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7579
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Overview

James K. Guest is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on engineering and medicine, with significant contributions to civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, computational theory and mathematics, surgery, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics, including:

  • Topology Optimization in Engineering
  • Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics

James K. Guest has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Composites Part B Engineering
  • Journal of Mechanical Design

Some of the recent papers include:

  • Topology optimization considering multi-axis machining constraints using projection methods, 2022, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Revisiting element removal for density-based structural topology optimization with reintroduction by Heaviside projection, 2021, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Topology optimization of additively manufactured fluidic components free of internal support structures, 2021, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Topology-optimized bulk metallic glass cellular materials for energy absorption, 2021, Scripta Materialia
  • Design optimization of advanced tow-steered composites with manufacturing constraints, 2024, Composites Part B Engineering

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Justin Unger
  • Federico Ferrari
  • Timothy P. Weihs
  • Helen Xun
  • Christopher Shallal

The scope and variety of topics addressed in James K. Guest's work demonstrate interdisciplinary engagements across engineering disciplines and medical applications. This encompasses optimization algorithm development and applications in structural and composite materials as well as research related to spinal cord injury.

Best Publications

  • Achieving minimum length scale in topology optimization using nodal design variables and projection functions

    J. K. Guest;J. H. Prévost;T. Belytschko

  • Topology optimization considering overhang constraints: Eliminating sacrificial support material in additive manufacturing through design

    Andrew T. Gaynor;James K. Guest

  • Optimizing multifunctional materials: Design of microstructures for maximized stiffness and fluid permeability

    James K. Guest;Jean-Herve Prevost

  • Topology optimization of creeping fluid flows using a Darcy-Stokes finite element

    James K. Guest;Jean H. Prévost

  • Multiple-Material Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms Created Via PolyJet Three-Dimensional Printing

    Andrew T. Gaynor;Nicholas A. Meisel;Christopher B. Williams;James K. Guest

  • Imposing maximum length scale in topology optimization

    James K. Guest

  • Topology Optimization for Architected Materials Design

    Mikhail Osanov;James K. Guest

  • Structural optimization under uncertain loads and nodal locations

    James K. Guest;Takeru Igusa

  • Topology optimization with multiple phase projection

    James K. Guest

  • Eliminating beta-continuation from Heaviside projection and density filter algorithms

    James K. Guest;Alireza Asadpoure;Seung-Hyun Ha

  • Design of maximum permeability material structures

    James K. Guest;Jean-Herve Prevost

  • Robust topology optimization of structures with uncertainties in stiffness - Application to truss structures

    Alireza Asadpoure;Mazdak Tootkaboni;James K. Guest

  • Level set topology optimization of fluids in Stokes flow

    Vivien J. Challis;James K. Guest

  • Topology optimization of continuum structures under uncertainty – A Polynomial Chaos approach

    Mazdak Tootkaboni;Alireza Asadpoure;James K. Guest

  • Reducing dimensionality in topology optimization using adaptive design variable fields

    James K. Guest;Lindsey C. Smith Genut

  • Topology Optimization for Additive Manufacturing: Considering Maximum Overhang Constraint

    Andrew T. Gaynor;Nicholas A. Meisel;Christopher B. Williams;James K. Guest

  • Reinforced Concrete Force Visualization and Design Using Bilinear Truss-Continuum Topology Optimization

    Andrew T. Gaynor;James K. Guest;Cristopher D. Moen

  • Shape optimization of cold-formed steel columns

    Jiazhen Leng;James K. Guest;Benjamin W. Schafer

  • 3-D phononic crystals with ultra-wide band gaps

    Yan Lu;Yang Yang;James K. Guest;Ankit Srivastava

  • Computationally generated cross-property bounds for stiffness and fluid permeability using topology optimization

    Vivien J. Challis;James K. Guest;Joseph F. Grotowski;Anthony P. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy P. Weihs
Timothy P. Weihs Johns Hopkins University
Kevin J. Hemker
Kevin J. Hemker Johns Hopkins University
Benjamin W. Schafer
Benjamin W. Schafer Johns Hopkins University
Jan Schroers
Jan Schroers Yale University
Jean-Herve Prevost
Jean-Herve Prevost Princeton University
Ole Sigmund
Ole Sigmund Technical University of Denmark
Glaucio H. Paulino
Glaucio H. Paulino Princeton University
Carolyn Conner Seepersad
Carolyn Conner Seepersad The University of Texas at Austin
Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva
Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva Universidade de São Paulo
David C. Dunand
David C. Dunand Northwestern University

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