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Biography

Dr Jelena Ninić is an Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow on the "SATBIM" project at the Centre for Structural Engineering and Informatics (CSEI) . Dr Ninić studied structural engineering at the Faculty for Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade (Serbia) from 2003 to 2008. Afterwards, she worked at the same faculty as a teaching assistant at the Chair for Geotechnical Engineering. From 2010, she was as a research associate at the Institute for Structural Mechanics at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, where she obtained her PhD degree in 2015 with the thesis on "Computational strategies for predictions of the soil-structure interaction during mechanized tunnelling". In 2012, she was a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.

Dr Ninic is also a member of the Centre for Structural Engineering & Informatics Research Group.

Expertise Summary

Dr Ninić's research focuses is on the development and application of numerical methods for the analysis of complex construction processes involving soil-structure interactions and time-dependent effects. She combines advanced numerical methods with novel ICT to study structural and geotechnical problems. The methods she develps include Finite Element (FE) formulations on the element and constitutive level, artificial neural networks, optimisation algorithms, algorithms for sensitivity analysis and methods to handle massive computations and analyse the resulting data. In the SATBIM project, Dr Ninić works on the integration of the design and analysis process by developing a unified platform combining Building Information Modelling (BIM) and numerical simulations.

Teaching Summary

Fundamentals of Materials (H22FOM UK)

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Design Project (H23GDP UK)

Jelena is also running the I1 & I2 - *Introduction to BIM* and *Further BIM* workshops for Second year Civil Engineering students

Research Summary

SATBIM (H2020-MSCA-IF 702874) - Simulations for multi-level Analysis of interactions in Tunnelling based on the Building Information Modelling technology

Recent Publications

• JELENA NINIC, HOANG-GIANG BUI, CHRISTIAN KOCH and GÜNTHER MESCHKE, 2019. Computationally efficient simulation in urban mechanised tunnelling based on multi-level BIM models Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.
• FELIX HEGEMANN, JANOSCH STASCHEIT, URLICH MAIDL and JELENA NINIĆ, 2019. Application of Building Information Modelling in a tunnelling project and the data exchange with a process controlling software In: Underground Construction Prague 2019.
• JELENA NINIĆ, HOANG GIANG BUI and GÜNTHER MESCHKE, 2019. Parametric Design and Isogeometric Analysis of Tunnel Linings within the Building Information Modelling Framework In: EG-ICE 2019 Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering. 2394. Paper 19
• CUNYI CHENG, JELENA NINIĆ and WALID TIZANI, 2019. Parametric Virtual Design-based Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Building Design In: EG-ICE 2019 Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering. 2394. paper 14

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Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: Multi-phase multi-physics numerical modelling, meta models, optimisation algorithms, sensitivity analysis, massive and parallel computations, BIM and parametric modelling, integration of numerical analysis in BIM software.

