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Dr. Franz Hover, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Room 3-133
Minimizing Simulation Cost in Large-Scale Design Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Room 3-133 Dr. Franz Hover, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering Abstract: Efficient methods for stochastic simulation are crucial in tackling large-scale design problems. Drawing on standard functions and large validated models within the US Navy's All-Electric Ship program, we study convergence properties of the available methods and point out several new areas where further gains can be made, especially in high dimensions. The work lends itself also to certain problems in nonlinear control and estimation. Biography: Franz Hover received the BS from Ohio Northern University, and the MS and ScD degrees from the WHOI/MIT Joint Program. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. After consulting for five years, he joined the MIT research staff full-time in 2000. Current research interests include marine structures and vehicles, fluid mechanics, and applied dynamics and control. |
