INSTRUCTOR
Autar K. Kaw is an ASME Fellow and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He has been teaching at USF since 1987, and has taught the Computational Methods more than 35 times.
Related to this course, he has developed multiple-award winning, freely available and pedagogically neutral web-based resources that are available at http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu.
Related to numerical methods, he has conducted research in developing numerical models for fracture mechanics of composites, indentation of nano-layered materials, design tools for composite wings, and trunnion-hub-girder assembly procedures in bascule bridges.
Recent research projects involving numerical methods
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How does interphase modeling affect nanoindentation test results? (Abstract)
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How does geometry affect successful (no cracking) trunnion-hub-girder assembly procedure? (Abstract)
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Does step-cooling make trunnion-hub-girder assembly procedure fail-safe? (Abstract)
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Is crack propagation in composite materials independent of fiber volume fraction? (Abstract)