• JELENA NINIC, HOANG-GIANG BUI, CHRISTIAN KOCH and GÜNTHER MESCHKE, 2019. Computationally efficient simulation in urban mechanised tunnelling based on multi-level BIM models Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.
• FELIX HEGEMANN, JANOSCH STASCHEIT, URLICH MAIDL and JELENA NINIĆ, 2019. Application of Building Information Modelling in a tunnelling project and the data exchange with a process controlling software In: Underground Construction Prague 2019.
• JELENA NINIĆ, HOANG GIANG BUI and GÜNTHER MESCHKE, 2019. Parametric Design and Isogeometric Analysis of Tunnel Linings within the Building Information Modelling Framework In: EG-ICE 2019 Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering. 2394. Paper 19
• CUNYI CHENG, JELENA NINIĆ and WALID TIZANI, 2019. Parametric Virtual Design-based Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Building Design In: EG-ICE 2019 Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering. 2394. paper 14
• CHENG, C., NINIC, J. and TIZANI, W., 2019. Parametric virtual design-based multi-objective optimization for sustainable building design
• NINIC, J., BUI, H. G. and MESCHKE, G., 2019. Parametric design and isogeometric analysis of tunnel linings within the building information modelling framework
• JANOSCH STASCHEIT, JELENA NINIC, GÜNTHER MESCHKE, FELIX HEGEMANN and ULRICH MAID, 2018. Building Information Modelling in mechanised shield tunnelling – A practitioner's outlook to the near future Geomechanik und Tunnelbau. 11(1), 34-49
• FELIX HEGEMANN, JELENA NINIC, GÜNTHER MESCHKE, JANOSCH STASCHEIT and ULRICH MAIDL, 2018. Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Building Information Modelling in der Planungs- und Bauphase im maschinellen Schildvortrieb. In: Taschenbuch für den Tunnelbau 2019 Ernst & Sohn. (In Press.)
• JELENA NINIC, CHRISTIAN KOCH and WALID TIZANI, 2018. Meta models for real-time design assessment within an integrated information and numerical modelling framework Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 10863, 201-218
• JELENA NINIC, STEFFEN FREITAG and GUENTHER MESCHKE, 2017. A hybrid finite element and surrogate modelling approach for simulation and monitoring supported TBM steering Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 63, 12-28
• JELENA NINIC and GUENTHER MESCHKE, 2017. Simulation based evaluation of time-variant loadings acting on tunnel linings during mechanized tunnel construction Engineering Structures. 135, 21–40
• JELENA NINIC and CHRISTIAN KOCH, 2017. Parametric multi-level tunnel modelling for design support and numerical analysis In: IV International Conference on Computational Methods in Tunneling and Subsurface Engineering (EURO:TUN 2017). 169-176
• STEFFEN FREITAG, BAO TRUNG CAO, JELENA NINIC and GUENTHER MESCHKE, 2017. Recurrent neural networks and proper orthogonal decomposition with interval data for real-time predictions of mechanised tunnelling processes Computers and Structures.
• HOANG-GIANG BUI, ABDULLAH ALSAHLY, JELENA NINIC and GUENTHER MESCHKE, 2017. BIM-based Model Generation and High Performance Simulation of Soil-Structure Interaction in Mechanized Tunnelling In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, Grid and Cloud Computing for Engineering. Paper 44
• JELENA NINIC, CHRISTIAN KOCH and JANOSCH STASCHEIT, 2017. An integrated platform for design and numerical analysis of shield tunnelling processes on different levels of detail Advances in Engineering Software. (In Press.)
• JELENA NINIC, CHRISTIAN KOCH and WALID TIZANI, 2017. Parametric information modelling of mechanised tunnelling projects for multi-level decision support In: 24th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering.
• A. ALSAHLY, A. MARWAN, A. VONTHRON, J. NINIC and M. KÖNIG AND G. MESCHKE, 2016. From Building Information Modeling to Real time Simulation in Mechanized tunnelling: An integrated approach applied to the Wehrhahn-line D'usseldorf In: 2016 World Tunnel Congress (ITA-AITES WTC 2016).
• GUENTHER MESCHKE, JELENA NINIC and SEYED ALI MOHSENI, 2016. Embedded finite element beam formulation for the modeling of pile-soil and fiber-matrix interactions. In: M. PETRONIJEVIC, B. STEVANOVIC and M. RAKOCEVIC, eds., Contemporary Problems of Theory of Structures University of Montenegro.
• FREITAG, S., CAO, B. T., NINIC, J. and MESCHKE, G., 2015. Hybrid surrogate modelling for mechanised tunnelling simulations with uncertain data International Journal of Reliability and Safety. 9(2/3), 154-173
• J. NINIC and G. MESCHKE, 2015. Model update and real-time steering of tunnel boring machines using simulation-based meta models Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 45, 138-152
• S. FREITAG, B.T. CAO, J. NINIC and G. MESCHKE, 2015. Hybrid RNN-GPOD Surrogate Model for Simulation and Monitoring Supported TBM Steering In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (CSC2015). Paper 2
