Brian Dennis

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

microfluidics, microreactors, alternative fuel synthesis, computational fluid dynamics; multidisciplinary design optimization; least-square finite element methods; inverse problems; parallel computing; high performance computing software, unstructured mesh generation and deformation.

Professional Preparation

- University of Tokyo - Postdoctoral Environmental Engineering (2003)

- Pennsylvania State University - Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering (2000)

- Pennsylvania State University - M.S. Aerospace Engineering (1997)

- Pennsylvania State University - B.S. Aerospace Engineering (1995)

Appointments

- Professor - The University of Texas at Arlington (September 2015 - current)

- Assoc Prof - The University of Texas at Arlington (September 2010 - August 2015)

- Assist Professor - The University of Texas at Arlington (January 2004 - August 2010)

- Visiting Associate Professor - University of Tokyo (January 2003 - January 2004)

- Research Asocciate - University of Tokyo (January 2001 - January 2003)

- Senior Research Associate / Comp. Lab Manager - The University of Texas at Arlington (January 1999 - January 2001)

- Graduate Research Assistant - Pennsylvania State University (January 1995 January 2000

Publication

Journal/Book Chapter

- Dennis, B. H.; Egorov, I. N.; Dulikravich, G. S.; Yoshimura, S. Parallel Optimization of 3‐D Turbine Blade Cooling Passages. In Evolutionary Design Optimization Methods in Aeronautical and Turbomachinery Engineering; G. Degrez, J. Periaux, and M. Sefrioui, Eds.; John Wiley & Sons:. Book Chapter In-press (2013)

- Baker, D. P., Dulikravich, G. S., Dennis, B. H., & Martin, T. J. Inverse Determination of Eroded Smelter Wall Thickness Variation Using an Elastic Membrane Concept. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer. Journal Article In-press (2013)

- Dennis, B. H., Dulikravich, G. S., Egorov, I. N., & Yoshimura, S. (2009). Three‐Dimensional Parametric Shape Optimization using Parallel Computers. Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal, 17(4). Journal Article Published (2009)

- Ueno, A. & Dennis, B. H. (2009). Optimization of Flapping Airfoil Motion with Computational Fluid Dynamics. Int. Review of Aerospace Engineering, 2(2), 104‐111. Journal Article Published (2009)

- Jin, W., Dennis, B. H., and Wang, B. P., "Improved Sensitivity And Reliability Analysis Of Nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli Beam Using A Complex Variable Semi-Analytical Method," Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering (IDETC/CIE09), San Diego, CA, 2009. (2009)

- Jin, W., Dennis, B. H., & Wang, B. P. (2009). Improved Sensitivity Analysis using a Complex Variable Semi?analytical Method. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Journal Article Published (2009)

Conference

- Jin, W., Dennis, B. H., & Wang, B. P. (2009). Improved Sensitivity Analysis using a Complex Variable Semi?analytical Method. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Journal Article Published

- Ueno, A. & Dennis, B. H. (2009). Optimization of Flapping Airfoil Motion with Computational Fluid Dynamics. Int. Review of Aerospace Engineering, 2(2), 104‐111. Journal Article Published

- Kumar, R. and Dennis, B. H., "A Least-Squares Galerkin Split Finite Element Method For Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations," Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering (IDETC/CIE09), San Diego, CA, 2009. Conference Paper Accepted

- McCaslin, S. E., Shiakolas, P. S., Dennis, B. H., and Lawrence, K. L., "Closed-form Matrices for Higher Order Tetrahedral Finite Elements," Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, 2009. Conference Paper Accepted

- McCaslin, S. E., Dennis, B. H., Shiakolas, P. S., and Lawrence, K. L., "Control of Expression Growth in Symbolic Processing of Finite Element Stiffness Matrices," The First International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, 2009. Conference Paper Accepted

- Dennis, B. H., "The Inverse Least-Squares Finite Element Method Applied to The Convection-Diffusion Equation," Proceedings of the ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 2009. Conference Paper Accepted

- Charoenwat, R. and Dennis, B. H., "Transesterification of Vegetable Oils with a Continuous Flow Capillary Reactor," ASME District E Early Career Technical Conference (ECTC 2009), Arlington, TX, 2009. Conference Paper Accepted

- Kumar, R. and Dennis, B. H., "Unsteady Incompressible Flow Computations with Least Squares/Galerkin Split Finite Element Method," ASME District E Early Career Technical Conference (ECTC 2009), Arlington, TX, 2009. Conference Paper Accepted

