1. Samy Missoum, Zafer Gürdal, and Layne Watson. A displacement-based optimization for nonlinear frame structures. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Springer Verlag, 24(3):195-204, 2002.

2. Samy Missoum, Zafer Gürdal, and Sharhiar Setoodeh. Study of a new local update scheme for cellular automata in structural design. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Springer Verlag, 29(2):103-112, 2005.

3. Missoum, S.,Ramu, P., and Haftka, R.T. A convex hull approach for the reliability-based design of transient dynamic problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2006.12.008.

4. Harrison, A., Missoum, S., and Martinez, J.P. Design space decomposition using support vector machines for reliability-based design optimization. In 11^th Symposium AIAA/ISSMO on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA, September 2006.

5. Missoum, S. Controlling structural impact failure modes in the presence of uncertainty. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Springer Verlag. DOI: 10.1007/s00158-007-0100-z.

6. Missoum, S. Probabilistic optimal design in the presence of random fields. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Springer Verlag. To appear.

7. Gupte, A., Missoum, S., Desai, J., and Sen, S. A multidisciplinary design optimization algorithm with distributed autonomous subsystems. 7th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. May 2007. Seoul, South Korea.

8. Basudhar, A., and Missoum, S. Update of limit-state functions constructed with Support Vector Machines. In Proceedings of the 48th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC on Structures, Dynamics and Materials Conference . April 2007. Honolulu, Hawaii.

9. Missoum, A., Beran, P., Kurdi, M., McFarland, M. Reliability-based design optimization of nonlinear aeroelastic problems. In Proceedings of the 49th AIAA/ASME/ ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. April 2008.Schaumburg, IL.