We would like to thank all the ISCSO 2018 participants for their contributions to the event. The winner of ISCSO 2018 is Team EvoMDO from University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra, Australia. You may find the optimum solution, reported by the winner, below. Congratulations to all members of Team EvoMDO!

 

Team EvoMDO

Mohamed Mohamed

Mohamed Mohamed is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation group at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra, Australia. He completed his Master’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia.

 

 

 

Ali Ahrari

Ali Ahrari received his Bachelor’s and Master’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran in 2006 and 2009, respectively. He received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University, USA in 2016. His research concentrates on stochastic optimization methods for engineering problems. He is now a research associate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra, Australia.

 

 

 

Optimum Solution Reported by Team EvoMDO

The optimum values for the sizing and shape variables reported by Team EvoMDO are available in this table. The final geometry of the optimized truss structure is also depicted in the following figure. The reported optimum weight is 14425.0973 kg.