Alcazar, Emily. 2021. “Exploring the Method of Moving Asymptotes for Various Optimization Applications”. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Georgia Institute of Technology. Link to Dissertation: Exploring the method of moving asymptotes for various optimization applications.

Alcazar, Emily. 2025. “Topology Optimization: From Spatially Varying Loads to Elastoplasticity”. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Princeton University. Princeton University. Link to Dissertation: Topology optimization: From spatially varying loads to elastoplasticity.

Alcazar, Emily, and Glaucio H Paulino. (2026) 2026. “Topology Optimization for Pressure-Dependent Elastoplastic Structures Considering a Smooth Hyperbolic Approximation of the Drucker-Prager Yield Criterion”. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 449.

Alcazar, Emily, Jonathan B Russ, and Glaucio H Paulino. 2025. “PolyPlas: A Python Implementation of a Topology Optimization Framework for Plasticity With Unstructured Polygonal Finite Elements”. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 68. Springer: 1–30.

Alcazar, Emily, Lorran F Oliveira, Fernando da Senhora V, Adeildo S Ramos Jr, and Glaucio H Paulino. 2024. “A Smooth Maximum Regularization Approach for Robust Topology Optimization in the Ground Structure Setting”. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 67. Springer: 136.