• Short course on ”Nonlinear Computational Solid and Structural Mechanics: Theoretical Formulation, Technologies, and Formulations”, University of Pavia, Italy, April 16th - 20th, 2012
• Workshop on ”GPGPU Programming”, March 23rd 2012
• Short course on ”The Extended Finite Element Method (xFEM)”, Institute of Structural Mechanics, TU Braunschweig, September 14th -16th, 2011
• Short course on ”Quadrilateral and Hexahedral Mesh Generation: Theory and Application”, USNCCM, July 23rd, 2011
• Workshop on ”Parallel Programming in Computational Engineering and Science”, Rechen Zentrum, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, March 21st -25th, 2011
• Summer school on ”Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling of Interfaces”, Leibniz University Hannover, September 15th -17th, 2010
• Two week internship at Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India, October - November 1999