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Refereed Journal Publications
  1. C. Miehe, S. Göktepe, and F. Lulei: "A Micro-Macro Approach to Rubber-Like Materials. Part I: The Non-Affine Micro-Sphere Model of Rubber Elasticity", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 52, 2004, pp. 2617-2660.

  2. C. Miehe and S. Göktepe: "A Micro-Macro Approach to Rubber-Like Materials. Part II: The Micro-Sphere Model of Finite Rubber Viscoelasticity", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 53, 2005, pp. 2231-2258.

  3. S. Göktepe and C. Miehe: "A Micro-Macro Approach to Rubber-Like Materials. Part III: The Micro-Sphere Model of Anisotropic Mullins-Type Damage", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 53, 2005, pp. 2259-2283.

  4. K. Garikipati, S. Göktepe, and C. Miehe: "Elastica-based Strain Energy Functions for Soft Biological Tissue", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 56, 2008, pp. 1693-1713.

  5. S. Göktepe and C. Miehe: "Efficient Two-Scale Modeling of Finite Rubber Viscoelasticity", Technische Mechanik, vol. 28, 2008, pp.22-31.

  6. C. Miehe, S. Göktepe, and J. Méndez: "Finite Viscoplasticity of Glassy Polymers in the Logarithmic Strain Space", International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 46, 2009, pp.181-202.

  7. S. Göktepe and E. Kuhl: "Computational Modeling of Cardiac Electrophysiology: A Novel Finite Element Approach", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 79, 2009, pp.156-178.

  8. M. Kotikanyadanam, S. Göktepe, and E. Kuhl: "Computational Modeling of Electrocardiograms: A Finite Element Approach Towards Cardiac Excitation", Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1273, 2009.

  9. S. Göktepe, J. Wong, and E. Kuhl: "Atrial and Ventricular Fibrillation - Computational Simulation of Spiral Waves in Cardiac Tissue", Archive of Applied Mechanics, DOI: 10.1007/s00419-009-0384-0, 2009.

  10. S. Göktepe, W. Bothe, J-P. E. Kvitting, J. C. Swanson, N. B. Ingels, D. C. Miller, and E. Kuhl: "Anterior Mitral Leaflet Curvature in the Beating Ovine Heart: A Case Study Using Videoflouroscopic Markers and Subdivision Surfaces", Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, DOI: 10.1007/s10237-009-0176-z, 2009.

  11. S. Göktepe and E. Kuhl: "Electromechanics of the Heart: A Unified Approach to the Strongly Coupled Excitation-Contraction Problem", Computational Mechanics, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-009-0434-z, 2009.

  12. W. Bothe, J-P. E. Kvitting, J. C. Swanson, S. Göktepe, K. N. Vo, N. B. Ingels, and D. C. Miller: ``How Do Annuloplasty Rings Affect Mitral Leaflet Dynamic Motion?'', submitted for publication, 2009.

  13. S. Göktepe, S. N. S. Acharya, J. Wong, and E. Kuhl: "Computational Modeling of Passive Myocardium", submitted for publication, 2009.

Conference Proceedings
  1. M. U. Polat, S. Göktepe, and E. Gürses: "Prefabrike Çerçeve ve Panel Duvar Yapιsal Sistemlerin Deprem Davranιşι ve Sismik Rehabilitasyonu", Deprem ve Prefabrikasyon - 10. Prefabrikasyon Sempozyumu Bildiri Kitabι , 2000, pp. 117-126. (In Turkish)

  2. S. Göktepe and C. Miehe: "A New Micromechanically Based Approach for the Elastic Response of Rubber-like Materials at Large Strains", Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 3, 2003, pp. 174-175.

  3. S. Göktepe and C. Miehe: "The Micro-Sphere Model for Rubber Viscoelasticity: A Micromechanically Based Network Model for Polymers", Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 4, 2004, pp. 191-192.

  4. S. Göktepe and C. Miehe: "A Micromechanically Based Network Model for Rubbery Polymers Incorporating Mullins-Type Stress Softening", Proceedings of the XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics ICTAM 2004 (on CD) , 15-21 August 2004, Warsaw, Poland.

  5. S. Göktepe, J. Méndez, and C. Miehe: "A Formulation of Finite Viscoplasticity for Amorphous Glassy Polymers in the Logarithmic Strain Space", Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 5, 2005, pp. 269-270.

  6. S. Göktepe and C. Miehe: "A Micro-Macro Approach to Rubbery Polymers Incorporating Anisotropic Evolution of Mullins-Type Damage", In Austrell,P.-E.,Kari, L. (Editors), Constitutive Models for Rubber IV, vol. 4, 2005, pp. 215-221.

  7. S. Göktepe and C. Miehe: "Coupled Finite Thermoviscoplasticity of Glassy Polymers", Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 6, 2006, pp. 437-438.

  8. J. Méndez, S. Göktepe, and C. Miehe: "Experiments and Identifications for Finite Polymer Inelasticity", Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 6, 2006, pp. 401-402.

  9. S. Göktepe and C. Miehe: "An Efficient Micro-Macro Approach to Finite Rubber Viscoelasticity", In Boukamel et al.(Editors), Constitutive Models for Rubber V, vol. 5, 2007, pp. 119-125.

  10. S. Göktepe, J. Méndez, and C. Miehe: "Finite Thermoviscoplasticity of Amorphous Glassy Polymers: Experiments, Modeling and Simulations", Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 7, 2007, pp. 4060041-4060042.

