Eduardo DeSantiago, PhD, PE

Senior Lecturer, CAE

Office: Alumni Memorial 213
Phone: 312.567.5714
Fax: 312.567.3519
Email: desantiago@iit.edu
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Expertise

Distributed computing; internet technology; parallel computing; nonlinear finite element analysis; computational fracture mechanics

Education

BS in Structural Engineering, IIT
MS and PhD in Structural Engineering, Stanford University

Research

Descriptions of Current Projects

1. Application of distributed computing to civil engineering problems, specifically in the area of finite element analysis. Topics include the use of a network of computers to solve moderate scale problems in a shorter period of time.

2. Extension of internet-based technology to issues in cooperative design. Topics include the immediate updating of design choices and conflicts among different design teams through the utilization of network technology.

3. Efficient solution techniques for parallel and distributed computer architectures. Topics include minimization of communication overhead for both direct and indirect solution methods.

4. Nonlinear finite element analysis. Topics include computational plasticity and multi-physics problems.

5. Application of computational fracture mechanics to dental materials.

Current Projects

1. Distributed computing
2. Internet technology
3. Parallel Computing
4. Nonlinear finite element analysis
5. Computational fracture mechanics

Awards/Honors

Patents

Books

Selected Publications

De Santiago, E. and Law, K.H., A Distributed Finite Element Method for Solving the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations , International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol 39, No. 24, December 1996, pp 4243-4258.

De Santiago, E. and Law, K.H., A Robust Distributed Adaptive Finite Element Program for Coupled Fluid-Structure Problems , Engineering with Computers, Vol 15, 1999, pp 137-154

De Santiago, E. and Law, K.H., A Distributed Implementation of an Adaptive Finite Element Method for Fluid Problems , Computers and Structures, vol 74, 2000, pp 97-119

Ones, S.R. and De Santiago, E. An Object Based Application of Distributed Programming for Turbulent Flow Problems , Fourteenth Engineering Mechanics Conference Proceedings, ASCE, May 2000.

Professional Society Memberships