- Kumar, R. & Dennis, B. H. (2008). Bubble Enriched Least‐Squares Finite Element Method for Transient Advective Transport. Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics, 2008. Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H. & Egorov, I. N. (2008). Aerodynamic Optimization of a Transonic Wing using Grid Computing. Int. Review of Aerospace Engineering, 1(2), 172‐180. Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H., Jin, W., Cho, J., & Timmons, R. B. (2008). Inverse Determination of Kinetic Rate Constants for Transesterification of Vegetable Oils. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 16(6), 693‐704. Journal Article Published

- Ghosh, S., Dennis, B. H., & Han, Z. X. (2008). Numerical Investigation of Moisture Diffusion Effects on Underfill within Flip‐Chip Packages. Int. Rev. of Mechanical Engineering, 2(3), 357‐363. Journal Article Published

- Kumar, R. and Dennis, B. H., "A Least-Squares/Galerkin Finite Element Method For Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations," Paper DETC2008-49654, Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering, New York City, NY, 2008. Conference Paper Published

- Kumar, R. and Dennis, B. H., "A Least-Squares/Galerkin Finite Element Method for Incompressible and Compressible Viscous Flows," 14th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems, Santa Fe, NM, 2007. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H., Jin, W., and Timmons, R. B., "Inverse Determination Of Kinetic Rate Constants For Transesterification Of Vegetable Oils," Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization Symposium (IPDO) 2007 Conference Proceedings, Miami, FL, 2007. Conference Paper Published

- B. H. Dennis and G. S. Dulikravich. "Control of Flow Separation over a Circular Cylinder with Electro‐Magnetic Fields: Numerical Simulation," Frontiers of Computational Fluid Dynamics 2006, D. A. Caughey and M. M. Hafez, Eds. World Scientific Publishing, 2006, pp. 265‐284. Book Chapter Published

- Dennis, B. H., Han, Z. H., Jin, W., Wang, B. P., and Xu, L., "Multi-Physics Simulation Strategies with Application to Fuel Cell Modeling," The 7th Conference for Thermal, mechanical and multi-physics simulation and experiments in micro-electronics and micro-systems, Milano, Italy, 2006. Conference Paper Published

- Dulikravich, G. S., Orlande, R. B., and Dennis, B. H., "Inverse Engineering Keynote Lecture," European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Lisbon, Spain, 2006. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H., "Simulation of Electro-Magnetic Control of High Speed Flows-Keynote Lecture," Seventh World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM VII), Los Angeles, CA, 2006. Conference Paper Published

- G. S. Dulikravich, T. J. Martin, B. H. Dennis, and I. N. Egorov. "Aero‐Thermal‐Elasticity‐Materials Optimization of Cooled Gas Turbine Blades," Optimization methods & tools for multi‐criteria/multidisciplinary design:Application to Aeronautics and Turbomachinery VKI LS 2004‐07, Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 2005. Book Chapter Published

- Jeong, M. J., Dennis, B. H., & Yoshimura, S. (2005, March). Multidimensional Solution Clustering and Its Application to the Coolant Passage Optimization of a Turbine Blade. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 127. Journal Article Published

- Subbarao, B. D. and Goss, J., "Optimal Location and Sizing of Synthetic Jet Actuators for Virtual Aerodynamic Shaping," 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 2005. Conference Paper Published

- Dulikravich, G. S., Martin, T. J., Dennis, B. H., and Egorov, I. N., "Aero-Thermal-Elasticity-Materials Optimization of Cooled Gas Turbine Blades," Optimization methods & tools for multi-criteria/multidisciplinary design:Application to Aeronautics and Turbomachinery, Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 2005. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H., Z. X. Han, and G. S. Dulikravich. "Determination of Temperatures and Heat Fluxes on Surfaces and Interfaces of Multi-domain Three-Dimensional Electronic Components." IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (2004). Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H., Dulikravich, G. S., & Yoshimura, S. (2004, February). A Finite Element Formulation for the Determination of Unknown Boundary Conditions for 3-D Steady Thermoelastic Problems. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 126. Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H., Han, Z., & Dulikravich, G. S. (2004, December). Determination of Temperatures and Heat Fluxes on Surfaces and Interfaces of Multi‐domain Three‐Dimensional Electronic Components. ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, 126(24). Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H., Egorov, I. N., Sobieczky, H., Dulikravich, G. S., & Yoshimura, S. (2004). Parallel Thermoelasticity Optimization of 3‐D Serpentine Cooling Passages in Turbine Blades. International Journal of Turbo & Jet‐Engines, 21, 57‐68. Journal Article Published

- Dulikravich, G. S., Colaco, J. M., Dennis, B. H., Martin, T. J., & Lee, S. S. (2004). Optimization of Intensities, and Orientations of Magnets Controlling Melt Flow During Solidification. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 19(4), 695–718. Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H., Eberhart, R. C., Dulikravich, G. S., & Radons, S. W. (2003, December). Finite Element Simulation of Cooling of 3-D Human Head and Neck. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 125. Journal Article Published

