Young Scientist Award at ACSMO 2026
Prof. Hansu Kim received the Young Scientist Award from the Asian Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ASSMO) in recognition of his outstanding presentation entitled “Multi-material Decomposition Optimization for Topology-optimized Structures Considering Additive Manufacturing Build Volume and Material Cost” at the Asian Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 2026 (ACSMO 2026), held at BEXCO, Busan, Korea.
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ACSMO is a biennial congress officially endorsed by the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO), publisher of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (SMO), and organized by ASSMO. The Young Scientist Award is a highly selective honor presented to only three or four researchers under the age of 40 at each biennial congress, recognizing outstanding early-career researchers with significant potential to contribute to the field of structural and multidisciplinary optimization.
This research journey began through a collaborative project between the SMSD Lab, directed by Prof. Il Yong Kim, at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, and the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), carried out with Dr. Si Mo Yeon and Dr. Yong Son. The project, conducted in collaboration with fellow SMSD researchers Luke Crispo (now Dr. Crispo), Anuj Patel, and Nicholas Galley, led to a publication in Rapid Prototyping Journal on topology optimization and part decomposition for metal additive manufacturing. Dr. Hansu Kim (now Prof. Kim) subsequently expanded this line of research into 3D decomposition optimization considering additive manufacturing build volume constraints, resulting in a publication in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME). This body of work laid the foundation for the research presented at ACSMO 2026.
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