Computational Mechanics and Optimization Laboratory

Matthew J. Zahr

mzahr (at) nd.edu | 300B Cushing Hall | 574-631-1298 | www.nd.edu/~mzahr

Matthew J. Zahr is an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. From 2016-2018, he was the Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He received a M.S. and Ph.D. in 2016 from Stanford University in Computational and Mathematical Engineering under the supervision of Charbel Farhat and a B.S. in 2011 from the University of California, Berkeley in Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research expertise and interests lie in the design and application of numerical methods to solve important problems that arise in science, engineering, and medicine.

Tianshu Wen

twen2 (at) nd.edu | 321 Cushing Hall | 574-631-5688

Tianshu Wen is a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame under the supervision of Matthew J. Zahr. He received a M.S. in 2019 from Washington University in St. Louis under the supervision of Ramesh K. Agarwal and a B.S. in 2016 from Central Michigan University.

Charles Naudet

cnaudet (at) nd.edu | 321 Cushing Hall | 574-631-5688

Charles is a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Notre Dame in 2020. His research interests include PDE-constrained optimization, computational methods for resolving shocks and discontinuities, and uncertainty quantification. He also has a mean jumpshot. Catch him writing code or shooting hoops, either way, he’s in the lab.

Victor Zucatti da Silva

vzucatti (at) nd.edu | 321 Cushing Hall | 574-631-5688

Victor Zucatti is a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame since fall 2021. He received a M.S. from University of Campinas (Brazil) in 2021, a M.S. from Ecole Centrale Marseille (France) in 2019 and a B.S. from University of Campinas in 2018. He is interested in reduced-order modeling of time-dependent nonlinear dynamical systems.

Aaron Marques

rmarque2 (at) nd.edu | 321 Cushing Hall | 574-347-0154

Aaron Marques is a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame since Spring 2023. He received a M.S. from Federal University of Ceará (Brazil) in 2022. His research interests include in high-order implicit shock tracking and PDE-constrained optimization.

Huijing Dong

hdong2 (at) nd.edu | 321 Cushing Hall | 574-631-5688

Huijing Dong is a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame under the supervision of Matthew J. Zahr since Summer 2023. She was a graduate student at Clarkson from Jan 2022 - May 2023, received a M.S. in 2020 from Xi'an Jiaotong University and a B.S. in 2017 from China University of Mining and Technology.

Akshay Thakur

athakur3 (at) nd.edu | 321 Cushing Hall | 574-631-5688

Akshay Thakur is a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, where he earned his M.S. in 2023. His research focuses on developing numerical modeling techniques by integrating numerical methods with machine learning approaches to address nonlinear dynamical systems.

Alexander Perez-Reyes

aperez23 (at) nd.edu | 321 Cushing Hall | 574-631-5688

Alexander Perez is a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez in 2023. His research interests include high-order  implicit shock tracking and PDE-constrained optimization.

Xuehui Qian

xqian2 (at) nd.edu | 321 Cushing Hall | 574-631-5688

Xuehui Qian is a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame under the supervision of Matthew J. Zahr since 2024 Fall. She received a M.S. in 2024 from Washington University in St. Louis in Mechanical Engineering and B.S. in 2022 from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in Applied Mathematics.

Julian Kaufmann

jkaufma2@nd.edu | 321 Cushing Hall | 574-631-5688

Julian Kaufmann is an Aerospace Engineer and Honors Mathematics major at the University of Notre Dame (class 2025). He is interested in pursuing graduate school and resides in Morrissey Manor on campus.