Dr. Miguel Cid Montoya

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

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Areas of Interest

Wind Engineering
Bridge Engineering
Structural Optimization
Surrogate Modeling
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Wind Tunnel Testing

Education

Fulbright postdoc, Wind Engineering, 2021, University of Notre Dame
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2017, University of La Coruña, Spain
M.S. + B.S, Civil Engineering, 2011, University of La Coruña, Spain

Classes Typically Taught

CE 3010 Structural Analysis

Professional Society Memberships/Registration

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Association for Wind Engineering (AAWE)
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS)

Recent Publications

For a recent list of my publications, please visit my Scopus and Google Scholar

Cid Montoya M, Mishra A, Verma S, Mures O A, Rubio-Medrano C E (2024) Aeroelastic force prediction via temporal fusion transformers. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, In press.

Cid Montoya M, Rubio-Medrano C, Kareem A. (2024) On the cybersecurity of smart structures under wind. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 251: 105777. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2024.105777.

Verma S, Cid Montoya M, Mishra A. (2024) Shape- and frequency-dependent self-excited forces emulation for the aero-structural design of bluff deck bridges. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 252, 105769. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2024.105769

Cid Montoya M (2024). Sequential aero-structural optimization method for efficient bridge design. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 39 (3): 319-344. DOI: 10.1111/mice.13005 (Selected for featuring the journal cover [link])

Cid Montoya M, Bai H, Ye M (2023). Shaping bridge decks for VIV mitigation: A wind tunnel data-driven adaptive surrogate-based optimization method. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 242, 105568. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2023.105568

Diana G, Stoyanoff S, Allsop A, Amerio L, Andersen M, Argentini A, Calamelli F, Cid Montoya M, de Ville V, Hernández S, Jurado JA, Kavrakov I, Larose G, Larsen A, Morgenthal G, Rocchi D, Svendsen M and Wu T (2023). IABSE Task Group 3.1 benchmark results. Numerical full bridge stability and buffeting simulations. Structural Engineering International 33(4): 623-634. DOI: 10.1080/10168664.2022.2104188 (2024 IABSE Outstanding Paper Award [link])

Cid Montoya M, Hernández S, and Kareem A (2022). Aero-structural optimization-based tailoring of bridge deck geometry. Engineering Structures, 270, 114067. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114067

Nieto F, Cid Montoya M, Hernández S (2022). Shape optimization of tall buildings cross-section: Balancing profit and aeroelastic performance. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 31 (18): e1982. DOI: 10.1002/tal.1982

Cid Montoya M, Hernández S, Kareem A, and Nieto F (2021). Efficient modal-based method for analyzing nonlinear aerostatic stability of long-span bridges. Engineering Structures, 244:112556. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112556

Cid Montoya M, Nieto F, Hernández S, Fontán A, Jurado JA, and Kareem A (2021). Optimization of bridges with short gap streamlined twin-box decks considering structural, flutter and buffeting performance. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodyn, 208:104316. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104316

Cid Montoya M, Nieto F, and Hernández S (2021). Multi-objective shape optimization of tall buildings considering profitability and multidirectional wind-induced accelerations using CFD, surrogates and the reduced basis approach. Wind and Structures, 32(4):355-369. DOI: 10.12989/was.2021.32.4.355

Cid Montoya M, Nieto F, Hernández S, Fontán A, Jurado JA, and Kareem A (2021). Aero-structural optimization of streamlined twin-box deck bridges with short-gap considering flutter. Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), 26(6): 04021028. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001705

Cid Montoya M, Hernández S, Nieto F and Kareem A (2020). Aero-structural design of bridges focusing on the buffeting response: Formulation, parametric studies and deck shape tailoring. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 204:104243. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104243

Kusano I, Cid Montoya M, Baldomir A, Nieto F, Jurado J. A and Hernández S (2020). Reliability based design optimization for bridge girder shape and plate thickness of long-span suspension bridges considering aeroelastic constraint. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 202:104176. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104176

