Overview
Wilkins Aquino obtained a BSCE from Purdue University, and a MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before joining the Duke Faculty, he was an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. He was also a member of the fields of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Applied Mathematics at Cornell.
Prof. Aquino has broad interests in computational mechanics, including finite element methods, computational inverse problems, uncertainty quantification, coupled chemo-mechanics, and computational acoustics, among others.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
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2018 - Present
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
Pratt School of Engineering
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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2018 - Present
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Pratt School of Engineering
Professor of Mathematics
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2020 - Present
Mathematics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in Head & Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
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2020 - Present
Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Sequential sensor placement for damage detection under frequency-domain dynamics
Journal Article Finite Elements in Analysis and Design · April 1, 2025 Identification and monitoring of damage have a growing importance in the maintenance of structures. A robust active sensing framework that integrates model-based inference and optimal sensor placement is proposed. By tightly coupling measured data and data ... Full text CiteMicrofluidic QCM enables ultrahigh Q-factor: a new paradigm for in-liquid gravimetric sensing.
Journal Article Microsystems & nanoengineering · August 2024 Acoustic gravimetric biosensors attract attention due to their simplicity, robustness, and low cost. However, a prevailing challenge in these sensors is dissipation which manifests in a low quality factor (Q-factor), which limits their sensitivity and accu ... Full text CiteAssessing decision boundaries under uncertainty
Journal Article Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization · July 1, 2024 In order to make design decisions, engineers may seek to identify regions of the design domain that are acceptable in a computationally efficient manner. A design is typically considered acceptable if its reliability with respect to parametric uncertainty ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Measuring arterial material properties using wave-based approaches with ultrasound and computational models
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mayo Clinic - Rochester · 2019 - 2027GuArDIAN: General Active Sensing for conDItion AssessmeNt
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2019 - 2023HDR TRIPODS: Innovations in Data Science: Integrating Stochastic Modeling, Data Representation, and Algorithms
ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ·
2002
Ph.D.