Andy Gaynor

About Andy

Research Interest

I hail from Arlington Heights, Illinois. Upon graduation from the University of Minnesota, I decided to venture to the east coast where I’m currently pursuing a PhD in Civil Engineering at Hopkins. In my spare time I enjoy running, playing soccer and playing my euphonium and guitar.

Favorite sports teams: Cubs, Twins, Bears, Fire, Blackhawks, Golden Gopher

Multi-element type optimization, Strut & Tie Systems, Woven Materials, Discrete truss optimization

Education

Bachelor’s of Civil Engineering (summa cum laude)

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

Journal Papers

Gaynor A.T., Guest J.K., and Moen C.D. (2013).  Reinforced concrete force visualization and design using bilinear truss-continuum topology optimization. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 139(4): 607-618. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000692

Presentations

World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO 10) – 2013 presentation entitled A Gradient-based Approach to Truss Topology Optimization with Integer Design Variable Constraints

Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI) – 2012 presentation entitled Reinforced Concrete Design Using Topology Optimization With Bilinear Constitutive Models

Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI) – 2011 presentation entitled A Hybrid Topology Optimization Model for Strut-and-Tie Model

Teaching/Work Experience

2011 Summer Topology Optimization class at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Teaching Assistant for Solid Mechanics and Theory of Structures (Spring 2011)

Andy Gaynor

Graduate Research Assistant

IGERT Fellow

George Jenkins II Fellow

Civil Engineering

agaynor1 (at) jhu . edu

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THE GROUP

CURRICULUM VITAE

Guest, J.K ,Lotfi, R., Gaynor, A., Jalalpour, M. "Structural Topology Optimization: Moving Beyond Linear Elastic Design Objectives", 2012 Analysis & Computation Specialty Conference, ASCE Structures Congress, 2012.

Conference Papers