Author: Dylan Eisen

Congratulations to Owen Pintar for successfully defending his thesis! Owen’s paper was titled “Detailed Group-Up Design of a UAM Vehicle Wing Using Multi-Material Topology Optimization”.

Owen did a great job in the defense, and we all wish him the best for the future!

Congratulations to Melissa Young for successfully defending her thesis! Melissa’s paper was titled “Topology Optimization with Void Accessibility Constraints for Additive Manufacturing”.

Melissa has been such a pleasure to have around the lab, and everyone in the SMSD Group is wishing her the best for the future!

Congratulations to Andrew Hardman for successfully defending his thesis! Andrew’s paper was titled “Multi-Material Topology Optimization Considering Crashworthiness Design”.

Andrew did a fantastic job in the defense, and everyone in the SMSD Group is wishing Andrew the best in his future endeavors!

Congratulations to Tim Sirola for successfully defending his thesis! Tim’s paper was titled “Multi-Material Multi-Joint Topology Optimization for Stiffness Constrained Design Problems”.

Tim has been an invaluable source of knowledge and experience for many in SMSD, and we are all wishing him the best in the future!

Congratulations to Jonathan Ryu for successfully defending his thesis! Jonathan’s paper was titled “Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Retractable Nose Landing Gears with Two Degrees of Freedom Considering Out of Plane Loading”.

On behalf of all SMSD members, it has been an absolute pleasure working with Jonathan, and we wish him all the best in the future!

Congratulations to Daniel Krsikapa for successfully passing his PhD Comp B Exam! He did a beautiful job!