Matthew Campbell

Matthew Campbell is a Professor at the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University. He holds the title of Hans Fischer Senior Fellow at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS). His academic journey includes a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (2000) and prior roles as an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Education: BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon (1995-1997), PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2000). He founded the Automated Design Lab at UT Austin and specializes in computational design tools that integrate engineering, computer science, and cognitive psychology to enhance design efficiency and quality.

Research focuses on automated design synthesis, topology optimization, and human-computer collaborative systems. His work bridges algorithmic innovation with practical engineering applications, emphasizing multi-physics computational platforms and generative design methods.

Awards include the NSF CAREER Award (2005) and multiple best paper awards in engineering design and computational methods. His publications span design automation, optimization, and interdisciplinary methodologies.

Key contributions include the CDS platform for multi-physics design synthesis and foundational work on automated concept generation. Current projects involve integrating qualitative/quantitative data in experimental design and advancing fluid channel topology optimization.