  11. J. Méndez, S. Göktepe, and C. Miehe: "Temperature and Rate Effects in Finite Viscoplasticity of Glassy Polymers at Different Deformation Modes: Experiments and Simulations", Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 8, 2008, pp. 10445-10446.

  12. J. Ulerich, S. Göktepe, and E. Kuhl: "First Attempts Towards the Computational Simulation of Novel Stem-Cell Based Post-Infarction Therapies", Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Marco Island, Florida, USA, SBC2008-192715, 2008.

  13. S. Göktepe, J. Ulerich, and E. Kuhl: "How to Treat the Loss of Beat: Modeling and Simulation of Growth and Remodeling and Novel Post-Infarction Therapies", Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Marco Island, Florida, USA, SBC2008-193159, 2008.

  14. S. Göktepe, J. Ulerich, O. Abilez, C.K. Zarins, and E. Kuhl: "Computational Design of Novel Stem Cell Based Therapies for Myocardial Infarction", Proceedings of the XXII ICTAM, Adelaide, Australia, 2008.

  15. J. Ulerich, S. Göktepe, and E. Kuhl: "Dilation and Hypertrophy - A Cell-Based Continuum Mechanics Approach Towards Ventricular Growth and Remodeling", Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Cellular, Molecular and Tissue Mechanics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, 2008.

  16. S. Göktepe and E. Kuhl: "Electromechanics of Cardiac Tissue: A Unified Approach to the Fully Coupled Excitation-Contraction Problem", Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), to appear, vol. 9, 2009.

  17. J. Wong, S. Göktepe, and E. Kuhl: "Computational Simulation of Traveling Arrhythmic Waves in Myocardial Tissue ", Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Lake Tahoe, California, USA, SBC2009-206552, 2009.

Theses
  1. "Micromechanically Based Description of Damage in Polymers at Large Strains", MSc Thesis, Institute of Applied Mechanics (Chair I), University of Stuttgart, April 2002, Advisor: Prof. C. Miehe

  2. "Micro-Macro Approaches to Rubbery and Glassy Polymers: Predictive Micromechanically- Based Models and Simulations", PhD Thesis, Institute of Applied Mechanics (Chair I), University of Stuttgart, October 2007, Advisor: Prof. C. Miehe

Lecture Presentations
  1. "A New Micromechanically Based Approach for the Elastic Response of Rubber-like Materials at Large Strains", GAMM Annual Scientific Conference, March 24-28, 2003, Abano Terme, Italy.

  2. "The Micro-Sphere Model for Rubber Viscoelasticity: A Micromechanically Based Network Model for Polymers", GAMM Annual Scientific Conference, March 21-27, 2004, Dresden, Germany.

  3. "A Micromechanically Based Constitutive Approach to the Modeling of Hysteresis Effects in Rubbery Polymers", Colloquium at the Chair of Applied Mechanics, University of Kaiserslautern, July 22, 2004, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

  4. "A Micromechanically Based Network Model for Rubbery Polymers Incorporating Mullins-Type Stress Softening", ICTAM 2004, XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, August 15-20, 2004, Warsaw, Poland.

  5. "A Formulation of Finite Viscoplasticity for Amorphous Glassy Polymers in the Logarithmic Strain Space", GAMM Annual Scientific Conference, March 28-April 01, 2005, Luxembourg.

  6. "A Micro-Macro Approach to Rubbery Polymers Incorporating Anisotropic Evolution of Mullins-Type Damage", Fourth European Conference for Constitutive Models for Rubber (ECCMR), June 27-29, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden.

  7. "Coupled Finite Thermoviscoplasticity of Glassy Polymers", GAMM Annual Scientific Conference, March 27-31, 2006, Berlin, Germany.

  8. "Viscoplasticity of Glassy Polymers: Experiments, Modeling and Simulations", Hybrid Materials for High Performance Systems (HYPER), October 12-13, 2006, Darmstadt, Germany.

  9. "Two-Scale Modeling of Rubbery and Glassy Polymers", First GAMM/GACM-Seminar on Multiscale Material Modeling, April 20-21, 2007, Saarbrücken, Germany.

  10. "Finite Thermoviscoplasticity of Amorphous Glassy Polymers: Experiments, Modeling and Simulations" GAMM Annual Scientific Conference, July 16-20, 2007, Zurich, Switzerland.

  11. "An Efficient Micro-Macro Approach to Finite Rubber Viscoelasticity", Fifth European Conference for Constitutive Models for Rubber (ECCMR), September 4-7, 2007, Paris, France.

  12. "Computational Modeling of Cardiac Electromechanics", Series of three lectures in Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures (COMMAS) Summer School, October 6-10, 2008, Stuttgart, Germany.

  13. "Micro-Macro Approaches to Rubbery and Glassy Polymers: Predictive Micromechanically- Based Models and Simulations", Middle East Technical University (METU), Structural Mechanics Laboratory, October 20, 2008, Ankara, Turkey.

  14. "Electromechanics of Cardiac Tissue: A Unified Approach to the Fully Coupled Excitation-Contraction Problem", GAMM Annual Scientific Conference, February 9-13, 2009, Gdansk, Poland.

  15. "A New Computational Approach to Fully Coupled Excitation-Contraction in Cardiac Electromechanics", 10. US National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM X), July 16-19, 2009, Columbus, OH, USA.

  16. "Consistent Computational Procedures for Fully Coupled Excitation-Contraction in Cardiac Electromechanics", 1. International Conference on Material Modelling, September 15-17, 2009, Dortmund, Germany..