David Tae, Ph.D.
Education
- Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, January 2021 - Present
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A. - Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, September 2020
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A.
Advisor: Professor Kumar K. Tamma - B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2011
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Co-op - Undergraduate Research Student under Dr. Jeong-hoi Koo - Miami University, Fall 2009
Teaching and Advising Experience
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A.
Assistant Student Advisor Spring, 2023
Duties: Assisting Undergraduate Advising Committee professors by having meetings with undergraduate students to discuss their academic plans including planning for graduation, applying for minor, and discussing academic standing. FERPA trained. - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A.
Instructor Summer, 2019
ME 3222: Mechanisms and Machine Design
Duties: Teaching a four-hour lecture twice a week as an instructor of record, holding weekly office hours, developing design project assignments and homework problems, and grading homework, quizzes, designproject assignments. - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A.
Teaching Assistant Fall, 2013 - Summer, 2019- ME 3221: Fundamentals of Design and Manufacturing
(Fall 2013, 2014; and Spring 2014)
Duties: Leading a two-hour machine lab session twice a week, holding weekly office hours, and grading homework, exams, lab reports. - ME 3222: Mechanisms and Machine Design
(Summer 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; and Spring 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Duties: Teaching a two-hour lecture / problem solving recitation once or twice a week in a small-/largescale class, holding weekly office hours, developing design project assignments and homework problems, and grading homework, quizzes, design project assignments. - ME 5228: Introduction to Finite Element Modeling, Analysis, and Design
(Fall 2016, 2017, 2018)
Duties: Teaching a two-hour lecture / problem solving recitation once every two weeks, holding weekly office hours, developing computer project assignments and homework and exam problems, and grading homework, quizzes, computer assignments.
- ME 3221: Fundamentals of Design and Manufacturing
Industry Experience
Cargill - Research and Development Center Summer, 2017
Summer Research Project
Analyzing the microstructure of corn, barley, and cocoa nibs from tomography and SEM images using Avizo software to construct 3D models and meshes to be used in multiphysics computer simulations. Evaluating various properties of the sample subject from the microscale models.
Research Interests
- Design, development, and applications of space and time dependent problems via advanced numerical techniques for multi-scale/multi-physics
- Various nonlinear transient/dynamic problems in engineering and sciences
Journal Papers
- D. Tae and K. K. Tamma, 2023. ”An Integrated Enabling Technology Interfacing Multiple Space/time Methods/algorithms/domains with Model Reduction for First Order Systems”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, (Accepted)
- D. Tae and K. K. Tamma, 2023. ”A Novel Space/time Integration Technology via Altogether Different Space and Time Stepping Methods for Nonlinear First-order Systems”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & F id Flow, Vol. 33 No. 3, pp. 998-1021.
- D. Tae and K. K. Tamma, 2023. ”Computational Differential Algebraic Equation Framework and Multi Spatial and Time Discretizations Preserving Consistent Second-Order Accuracy: Nonlinear Dynamics”, ASME. J. Appl. Mech. January 2023; 90(1): 011006.
- D. Tae and K.K. Tamma. 2018. Mixed Strong Form Representation Particle Method for Solids and Structures. Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, 4, pp.429-441.
Computer Skills
- Languages: C++, Matlab
- Applications: ABAQUS, ANSYS, Avizo, Simulink, ParaView, OriginLab, Creo, SolidWorks, LATEX, Common Windows software.