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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2002; M.Sc., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 1997; B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Lisbon, 1995.

Research Interests: Multidisciplinary design optimization, computational aerodynamics, aircraft and spacecraft design, and high-performance computing for aerospace applications.

Appointments: Pauline M. Sherman Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 2009–present; Associate Professor, University of Michigan, 2005–2009; Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, 2002–2005.

Awards: NASA Early Career Award, 2007; AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Award, 2012; Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2018.

Publications:

• Multidisciplinary Design Optimization: A Survey of Architectures (AIAA Journal, 2013)
• Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Supersonic Aircraft (Springer, 2010)

Additional Contributions: Co-developer of the open-source software framework MACH for aerodynamic optimization; frequent invited speaker at international aerospace conferences.