Contact

Building 74, Room 305
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
P.O. Box 3049
D-67653 Kaiserslautern
Email: kristin.payrebrune(at)mv.rptu.de
Phone: +49 (0) 631/205-5100

Research Areas

Academic Career

• Since November 2019: Professor, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Chair of Computational Physics in Engineering
• April 2017 – November 2019: Assistant Professor, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Chair of Applied Structural Mechanics
• September 2014 – August 2016: Research Fellow (DFG), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dynamics Laboratory
• Spring Semester 2014: Lecturer, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Course: “Design Analysis and Modeling”
• June 2013: Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.), Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Thesis Title: Analysis and Modeling of Process-Structure Interactions in Tool Grinding
• April 2008 – August 2014: Research Assistant, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, and Energy Technology, Institute for Machine Elements, Design, and Manufacturing (IMKF)
• August 2007 – March 2008: Research Assistant, Leibniz University Hannover, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Dynamics and Vibrations (IDS)
• May 2007: Master of Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.), Leibniz University Hannover / University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia; Thesis title: Design, Testing, and Modeling of an Adaptive Tuned Vibration Absorber Using Magnetorheological Elastomers
• March 2007: Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.), Title of the bachelor’s thesis: Investigation and Modeling of Heat Input in Cortical Bone Samples During Water-Abrasive Jet Cutting
• Oct. 2001 – Apr. 2007: Studied mechanical engineering at Leibniz University Hannover, with specializations in mechanics and design, and biomedical engineering