The following topics of research in the broader areas of mechanics and optimization are developed in the Institute or within numerous collaborations with other academic or industrial groups:
Proposed topics
1
Nonsmooth mechanics, dynamics.
2
Modelling of smart structures.
3
Structural Optimization and control.
4
Topology optimization of structures and mechanisms.
5
Parameter identification and inverse problems.
6
Structural analysis of steel, concrete and masonry structures.
7
Soft computing in engineering (neurofuzzy inference, inverse problems, control).