Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Biographical Sketch
Oded Amir is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He received his M.Sc. degree in 2007 from the Technion, where he studied under the supervision of Uri Kirsch – one of the founders of ISSMO. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2011 from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where he conducted research under the supervision of Martin P. Bendsøe, Ole Sigmund and Mathias Stolpe. He then stayed for a postdoc position at DTU under the mentorship of Ole Sigmund, until joining the Technion as an Assistant Professor in 2012. Oded was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019, after a sabbatical stay at the University of California, San Diego (with Hyunsun Alicia Kim). Since 2019, he has been serving as an Associate Editor in the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. His main research interests are topology optimization for concrete structures and efficient computational procedures for topology optimization. As the principal investigator in Technion’s Structural Optimization Research Group, he supervised and co-supervised 8 Ph.D. students and 15 M.Sc. students, working on a variety of topics in structural optimization, including the above mentioned as well as topology optimization with nonlinear responses, spline-based representations, and design for additive manufacturing, among others. His research work has been published in more than 45 international journal papers, which have been cited over 1,400 times according to Scopus, and his corresponding h-index in Scopus is 24.
Statement of Motivation for Serving on the ISSMO Executive Committee
Being part of ISSMO is one of the greatest rewards that one receives for choosing structural optimization as a research topic. The professionalism and friendliness that characterize ISSMO have been playing a crucial role in the personal development of many researchers, including myself. I have attended all WCSMO meetings since 2009 and I consider these congresses as a highlight for young researchers, thanks to the warm atmosphere that blends naturally with scientific excellence.
Looking forward, I will be deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve our community. I believe that my track record and the relationships I have with ISSMO colleagues from all over the world, make me qualified for being part of ISSMO’s new EC. As a member of the EC, I wish to promote the capabilities of our community in sharing research outcomes and in transparent benchmarking of results. I will also work to encourage ISSMO members to establish new conferences and symposia that will be endorsed by ISSMO and that will allow our community to meet more frequently, aiming to replicate the fruitful atmosphere of WCSMO.