Nieto F, Cid Montoya M, Hernández S, Kusano I, Casteleiro A, Álvarez AJ, Jurado JÁ, Fontán A (2020) Aerodynamic and aeroelastic responses of short-gap twin-box decks: box geometry and gap distance surrogate based design. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 201:104147. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104147

Diana G, Stoyanoff S, Aas-Jakobsen k, Allsop A, Andersen M, Argentini A, Cid Montoya M, Hernández S, Jurado JA, Katsuchi H, Kavrakov I, Kim H-K, Larose G, Larsen A, Morgenthal G, Oiseth O, Omarini S, Rocchi D, Svendsen M and Wu T (2020). IABSE Task Group 3.1 benchmark results. Part 2: Numerical analysis of a 3-degree-of-freedom bridge deck section based on experimental aerodynamics. Structural Engineering International (IABSE), 30(3):411-420. DOI: 10.1080/10168664.2019.1661331

Diana G, Stoyanoff S, Aas-Jakobsen k, Allsop A, Andersen M, Argentini A, Cid Montoya M, Hernández S, Jurado JA, Katsuchi H, Kavrakov I, Kim H-K, Larose G, Larsen A, Morgenthal G, Oiseth O, Omarini S, Rocchi D, Svendsen M and Wu T (2020). IABSE Task Group 3.1 benchmark results. Part 1: Numerical analysis of a 2-degree-of-freedom bridge deck section based on analytical aerodynamics. Structural Engineering International (IABSE), 30(3):401-410. DOI: 10.1080/10168664.2019.1639480

Quintela J, Jurado JA, Rapela C, Álvarez A J, Roca M, Hernández S, Cid Montoya M, López JM, Ruiz AJ, Moreno I, and Jiménez S (2020) Experimental and computational studies on the performance of solar trackers under vortex shedding, torsional divergence, and flutter. International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, 8(4):387-404. DOI: 10.2495/CMEM-V8-N4-387-404

Cid Montoya M, Hernández S. and Nieto F (2018) Shape optimization of streamlined decks of cable-stayed bridges considering aeroelastic and structural constraints. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 177:429-455. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2017.12.018

Cid Montoya M, Nieto F, Hernández S, Kusano I, Álvarez A J and Jurado J Á (2018) CFD-based aeroelastic characterization of streamlined bridge deck cross-sections subject to shape modifications using surrogate models. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 177:405-428. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2018.01.014

Cid Montoya M, Nieto F, Álvarez A J, Hernández S, Jurado J Á and Sánchez R (2018) Numerical simulations of the aerodynamic response of circular segments with different corner angles by means of 2D URANS. Impact of turbulence modeling approaches. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 12(1):750-779. DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2018.1520741

Hernández, S., Menga, E., Naveira, P., Freire, D., López, C., Cid Montoya, M., Moledo, S., and Baldomir, A. (2018) Dynamic analysis of assembled aircraft structures considering interfaces with nonlinear behavior. Aerospace Science and Technology, 77:265-272. DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2018.03.004

Cid Montoya M, King J P C, Kong L, Nieto F and Hernández S (2017) A method for improving the dynamic response of full bridge reduced-scale models in aeroelastic wind tunnel test by using optimization algorithms. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 167:198-216. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2017.04.003

Hernández, S., Menga, E., Moledo, S., Romera, L., Baldomir, A., López, C. and Cid Montoya, M. (2017) Optimization approach for identification of dynamic parameters of localized joints of aircraft assembled structures. Aerospace Science and Technology, 69: 538-549. DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2017.07.026

Díaz J, Cid Montoya M and Hernández S (2016) Efficient methodologies for reliability-based design optimization of composite panels. Advances in Engineering Software, 93: 9-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2015.12.001

Cid Montoya M, Costas M, Díaz J, Romera L and Hernández S (2015) A multi-objective reliability-based optimization of the crashworthiness of a metallic-GFRP impact absorber using hybrid approximations. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 52 (4): 827-843. DOI: 10.1007/s00158-015-1255-7