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Dr Kristina Shea

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Kristina Shea
University Lecturer
(Former Member)

  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1993
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1995
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1997

Kristina Shea came to Cambridge as a Lecturer in 1999. Previously, she held a postdoctoral research appointment at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her principal research interests are computational engineering design methods and tools as well as their role in the design process.

Selected Publications

  • SHEA, K. 'Essays of Discrete Structures: Purposeful Design of Grammatical Structures by Directed Stochastic Search' Ph.D. Dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (USA). 1997.
  • SHEA, K. and CAGAN, J. 'Languages and semantics of grammatical discrete structures.' Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, Special Issue on Generative Systems in Design, Vol 13, No 4. 1999.
  • SHEA, K. and CAGAN, J. 'The design of novel roof trusses with shape annealing: assessing the ability of a computational method in aiding structural designers with varying design intent.' Design Studies, Vol 20, pp3-23, 1999.
  • SHEA, K. and CAGAN, J. 'Generating structural essays from languages of discrete structures.' Proceedings of Artificial Intelligence in Design AID 98, Lisbon, pp365-384, July 1998.
  • SHEA, K. and SMITH, I.F. 'Intelligent structures: a new direction in structural control' Artificial Intelligence in Structural Engineering, Ascona, Switzerland, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (Publishers), pp389-410, 1998.
  • SHEA, K. and CAGAN, J. 'Innovative dome design: applying geodesic patterns with shape annealing.' Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, Vol. 11, pp379-394, 1997.
  • SHEA, K., CAGAN, J. and FENVES, S. J. 'A shape annealing approach to optimal truss design with dynamic grouping of members.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol.119, (3), pp388-394, 1997.
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Contact Information

The University of Cambridge,
Department of Engineering,
Trumpington Street,
Cambridge,
CB2 1PZ
UNITED KINGDOM

Phone: +44 1223 332666

Fax: +44 1223 332662


Email: ks273@eng.cam.ac.uk