He chose civil and structural engineering over architecture some seven years ago, but says that "100 years ago, I don't think ...

A team from CU Boulder, led by Assistant Professor Kyri Baker, has placed in the top 10 of the ARPA-E Grid Optimization (GO) Competition. The team developed a lightweight optimization algorithm that ...

An enhanced particle swarm optimization method for wind resistance in high-rise buildings is introduced, focusing on weight reduction and safety constraints.

"With traditional structural topology optimization, we use algorithms to determine the ideal layout of a ... a Ph.D. student in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia ...

Novel 'cuckoo search algorithm' beats particle swarm optimization in engineering design. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 28, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 05 / 100527213816.htm ...

That is going to be hard to do because these algorithms are complex, Baker said. “They take a lot of time to solve because there are so many variables and constraints at play. Solving this large ...

Najafi’s research focuses on design optimization, damage and fracture, and orthopedic materials and implants. His group develops computational algorithms for the design of multifunctional multiscale ...