People
M2DO is a multidisciplinary research team, with students and researchers from both University of California, San Diego (USA).
Principal Investigator
Professor H Alicia Kim
Jacobs Scholar Chair Professor, UC San Diego hak113@ucsd.edu
B.Eng. - Aerospace Engineering, University of Sydney, 1996.Ph.D. - Aerospace Engineering, University of Sydney, 2000.
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Filippo Agnelli
UC San Diego (2024-now) fagnelli@ucsd.edu
B.Sc. - Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, 2015.
M.Sc. - Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, 2018.
Ph.D - École polytechnique, 2021
Website: https://fagnelli.wordpress.com
Working on: Computational models and optimization algorithms for batteries cells
Hussein Ismail
UC San Diego (2024-now) huismail@ucsd.edu
B.Sc. - Civil Engineering, Lebanese University, (Lebanon), 2017.
M.Sc. - Structural Engineering, BME, Budapest (Hungary), 2020.
Ph.D. - Politecnico Di Milano / Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2024.
Working on: Multiscale Multi-fidelity Robust Topology Optimization.
Andreas Neofytou
UC San Diego (2021-now) anneofytou@ucsd.edu
B.Sc. - Mechanical Engineering, University of Cyprus, 2014.
M.Sc. - Materials Science and Engineering, TUDelft, 2016.
Ph.D - Engineering, Cardiff University, 2021.
Working on: Level set topology optimization using meshfree methods.
Vladislav Pimanov
UC San Diego (2024-now) vpimanov@ucsd.edu
B.Sc. - Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2017.
M.Sc. - Computational Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 2019.
Ph.D - Mathematics, TU Kaiserslautern / Flow and Material Simulations, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics, 2023.
Working on: Topology optimization for fluid-based problems
Caglar Tamur
UC San Diego (2024-now) ctamur@ucsd.edu
B.Sc. - Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), 2018
M.Sc. - Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials, UC Berkeley, 2019
Ph.D. - Computational Mechanics, UC Berkeley, 2024
Working on: Multiscale topology optimization for nonlinear dynamics and shock manipulation
Ph.D. Students
Murtaza Bookwala
UC San Diego (2022-now) mbookwala@ucsd.edu
B. Tech in Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee (India), 2022.
Working on: Level set topology optimization.
Douglas de Aquino Castro
UC San Diego (2017-now) ddeaquin@eng.ucsd.edu
B.Eng. - Mechanical Engineering, University of São Paulo, 2010.
M.Sc. - Mechanical Engineering, University of São Paulo, 2013.
Working on: Heat transfer topology optimization using level set method.
Alex Guibert
UC San Diego (2021-now) aguibert@ucsd.edu
M.Sc. - Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Polytech Orléans (France).
M.Sc. - Fundamental and Applied Physics, University of Orléans (France)
M.Sc - Business Administration, Business Administration Institute of Orléans (IAE) (France)
Working on: Development of computational models and optimization algorithms for batteries and battery packs for urban air vehicles.
Carolina Jauregui
UC San Diego (2015-now) cjauregu@ucsd.edu
B.Eng. - Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2015.
M.Sc. - Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2018.
Working on: Stress-based thermo-elastic level set topology optimization.
Liam Mackin
UC San Diego (2024-now) lmackin@ucsd.edu
B.Sc. - Aerospace Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
Working on: Machine learning methods for multiscale topology optimization
Spencer Miesner
UC San Diego (2023-now) smiesner@ucsd.edu
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles, 2021.
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles, 2023.
Charles Mish
UC San Diego (2021-now) cmish@ucsd.edu
B. Eng. - Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 2012.
M. Sc. - Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2021.
Working on: Level set topology optimization with a focus on batteries.
Past Members
Eliana Bortot
UC San Diego (2017-2018) ebortot@eng.ucsd.edu
Current position:
Lecturer
Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Northumbria University
Newcastle, UK
Sheng Chu
Cardiff University (2018-2023) chus1@cardiff.ac.uk
B.Eng. - Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, 2015.
M.Sc. - Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2018.
Worked on: Level set topology optimization with manufacturability and buckling constraints.
Hayoung Chung
UC San Diego (2017-2019) hac210@eng.ucsd.edu
Current position:
Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Ulsan, South Korea
Álvaro Díaz-Flores Caminero
UC San Diego (2022-2025) adc223@ucsd.edu
Graduate Student Researcher, University of Arizona (2020-2022)
MSc Aerospace Engineering, Universidad Politénica de Madrid (Spain)
MEng Aerospace Systems, University of Arizona (USA)
Bs Aerospace engineering, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain)
Worked on: Multiscale Multi-fidelity Robust Topology Optimization.
Zongliang Du
UC San Diego (2016-2018) duzo@missouri.edu
Current position:
Associate Professor
Department of Engineering Mechanics
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian
Liaoning, China
Jaeyub Hyun
UC San Diego (2019-2023) jhyun@eng.ucsd.edu
B.Sc. - Mechanical and Control Engineering, Handong Global University, 2008.
M.Sc. - Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2010.
Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2016.
Worked on: Multiphysics topology optimization.
Sandilya Kambampati
UC San Diego (2016-2020) skambampati@intact-solutions.com
Current position:
Senior Research Scientist
Intact Solutions
Berkeley, California
Hesaneh Kazemi
UC San Diego (2020-2022) hkazemi@eng.ucsd.edu
BS: Mechanical Eng., Sharif University of Technology, 2015.
Ph.D: Mechanical Eng., University of Connecticut, 2020.
Worked on: Material design using topology optimization, machine learning for multi-physics problems.
Lei Li
UC San Diego (2018-2020) lel008@eng.ucsd.edu
Current position:
Postdoctoral Research Associate C
Computational and Data Engineering Group
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA, USA
Vibhuti Pandey
UC San Diego (2022-2023) vbpandey@mnnit.ac.in
B.Tech: mechanical engineering, Rajasthan technical university, 2011.
M.Tech: machine design engineering, Rajasthan technical university, 2014.
PhD: mechanical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology roorkee, 2021.
Current position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology
Allahabad, Prayagraj, India
Renato Picelli
Cardiff University (2015-2018) rpicelli@usp.br
Current position:
Research Fellow - Young Investigators FAPESP
Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Kandula Eswara Sai Kumar
UC San Diego (2022-2023) info@bosonqpsi.com
Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2020.
Current position:
Senior Optimization Scientist,
BosonQPsi
Scott Townsend
Cardiff University (2016-2019) townsends3@cf.ac.uk
Current position:
Research Associate
Cardiff University
Cardiff, UK
Xiaoyi Zhou
Cardiff University (2016-2018) xiaoyizhou@seu.edu.cn
Current position:
Research professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Bridge Engineering
Southeast University, School of Transportation
Nanjing, China