Charles A. Mader
Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist
Location
François-Xavier Bagnoud Aerospace Building 1320 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140
Primary Website
http://mdolab.engin.umich.edu/user/charles-mader
Education
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
PhD Aerospace Science and Engineering ‘12
M.A.Sc Aerospace Science and Engineering ‘07
Dalhousie University
B. Eng. Mechanical Engineering ‘05
Research Interests
- Design optimization
- Multidisciplinary design optimization
- Conceptual aircraft design
- Aerostructural analysis and optimization
- Aeropropulsive analysis and optimization
Professional Service
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Engineers Nova Scotia
Biography
Dr. Mader is a Research Investigator at the University of Michigan, where he has been a member of the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Laboratory in various capacities for over a decade. His research has focused on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization technologies, including the development of conceptual design MDO tools, extending the scope of High-fidelity MDO problems to include stability and control characteristics, mission analysis and engine performance. He has also worked extensively with adjoint methods and automatic differentiation.
POSITIONS HELD AT U-M
Post-doctoral Research Fellow – 2014-2015
Research Investigator – 2015 – present
Awards
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral, 2008-2010
- AIAA Best Paper Award, September 2008, for “ADjoint: an Approach for Rapid Development of Discrete Adjoint Solvers”, September 2006
- Etkin Medal (UTIAS), 2008
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2007
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters, 2005
- Dalhousie University Avery Prize, 2005
- University Medal In Mechanical Engineering, 2005
- Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering Gold Medal, 2005
