Structural and Multidisciplinary System Design Lab
Congratulations to Connor Moffatt for successfully defending his thesis! Connor’s paper was titled “Thermally Driven Multi-Objective Packing Optimization Using A Dynamic Acceleration Field Methodology”.
Connor was always a pleasure to work with and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors!
We have had an exciting fall/winter, welcoming a new member to SMSD! Hansu Kim will be joining the group a a Post Doctoral research fellow. Welcome, we look forward to researching with you.
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!
Congratulations to Dylan Eisen for receiving the 2022 Dean’s Teaching Assistant Award! Dylan put in outstanding work as a teaching assistant for MECH 310 and MECH 323 this past year. Keep up the great work Dylan!
Our new server was successfully installed, and is up and running! Codenamed Lucky Cat, the server is sporting a total of 96 computer processing unit (CPU) cores, 192 CPU threads, 2 terabytes of random-access memory (RAM), 4 graphics processing units (GPU), and over 25 terabytes of storage.
Congratulations to Noah Ray and Kevin Chai for all their work on successfully installing the new server!
