Fall 2025: EGM6365- Structural Optimization

• Various numerical optimization methods, design of experiments, surrogate modeling, design sensitivity analysis

• Project: topology and structural optimization of beam using PRS and Kriging surrogates (MATLAB/Abaqus)

Fall 2025: EGM5533- Applied Elasticity and Advanced Mechanics of Solids

• 3D solid mechanics, elasticity theory, multi-plane bending, curved beams, torsion of non-circular shafts, energy methods

Fall 2025: EML6281: Geometry of Mechanisms and Robots I

• Displacement analysis of spatial mechanisms and robot arms, mobility analysis of linkages/joints

• Project: reverse analysis MATLAB algorithm for PUMA 560 industrial robot

Summer 2025: EGN5949- Practicum/Internship/Co-Op Work Experience

• Powerpoint: full-time co-op with Rovisys Building Technologies (control systems integration)

Spring 2025: EGM6352- Advanced Finite Element Methods

• Tensor calculus, nonlinear solid mechanics (hyperelastic, plastic, contact problems in Abaqus software)

• Project 1: hyperelastic modeling of rubber engine gasket

• Project 2: simulation of deep-drawing manufacturing (elastoplastic model)

​Spring 2025: EGM6611- Continuum Mechanics

• Tensors of stress and strain, conservation laws, constitutive relations

• Project: comparing hyperelastic material models for human skin

Spring 2025: EML5233- Failure of Materials in Mechanical Design

• Fracture mechanics, design against high/low-cycle fatigue, steady/alternating multi-axial stress, creep​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Fall 2024: EML5526- Finite Element Analysis and Application

• Static analysis of structures, steady-state heat transfer analysis​

• Project: use of SolidWorks to model a heat exchanger and a spring structure​

Spring 2024: EML5465- Energy Management

• Field-based and analytical techniques for assessing/minimizing energy use in industrial and institutional buildings

• Project: use of Carrier HAP software, psychrometric analyzer software, pipe/duct sizer softwares to evaluate energy conservation measures in an office building

​Spring 2024: EML5131- Combustion

• Chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, detonations, laminar/turbulent flames (premixed/non-premixed)

• Project: numerical analysis and simulation of methane pyrolysis using Python/Cantera