About

I joined the faculty in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame in Fall 2021 after earning my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and WESEP at Iowa State University. The research in my group, the Computational Parametric Design Modeling and Mechanics (ParaDigMM) Lab, focuses on developing novel algorithmic and parametric modeling approaches to address complex engineering challenges.

My unique expertise lies at the intersection of parametric modeling, computational mechanics, and data-driven design, with parametric modeling serving as the foundational component of my research approach that enables the effective integration of these three areas of my research.  The approaches that I have developed integrate parametric and algorithmic modeling to support a more comprehensive understanding of the system design space. The approaches that I have developed focus on the performance-based design of complex engineering structures, including in the fields of healthcare, renewable energy, and aerospace engineering. Some of the specific applications that I have worked on include computational analysis of heart valves with a focus on parametric design and analysis of the tricuspid valve and bioprosthetic aortic valves, structural analysis of composite wind turbine blades, and algorithmic design and simulation of aircraft stabilizers and airframe structures.