Timo Plath

About

Postdoctoral researcher at University of Twente/University of Münster and Scientific Software Developer, holding a PhD on Virtual Prototyping of Wet Granulation Processes. I am an open-source enthusiast publishing all my research open-access and specialising in accelerating multiscale simulations with complex physics using reduced order modelling, machine learning, and a curious mind.

Research

• Model Order Reduction for the Discrete Particle Method MORe than DEM
• Virtual Prototyping of Particulate ProcessesViPr
• Digital Twins for Additive Manufacturing of Concrete SMATTER

Software

• MercuryDPM Open-source discrete particle simulation for granular materials – Lead developer
• MercuryPBM Open-source population balance modelling for granular materials – Inventor and lead developer
• Contributions to pyMOR and oomph-lib

Publications

• Plath, T., Weinhart, T., Thornton, A. R. (2025), Model order reduction for discrete particle systems, in preparation.
• Plath, T., Weinhart, T., Tunuguntla, D. R., Thornton, A. R. (2025), Comparing and contrasting Bayesian- and ML-based calibration methods for granular materials, in preparation.
• Plath, T., Luding, S., Weinhart, T. (2025), Population balance modelling and reconstruction by quadrature method of moments for wet granulation, Powder Technology, 449(1), 120374, DOI. Dataset
• Plath et al. (2024), Rapid Prototyping of a Twin-Screw Granulator for lab-scale research, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, submitted. Dataset
• Plath, T., Luding, S., Weinhart, T. (2023), Non-dimensionalisation of quadrature method of moments for wet granulation, Powder Technology 437(1), 119490, DOI. Dataset
• Thornton, A. R., Plath, T., Götz, H., et al. (2023), Recent Advances in MercuryDPM, Mathematics in Computer Science, 17(2), DOI.
• Plath, T., Korte, C., Sivanesapillai, R., Weinhart, T. (2021), Parametric Study of Residence Time Distributions and Granulation Kinetics as a Basis for Process Modeling of Twin-Screw Wet Granulation, Pharmaceutics, 13(5), DOI. Dataset
• Ostanin, I., Angelidakis, V., Plath, T. et al. (2024), Rigid Clumps in the MercuryDPM Particle Dynamics Code, Computer Physics Communication Volume 296, 109034, DOI.

Teaching & Supervision

• Teacher for Programming in Engineering: C++ & Python, and Advanced Programming: Arduino
• Supervision of 1 BSc student and 9 pre-master students

Contact

Email: t.plath@utwente.nl

Curriculum Vitae

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