K. C. Park, Professor Emeritus
Smead Aerospace University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO. USA
and
Invited Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Will present a talk titled:
Recent Developments in Partitioned Analysis of Dynamical Systems
Abstract: Aristotle states “if we are ignorant of what a motion is, we are of necessity ignorant of what nature is.” Galileo declares dynamics is “a subject of never-ending interest, perhaps the most important in nature, one which has engaged the minds of all the great philosophers…” This talk will begin with a guided tour into the origins of motions and dynamics as conceived by great Western philosophers, and navigates through its principles, theoretical developments, and applications.
We will then focus on recent developments in partitioned analysis of multi-components/physical dynamical systems, including efficient solutions of large-scale problems, reduced-order modeling, health monitoring of infrastructures, among others.
The talk will end with a crystal ball conjecture into the wonderful world of dynamics, including exciting new “fields” such as reinforcement learning, data-based science and engineering, some of the expanding new disciplines where dynamics will continue to play major roles.
Date: February 14, 2025
Location: Snell 214
Time: 11:00am
ZOOM Link for virtual attendance:
https://clarkson.zoom.us/j/92323809321?pwd=5mfZAIT98Pxm9cjYLuTwCRUBLPpy2u.1
Bio: Dr. K. C. Park is an emeritus professor with Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder (1985-present) and an invited professor with KAIST, Deajeon, South Korea (1996-present). Prior to his return to academia, he had been a research staff at Lockheed’s Palo Alto Research Laboratories working on NASA, U.S. Navy and Airforce-related activities (1974-1985). He is known for his work on computational dynamics and system identification, is credited with a pioneering work on partitioned analysis methods for coupled-field problems (e.g., fluid-structure, control-structure, acoustic-structure, thermal-structure, electromagnetic-structure
interactions) and finite element shell analysis. While at Clarkson as a graduate student, he worked on crashworthiness and safety of automobiles and helicopters under the supervision of his advisor Professor Ken Saczalski. Professor Park’s research activities may be found on: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-8898-2010, and
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wut%5C ihkAAAAJ&user=wut ihkAAAAJJ