Books:

• Suzanne M. Shontz, Joaquim Peiro, and Ryan Viertel, Eds., Proceedings of the 28th International Meshing Roundtable, Zenodo, p. 430, 2020.

• Suzanne M. Shontz, Ed., Proceedings of the 19th International Meshing Roundtable, Springer-Verlag, p. 510, 2010.

Book Chapters:

• Shankar P. Sastry, Jibum Kim, Suzanne M. Shontz, Brent A. Craven, Frank C. Lynch, Keefe B. Manning, and Thap Panitanarak, Patient-specific model generation and simulation for pre-operative surgical guidance for pulmonary embolism treatment, Ed. Yongjie Zhang, Image-Based Geometric Modeling and Mesh Generation, Springer, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Volume 3, 223-249, 2013. (Invited) (A preprint is available here.)

• Jeonghyung Park, Suzanne M. Shontz, and Corina S. Drapaca, A combined level set/mesh warping algorithm for tracking brain and cerebrospinal fluid evolution in hydrocephalic patients, Ed. Yongjie Zhang, Image-Based Geometric Modeling and Mesh Generation, Springer, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Volume 3, 107-141, 2013. (Invited) (A preprint is available here.)

Submitted Refereed Journal Articles:

• Melanie Weilert, Suzanne Shontz, Huazhen Fang, Nicholas Stergious, and Carl Luchies, Fractal analysis accuracy of fractional Brownian motion signals is greatly impacted by input parameter selection , Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Submitted July 2019.

Refereed Journal Publications:

• Ulrich Rüde, Karen Willcox, Lois Curfman McInnes, Hans De Sterck, George Biros, Hans Bungartz, James Corones, Evin Cramer, James Crowley, Omar Ghattas, Max Gunzburger, Michael Hanke, Robert Harrison, Michael Heroux, Jan Hesthaven, Peter Jimack, Chris Johnson, Kirk E. Jordan, David E. Keyes, Rolf Krause, Vipin Kumar, Stefan Mayer, Juan Meza, Knut Martin Mørken, J. Tinsley Oden, Linda Petzold, Padma Raghavan, Suzanne M. Shontz, Anne Trefethen, Peter Turner, Vladimir Voevodin, Barbara Wohlmuth, and Carol S. Woodward, Research and education in computational science and engineering, SIAM Review, 60(3):707-754, August 2018. (Note: Only the first four authors are listed as authors; the additional authors are listed as ``additional contributors''. This is due to the limited amount of space available for listing each article on the back cover of the journal. All are to be considered authors of the article.) (Preprint available at http://wiki.siam.org/siag-cse.)

• Thap Panitanarak and Suzanne M. Shontz, A parallel log barrier-based mesh warping algorithm for distributed memory machines, Engineering with Computers, 34(1):59-76, 2018. (A preprint is available here.)

• Kenneth I. Aycock, Robert L. Campbell, Keefe B. Manning, Shankar P. Sastry, Suzanne M. Shontz, Frank C. Lynch, and Brent A. Craven, Erratum: ``A Computational Method for Predicting Inferior Vena Cava Filter Performance on a Patient-Specific Basis'' [ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 2014, 136(8), p. 081003], Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 137(11): 117001, October 2015.

• Jibum Kim, Brian J. Miller, and Suzanne M. Shontz, A hybrid mesh deformation algorithm using anisotropic PDEs and multiobjective mesh optimization, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 70(8):1830-1851, October 2015.

• Shankar P. Sastry, Emre Kultursay, Suzanne M. Shontz, and Mahmut T. Kandemir, Improved cache utilization and preconditioner efficiency through use of a space-filling curve mesh element- and vertex-reordering technique, Engineering with Computers, 30(4):535-547, October 2014. (Invited) (A preprint is available here.)

• Shankar P. Sastry and Suzanne M. Shontz, A parallel log-barrier method for mesh quality improvement and untangling, Engineering with Computers, 30(4):503-515, October 2014. (Invited) (A preprint is available here.)

• Kenneth I. Aycock, Robert L. Campbell, Keefe B. Manning, Shankar P. Sastry, Suzanne M. Shontz, Frank C. Lynch, and Brent A. Craven, A computational method for predicting inferior vena cava filter performance on a patient-specific basis, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 136(8): 081003, August 2014. (A preprint is available here.)

