Daniel C. Simkins, Jr. Associate Professor Office - ENC 3206 Phone - (813) 974-4174 FAX - (813) 974-2957 E-mail - dsimkins@usf.edu Address- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ENB 118 University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33620 USA.

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Education

PhD in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, 2004
MS in Civil Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, 1999
MS in Physics, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, 1986
BS in Physics, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1984

Note to students seeking internships

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Publications

Journal articles (refereed only)

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Presentations

Conferences and Workshops

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Research

My area of study is Computational Engineering, often Solid Mechanics.

Geometry Representation and Isogeometric Analysis
Reproducing Kernel Element Method
Ductile fracture of 3D shell structures

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Students

Doctoral

Joseph Alford (PhD expected May 2015)
James Olliff (PhD expected May 2016)
Dr. Mario Juha, (PhD, 2011)
Dr. Nathan Collier, (PhD, 2009)
Dr. Lisa B. Whitenack, (PhD Biology, 2008), co-advised with Dr. Phil Motta

Masters

Abhishek Kumar, (MS, 2007)