Education

• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

  (may 1997 - present)

  • Doctoral student and research assistent
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Computational Methods for Flows with Dynamic Interfaces with Application to Biomechanics of Cellular Systems
  • Advisor: assoc. prof. Omar Ghattas
  • Expected Graduation : May 2001
  • Awards:
    • Melosh Medal Competition 2001 - finalist (Melosh symposium to be held on March 30, 2001 at Duke University, Durham NC
    • Graduate Student Conference Presentation Grant, October 2000

• Argonne National Laboratory, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne, USA

  (May-August 1998)

  • Parallel shape optimization of large scale mechanical systems
    • PETSc library
    • Parallel rSQP algorithm
    • Implementation in c for IBM-SP2 and Cray T3E
    • Technical report

• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

  (aug 1995 - may 1997)

  • M.S. degree (may 1997) in Civil Engineering, Computational and Applied Mechanics
  • Thesis : Large-Scale Unstructured Mesh Shape Optimization on Parallel Computers
  • Advisor: assoc. prof. Omar Ghattas
  • GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Coursework)
  • Recognitions: Ranked at the top of the class for the course in Fundamental Structures of Computer Science

• University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

  (1987 - 1992)

  • Bachelor of Science degree from Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • Major: Theory of Structures and Applied Mechanics
  • Thesis: Second Order Matrix Analysis of Frame Structures
  • Advisor: prof. Miodrag Sekulovic and prof. Nikola Klem
  • GPA: 9.71/10 (courses)
  • Honors and awards
    • Award Jovan Korolija for the highest GPA in the class (of more than 300 students)
    • Award Milan Maksimovic for the best diploma thesis in the class
    • Award Gradjevinska knjiga for the first student in the class
    • University of Belgrade award

• Technical University of Delft, Delft, Holland

  (jun - august 1991)

  • Summer practical training at Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • Work on computer using in learning process. Software developed for use in student lab: Design of reinforced concrete elements and parametric study
  • Advisor: prof. Charles J. Vos

Teaching experience

• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

  (1995 - present)

  • Teaching assistent for courses
    • Statics (12-235) (Spring 1996, Spring 1997)
    • Solid Mechanincs (12-331) (Fall 1997, Fall 1998)
    • Fluid Mechanics (12-355) (Spring 2000)

• University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

  1992 - 1995

  • Course: Introduction to Personal Computers (1994)
    • Prepared and conducted recitations in the lab for a class of 400 students
    • Prepared and graded practical portion of exam
  • Course: Structural Analisys 2 (1993-1995)
    • Prepared and conducted recitations for a class of 50 students
    • Prepared and graded asignments and written portion of the exam
  • Course: Structural Analisys 1 (1992-1994)
    • Graded assignments for a class of 20 students
  • Course: Stability and Dynamics of Structures (1993-1995)
    • Graded assignments for a class of 20 students

Computer experience

• Program Languages

  • c/c++, Lisp, FORTRAN, Pascal, Cobol, Basic

• Platforms

  • Unix, PC (Windows, Linux), Supercomputers (CRAY-SGI, IBM-SP)

• Engineering Software

  • Packages: Algor, Ansys, Abaqus
  • CAD/Visual: AutoCAD, AVS
  • Other: Various optimization software, Matlab, Mathematica, ...

• Computer Workshops

  • Cray MPP systems - T3E, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, may 1997
  • Cray C90/J90 systems, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, march 1997
  • Algor software for linear structural analysis, Algor headquarters, october 1996

• Related Work

  • Parallel shape optimization software for large scale problems - reference: Master thesis, 1997
  • NAK-2 software package for nonlinear analisys of frame structures with graphical postprocessor , University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1993
  • Graphical postprocessing oriented to AutoCAD for the strain/stress analysis in layered systems, Revision of take-off lane of Niznevartovsk aeroport (Siberia, Russia) University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil engineering, 1993

Conferences / Publications

• J. F. Antaki, G. E. Blelloch, O. Ghattas, I. Malcevic, G. L. Miller, N. J. Walkington, " A Parallel Dynamic-Mesh Lagrangian Method for Simulation of Flows with Dynamic Interfaces", To appear in Proceedings of Supercomputing 2000, Dallas, TX, November 5-10, 2000
• Omar Ghattas, Ivan Malcevic, "Parallel Dynamic Unstructured Mesh Methods with Application to Lagrangian Simulation of Flows with Deformable Boundaries", to appear in the Proceedings of the 7-th International Conference on Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations, Whistler, British Columbia, September 25-28, 2000
• Omar Ghattas, Ivan Malcevic, "Performance and Scalability of Parallel Reduced SQP for Large-Scale Optimal Design", Presentation, 6-th SIAM Conference on Optimization, Atlanta, April 9-12, 1999
• Nikola Klem, Ivan Malcevic, Nikola Perin, Natasa Prascevic," Introduction to Personal Computers", Book, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, 1996, Chapter: AutoCAD 12 , pages:135
• Miodrag Sekulovic, Zivojin Prascevic, Ivan Malcevic: "Nonlinear analysis of reinforced-concrete frame structures", XXI National Congress in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Nis, Yugoslavia, jun 1995
• Miodrag Sekulovic, Ivan Malcevic, "Second-order Analysis of Frame Structures", Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, vol:20, pp 209-234, 1994
• Miodrag Sekulovic, Ivan Malcevic, "Influence of the Bowing Effect in the Second-order Analysis of Frame Structures", Facta Universitas, vol:1, pp:6-13, 1994
• Ivan Malcevic, Miodrag Sekulovic: "NAK-2 - software package for nonlinear analysis of frame structures, Contemporary problems in nonlinear structural analysis", Kopaonik, Yugoslavia, march 1993