He leads the JHU Topology Optimization Group whose research focuses on developing topology optimization algorithms for the design of materials and 'structures’ defined at a range of length scales, from material architectures to devices to large scale structural systems. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor and Associate Editor for the Journal Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, as Chair of the Structural Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Technical Committee on Optimal Structural Design, and as a member of several technical committees including the ASME Design Automation Committee (DAC). He received his Ph.D. and M.S.E. from Princeton University, and B.S.E. from University of Pennsylvania, all in Civil Engineering.