Thesis

  • M. J. Zahr, Adaptive model reduction to accelerate optimization problems governed by partial differential equations. PhD thesis, Stanford University, August 2016. [ bib | thesis ]

Book chapters

  • M. J. Zahr and P.-O. Persson, “Energetically optimal flapping wing motions via adjoint-based optimization and high-order discretizations,” in Frontiers in PDE-Constrained Optimization, Springer, 2017. [ bib | paper ]

Journal papers

  • M. J. Zahr, P.-O. Persson, and J. Wilkening, “A fully discrete adjoint method for optimization of flow problems on deforming domains with time-periodicity constraints,” Computers & Fluids, 2016. [ bib | DOI | link | arxiv ]

  • M. J. Zahr and P.-O. Persson, “An adjoint method for a high-order discretization of deforming domain conservation laws for optimization of flow problems,” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 326, no. Supplement C, pp. 516 -- 543, 2016. [ bib | DOI | link | arxiv ]

  • M. J. Zahr and C. Farhat, “Progressive construction of a parametric reduced-order model for PDE-constrained optimization,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 102, no. 5, pp. 1111--1135, 2015. [ bib | DOI | link | arxiv ]

  • D. Amsallem, M. J. Zahr, Y. Choi, and C. Farhat, “Design optimization using hyper-reduced-order models,” Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, pp. 1--22, 2014. [ bib | DOI | link ]

Conference papers

  • J. Wang, M. J. Zahr, and P.-O. Persson, “Energetically optimal flapping flight based on a fully discrete adjoint method with explicit treatment of flapping frequency,” in Proc. of the 23rd AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, (Denver, Colorado), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 6/5/2017 -- 6/9/2017. [ bib | link | paper ]

  • M. J. Zahr and P.-O. Persson, “High-order, time-dependent aerodynamic optimization using a discontinuous Galerkin discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations,” in AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech 2016), (San Diego, California), 1/4/2016 -- 1/8/2016. [ bib | link | paper ]

  • D. De Santis, M. J. Zahr, and C. Farhat, “Gradient-based aerodynamic shape optimization using the FIVER embedded boundary method,” in AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech 2016), (San Diego, California), 1/4/2016 -- 1/8/2016. [ bib | link | paper ]

  • M. J. Zahr, D. Amsallem, and C. Farhat, “Construction of parametrically-robust CFD-based reduced-order models for PDE-constrained optimization,” in Proc. of the 21st AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, vol. AIAA-2013-2685, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 6/24/2013 -- 6/27/2013. [ bib | link | paper ]