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Mu Zhu

About Mu

Research Interest

I was born in Beijing, China and received my BS degree from Tsinghua University in 2009. Now I am in Civil Engineering Department JHU pursuing a PhD degree.


I like music, sports and traveling. In my spare time, I like to play basketball, tennis, swimming as well as piano.

Genetic Algorithms for structural optimization, Manufacturing restrictions in topology optimization, Large-scale structures, Topology Optimization for Structural Dynamics

Education

Bachelor’s of Civil Engineering in Tsinghua University in China

Journal Papers

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

Presentations

“ Topology Optimization under Milling and Casting Constraints” Presentation at WCSMO-10, 2013


“ Alternate GA-encodings for structural topology optimization” AIAA Student Conference 2010


“ Evolutionary Topology Optimization: Designing Structures in Reduced Dimension” Poster presentation in Structures Congress 2011


“Optimization of Candela’s Umbrella Shell”  Topology optimization class at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2011

Teaching/Work Experience

Teaching assistant for :

Solid Mechanics and Theory of Structures

Advanced Structural Analysis

Mu Zhu


Graduate Research Assistant

Gordon L. and Beatrice C. Bowles Fellow

Civil Engineering


mzhu13 (at) jhu . edu

Please email Mu for his CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

Conference Papers

Guest J.K., Zhu M. “Casting and milling restrictions in topology optimization via projection-based algorithms” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences 2012