Department of Mechanical Engineering

Eliot Winer

Professor

2030 Black Engineering Building
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-1640
e-mail: ewiner@iastate.edu

Education
Ph.D.  Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1999

Title: Development of Visualization Techniques as an Aid in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

           Advisor: Dr. Christina L. Bloebaum

M.S.   Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1994

           Title: Numerical Analysis of the Rayleigh Problem for the Interior of a Torus

           Advisor: Dr. William Rae

B.S.    Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1992

Honors And Awards

State University of New York Research Foundation Promising Inventor’s Award, 2003

Who's Who Among Graduate Students in America, 2000

Academic All Big Ten Conference, 1988 - 1992

Ohio State Scholar Athlete, 1988 – 1992

Mortar Board Senior Honor Society (Social Chairperson), 1991 – 1992

ASICS Men’s Volleyball Division I All-American, 1992

Ohio State Men’s Volleyball Most Valuable Player, 1992

 

Areas of Interest
Internet Technology for Large-Scale Collaborative Design, Medical Imaging, Analysis, and Visualization, Multidisciplinary Design Synthesis, Computer Aided Design and Graphics, Applications in Optimal Design, Scientific Visualization and Virtual Reality Modeling for Large-Scale Design.

Recent Publications
Kanukolanu, D., Lewis, K.H,, and Winer, E.H., “Robust Design of Coupled Sub-Systems using Visualization”, in preparation for submission to the ASME Journal of Computer and Information Science in Engineering.

 Winer, E.H., “The Geographic Independent Virtual Environment”, in preparation for submission to the AIAA Journal.

 Winer, E.H., Bloebaum, C.L., “Development of Visual Design Steering as an Aid in Large Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization - Part I: method development”, Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, vol. 23, no. 6, July 2002, pp. 412-424.

 Winer, E.H., Bloebaum, C.L., “Development of Visual Design Steering as an Aid in Large Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization - Part II: method validation”, Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, vol. 23, no. 6, July 2002, pp. 425-435.

 Winer, E.H., Bloebaum, C.L., “Visual Design Steering for Optimization Solution Improvement”, Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, vol. 22, no. 3, October 2001, pp. 219-229.