Focus Area

Structural & Material Systems

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, with highest honors, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, 1998

Dipl.-Ing. Aerospace Engineering, with highest honors, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992

Professional Experience

2000-present, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado

1998-2000, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Center for Aerospace Structures, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado

1992-1998, Research Associate, Institute of Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Awards (selected)

NSF Career Award (2004)

Award for Excellent Research, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Research Interests

Structural topology and shape optimization, multidisciplinary optimization, optimization of aeroelastic systems, adaptive discretization methods in structural optimization, optimization of materially nonlinear structures

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