Offshore Technology and Topology Optimization (OTTO) laboratory

We are the OTTO lab, a research group in the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering (PNV) at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (Poli-USP), in Brazil. We are interested in parametric, shape and topology optimization of multiphysics problems, with experience in acoustic- and fluid-structure interaction, mechanical stress and fluid dynamics. Applications include the design of ships and offshore structures, energy systems (such as fuel cells) and pneumatic machinery for mitigation of CO2 and methane emission. We developed the TOBS method, a topology optimization method based on sequential integer linear programming.