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
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)
P.h.D - Structural Engineering, UCSD
Working on: Development of computational models and optimization algorithms for batteries and battery packs for urban air vehicles.
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
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.
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.
Past Members
Filippo Agnelli
UC San Diego (2024-2026) 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
Worked on: Computational models and optimization algorithms for batteries cells
Murtaza Bookwala
UC San Diego (2022-2025) mbookwala@ucsd.edu
B. Tech in Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee (India), 2022.
Worked on: Level set topology optimization.
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.
Hussein Ismail
UC San Diego (2024-2025) 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.
Worked on: Multiscale Multi-fidelity Robust 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
Charles Mish
UC San Diego (2021-2024) cmish@ucsd.edu
B. Eng. - Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 2012.
M. Sc. - Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2021.
Worked on: Level set topology optimization with a focus on batteries.
Andreas Neofytou
UC San Diego (2021-2025) 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.
Worked on: Level set topology optimization using meshfree methods.
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