Petr David

Background

About Petr David

In June 2025 I finished my Ph.D. studies at Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the topic of my thesis being Truss Topology Optimization (TTO). During the Ph.D. studies, I developed various methods for incorporating TTO into contemporary industrial design processes, where the optimized truss-like structures are to be produced by additive manufacturing. Also, some of the methods addressed the problem of including the combined requirement for stiffness and heat transfer within one structure. In general, the study required reading and writing scientific articles and programming the TTO scripts in Python. Before that, I got my master's also at CTU, focusing on applied mechanics and in the diploma thesis on the mechanics of composites. Last but not least, I have work experience regarding research and development at CTU in various projects with industrial partners (Bosch, Škoda Auto), simulations and FEM computations (Simcenter, Abaqus, Ansys) and software development for metal 3D printer in Matlab at Grob Werke.