Research
Research Interests: Design Optimization, Finite elements, Mechanics
Research Centers:
- A methodology to design multiphase, graded composites to safeguard against erosion, Army Research Office
- Parallel Computing Algorithms and Software, Hawthorne & York,
Inc.
Past Research Projects: (from 1991) - 2003, Summer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- 2002, Designing Quiet Structures Using Optimally Tuned Absorbers, National Science Foundation
- 2001, Simulation Based Design, Office of Naval Research and Applied Research Lab, PI (from Mechanical Engineering Dept.)
- 2001, (five years) Mechanical Amplification of Piezoelectric Actuator, (Department of Defense University Research Initiative/MURI)
- 1996-97, Optimization In Industry Conference, Engineering Foundation
- 1996-97, Improve Helmet Modeling Process at Gentex Corporation, Ben Franklin Partnership, Gentex Corporation
- 1997, Optimization In Industry Conference, National Science Foundation
- 1997, Optimization In Industry Conference, NASA Langley Research Center
- 1996, (one year) Increasing the Life of Piston Rods in Forging Hammers, Ben Franklin Partnership and Chambersburg Engineering Company
- 1994-95, (one year) Development of Effective Methods for Multi-objective Optimization, NASA Lewis Research Center
- 1994-95, (one year) Fast Algorithms for Large Scale Optimization of Structures, Science and Engineering Research Council, UK
- 1992-1994, (three years) Concurrently Engineered Adaptive Quiet Structures, Office of Naval Research
- 1993, Finite Element Analysis of a Wheel Force Transducer, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
- 1993, Multidisciplinary Design and Analysis Fellowship Program, Phase I, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
- 1991-1992, (two years) A Study
of the Natural Design Velocity Field for Shape Optimization, The MacNeal-Schwendler
Corporation