Prof. Jacob K White

Professor White's research group uses a range of engineering design applications to drive research in numerical simulation and optimization algorithms and software, with an emphasis on developing novel computational techniques for application problems which have heretofore been considered intractable. One major focus of our work is computational prototyping, which is the process of substituting computer models for physical prototypes. The main challenge of computational prototyping is developing the combination of an application formulation and a set of numerical techniques that together are accurate and flexible, but still fast enough to allow examination of a wide range of design alternatives. Our current efforts are focused on several application areas including: integrated circuit design, microelectromechanical (MEM) device design, and drug synthesis.