George M. Turkiyyah
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Associate Professor 233D More Hall, Box 352700 Personal Webpage |
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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, May 1990
M.S., Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, May 1986
B.E., Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut, July 1984 (with Distinction)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Computer Aided EngineeringFinite Element Modeling
AI Techniques in Mathematical Modeling
CLASSES TAUGHT
CEE 499 Computer Applications
CEE 506 Nonlinear Analysis
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
A Skeletal/Metaball Shape Representation to Support Deformable Solid Modeling. Cole Brooking, Mark Ganter, Duane Storti, and George Turkiyyah. Journal of Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computation, Vol 10, June 2000.
Rob Blanding, George Turkiyyah, Duane Storti, and Mark Ganter. Skeleton-based Three-dimensional Geometric Morphing. Journal of Computational Geometry, Vol. 15, pp 129-148, 2000.
William Davids and George Turkiyyah. A Multigrid Preconditioner for Unstructured 3D FE Models Incorporating Contact Nonlinearities. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 125, No. 2, pp 186-196, 1999.
William Davids, George Turkiyyah, and Joe Mohoney. EVERFE: A Rigid Pavement 3D Finite Element Analysis Tool. Transportation Research Record, No. 1629, pp 41-49, 1998.
William Davids and George Turkiyyah. Development of an Embedded Bending Member to Model Dowel Action. Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol 123, No 10, pp 1312-1320, 1997.
George Turkiyyah, Duane Storti, Mark Ganter, Hao Chen, and Munikumar Vimawala. An Accelerated Triangulation Method for Computing Skeletons of Free-form Solid Models. Computer Aided Design. Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 5-19, 1997.
Santosh Zachariah, Joan Sanders and George Turkiyyah. Automated Hexahedral Mesh Generation From Biomedical Image Data: Applications in Limb Prosthetics. IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering. Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 91-102, 1996.
George Turkiyyah and Steven Fenves. Knowledge-Based Assistance for Finite Element Modeling. IEEE Expert. Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 23-32, 1996.
Munikumar Vimawala and George M. Turkiyyah. Computational Procedures for Topological Shape Design. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. Vol. 125, pp. 257-285, 1995.
George M. Turkiyyah, Dorothy A. Reed, and Jiyao Yang. Fast Vortex Methods for Predicting Wind-induced Pressures on Buildings. Journal of Wind Engineering. Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 51-79, 1995.
Jayachandra M. Reddy and George M. Turkiyyah. Computation of 3D Skeletons by a Generalized Delaunay Triangulation Approach. Computer Aided Design. Vol. 27, No. 9, pp. 677-694, 1995.
Books
Steven J. Fenves and George Turkiyyah. Articial Intelligence Techniques in Mathematical Modeling. In T. Oden (editor), Research Directions in Computational Mechanics, pp. 39-57, National Academy Press, 1991.