• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  • Giving
  • Contact Us
  • M-SEA
  • About
    • Welcome from the Chair
    • Mission and Goals
    • DEI
      • DEI Strategic Plan
    • M-SEA
    • Facts & Figures
    • History
    • Visit Us
    • Contact Us
  • Research
    • Research Areas
    • Labs & Facilities
    • Undergraduate Projects
  • News & Events
  • Academics
    • Undergraduate Studies
      • Explore the NAME Major
      • Undergraduate Admissions
      • Degree Requirements
      • Dual Majors
      • Internships
      • Financial Aid
      • Student Organizations
      • Digital Downloads
    • Combined Grad/Undergrad
    • Graduate Studies
      • Explore a NAME Graduate Degree
      • MSE Degree
      • MS Degree
      • PhD Degree
      • Dual Degree
      • MSE/MBA Degree
      • Graduate Admissions
      • Application Process Step-By-Step
      • Financial Assistance
    • Prospective Student Info
    • NAME Course Guide
    • ABET Certification
  • People
    • Administration
    • Faculty
    • Staff
  • Careers
    • Faculty Positions
    • Career Paths
      • Responsible Energy
        • Chris Hart (Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind)
        • Charlie Meyer (Shell Oil)
        • Connie Savander (Maritime Research Associates)
      • Global Commerce
        • Lisa Bergeron
        • Dr. Brant Savander
      • Public Service
        • Jonathan Holbert (NAVSEA)
        • Robin White (NAVSEA)
      • Offshore Systems
      • Automation and Data
        • Vittorio Bichucher (McKinsey & Co.)
      • Pleasure Craft
        • Bryan Baker (Aurora Flight Sciences)
        • Scott H. Ferguson (Scott Ferguson LLC)
        • Dave Glasco (Kadey-Krogen Yachts)
    • Job Opportunities
    • Hire a Michigan Engineer
    • Advisory Board
    • Alumni
    • Alumni Updates, Stories, and Accomplishments
  • Giving
    • Our Heritage
    • Our Commitment
    • A Transformative Opportunity
    • Giving
    • Contact Us
    • M-SEA
Professor Joachim Martins

Joaquim Martins R. R. A.

home_outline/People/Faculty/Joaquim Martins R. R. A.

Pauline M. Sherman Colegiate Professor

Contact

jrram@umich.edu(734) 615-9652

Location

3032 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Aerospace Building
1320 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140

Additional Title(s)

Professor, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Primary Website

https://mdolab.engin.umich.edu/staff_members/jmartins

  • Education
  • Teaching
  • Professional Services
  • Research Interests
  • Biography
  • Awards

Education

Stanford University
PhD Aeronautics and Astronautics ’02
MSc Aeronautics and Astronautics ’97

Imperial College
MEng Aeronautics ’95

Teaching

  • Aircraft Design
  • Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

Research Interests

  • Aircraft Design
  • Sustainable Aviation
  • Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
  • Aerodynamic Shape Optimization
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics

Biography

Joaquim R. R. A. Martins is the Pauline M. Sherman Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he heads the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Laboratory. His research ranges from developing new MDO techniques to applying those techniques to the design of aircraft and other engineering systems. He is a co-author of “Engineering Design Optimization”, a textbook published by Cambridge University Press. Prof. Martins is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Before joining the University of Michigan faculty in 2009, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, where from 2002 he held a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Multidisciplinary Optimization. He received his undergraduate degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College, London, with a British Aerospace Award. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, where he was awarded the Ballhaus prize for best thesis in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has received the Best Paper Award in AIAA Conferences five times. He was a member of the AIAA MDO Technical Committee (2006–2018) and was the technical co-chair for the 2008 AIAA Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. He has served as Associate Editor for the AIAA Journal, Optimization and Engineering, and Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. He is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Aircraft.

Awards

  • Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2020
  • Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society, 2019
  • AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper, 2019
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, 2015–2016
  • Best Paper Award, 15th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Sep 2014
  • Best Paper Award, 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Sep 2012
  • Best Paper Award, 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Sep 2006
  • Canada Research Chair in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (Tier II), 2003–2009
  • Ballhaus Prize for Best Thesis in the Department of Aeronautics, Stanford University, Jun 2003
  • Best Paper Award, 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Sep 2002
  • Praxis XXI Scholarship, 1997–2001
  • US–Norway Fulbright Foundation Stipend, 1996–1997
  • British Aerospace Award, May 1995


Footer

Michigan Engineering
  • U-M Engineering Home
  • Strategic Vision
  • Graduate and Professional
  • Undergraduate
  • U-M Engineering Research News

© 2021 The Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Policy | Campus Safety

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter