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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Vadim Shapiro is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with notable focus on subfields such as Automotive Engineering, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

The main topics of their work include Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques, Textile Materials and Evaluations, 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation, and Topological and Geometric Data Analysis.

Vadim Shapiro has contributed to multiple publication venues, including:

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
  • Advances in Engineering Software
  • Journal of Mechanical Design
  • ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems

Their recent papers include:

  • "A Scalable Framework for Process-Aware Thermal Simulation of Additive Manufacturing Processes," 2021, Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
  • "An application programming interface for multiscale shape-material modeling," 2021, Advances in Engineering Software
  • "Finite Algebras for Solid Modeling using Julia's Sparse Arrays," 2022, Computer-Aided Design
  • "Model Consistency for Mechanical Design: Bridging Lumped and Distributed Parameter Models With a Priori Guarantees," 2024, Journal of Mechanical Design
  • "Topological Computing of Arrangements with (Co)Chains," 2020, ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems

Vadim Shapiro frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Chelsea Amanatides, Geneviève Dion, David E. Breen, Levi Kapllani, and Paul Witherell. These collaborations have contributed significantly to their body of research.

In recognition of their contributions, Vadim Shapiro was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Heterogeneous material modeling with distance fields

    Arpan Biswas;Vadim Shapiro;Igor Tsukanov

  • Theory of R-functions and Applications: A Primer

    Vadim Shapiro

  • Shape optimization with topological changes and parametric control

    Jiaqin Chen;Vadim Shapiro;Krishnan Suresh;Igor Tsukanov

  • Transfinite interpolation over implicity defined sets

    V. L. Rvachev;T. I. Sheiko;V. Shapiro;I. Tsukanov

  • Semi-analytic geometry with R-functions

    Vadim Shapiro

  • Real functions for representation of rigid solids

    Vadim Shapiro

  • Separation for boundary to CSG conversion

    Vadim Shapiro;Donald L. Vossler

  • On completeness of RFM solution structures

    V. L. Rvachev;T. I. Sheiko;V. Shapiro;I. Tsukanov

  • Construction and optimization of CSG representations

    Vadim Shapiro;Donald L. Vossler

  • Boundary representation deformation in parametric solid modeling

    Srinivas Raghothama;Vadim Shapiro

  • Implicit functions with guaranteed differential properties

    Vadim Shapiro;Igor Tsukanov

  • Random heterogeneous materials via texture synthesis

    Xingchen Liu;Vadim Shapiro

  • Chain Models of Physical Behavior for Engineering Analysis and Design

    Richard S. Palmer;Vadim Shapiro

  • What is a parametric family of solids

    Vadim Shapiro;Donald L. Vossler

  • Mesh-free method and system for modeling and analysis

    Vadim Shapiro;Igor G. Tsukanov

  • Homogenization of material properties in additively manufactured structures

    Xingchen Liu;Vadim Shapiro

  • Approximate distance fields with non-vanishing gradients

    Arpan Biswas;Vadim Shapiro

  • The new frontiers in computational modeling of material structures

    William Regli;Jarek Rossignac;Vadim Shapiro;Vijay Srinivasan

  • Proceedings of the seventh ACM symposium on Solid modeling and applications

    Hans-Peter Seidel;Vadim Shapiro;Kunwoo Lee;Nick Patrikalakis

  • Errata: Maintenance of Geometric Representations Through Space Decompositions

    Vadim Shapiro

  • The Architecture of SAGE – A Meshfree System Based on RFM

    Vadim Shapiro;Igor G. Tsukanov

Frequent Co-Authors

Gershon Elber
Gershon Elber Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Leif Kobbelt
Leif Kobbelt RWTH Aachen University
Christoph M. Hoffmann
Christoph M. Hoffmann Purdue University West Lafayette
William C. Regli
William C. Regli University of Maryland, College Park
David E. Breen
David E. Breen Drexel University
Jarek Rossignac
Jarek Rossignac Georgia Institute of Technology
Hans-Peter Seidel
Hans-Peter Seidel Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Johan de Kleer
Johan de Kleer Palo Alto Research Center
Viatcheslav Freger
Viatcheslav Freger Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
David W. Rosen
David W. Rosen Singapore University of Technology and Design

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