James Guest

About

James Guest is a professor and the Hackerman Family Department Head of Civil and Systems Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. He holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and serves as the associate director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Additive Manufacturing and Architected Materials (JAM 2) and the Center for Integrated Structure-Materials Modeling and Simulation (CISMMS). Guest is an internationally recognized leader in the field of topology optimization, focusing on automating and enabling discovery in computational design processes. His research group develops algorithms for designing structures, devices, and architected materials applicable to infrastructure, energy, biomedical, and aerospace sectors. He has made fundamental advancements in design for manufacturability, design under uncertainty, and design for multifunctionality.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Algorithm
• Mathematical analysis
• Mathematical optimization
• Structural engineering
• Engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Applied mathematics
• Electronic engineering

Selected publications

• Topology optimization considering multi-axis machining constraints using projection methods

  Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering · 2022 · 35 citations

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• Revisiting element removal for density-based structural topology optimization with reintroduction by Heaviside projection

  Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering · 2021 · 34 citations

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• Design optimization of advanced tow-steered composites with manufacturing constraints

  Composites Part B Engineering · 2024-07-20 · 20 citations

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• Topology optimization with multi-phase length-scale control

  International Journal of Mechanical Sciences · 2025-03-07 · 6 citations

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• The effect of topology on the shock dynamics of two-dimensional architected materials

  International Journal of Impact Engineering · 2024-05-05 · 6 citations

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Recent grants

• Collaborative Research: Optimal Design of Flaw-tolerant Structures and Material Microarchitectures via Stochastic Topology Optimization

  NSF · $148k · 2014–2017

• Optimal Topology Design under Fabrication and Demand Uncertainties

  NSF · $360k · 2009–2013

• Design of 3D Woven Lattices with Optimized Damping Properties

  NSF · $650k · 2015–2019

Frequent coauthors

• Seung‐Hyun Ha

  16 shared

• Cristopher D. Moen

  14 shared

• Timothy P. Weihs

  Johns Hopkins University

  13 shared

• Josephine V. Carstensen

  13 shared

• Payam Bahrami

  Optim Design (United States)

  11 shared

• Fodil Fadli

  Qatar University

  11 shared

• Sung Hoon Kang

  Johns Hopkins University

  10 shared

• May Thu Nwe Nwe

  Johns Hopkins University

  10 shared

Awards & honors

• Engineering Mechanics Institute Leonardo da Vinci award
• American Society of Civil Engineers Walter L. Huber Research…
• Inaugural Fellow of the International Society for Structural…
• Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Engineeri…

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