Tarek Zohdi
Will C. Hall Endowed Chair
Chair of the UCB Computational & Data Science & Engineering Program
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean for Post Baccalaureate Programs, College of Engineering
About
Tarek I. Zohdi received his Ph.D. in 1997 in Computational and Applied Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany from 1997 to 1998 and then a lecturer (C2-Oberingenieur) at the Gottfried Leibniz University of Hannover in Germany from 1998 to 2001, where he received his Habilitation in General Mechanics (Allgemeine Mechanik). Approximately one out of every twenty doctoral degree holders in Germany is allowed to proceed with a Habilitation. It is the highest academic degree in Germany and is usually required to obtain the rank of full Professor there and in other parts of Europe. In July 2001, he became an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2004 and to Full Professor in July 2009.
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Research
Research themes:
(1) Modeling and simulation of advanced manufacturing and 3D printing systems
(2) Modeling and simulation of multiphase/composite material behavior
(3) Modeling and simulation of fire propagation and control with the Fire Research Group
(4) Modeling and simulation of UAVs and swarms
(5) Modeling and simulation of biological systems
(6) Modeling and simulation of ballistic fabric shielding
Methods of analysis:
(1) Discrete Element Methods
(2) Finite Element Methods
(3) Finite Difference Methods
(4) Computational Optics
(5) Machine-Learning Algorithms
(6) Agent-Based Methods
A set of “summary” slides on the above topics can be found here https://cmmrl.berkeley.edu/
Related papers and books on the above topics can be found here: https://cmmrl.berkeley.edu/zohdi-publications/
Education
2002: Habilitation-General Mechanics, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet,Hannover, Germany.
1997: Ph. D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin.
1991: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University.
1989: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University.
Publications
To view a list of Professor Zohdi’s publications, please visit the Computational Manufacturing and Materials Research Lab website.