. Civil Engineering |
| 10/2009 - 11 / 2011 |
Technische Universität München M.Sc. Computational Mechanics |
Professional career:
| 07/2017 | Managing Director Locis GmbH |
| 08/2012 | Owner/Managing Director ffr Engineering |
| 12/2011 - 12/2016 | Research Assistant Technische Universität München Computation in Engineering |
| 04/2010 - 09/2011 03/2008 - 10/2009 |
Student Worker Drees&Sommer ABT GmbH Building Energy Design Stuttgart / Munich |
| 10/2009 - 02/2010 |
Student Worker |
Publications, Talks and Presentations:
Industrial & Professional Talks
| Frischmann, F.; Digitalisierung im Bauwesen - Digitale Produktmodelle, Planungsprozesse, numerische Simulation und Life-Cycle-Management; DGNB Auditorentag, 30.11.2016, Berlin |
| Frischmann, F.; Propeller design - Software implementation and application of analytical and numerical tools for propeller design and shape optimization; Conference talk – Mech-Aero 2016, Orlando |
| Frischmann, F.; Bim2Sim - Integration von Gebäudemodelle in Stadtmodelle und Simulation; 34. CADFEM ANSYS Simulation Conference – Forum Digitale Städte, 5. – 7. Oktober 2016, Nürnberg |
| Frischmann, F.; BIM-gekoppelte Simulationsmodelle für den Hochbau, LOC Center Day, 11.11. 2016, München |
| Frischmann, F.; Bim2Sim inside ANSYS - Integration of Building Product Models into Simulation; 35. CADFEM ANSYS Simulation Conference – Forum Digital City, 15. – 17. November 2017, Koblenz |
| Frischmann, F.; Digitalisierung im Bauwesen – Building Information Modelling; DGNB Consulting Tag, 04.07.2017, Stuttgart |
Scientific publications, proceedings and conference talks
| Frischmann, F.; Heißbemessung einschaliger Tübbing-Konstruktionen im Tunnelbau; Bachelors’s Thesis B.Eng. – PSP Consulting Engineers GmbH & Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart |
| Frischmann, F.; Topological and Geometric Healing on Solid Models; Master’s Thesis M.Sc. – Chair for Computation in Engineering, Technische Universität München |
| Frischmann, F.; Buchschmid, M.; Ruess, M.; Kreutz, J.; Müller, G.; Numerical models for violins; Conference Proceedings: DAGA 2011 |
| Sorger, C.; Frischmann, F.; Kollmannsberger, S.; Rank, E.; TUM.GeoFrame: Automated high-order hexahedral mesh generation for shell-like structures; Engineering with Computers 30 (1), pp. 41-56, 2014 |
| Horger, T.; Kollmannsberger, S.; Frischmann, F.; Rank, E.; Wohlmuth, B.; A new mortar formulation for modeling elastically bedded structures in vibro-acoustics in 3D; Advanced Modeling And Simulation In Engineering Sciences, 2014 - Status: Postprint / reviewed |
| Schillinger D.; Evans, J. A.; Frischmann, F.; Hiemstra, R. R.; Hsu, M.‐C.; Hughes, T. J.R.; A collocated C0 finite element method: Reduced quadrature perspective, cost comparison with standard finite elements, and explicit structural dynamics; Int. J. for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 10/2014; DOI: 10.1002/nme.4783 |
| Paolini, A.; Frischmann, F.; Kollmannsberger, S.; Rank, E.; et al.; Parameteridentifikation von Brettsperrholz -Elementen mittels Bayesscher Optimierung; Conference Proceedings: DAGA 2016 |
| Paolini, A.; Frischmann, F.; Kollmannsberger, S.; Rabold, A.; Mecking, S.; Schanda, U.; Rank, E.; Abbildung von Elastomeren in FE-Modellen von Holzbaukonstruktionen; In: Fortschritte der Akustik, DAGA 2017, Kiel, Deutschland, 2017 |
| Zander, N.; Bog, T.; Frischmann, F.; Rank, E.; et al.; The multi-level hp-method for three-dimensional problems: Dynamically changing high-order mesh refinement with arbitrary hanging nodes; Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 310:252–277 |
| Kudela, L.; Frischmann, F.; Yossef, O.; Uzan, A.; Kollmannsberger, S.; Yosibash, Z.; Rank, E.; Image-based mesh generation of tubular geometries under circular motion in refractive environments; Machine Vision and Applications, 2017 - Status: Preprint / submitted |
| D'Angella, D.; Zander, N.; Kollmannsberger, S.; Frischmann, F.; Rank, E.; Schröder, A.; Reali, A.; Multi-Level hp-Adaptivity and Explicit Error Estimation; Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences, pp. 1-18, Springer, 2016; DOI: 10.1186/s40323-016-0085-5 - Status: Verlagsversion / published |
| Frischmann, F.; TUM.GeoFrame - Automated generation of conforming hexahedral meshes for thin-walled shell-like structures; Conference talk – ECCOMAS 2012, Wien |
| Frischmann, F.; Surface mesh smoothing and improvement strategies for free-form shapes in industrial and academic applications; Conference talk – WCCM 2014, Barcelona |
| Frischmann, F.; High-order finite elements for mid-frequency vibro-acoustics in the planning process of timber buildings; Conference talk – Eurodyn 2014, Porto |
Scientific-Industrial collaborations and projects
| DoMesh – FEM surface mesh generator for triangular and quadrilateral meshes of free-form geometry in 3D space; Continuous development, testing and debugging; SOFiSTiK AG & CiE TUM; 2011- 2016 |
| DoMesh – Extension of FEM surface mesh generator by symmetry meshing features for fast and precise computation of surface integrals on cross section in SOFiSTiK Aqua; SOFiSTiK AG & CiE TUM; 2014 – 2016 |
| BIM2Sim – Integration of Bim/Ifc models in ANSYS; Software Lab Supervision; CADFEM & CiE TUM |
| HP Viewer – High-performance FEM mesh viewer based on fabric engine; Software Lab Supervision; ANSYS & CiE TUM |