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 isogeometric analysis (IGA), and the approaches that I have developed integrate these three different areas to support a more comprehensive understanding of the model design space. The approaches that I have developed focus on the performance-based design of complex engineering structures, including in the fields of renewable energy, aerospace engineering, and healthcare. Some of the specific applications that I have worked on include structural analysis of composite wind turbine blades, algorithmic design and IGA of aircraft stabilizers and airframe structures, and analysis of heart valves with a focus on parametric design and IGA of the tricuspid valve.