Andres Tovar

Our students Scott Lohman, Mayank Malhotra, Theresa Marks, and Gracie White presented their poster on using calcium chloride as a plasticizer for thermoplastic potato starch at the 29th Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference (IUURC) on Dec 8, 2023 #sustainability

Congratulations to our student Jake Staker and collaborators for receiving a Poster Presentation Award at the 29th Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference (IUURC) on Dec 8, 2023. The work shows compostable aerogels made of thermoplastic potato starch for rockets.

Congratulations to my students Gracie White, Theresa Marks, Scott Lohman, Mayank Malhotra, Aidan Weileder, and London Williams for receiving a Poster Presentation Award at the 29th Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference (IUURC) on Dec 8, 2023 #adaptiveDOE

Poster session at the Indianapolis Motorsports Conference (IMC) on Dec 6, 2023. In the picture: Arpit Shah, Joel Najmon, Prathamesh Chaudhari, and Andres Tovar.

We presented our preliminary results on information embedding via topology optimization at the Indianapolis Motorsports Conference (IMC) on Dec 6, 2023. This is a collaboration with Prof. Jitesh Panchal, his PhD student Karim ElSayed, and my PhD student Joel Najmon.

My PhD students Prathamesh Chaudhari and Joel Najmon presented their poster on Multi-objective Bayesian optimization of heat exchangers at the Indianapolis Motorsports Conference (IMC) on Dec 6, 2023.

My PhD student Aakash Gupta presented his poster on topology optimization of dynamic multibody systems at the Indianapolis Motorsports Conference (IMC) on Dec 6, 2023.

Congratulations to my student Joel Najmon for successfully defending his PhD dissertation: Machine Learning-based Multiscale Topology Optimization #purdue

My student Jake Staker presented our work on thermoplastic starch aerogels for rocket aerospace applications at the American Astronautical Society (AAS) von Braun Space Exploration Symposium, Huntsville, AL, Oct. 26, 2023. @IUPUI_EngrTech #Sustainability #CompostablePlastic

My student Jake Staker presented our work on thermoplastic potato starch aerogels at the Midwest Nano-Day Symposium in Indianapolis. This is a collaboration with NASA Glenn Research Center exploring aerospace applications @IUPUI_EngrTech #SustainableFuture #CompostablePlastic

Our paper on 'Characterization of ankle dynamic joint stiffness as a function of gait speed for overground and treadmill walking' has been published in Medical Engineering & Physics. Curated data and analysis tools are available on GitHub. sciencedirect.com/science/articl….

Our research group presented three posters on Thermoplastic Starch (TPS) at the 2023 ACS Think Like a Molecule Poster Session on Sep 21, at Marian University. We're excited about applications of TPS in plastic bags, injection molding, and additive manufacturing #SustainableFuture

Our latest paper on multiobjective Bayesian optimization is out now! It features a new acquisition function to accelerate optimization and produce informative landscapes. Check out the publication in JMD doi.org/10.1115/1.4062… and the repository github.com/edrl-purdue/jm…

Excited to share the research work of our students Theresa Marks, Gracie White, Mayank Malhotra, and Scott Lohman, alongside Dr. @AmandaPSiegel, at the 2023 IUPUI Summer Research Symposium. Their project centered around developing compostable bags using thermoplastic starch film.

Incredible research experience with Vanessa Gee, a scholar from the NSF RET program, collaborating with Dr. Mangi Agarwal and Dr. @AmandaPSiegel. Our focus was processing thermoplastic starch from potatoes and corn for additive manufacturing applications #compostableplastic

Delighted to host high school students from @DNOVAinstitute's summer camp at @IUPUI_EngrTech. They had a fantastic time exploring the maker space, learning about thermoplastic starch (TPS), and experimenting with 3D printing using it #STEM #education #summercamp #iupui

Homero's work on multi-objective Bayesian optimization is now available in the Journal of Mechanical Design: doi.org/10.1115/1.4062….

Our group is involved in the development of sustainable plastics for additive manufacturing and injection molding. I am happy we were able to show our work during at the IUPUI Student Research and Creative Acrivities Day. lnkd.in/gcMfTSVx

Congratulations to my student Kourtney Collier for being awarded as one of the Top 100 students at IUPUI in 2023! alumni.iupui.edu/awards/top-100…

Congratulations to my student Homero Valladares for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on multi-fidelity modeling and multi-objective Bayesian optimization #MachineLearning #Purdue