- Lee, E. S., Dulikravich, G. S., & Dennis, B. H. (2003). Rotor Cascade Shape Optimization With Unsteady Passing Wakes Using Implicit Dual Time Stepping and Genetic Algorithm. International Journal of Rotating Machinery, 9(5). Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H., Han, Z. X., & Dulikravich, G. S. (2003, November). Determination of Temperatures and Heat Fluxes on Surfaces and Interfaces of Multi-Domain Three-Dimensional Electronic Components. Paper presented at ASME paper IMECE2003-42273, ASME 2003 International Mechanical Engineering, Washington, D.C. Conference Paper Published

- Jeong, M. J., Dennis, B. H., & Yoshimura, S. (2003, September). Multidimensional Solution Clustering and Its Application to the Coolant Passage Optimization of a Turbine Blade. Paper presented at International Design Engineering Technical Conference (DETC'03), Chicago, IL. Conference Paper Published

- Baker, D. P., Dennis, B. H., Martin, T. J., & Dulikravich, G. S. (2003, July). Inverse Determination of Eroded Smelter Wall Thickness Variation Using an Elastic Membrane Concept. Paper presented at ASME paper HT2003-47307, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H., Egorov, I. N., Dulikravich, G. S., & Yoshimura, S. (2003, June). Optimization of Coolant Passages Located Close to the Surface of a Gas Turbine Blade. Paper presented at ASME paper GT2003-38051, ASME Turbo Expo 2003, Atlanta, GA. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H., Egorov, I. N., Sobieczky, H., Yoshimura, S., & Dulikravich, G. S. (2003, June). Thermoelasticity Optimization of 3-D Serpentine Cooling Passages in Turbine Blades. Paper presented at ASME paper GT2003-38180, ASME Turbo Expo 2003, Atlanta, GA. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H. & Dulikravich, G. S. (2002). Magnetic Field Suppression of Melt Flow in Crystal Growth. International Journal of Heat & Fluid Flow, 23, 269-277. Journal Article Published

- Dulikravich, G. S., Dennis, B. H., Martin, T. J., & Egorov, I. N. (2002, July). Multidisciplinary Hybrid and Evolutionary Optimization. Paper presented at Invited Lecture, Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics(WCCM V), Vienna, Austria. Conference Paper Published

- Yoshimura, S., Dennis, B. H., & Kawai, K. (2002, July). Generalized Approach to Parallel Shape Optimization with Million DOF Finite Element Model. Paper presented at Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics(WCCM V), Vienna, Austria. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H., Dulikravich, G. S., & Yoshimura, S. (2002). A 3-D Finite Element Formulation for the Determination of Unknown Boundary Conditions for Steady Thermoelastic Problems. Paper presented at Keynote Lecture, Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics(WCCM V), Vienna. Conference Paper Published

- Lee, E. S., Dulikravich, G. S., & Dennis, B. H. (2002). Rotor Cascade Shape Optimization With Unsteady Passing Wakes Using Implicit Dual Time Stepping And Genetic Algorithm. Paper presented at The 9th of International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Mac,. Conference Paper Published

- Dulikravich, G. S., Dennis, B. H., Martin, T. J., and Egorov, I. N., "Multidisciplinary Hybrid and Evolutionary Optimization," Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics(WCCM V), Vienna, Austria, 2002. Conference Paper Accepted

- Dennis, B. H., Han, Z. X., Egorov, I. N., Dulikravich, G. S., & Poloni, C. (2001). Multi-Objective Optimization of Turbomachinery Cascades for Minimum Loss, Maximum Loading, and Maximum Gap-to-Chord Ratio. International Journal of Turbo & Jet-Engines, 1. Journal Article Published

- Han, Z. X., Dennis, B. H., & Dulikravich, G. S. (2001). Simultaneous Prediction of External Flow-Field and Temperature in Internally Cooled 3-D Turbine Blade Material. International Journal of Turbo & Jet-Engines, 18, 47-58. Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H. & Dulikravich, G. S. (2001). Optimization of Magneto-Hydrodynamic Control of Diffuser Flows using Micro-Genetic Algorithms and Least-Squares Finite Element Method. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 37, 349-363. Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H., Han, Z. X., & Dulikravich, G. S. (2001, September). Optimization of Turbomachinery Airfoils with a Genetic/Sequential Quadratic Programming Algorithm. AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, 17(5), 1123-1128. Journal Article Published

