Hello, my name is Marcel Ruetz. I am currently employed as Senior Lecturer at the Chair of Mechanics on the Montanuniversity Leoben. I completed my studies in mechanical engineering (graduating in 2023 for a Dipl. Ing.) and plastics engineering (graduating in 2022 for a Dipl. Ing.) at the Montanuniversität Leoben. During my studies, I worked as a student assistant at the Chair of Mechanics at the Montanuniversität Leoben. The Dipl.-Ing. degree is internationally comparable to a Master of Science (MSc.). During my Ph.D., I focused on the various factors influencing the acoustoelastic effect and the development of a robust inversion method for non-destructive residual stress determination. My current research interests lie in the field of continuum mechanics, materials mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, and numerical modelling and simulation using the finite element method.