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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 site. 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.