Structural and Multidisciplinary System Design Lab
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!
Rosalie recently had her paper published to the Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Journal. Her paper is titled “Partitioning a topology-optimized structure into additively manufacturable parts using a feature-mapping approach: a novel decomposition optimization method”. Congratulations on your accomplishment Rosalie!
Link to paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00158-022-03394-8
Dr. Roper recently had his paper published to the Journal of Automobile Engineering. His paper is titled “Integrated topology and packaging optimization for conceptual-level electric vehicle chassis design via the component-existence method”. Congratulations Dr. Roper!
Link to paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09544070221113895
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!
Congratulations to Luke Crispo for successfully completing his PhD Comp B exam! The examiners noted that the decision was so easy!
Cathy recently had her paper published to Composites Part B! Her paper is titled “Surface and honeycomb core damage in adhesively bonded aluminum sandwhich panels subjected to low-velocity impact”. Congratulations Cathy!
Link to paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359836821008738?via%3Dihub