Teaching

• Spring 2008: MATH 231-004

Education

Ph.D., Mathematics, Louisiana State University, 2006, Adviser Dr. Robert Lipton M.S., Mathematics, Louisiana State University, 2002 B.S., Applied Mathematics, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany, 1997, Adviser Prof. Dr. Fredi Tröltzsch Curriculum vitae

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Employment History

• Research Assistant, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (University of Mining), Germany, 1997-1999, Project: Phase Transitions and Modeling of Cooling Processes in the Production of Steel, funded by European Union

• Research Assistant, Louisiana State University 2000-2006, Project supported by AFOSR grant FA9550-05-1-0008

• Postdoctoral Associate, Louisiana State University 2006-2007, Project supported by AFOSR and Boeing Aircraft Company

• Postdoctoral Associate, North Carolina State University 2007-now, NSF Research Training Group: Mathematics of Materials

Research Interests

Mathematical Material Science, Optimal Design, Composite Materials, Numerical Methods for solving PDEs, Scientific Computing

Publications

• Lipton R. and Stuebner, M. Inverse homogenization and design of microstructure for pointwise stress control. The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Vol.59, No.1, 139-161, 2005. (Abstract and PDF)

• Lipton R. and Stuebner, M. Design of fiber reinforced shafts subject to local stress constraints through inverse homogenization: A preliminary study on fiber size effect. To appear in the Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium: TOPOPT 2005, Rungsted, Denmark, October 2005. (PDF)
• Lipton R. and Stuebner, M. Optimization of composite structures subject to local stress constraints. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics & Engineering, 196 (2006) 66-75. (PDF)
• Lipton R. and Stuebner, M. Optimal design of composite structures for strength and stiffness: an inverse homogenization approach. To appear in Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2006.