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Aleksander Balk:
I study mechanics and physics of structured materails, especially structural optimization and optimal composites. Mathematically, most of these problems are addressed by means of calculus of variation and homogenization. The areas of my research, vitae and the list of publications are displayed on my homepage. Recently, I start to work on two intriging projects: Understanding the essence of optimality of "living structures" by observing various bio-structures, and analysis of an unusual dynamic behavior of nonlinear structures due to their inner instabilities.I teach several related graduate courses: Homogenization, Methods of optimization, Calculus of variations, and Methods for structural optimization . This year, Springer publishes my book Variational Methods for Structural Optimization, that covers many topics of these courses.
Paul Fife
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