• Shankar P. Sastry, Suzanne M. Shontz, and Stephen A. Vavasis, A log-barrier method for mesh quality improvement and untangling, Engineering with Computers, 30(3): 315-329, July 2014. (Invited) (A preprint is available here.)

• Jibum Kim, Thap Panitanarak, and Suzanne M. Shontz, A multiobjective mesh optimization framework for mesh quality improvement and mesh untangling, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 94(1):20-42, April 2013.

• Petko Kitanov, Odile Marcotte, Wil Schilders, and Suzanne M. Shontz, A vertex cut algorithm for model order reduction of parasitic resistive networks, COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 31(6): 1850-1871, November 2012. (The corresponding tech report is available here.)

• Jibum Kim, Shankar P. Sastry, and Suzanne M. Shontz, A numerical investigation on the interplay among geometry, meshes, and linear algebra in the finite element solution of elliptic PDEs, Engineering with Computers, 28: 431-450, October 2012. (Invited) (A preprint is available here.)

• Shankar P. Sastry and Suzanne M. Shontz, Performance characterization of nonlinear optimization methods for mesh quality improvement, Engineering with Computers, 28(3): 269-286, July 2012. (Invited) (A preprint is available here.)

• Suzanne M. Shontz and Stephen A. Vavasis, A robust solution procedure for hyperelastic solids with large boundary deformation, Engineering with Computers, 28(2): 135-147, April 2012. (A preprint is available here.)

• Suzanne M. Shontz and Stephen A. Vavasis, Analysis of and workarounds for element reversal for a finite element-based algorithm for warping triangular and tetrahedral meshes, BIT, Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 50, Issue 4, 2010, p. 863-884, December 2010. (A preprint is available here.)

• Yousef Saad, James Chelikowsky, and Suzanne Shontz, Numerical methods for electronic structure calculations, SIAM Review, 52(1): 3-54, March 2010.

• Lori Diachin, Patrick Knupp, Todd Munson, and Suzanne Shontz, A comparison of two optimization methods for mesh quality improvement, Engineering with Computers, 22(2): 61-74, May 2006. (Invited) (A preprint is available here.)

Submitted Refereed Conference Publications:

Refereed Conference Publications:

• Fariba Mohammadi, Shusil Dangi, Suzanne M. Shontz, and Cristian A. Linte, A direct high-order curvilinear triangular mesh generation method using an advancing front technique, Prof. of the 2020 International Conference on Computational Science, 14 pages, June 2020.

• Mike Stees, Myra Dotzel, and Suzanne M. Shontz, Untangling high-order meshes based on signed angles, Proc. of the 28th International Meshing Roundtable, Zenodo, p. 267-282, February 2020.

• Suzanne M. Shontz, Maurin A. Lopez Varilla, and Weizhang Huang, A parallel variational mesh quality improvement method for tetrahedral meshes, Proc. of the 28th International Meshing Roundtable, Zenodo, p. 37-49, February 2020.

• Niels F. Otani, Dylan Dang, Christopher Beam, Fariba Mohammadi, Brian Wentz, S.M. Kamrul Hasan, Suzanne M. Shontz, Karl Q. Schwarz, Sabu Thomas, and Cristian A. Linte, Toward quantification and visualization of active stress wavse for myocardial biomechanical function assessment, Computing in Cardiology, Vol. 46, p. 1-4, December 2019.

• Mike Stees and Suzanne M. Shontz, High-order mesh generation based on optimal affine combinations of nodal positions, Proc. of the 2018 International Conference on Spectral and High-Order Methods, Accepted, August 2019.

• Mike Stees and Suzanne M. Shontz, An angular approach to untanging high-order curvilinear triangular meshes, Proc. of the 27th International Meshing Roundtable, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol. 127, Springer, p. 327-342, July 2019. (A preprint is available here.)

• Mike Stees and Suzanne M. Shontz, A high-order log barrier-based mesh generation and warping method, Proc. of the 2017 International Meshing Roundtable, Procedia Engineering, Volume 203, pp. 180-192, October 2017.

