Education

Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2005

M.A., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2003

M.S.E., Civil Engineering and Operations Research, Princeton University, 2001

B.S.E., Civil Engineering Systems, University of Pennsylvania, 1998

 

Research Interests

Structural Optimization, Topology Optimization, Material Design, Computational Mechanics, Stochastic Processes, Structural Engineering, Structural Plastics, History and Aesthetics of Structures.

 

Work Experience

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2005-present

Lecturer, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2003-2005

 

Courses

CE 560.206: Solid Mechanics and Theory of Structures

CE 560.445: Advanced Structural Analysis

CE 560.460: Applied Structural Optimization

CE 560.787: Optimization in Solid Mechanics

CEE 361/513: Structural Analysis and Introduction to Finite Element Methods (Princeton University)

 

Technical Committees

ASCE SEI Optimal Structural Design Committee

ASCE EMI Computational Mechanics Committee

 

Affiliations

Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI)

JHU Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT)

Johns Hopkins Systems Institute

JHU Modeling Complex Systems (MCS) IGERT

JHU Water, Climate, and Health (WCH) IGERT

 

Journal Publications (email me if you'd like copy of any published work)

 

Guest J.K., Draper P., and Billington D.P. (in review). Santiago Calatrava’s Alamillo Bridge and the idea of the structural engineer as artist.

 

Gaynor A.T., Guest J.K., and Moen C.D. (in review).  Reinforced concrete force visualization and design using bilinear truss-continuum topology optimization.

Guest J.K. (in review). Optimizing discrete feature layouts in structures and materials: A projection-based topology optimization approach.

Thrall A.P., Paya-Zaforteza I. Guest J.K,. and Adriaenssens S (in review). Structural optimization of deployable steel pantographs.

 

Tootkaboni M., Asadpoure A., and Guest J.K. (2012). Topology optimization of continuum structures under uncertainty – A Polynomial Chaos approach. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 201-204(1): 263-275. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2011.09.009

 

Leng J., Guest J.K., and Schafer B.W. (2011). Shape optimization of cold-formed steel columns. Thin-Walled Structures 49(12): 1492-1503. doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2011.07.009

 

Jalalpour M., Igusa T., and Guest J.K. (2011). Optimal design of trusses with geometric imperfections: Accounting for global instability. International Journal of Solids and Structures 48(21): 3011-3019. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2011.06.020

 

Guest J.K., Asadpoure A., and Ha S. (2011). Eliminating beta-continuation from Heaviside projection and density filter algorithms. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 44(4): 443-453. doi: 10.1007/s00158-011-0676-1

 

Asadpoure A., Tootkaboni M., and Guest J.K. (2011). Robust topology optimization of structures with uncertainties in stiffness - Application to truss structures. Computers & Structures 89(11-12): 1131-1141. doi: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2010.11.004

 

Guest J.K. and Smith Genut L.C. (2010). Reducing dimensionality in topology optimization using adaptive design variable fields. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 81(8): 1019-1045. doi: 10.1002/nme.2724

 

Guest J.K. (2009). Topology optimization with multiple phase projection. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 199(1-4):123-135. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2009.09.023

 

Challis V.C. and Guest J.K. (2009). Level-set topology optimization of fluids in Stokes flow. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 79(10): 1284-1308. doi: 10.1002/nme.2616

 

Guest J.K. (2009). Imposing maximum length scale in topology optimization. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 37(5): 463-473. doi:10.1007/s00158-008-0250-7

 

Guest J.K. and Igusa T. (2008). Structural optimization under uncertain loads and nodal locations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 198(1): 116-124. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2008.04.009

 

Guest J.K. and Prevost J.H. (2007). Design of maximum permeability material structures. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 196(4-6): 1006-1017. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2006.08.006

 

Guest J.K. and Prevost J.H. (2006). Optimizing multifunctional materials: design of microstructures for maximized stiffness and fluid permeability. International Journal of Solids and Structures 43(22-23): 7028-7047. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.03.001

 

Guest J.K. and Prevost J.H. (2006). Topology optimization of creeping fluid flows using a Darcy-Stokes finite element. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 66(3): 461-484. doi: 10.1002/nme.1560

 

Guest J.K., Prevost J.H., and Belytschko T. (2004). Achieving minimum length scale in topology optimization using nodal design variables and projection functions. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 61(2): 238 - 254. doi: 10.1002/nme.1064

 

 

 

Links of Interest

Structural Art Wiki

Johns Hopkins Systems Institute

IABSE Photo Contest (some great images of structures)

International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO)

Baltimore Structures Gallery

TOPOPT site, Technical University of Denmark

Dynaflow, A Nonlinear Transient Finite Element Analysis Program

BIMat, NASA Biologically Inspired Materials Institute

E.T. Techtonics, FRP composite bridges and building systems

Projects of Leslie E. Robertson Associates / 2006 Carroll Lecture at JHU

Bill Baker 2010 JHU Carroll Lecture at JHU

The Penn Quakers