Research group member Oliver Giraldo-Londoño will join the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri as an Assistant Professor in November 2020.

A recent paper titled "A unified approach for topology optimization with local stress constraints considering several failure criteria" by Prof. Paulino and research group member, Oliver Giraldo-Londoño, made the cover of Proceedings of the Royal Society A. View cover image.

Prof. Paulino will join the Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) effective July 1, 2020. The committee was founded by Timoshenko in 1927. Timoshenko was Prof. Paulino's academic great-grandfather. That is, he was the advisor of the advisor of Prof. Paulino's advisor. More info on the AMD.

Prof. Paulino will deliver a plenary lecture at the 3rd International Conference on Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (ICMAMS 2020) being held August 11-13, 2020 in College Station, Texas. View full list of plenary speakers.

Prof. Paulino was awarded the Raymond D. Mindlin Medal by the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) of ASCE. In 2002, Prof. Paulino wrote a paper on strain gradient theory that was based on Mindlin's work. View 2020 EMI award recipients. View article from Georgia Tech.