• G. MESCHKE, J. NINIC, S. FREITAG, B.T. CAO and A. ALSAHLY AND V. GALL, 2015. Predictions of soil-structure interaction in mechanized tunneling and TBM steering support In: Proceedimngs of the 16th International Symposium of Macedonian Association of Structural Engineers (MASE 2015). 183-193
• MESCHKE, G., ALSAHLY, A., FREITAG, S., NINIC, J. AND GALL, V.E. and CAO, B.T., 2015. Simulation Based Real Time Prognosis for Mechanized Tunneling In: SEE Tunnel: Promoting Tunneling in SEE Region, Proceedings of the ITA World Tunnel Congress.
• J. NINIC, J. STASCHEIT and G. MESCHKE, 2014. Beam-solid contact formulation for finite element analysis of pile-soil interaction with arbitrary discretization International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 38(14), 1453-1476
• G. MESCHKE, S. FREITAG, A. ALSAHLY, J. NINIC and S. SCHINDLER AND C. KOCH, 2014. Numerische Simulation maschineller Tunnelvortriebe in innerst'adtischen Gebieten im Rahmen eines Tunnelinformationsmodells Bauingenieur. 89(11), 457-466
• G. MESCHKE, 2014. VII Numerische Simulation im Tunnelbau. In: K. BERGMEISTER, F. FINGERLOOS and J.-D. W'ORNER, eds., Beton-Kalender 2014: Unterirdisches Bauen, Grundbau, Eurocode 7 1. Ernst & Sohn. 171-232
• NINIC, J., KOCH, C., FREITAG, S., MESCHKE, G. and KÖNIG, M., 2014. Simulation- and Monitoring-Based Steering for Mechanized Tunneling Using Project Data of Wehrhahn-Linie In: Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2014).
• FREITAG, S., CAO, B. T., NINIC, J. and MESCHKE, G., 2014. Surrogate modeling for mechanized tunneling simulations with uncertain data In: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing (REC 2014). 44-63
• G. MESCHKE, S. FREITAG, J. NINIC and B.T. CAO, 2014. Numerische Simulation maschineller Tunnelvortriebe zur vortriebsbegleitenden Prognose von Steuerparametern In: Baustatik-Baupraxis 12. 501-508
• J. NINIC, S. MIRO, G. MESCHKE, D. HARTMANN and T. SCHANZ, 2014. Meta model-based sensitivity analyses of soil-structure interaction in urban tunneling. In: FUSAO OKA, AKIRA MURAKAMI, RYOSUKE UZUOKA and SAYURI KIMOTO, eds., Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics CRC Press. 1999–2005
• Y. ZHAN, H.G. BUI, J. NINIC, S.A. MOHSENI and G. MESCHKE, 2014. Numerical Modeling of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete on the Meso- and Macro-scale. In: NENAD BÍCANIĆ, HERBERT MANG, GÜNTHER MESCHKE and RENÉ DE BORST, eds., Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures 579-586
• G. MESCHKE, J. NINIC, J. STASCHEIT and A. ALSAHLY, 2013. Parallelized Computational Modeling of Pile-Soil Interactions in Mechanized Tunneling Engineering Structures. 47, 35 - 44
• V. FOUNTA, J.NINIC, A. J. WHITTLE, G. MESCHKE and J. STASCHEIT, 2013. Numerical Simulation of Ground Movements Due To EPB Tunnelling in Clay In: EURO:TUN 2013, 3rd International Conference on Computational Methods in Tunneling and Subsurface Engineering. 97-108
• J. NINIC, J. STASCHEIT and G. MESCHKE, 2013. Simulation-based Steering for Mechanized Tunneling Using an ANN-PSO-Based Meta-Model In: The Third International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. paper 5
• G. MESCHKE, S. FREITAG, J. NINIC and B.T. CAO, 2013. Simulations- und monitoring-basierte Prozesssteuerung im maschinellen Tunnelbau In: Ingenieurwissen und Vorschriftenwerk, 17. Dresdner Baustatik-Seminar. 127-149
• STASCHEIT, J., FREITAG, S., BEER, M., PHOON, K.K., NINIC, J., CAO, B.T. and MESCHKE, G., 2013. Concepts for Reliability Analyses in Mechanised Tunnelling - Part 2: Application In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computational Methods in Tunnelling and Subsurface Engineering (EURO:TUN 2013). 801-811
• FREITAG, S., BEER, M., PHOON, K.K., STASCHEIT, J., NINIC, J., CAO, B.T. and MESCHKE, G., 2013. Concepts for Reliability Analyses in Mechanised Tunnelling - Part 1: Theory In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computational Methods in Tunnelling and Subsurface Engineering (EURO:TUN 2013). 791-799
• NINIC, J., STASCHEIT, J. and MESCHKE, G., 2011. Prediction of Tunnelling Induced Settlements using Simulation-Based Artificial Neural Networks In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. paper 26
• J. NINIC, J. STASCHEIT, G. MESCHKE and D. DIVAC, 2011. Numerical simulation of NATM tunnel construction for the Bocac tunnel project - A comparison of 2D and 3D analyses In: 1st International Congress on Tunnels andUunderground Structures in South-East Europe - Using Underground Space. 1-10
• J. NINIC, J. STASCHEIT and G. MESCHKE, 2011. Numerical simulation of interactions between TBM-driven tunnel construction and pile foundations In: Computer Methods for Geomechanics: Frontiers and New Applications. 213-218
• G. MESCHKE, A. ALSAHLY, J. NINIC and J. STASCHEIT, 2011. Parallelized Simulations of Advancement Processes and Soil-Structure Interactions in Mechanized Tunneling In: Third International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM III).