Student Bio: Cameron Talischi

Education

Graduate
	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering Option	Aug 2008 - June 2012
	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

	Master of Science in Applied Mathematics	Dec 2008 - June 2012
	Department of Mathematics
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

	Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering Option	Aug 2007 - Aug 2008
	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

*Undergraduate*
	Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering	Aug 2003 - Aug 2007
	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

	Bachelor of Science in Mathematics	Aug 2003 - Aug 2007
	Department of Mathematics
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

Research Interests

Theoretical investigation of restriction-type formulations for topology optimization
Independent field discretization for topology optimization using multi-level topological data structure
Numerical instabilities and use of special polygonal finite elements in topology optimization
Modeling of multiscale phenomena and scale-bridging numerical algorithm
Transient dynamics and multiscale time integration techniques

Publications

Journal Publications
	"A Splitting Algorithm for Tikhonov-Regularized Topology Optimization". C. Talischi and G.H. Paulino. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. Published Online. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.05.024
	"PolyMesher: A general-purpose mesh generator for polygonal elements written in Matlab." C. Talischi, G.H. Paulino, A. Pereira, I.F.M. Menezes. Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 309-328, 2012.
	"PolyTop: a Matlab implementation of a general topology optimization framework using unstructured polygonal finite element meshes." C. Talischi, G.H. Paulino, A. Pereira, I.F.M. Menezes. Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 329-357, 2012.
	“Polygonal finite elements for topology optimization: A unifying paradigm.” C. Talischi, G. H. Paulino, A. Pereira, and I. F. M. Menezes. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Vol 82, No. 6, pp. 671-698, 2010.
	"Honeycomb Wachspress Finite Elements for Structural Topology Optimization" C. Talischi, G.H. Paulino, and C. Le. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Vol. 37, pp. 569-583, 2009.

Invited Lectures
	“Polygonal finite elements for topology optimization: Application to structural topology optimization.” C. Talischi and G. H. Pauilno. Geomechanics seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota. Aug 2009.
	“Spectral finite elements for topology optimization.” C. Talischi and G. H. Pauilno. Department of Mechantronics and Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of San Paulo. Aug 2008.
	“Multiscale Finite Element Method: Application to Linear and Nonlinear Problems.” C. Talischi and G. H. Pauilno. Department of Mechantronics and Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of San Paulo. Aug 2008.

Conference Presentations and Proceedings
	"Topological embedding using a multilevel mesh representation for topology optimization." C. Talischi, G. H. Paulino, R. Espinha, A. Pereira, I. F. M. Menezes, W. Celes. 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, 2009.
	"Topology Optimization with Polygonal Finite Elements." C. Talischi, G. H. Paulino, A. Pereira, I. F. M. Menezes. 8th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2009.
	"Wachspress Elements for Topology Optimization." C. Talischi, G. H. Paulino, and C. Le. 6th International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures IASS-IACM 2008: “Spanning Nano to Mega”.
	"Topology Optimization Using Wachspress-Type Interpolation with Hexagonal Elements." C. Talischi, G. H. Paulino, C. H. Le. Multiscale and Functionally Graded Materials, 2006.

Academic Appointments and Professional Experience

Post-Graduate Researcher		July 2012 - present
	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Research Assistant		Aug 2007 - June 2012
	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Associate		May 2009 - Aug 2009
	Sandia National Laboratory
	Albuquerque, NM
Undergraduate Research Assistant		Sept 2005 - Aug 2007
	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Awards and Honors

Phi Kappa Phi	2008
Fellow of Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship	Sept 2007 - present
Ira O. Baker First Prize	2007
A. Epstein Award in Civil Engineering	2007
City of Future Engineering Challenge First Place	2007
Poster Presentation Awards, Multiscale and Functionally Graded Materials Conference	2006
Accenture Outstanding Achievement Award	2005
UIUC Engineering James Scholar, UIUC Dean’s List	2004