Topology Optimization

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Topology optimization determines where material should be placed or removed to improve goals such as stiffness, vibration control, heat transfer, or actuator motion while respecting constraints. Established approaches include density-based SIMP, level-set methods, and evolutionary methods such as BESO, typically paired with finite-element analysis and sensitivity-based optimization. Newer work uses neural surrogates, graph models, and generative methods to speed up or automate design, and extends optimization to multiple materials, coupled physics, and robotic co-design. A central challenge is achieving speed and generalization without sacrificing physical accuracy, robustness, manufacturability, or fair comparison with well-tuned classical solvers.

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  1. Unsupervised Surrogate-Assisted Synthesis of Free-Form Planar Antenna Topologies for IoT Applications

    Mar 4, 2026Khadijeh Askaripour, Adrian Bekasiewicz, Slawomir KozielTopology OptimizationSurrogate-Assisted Optimization

    Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland · Department of Engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland

  2. TopoEdit: Fast Post-Optimization Editing of Topology Optimized Structures

    Feb 25, 2026Hongrui Chen, Josephine V. Carstensen, Faez AhmedTopology Optimization

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139

  3. Multi-material Multi-physics Topology Optimization with Physics-informed Gaussian Process Priors

    Feb 19, 2026Xiangyu Sun, Shirin Hosseinmardi, Amin Yousefpour +1Topology OptimizationPhysics-Informed ML

    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine

  4. Soft Pneumatic Grippers: Topology optimization, 3D-printing and Experimental validation

    Nov 24, 2025Prabhat Kumar, Chandra Prakash, Josh Pinskier +2Topology OptimizationMechanism Design

    Department Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. India Institute of Technology Hyderbad, Telangana 502285, India · CSIRO Robotics, Pullenvale, QLD 4069, Australia · Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, Delft, 2628CD, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands