Publications

• A. Ebrahem, E. Jessen, M.F.P. Eikelder, T. Gangwar, M. Mika, D. Schillinger. Connecting continuum poroelasticity with discrete synthetic vascular trees for modelling liver tissue. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 480:20230421, 2024. [doi]

• T. Gangwar,  D. Schillinger.  Thermodynamically consistent concurrent material and structure optimization of elastoplastic multiphase hierarchical systems. Accepted for publication in: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2023. [arXiv] 

• T. Gangwar,  A.Q. Susko,  S. Baranova,  M. Guala,  K.P. Smith,  D.J.  Heuschele. Multiscale modeling predicts plant stem bending behavior in response to wind to inform lodging resistance. Royal Society Open Science, 10 (1), 221410, 2023. [doi] 

• T. Gangwar,  D. Schillinger. Concurrent material and structure optimization of multiphase hierarchical systems within a continuum micromechanics framework. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 64:1175-1197, 2021. [doi]

• T. Gangwar, D.J. Heuschele, K.P. Smith, A. Fok, G. Annor, D. Schillinger. Multiscale characterization and micromechanical modeling of crop stem materials. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 20:69-91, 2021. [doi]

• T. Gangwar, D. Schillinger. Microimaging-informed continuum micromechanics accurately predicts macroscopic stiffness and strength properties of hierarchical plant culm materials. Mechanics of Materials, 130:39-57, 2019. [doi]

• T. Gangwar, J. Calder, T. Takahashi, J.E. Bechtold, D. Schillinger. Robust variational segmentation of 3D bone CT data with thin cartilage interfaces. Medical Image Analysis, 47:95-110, 2018. [doi]

• D. Schillinger, T. Gangwar, A. Gilmanov, D.J. Heuschele, H.K. Stolarski. Embedded shell finite elements: solid-shell interaction, surface locking, and application to image-based bio-structures. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 335:298-326, 2018. [doi]

Patents

• D. Schillinger, T. Gangwar, T. Takahashi, J. Calder. Two-stage variational image segmentation of medical images using fracture mechanics. United States Patent, US 11,257,214 B2, February 22, 2022. 

Conference and Poster Presentations

• Multiscale material modeling for improved phenotyping of oat stalk strength. The Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference, California Institute of Technology, USA, June 18-21, 2019.

• Imaging based multiscale material modeling of plant stems. The Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, May 29-June 1, 2018.

• Imaging based multiscale material modeling of plant stems. Production Agriculture Symposium, University of Minnesota, USA, February 15, 2018.

• A variational segmentation approach for the autonomous transfer of CT data into analysis suitable voxel finite elements. The Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference, University of California San Diego, USA, June 4-7, 2017. 

• Optimization of sandwich core FRP bridge deck. Sixth International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS), IIT Bombay, India, June 27-July 1, 2016.

• Using computational mechanics techniques to support optimal genetic design of crops. The Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference, California Institute of Technology, USA, June 18-21, 2019. (Poster)

• Imaging-based multiscale material modeling of plant stems. Welcome Weekend in the Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA, Feb 2018. (Poster)

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