Education

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  Ph.D. Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 01/2005


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  MA/MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 05/2004


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  MA/MS Industrial Automation, National University of Colombia, 09/2000


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  BA/BS Mechanical Engineering, National University of Colombia, 07/1995

Professional Experience

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  Research Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, 8/2008 - 8/2008


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  Academic Director, National University of Colombia, Bogota, 5/2007 - 8/2007


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  Department Chairman, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, National University of Colombia, Bogota, 4/2005 - 1/2007

Awards & Honors

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  IUPUI Student-Athletes Favorite Professor, Fall 2012, 2/2013


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  Second Place, Faculty Advisor, Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division Undergraduate Design Contest, 4/2012


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  Young Investigator Award Grant, National University of Colombia, 2005 – 2007, 8/2005


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  Fulbright Scholar, PhD in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Univ. of Notre Dame, 2001 – 2004, 8/2001


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  Honored M.S. Thesis in Industrial Automation, National University of Colombia, 2000, 5/2000


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  Graduate Research Scholar, Iberoamerican Program for Science and Technology Development (CYTED), 5/1998

Selected Publications

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  Bandi, P., D. Detwiler, J. Schmiedeler, and A. Tovar. Design of Progressively Folding Thin-Walled Tubular Components Using Compliant Mechanism Synthesis. Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 37, Issue 2, Pages: 723-735, 2015, doi:10.1007/s40430-014-0197-0, 8/2015


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  Liu, K., A. Tovar, E. Nutwell, and D. Detwiler. Thin-walled compliant mechanism component design assisted by machine learning and multiple surrogates. SAE Technical Paper 2015-01-1369, 2015, doi:10.4271/2015-01-1369, 5/2015


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  León, D., N. Arzola, and A. Tovar. Statistical analysis of the influence of tooth geometry in the performance of harmonic drive. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. Vol. 37, Pages: 723-735, 2015, doi:10.1007/s40430-014-0197-0, 2/2015


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  Liu, K. and A. Tovar. An efficient 3D topology optimization code written in Matlab. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 50, Issue 6, Pages: 117-1196, 2014, doi:10.1007/s00158-014-1107-x, 10/2014


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  Lee, S. and A. Tovar. Outrigger placement in tall buildings using topology optimization. Engineering Structures. Vol. 74, Issue 1, Pages: 122-129, 2014, doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.05.019, 5/2014


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  Shinde, S., P. Bandi, D. Detwiler, and A. Tovar. Structural Optimization of Thin-Walled Tubular Structures for Progressive Buckling Using Compliant Mechanism Approach. SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars – Mechanical Systems, Vol. 6, Issue 1, doi: 10.4271/2013-01-0658, 2013, 4/2013


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  Tovar, A. and K. Khandelwal. Topology Optimization for Minimum Compliance using a Control Strategy. Engineering Structures, Vol. 48, Pages: 674-682, 2013, 3/2013


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  Lee, S., and A. Tovar. Topology Optimization of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Skin using Hybrid Cellular Automata. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages: 031001.1-031001.12, 2013, 2/2013


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  Yokota, H., A. Tovar, and A. Robling. Dynamic Muscle Loading and Mechanotransduction. BONE, Vol. 51, Issue 4, Pages 826-827, 2012, 11/2012


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  Goetz, J.C., H. Tan, A. Tovar, and J.E. Renaud. Two-material structural topology optimization for blast mitigation using hybrid cellular automata. Engineering Optimization. Vol. 44, Issue 8, Pages 985-1005, 2012, 9/2012


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  Mozumder, C., A. Tovar, and J.E. Renaud. Topometry optimization for crashworthiness design using hybrid cellular automata. International Journal of Vehicle Design, Vol. 60, Issue 1/2, Pages: 100-120, 2012, 7/2012


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  Penninger, C.L. A. Tovar, V. Tomar, and J.E. Renaud. A high fidelity HCA model for bone adaptation with cellular rules for bone resorption. Journal of Surfaces and Interfaces of Materials, Vol. 1, Pages: 66-76, 2012, 5/2012


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  Guo, L., J. Huang, A. Tovar, and J.E. Renaud. Multidomain Topology Optimization for Crashworthiness based on Hybrid Cellular Automata. Key Engineering Materials. Vol. 486, Pages 250-253, 2011, 10/2011


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  Penninger, C.L., A. Tovar, L.T. Watson, and J.E. Renaud. KKT conditions satisfied using adaptive neighboring in hybrid cellular automata for topology optimization. International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics. Vol. 66, Issue 3, Pages 245-262, 2011, 8/2011


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  Guo, L., A. Tovar, C.L. Penninger and J.E. Renaud. Strain-based topology optimization for crashworthiness using hybrid cellular automata. International Journal of Crashworthiness. Vol. 16, Issue 3, Pages 239-252, 2011, 7/2011


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  Goetz, J.C., H. Tan, A. Tovar, J.E. Renaud. Optimization of One-Dimensional Aluminum Foam Armor Model for Pressure Loading, SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Pages 1138-1146, 2011., 4/2011


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  Penninger, C.L., L.T. Watson, A. Tovar, and J.E. Renaud. Convergence Analysis of Hybrid Cellular Automata for Topology Optimization. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Vol. 40, Issue 1-6, Pages 271-282, 2010., 9/2010

Expertise

• Nanotechnology


• Nanomanufacturing


• Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectometry Characterization


• Aerosol Science & Technology


• Kinetic Theory of Gases


• Thermofluiddynamic Properties


• Electrospray ionization for electrical propulsion in satellites


• Nanodusty


• multiscale


• multistep


• multichemistry Plasma modeling


• Fundamental Electrospray Ionization

Interests

• Renewable Energy


• Catalysts


• Aerosol Pollution


• Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry


• Electrical Propulsion


• Polymer Characterization


• Protein and Biomolecule Characterization


• Energy Transfer


• Molecular Dynamic coupling at the molecular Scale


• Multiscale


• Multichemistry Plasma Modeling