Alexandros Taflanidis

Research

Prof. Taflanidis' research focuses on uncertainty quantification, predictive modeling and design of complex engineering systems (especially problems related to design-under-uncertainty). This work focuses on both fundamental algorithmic developments in simulation-based and data-enabled science (stochastic simulation, Bayesian updating, probabilistic mechanics), as well as on applications to practical problems, especially those that represent grand challenges for the engineering and science community. Performance assessment and optimization of energy-related systems, especially ones representing renewable resources, are key applications that his group has examined the past five years. Specific projects include "Layout optimization of wave energy converters" and "Risk assessment for offshore wind turbines", though the group's interest extends to general topics for which predictive modeling and uncertainty quantification can play a key role in performance evaluation and design.

Research Interests

Computational Probabilistic Mechanics, Design Under Uncertainty, Hydropower, Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Optimization of Engineering Systems, Predictive Modeling, Uncertainty Quantification, Wind Energy

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Zhang, Jize, Alexandros A. Taflanidis, and Jeffrey T. Scruggs. "Surrogate modeling of hydrodynamic forces between multiple floating bodies through a hierarchical interaction decomposition." Journal of Computational Physics 408 (2020): 109298.
2. Peralta, Patricio, Rafael O. Ruiz, and Alexandros A. Taflanidis. "Bayesian identification of electromechanical properties in piezoelectric energy harvesters." Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 141 (2020): 106506.
3. Jia, G., A. A. Taflanidis, and J. T. Scruggs. "Layout optimization of wave energy converters in a random sea." In The Twenty-fifth International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. OnePetro, 2015.
4. Taflanidis, Alexandros A., Eva Loukogeorgaki, and Demos C. Angelides. "Offshore wind turbine risk quantification/evaluation under extreme environmental conditions." Reliability Engineering & System Safety 115 (2013): 19-32.
5. Scruggs, J. T., S. M. Lattanzio, A. A. Taflanidis, and I. L. Cassidy. "Optimal causal control of a wave energy converter in a random sea." Applied Ocean Research 42 (2013): 1-15.