Continuum Thermodynamic and Rate Variational Formulation of Models for Extended Continua.- From Lattice Models to Extended Continua.- Rotational Degrees of Freedom in Modeling Materials with Intrinsic Length Scale.- Micromorphic vs. Phase-Field Approaches for Gradient Viscoplasticity and Phase Transformations.- Geometrically Nonlinear Continuum Thermomechanics Coupled to Diffusion: A Framework for Case II Diffusion.- Effective Electromechanical Properties of\nHeterogeneous Piezoelectrics.- Coupled Thermo- and Electrodynamics of\nMultiphasic Continua.- Ice Formation in Porous Media.- Optical Measurements for a Cold-Box Sand and Aspects of Direct and Inverse Problems for Micropolar Elasto-Plasticity.- Model Reduction for Complex Continua - at the Example of Modeling Soft Tissue in the Nasal Area.