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Leifur Leifsson is an Associate Professor at Purdue University's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Industrial Engineering and an M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iceland, and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech. His research focuses on computational modeling, optimization, and uncertainty quantification in engineered systems, emphasizing multifidelity methods and machine learning. Current application areas of his work include aerodynamic shape optimization, aerodynamic flutter, model-based nondestructive evaluation, and the food-energy-water nexus. Leifsson has received several accolades, including the NSF Early CAREER Award and the Paper Award from the ASME Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation. He actively contributes to the academic community through his research and teaching, particularly in the areas of multidisciplinary design optimization and surrogate-based modeling optimization.
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