• Niels F. Otani, Dylan Dang, Shusil Dangi, Mike Stees, Suzanne M. Shontz, and Cristian A. Linte, Assessing cardiac tissue function via action potential wave imaging using cardiac displacement data, Proc. of the VI ECCOMAS Thematics Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing (VipIMAGE 2017), Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Volume 27, pp. 903-912, October 2017. (A preprint is available here.)

• Jibum Kim, David McLaurin, and Suzanne M. Shontz, A 2D topology-adaptive mesh deformation framework for mesh warping, Proc. of the Fourth Tetrahedron Workshop on Grid Generation for Numerical Computations, New Challenges in Grid Generation and Adaptivity for Scientific Computing, SEMA SIMAI Springer Series, Volume 5, pp. 261-279, 2015. (A preprint is available here.)

• David McLaurin and Suzanne M. Shontz, Automated edge grid generation based on arc-length optimization, Proc. of the 2013 International Meshing Roundtable, Springer, p. 385-403, 2014. (A preprint is available here.)

• Suzanne M. Shontz and Dragos M. Nistor, CPU-GPU algorithms for triangular surface mesh simplification, Proc. of the 2012 International Meshing Roundtable, Springer, p. 475-492, 2013. (A preprint is available here.)

• Jeonghyung Park, Suzanne M. Shontz, and Corina S. Drapaca, Automatic boundary evolution tracking via a combined level set method and mesh warping technique: Application to hydrocephalus, Proc. of the Mesh Processing in Medical Image Analysis 2012 - MICCAI 2012 International Workshop, MeshMed 2012, p. 122-133, October 2012. (A preprint is available here.)

• Kenneth D. Czuprynski, John Fahnline, and Suzanne M. Shontz, Parallel boundary element solutions of block circulant linear systems for acoustic radiation problems with rotationally symmetric boundary surfaces, Proc. of the Internoise 2012/ASME NCAD Meeting, p. 147-158, August 2012.

• Shankar P. Sastry, Suzanne M. Shontz, Stephen A. Vavasis, A log-barrier method for mesh quality improvement, Proc. of the 2011 International Meshing Roundtable, p. 329-346, October 2011. (A preprint is available here.)

• Matthew L. Staten, Steven J. Owen, Suzanne M. Shontz, Andrew G. Salinger, Todd S. Coffey, A comparison of mesh morphing methods for 3D shape optimization, Proc. of the 2011 International Meshing Roundtable, p. 293-312, October 2011. (A preprint is available here.)

• Thap Panitanarak and Suzanne M. Shontz, MDEC: MeTiS-based domain decomposition for parallel 2D mesh generation, Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Computational Science, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 4, Issue 1, June 2011, p. 302-311.

• Jeonghyung Park and Suzanne M. Shontz, An alternating mesh quality metric scheme for efficient mesh quality improvement, Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Computational Science, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 4, Issue 1, June 2011, p. 292-301.

• Jibum Kim and Suzanne M. Shontz, An improved shape matching algorithm for deformable objects using a global image feature, Proc. of the 2010 International Symposium on Visual Computing, Part III, LNCS 6455, pp. 119-128, 2010. (A preprint is available here.)

• Jibum Kim, Shankar P. Sastry, and Suzanne M. Shontz, Efficient solution of elliptic partial differential equations via effective combination of mesh quality metrics, preconditioners, and sparse linear solvers, Proc. of the 19th International Meshing Roundtable Conference, October 2010, Chattanooga, TN, p. 103-120. (A preprint is available here.)

• Sanjukta Bhowmick and Suzanne M. Shontz, Towards high-quality, untangled meshes via a force-directed graph embedding approach, Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Computational Science, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 1, Issue 1, May 2010, p. 357-366.

• Jeonghyung Park and Suzanne M. Shontz, Two derivative-free optimization algorithms for mesh quality improvement, Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Computational Science, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 1, Issue 1, May 2010, p. 387-396.

• Nicholas Voshell, Suzanne Shontz, Lori Diachin, Patrick Knupp, and Todd Munson, A patch-based mesh optimization algorithm for partitioned meshes, 9th International Workshop on State-of-the-Art in Scientific and Parallel Computing, 2008, Accepted, October 2009.

