Jasbir Arora
Professor: Civil and Environmental Engineering
jasbir-arora@uiowa.edu
(319) 335-5658
4110 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1527
Education:
- Ph.D., Mechanics and Hydraulics, The University of Iowa, 1971
- M.S., Structures, Kansas State University, 1967
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Punjab University, 1964
Teaching Interests:
- Dynamic analysis of structures
- Finite element techniques
- Nonlinear structures
- Elastic stability
- Energy methods
- Advanced structural analysis
- Theory of elasticity
- Dynamics of rigid bodies
- Mechanics of deformable bodies
- Theory of plates and shells
- Optimal design
Research:
- Optimal design of structural and mechanical systems
- Optimization algorithms