Jasbir S. Arora

Joined the College of Engineering: 1971

Education:Ph.D., Mechanics and Hydraulics, The University of Iowa, 1971
M.S., Structures, Kansas State University, 1967
B.S. with Honors, Civil Engineering, Panjab University, 1964

Special Fields of Knowledge: Optimization of structural and mechanical systems; computational structural mechanics. 

Present Research Interests: Optimization of digital human models; optimization and control of nonlinear systems; large-scale structural optimization, contact mechanics. 

Selected Publications: 

• Kim, C.H., and Arora, J.S., "Development of Simplified Dynamic Models using Optimization: Application to Crushed Tubes," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 192, pp. 2073-2097; 2003.
• Mijar, A.R. and Arora, J.S., "An Augmented Lagrangian Method for Contact Analysis Problems," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 28, pp. 99-126, 2004.
• Arora, J.S., "Optimization of Structures Subjected to Dynamic Loads," in Structural Dynamic Systems: Computational Techniques and Optimization, C.T. Leondes, Editor, Gordon and Breech Publishers, Newark, NJ, January, 1999.
• Arora, J.S. (Ed.), "Guide to Structural Optimization", ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice, No. 90, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 1997. (Won ASCE Award)
• Arora, J.S., Introduction to Optimum Design, Second Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2004.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: American Society of Civil Engineers; Structural Engineering Institute; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Sigma Xi; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Executive Committee of the Technical Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.