• Shankar P. Sastry and Suzanne M. Shontz, A comparison of gradient- and Hessian-based optimization methods for tetrahedral mesh quality improvement, Proceedings of the 18th International Meshing Roundtable Conference, October 2009, Salt Lake City, UT, p. 631-648. (A preprint is available here.)

• Suzanne M. Shontz, Victoria E. Howle, and Patricia D. Hough, Experience with approximations in the trust-region parallel direct search algorithm, Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Computational Science, May 2009, p. 501-510. (A preprint is available here.)

• Suzanne M. Shontz and Patrick Knupp, The effect of vertex reordering on 2D local mesh optimization efficiency, 17th International Meshing Roundtable, October 2008, Pittsburgh, PA, pp. 107-124. (A preprint is available here.)

• Lori Diachin, Patrick Knupp, Todd Munson, and Suzanne Shontz, A comparison of inexact Newton and coordinate descent mesh optimization techniques, in Proceedings of the 13th International Meshing Roundtable, September 2004, Williamsburg, VA, p. 243-254.

• Suzanne M. Shontz and Stephen A. Vavasis, A mesh warping algorithm based on weighted Laplacian smoothing, in Proceedings of the 12th International Meshing Roundtable, September 2003, Santa Fe, NM, p. 147-158.

• Lori Freitag, Patrick Knupp, Todd Munson, and Suzanne Shontz, A survey of numerical optimization software for nonlinear, constrained mesh quality objective functions, in Proceedings of the 11th International Meshing Roundtable, September 2002, Ithaca, NY, p. 19-40.

Nonrefereed Journal Publications:

• Suzanne Shontz, Computing homoclinic bifurcations, The Pentagon, Volume 60, Number 2, Spring 2001, p. 3-15.

• Beth Koch, Suzanne Shontz, and Gary Spieler, A is NOT for achievement, The Pentagon, Volume 58, Number 2, Spring 1999, p. 14-22.

• Suzanne Shontz, Molecules and their symmetries: Determining the hybridization of a central atom using point groups, The Pentagon, Volume 56, Number 2, Spring 1997, p. 38-46.

Nonrefereed Conference Publications:

• Mike Stees and Suzanne M. Shontz, A quadratic high-order method for mesh generation inspired by LBWARP, Research Note of the 25th International Meshing Roundtable, September 2016.

• Emmanuel Lorin, Reynaldo Arteaga, Guillaume Blanchet, Alain Cournoyer, Francois Fillion-Gourdeau, Ludovic Gagnon, Claude Le Bris, Mason A. Porter, Suzanne Shontz. Optimization of the temporal pulse shape of laser pulses for ablation, edited by Huaxiong Huang, Emmanuel Lorin, and Odile Marcotte, Proceedings of the Fourth Montreal Industrial Problem Solving Workshop: A CRM-Mprime Event, Center for Research in Mathematics, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 2013.

• Robert Anderssen, Poul G. Hjorth, Abdoulaye S. Kane, Petko Kitanov, Kehinde Ladipo, Odile Marcotte, Brenda Orser, Wil Schilders, Suzanne M. Shontz, Wei Wei Sun, and Bocar A. Wane. Model order reduction for electronic circuits: Mathematical and physical approaches, edited by P.G. Hjorth and S.M. Shontz, Proceedings of the 2008 Fields-MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, Fields Insitute, University of Toronto, March 2009.

• Dhavide Aruliah, Christopher Bowman, Guangzhe Fan, Roderick Melnick, Suzanne Shontz, Steven Wang, and Jiaping Zhu. Nonlinear dimension reduction for the microarray data (Small n and Large p), edited by S. Shontz, Proceedings of the Fields-MIACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, Fields Institute, University of Toronto, November 2006.

Technical Reports

• Jeonghyung Park, Patrick Knupp, and Suzanne Shontz, Static vertex reordering schemes for local mesh quality improvement, CSRI Summer Proceedings, Sandia National Laboratories, 2010.

• Victoria E. Howle, Suzanne M. Shontz, and Patricia D. Hough, Some parallel extensions to optimization methods in OPT++, Sandia Technical Report SAND 2000-8877, October 2000.

Ph.D. Thesis

• Suzanne Michelle Shontz, Numerical Methods for Problems with Moving Meshes, Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University, December 2004.

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