CEE Structures candidate: Uncertainty-Informed analysis and optimal design: from model validation to topology optimization
About the event
Dr. Tootkaboni is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a member of Center for Scientific Computing and Data Science Research at UMassD. Dr. Tootkaboni’s research is cross-disciplinary and focuses on integrating advances in optimal design, stochastic modeling, applied statistics and data analytics with methods of applied and computational mechanics to develop techniques that help engineering mechanics community move towards more reliable, resource-efficient, and resilient solutions. These techniques are highly relevant in devising risk- and uncertainty-conscious design and analysis frameworks and have a wide range of applications, from the analysis of instability and collapse behavior in stability-critical structures to design optimization under uncertainty. Dr. Tootkaboni’s research has been funded by NSF, ONR, MASS DEP and UMASS president’s office. He is a recipient of the NSF early CAREER award, University of Massachusetts System President’s Science and Technology award, and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Chancellor’s Sponsored Research Recognition. Dr. Tootkaboni is an associate member of ASCE, a member of Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) and an active member of EMI’s Probabilistic Mechanics Committee. He also serves as associate editor on the editorial board of Journal of Engineering Mechanics.