Location:
MRDC 4111


Education

  • Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech, 2021
  • M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2012
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Bucknell University, 2011

Teaching Interests

Professor Sanders' teaching interests include mechanical engineering courses covering mechanics, engineering optimization, and numerical methods at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She emphasizes foundational principles and their practical applications. Her teaching approach integrates problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Professor Sanders actively involves students in research projects to enhance their learning experience and foster a deep understanding of mechanical engineering concepts.

Research Interests

Professor Sanders' research focuses on infusing fundamental mechanics principles into optimization-based design and advanced manufacturing to achieve novel structures and components that use material efficiently and/or achieve a targeted physical response. Research efforts include theoretical, computational, and experimental methods with active involvement of graduate and undergraduate students in interdisciplinary projects.

Recent Publications

  • J Wong, ED Sanders, DW Rosen, Toolpath-integrated topology optimization for design of additively manufactured fiber-reinforced structures considering limits on fiber curvature, Composite Structures, 119897, 2025.
  • L Wang, ED Sanders, Topology optimization of structures composed of multiple architected materials with spatially-varying relative density encased in a solid shell, Computers & Structures 318, 107942, 2025.
  • FV Senhora, ED Sanders, GH Paulino, Unbiased mechanical cloaks, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (19), e2415056122, 2025.
  • FV Senhora, ED Sanders, GH Paulino, Optimally‐tailored spinodal architected materials for multiscale design and manufacturing, Advanced Materials 34 (26), 2109304, 2022.
  • ED Sanders, A Pereira, GH Paulino. Optimal and continuous multilattice embedding. Science Advances, 7(16), eabf4838. 2021.