Former Projects

Welcome to the Inverse Problems and Optimization in Mechanics (IOMech) Lab!

Our Main Research Areas are: 

  • Computational Mechanics & Inverse Problems
  • Design & Control
  • Optimization & Uncertianty Quantification
  • Medical Imaging 

IOMechLab Former Projects and associated research areas are listed below:

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Arterial Properties from Stimulated Acoustical Emission

Title: Arterial Properties from Stimulated Acoustical Emission Sponsor: NIH-NIBIB National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Period: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 PI: Jim Greenleaf (Mayo College of Medicine)

CAREER-A Simulation Environment for Studying Aging and Degradation of Structures and Materials

Title: CAREER-A Simulation Environment for Studying Aging and Degradation of Structures and Materials Sponsor: National Science Foundation Period: 7/1/2007-6/30/2012 PI: Wilkins Aquino

Generalized waveform methods for breast viscoelasticity mapping

Title: Generalized waveform methods for breast viscoelasticity mapping Sponsor: NIH- R01CA17472 Period: 12/1/2013-11/30/2018 PIs: Mostafa Fatemi (Mayo College of Medicine), Wilkins Aquino (Duke University)

Incorporating Materials Aging and Degradation into the Analysis of Ship Structures

Title: Incorporating Materials Aging and Degradation into the Analysis of Ship Structures Sponsor: Office of Naval Research Period: 2/20/2008-10/1/2008 PI: Wilkins Aquino

Inverse Estimation of Early Age concrete Properties

Sponsor: Directorate of Central Intelligence (DCI) Period: 7/1/05-6/30/07 PI: Kenneth Hover Co-PI: Wilkins Aquino & Bill Philpot

Inverse Problems in Monitoring and Prognosis of Mechanical Systems

Title: Inverse Problems in Monitoring and Prognosis of Mechanical Systems Sponsor: CSAR (Former CSRF) Sandia National Laboratories Period: 10/1/2010-9/30/2013 PI: Wilkins Aquino

Multidimensional Imaging of the Heart

Title: Multidimensional Imaging of the Heart with Ultrasound (Renewal) Sponsor: NIH-R01 Period: 8/1/2011-7/30/2015 PI: Jim Greenleaf (Mayo College of Medicine)   Title: Multidimensional Imaging of the Heart Sponsor: NIH-NIBIB National Institute of...

Multiscale Time Stepping Algorithms in Explicit Dynamics

Title: Multiscale Time Stepping Algorithms in Explicit Dynamics Sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories Period: 10/1/2011-9/30/2012 PI: Wilkins Aquino

Risk-Averse Optimization of Large-Scale Multiphysics Systems

Title: Risk-Averse Optimization of Large-Scale Multiphysics Systems Sponsor: DARPA Period: 10/1/2015-9/30/2018 PIs: Drew Kouri (Sandia National Laboratories), Wilkins Aquino (Duke University)