Civil Engineering welcomes our new member, Assistant Professors Michael D. Shields. Prof. Shields specializes in stochastic simulation and uncertainty quantification methods for computational mechanics problems. His interest lies in solid and structural mechanics problems which are large (i.e. computationally expensive) and probabilistically complex (e.g. large stochastic dimension, non-Guassian, and/or non-stationary). Dr. Shields has extensive practical experience in computational mechanics having worked as a Research Engineer at Weidlinger Associates, Inc. before joining the faculty in Civil Engineering. More information here.