Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography
Oliver Giraldo-Londoño is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri, where he leads the COmputational Mechanics and Optimization (COMO) Laboratory. His research lies at the intersection of computational mechanics and design optimization, with a particular focus on topology optimization, additive manufacturing, and computational fracture mechanics. Dr. Giraldo-Londoño has collaborated with Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Siemens Corporate Technology to develop topology optimization formulations for multiphysics applications and computational approaches for advanced metamaterial modeling. His research has been supported by several federal agencies, including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration. He is a member of the Engineering Mechanics Institute, the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, and the Society of Engineering Science. His honors include the Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant and the Young Researcher Award from the Colombian Ministry of Education.
Education
PhD in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology
MS in Civil Engineering from Ohio University in Athens
BS in Civil Engineering from the National University of Colombia (highest GPA)
Technical Focus
Topology optimization and generative design
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