Colby C. Swan

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography

Publications: 
Google Scholars Citation Record
Publications, Citations, h-index, i10-index

Joined the College of Engineering: 1993

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: 

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • The Fiber Society
  • International Society for Structural & Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO)
  • United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM)

Research Areas: 

  • Computational solid mechanics
  • Geomechanics
  • Composites
  • Topology optimization
  • Biomechanics
  • Structural composites
  • Multi-scale computational clothing models for digital humans
  • Structural topology optimization of compliant mechanisms and bone adaptation phenomena
Unit(s)
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
Colby C. Swan
PhD, Civil Engineering, Princeton University, 1993
MS, Ocean Engineering, University of Miami, 1985
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Maine, 1983
Address

4120 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States