- Dennis, B. H. and Dulikravich, G. S., "A 3‐D Finite Element Formulation for the Determination of Unknown Boundary Conditions in Elasticity and Heat Conduction," International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics – ISIP’2001, Nagano, Japan, 2001, pp. 67‐76. Conference Paper Published

- Dulikravich, G. S., Dennis, B. H., Martin, T. J., & Egorov, I. N. (2001, September). Multidisciplinary Design Optimization. Paper presented at Lecture, EUROGEN'01 - Evolutionary Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial Problems, Athens, Greece. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H. & Dulikravich, G. S. (2001, November). Simultaneous Determination of Steady Temperatures on Surfaces of Three Dimensional Objects using FEM. Paper presented at ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition: IMECE 2001, New York, NY. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H. & Dulikravich, G. S. (2001). Magnetic Field Suppression of Melt Flow in Crystal Growth. Paper presented at Advances in Computational Heat Transfer CHT'2001, Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia. Conference Paper Published

- Dulikravich, G. S., Martin, T. J., and Dennis, B. H., "Multidisciplinary Inverse Design," Mini‐Symposium on Inverse Problems ‐ State of the Art and Future Trends, XXIV Brazilian Congress on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2001. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H. and Dulikravich, G. S., "Determination of Unsteady Container Temperatures During Freezing of Three-dimensional Organs With Constrained Thermal Stresses," International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics – ISIP’2k, Nagano, Japan, 2000. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H. & Dulikravich, G. S. (2000, November). Electromagnetohydrodynamics (EMHD): Numerical Experiments in Steady Planar Flows. Paper presented at ASME IMECE 2K, Orlando, FL. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H. & Dulikravich, G. S. (2000, November). Optimization of Organ Freezing Protocols With Specified Allowable Thermal Stress Levels. Paper presented at ASME IMECE 2K, Orlando, FL. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H. & Dulikravich, G. S. (2000, September). Simulation of Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics with Conjugate Heat Transfer. Paper presented at ECCOMAS2000 (European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering), Barcelona, Spain. Conference Paper Published

- Han, Z. X., Dennis, B. H., & Dulikravich, G. S. (2000, May). Simultaneous Prediction of External Flow-Field and Temperature in Internally Cooled 3-D Turbine Blade Material. Paper presented at ASME Turbo-Expo-2000, Munich, Germany. Conference Paper Published

- Dulikravich, G. S. and Dennis, B. H., "Inverse Design and Optimization Using CFD," Session on Contributions to Automated Design Using CFD, ECCOMAS2000 (European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering), Barcelona, Spain, 2000. Conference Paper Published

- Dennis, B. H., Han, Z., Egorov, I. N., Dulikravich, G. S., and Poloni, C., "Multi‐Objective Optimization of Turbomachinery Cascades for Minimum Loss, Maximum Loading, and Maximum Gap‐to‐Chord Ratio," AIAA Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference and Exhibit, Long Beach, CA, 2000. Conference Paper Accepted

- Dennis, B. H. and Dulikravich, G. S., "Simulation of Electro-Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics (EMHD) with p-Version Least-Squares Finite Element Method," International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems 2000, Austin, TX, 2000. Conference Paper Accepted

- Dennis, B. H. & Dulikravich, G. S. (1999, August). Simultaneous Determination of Temperatures, Heat Fluxes, Deformations, and Tractions on Inaccessible Boundaries. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 121, 537-545. Journal Article Published

- Dulikravich, G. S., Martin, T. J., and Dennis, B. H., "Multidisciplinary Inverse Problems," Invited lecture, 3rd International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering (3icipe), Port Ludlow-Puget Sound, WA, 1999. Conference Paper Accepted

- Dulikravich, G. S., Martin, T. J., Dennis, B. H., and Foster, N. F., "Multidisciplinary Hybrid Constrained GA Optimization," EUROGEN’99 ‐ Evolutionary Algorithms in Engineering and Computer Science: Recent Advances and Industrial Applications, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1999. Conference Paper Published

- Martin, T. J., Dulikravich, G. S., Han, Z. X., and Dennis, B. H., "Minimizing Coolant Mass Flow Rate in Internally Cooled Gas Turbine Blades, ASME paper 99-GT-146," ASME Turbo Expo-IGTI, Indianapolis, IN, 1999. Conference Paper Accepted

- Dennis, B. H., Han, Z. X., and Dulikravich, G. S., "Constrained Optimization of Turbomachinery Airfoil Cascade Shapes Using a Navier-Stokes Solver and a Genetic/SQP Algorithm," ASME paper 99-GT-441, ASME Turbo Expo-IGTI, Indianapolis, IN, 1999. Conference Paper Accepted

Brian Dennis

dennisb@uta.edu

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