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If you would like to organize a Special Session or Mini-Symposium, please contact the Secretariat.

The following special sessions are being organized -- as of December 16, 2004 -- for the Conference. If you are interested in contributing to one of these sessions, please contact the Session Organizer(s).

Nonlinear Dynamics and Special Problems of Fluid-Structure Interaction
(in honour of Prof. M. P. Païdoussis)
M. Amabili, Univ. of Parma, Italy,
E. H. Dowell, Duke Univ., U.S.A., and
B. Epureanu, Univ. of Michigan, U.S.A.
marco@pulsar.eng.unipr.it, dowell@ee.duke.edu and epureanu@umich.edu

Nano- and Micromechanics of Particulate Materials
S. J. Antony, Leeds Univ., United Kingdom
S.J.Antony@leeds.ac.uk

Turbulence Modeling for Industrial CFD
B. Basara, AVL List GmbH, Austria
branislav.basara@avl.com

Advanced Applications in Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics with Established Software
K. J. Bathe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
kjb@mit.edu

Discrete and Kinetic Methods for Modeling Gas, Fluid and Ionized Media Flows
O. Batishchev, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
batish@mit.edu

Multi-physics Coupling in Material Processing
F. Bay and J.-L. Chenot, Ecole des Mines de Paris, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Francois.Bay@cemef.cma.fr and Jean-Loup.Chenot@cemef.cma.fr

Advances and Applications of Computational Methods in Aerospace
J. Bayandor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
javid.bayandor@rmit.edu.au

Response of Structures to the Effects of Explosions
J. T. Baylot, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
James.T.Baylot@erdc.usace.army.mil

Localized Drug Delivery
M. Bercovier, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Israel, and
A. R. Tzafriri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
berco@cs.huji.ac.il and ramitz@mit.edu

Modeling of Damage and Fracture in Pavement and Geomaterials
B. Birgisson, Univ. of Florida, U.S.A., and
W. Buttlar, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
bbirg@ce.ufl.edu and buttlar@uiuc.edu

Numerical Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction Systems
D. Boffi, Univ. of Pavia, Italy, and
L. Gastaldi, Univ. of Brescia, Italy
boffi@dimat.unipv.it and gastaldi@ing.unibs.it

Computational Aspects for the Design and the Analysis of the Messina Strait Bridge
F. Bontempi, Univ. of Rome, Italy
franco.bontempi@uniroma1.it

Hierarchical Modeling of Structures
M. L. Bucalem, Univ. of São Paulo, Brazil
mlbucale@usp.br

Analysis of Tall Buildings
J. Bull, The Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
john.bull@ncl.ac.uk

Modeling of the Cardiovascular System
D. Chapelle, INRIA-Rocquencourt, France, and
J.-F. Gerbeau, INRIA-Rocquencourt, France
Dominique.Chapelle@inria.fr and Jean-Frederic.Gerbeau@inria.fr

Differential Quadrature, Generalized Methods and Related Discrete Element Analysis Methods for Static and Transient Problems
C.-N. Chen, National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan
cchen@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Reliability and Robust Design
K.-K. Choi, Univ. of Iowa, U.S.A.
kkchoi@ccad.uiowa.edu

Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for PDEs
B. Cockburn, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, U.S.A.,
C.-W. Shu, Brown Univ., U.S.A., and
S. Adjerid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., U.S.A.
cockburn@math.umn.edu, shu@dam.brown.edu and adjerids@vt.edu

Advances in Algorithms and Applications for Incompressible and Low-Mach Number Flows
M. A. Christon, D. K. Gartling and M. J. Martinez, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S.A.
machris@sandia.gov, dkgartl@sandia.gov and mjmarti@sandia.gov

Advances in Computational Structural Dynamics
G. Consolazio and J. W. Tedesco, Univ. of Florida, U.S.A.
gcons@ce.ufl.edu and jtede@ce.ufl.edu

Meshfree and Generalized Finite Element Methods
S. De, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.,
J. Orkisz, Cracow Univ. of Technology, Poland, and
G.-R. Liu, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
des@scorec.rpi.edu, plorkisz@cyf-kr.edu.pl and mpeliugr@nus.edu.sg

Shape Optimization – Research and Applications
F. Duddeck, BMW, Germany, and
K.-U. Bletzinger, Technical Univ. of Munich, Germany
Fabian.Duddeck@bmw.de and kub@bv.tum.de

Fast Boundary Element Methods and Applications
F. Duddeck, BMW, Germany, and
O. Steinbach, Univ. of Stuttgart, Germany
Fabian.Duddeck@bmw.de and steinbach@mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de

Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability
D. M. Frangopol, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.
dan.frangopol@colorado.edu

Static and dynamics of cellular solids: modelling aspects and numerical strategies
J. F. Ganghoffer, LEMTA, Nancy, France
Jean-francois.Ganghoffer@ensem.inpl-nancy.fr

Advanced Analysis for Practical Design
C. Gantes, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece
chgantes@central.ntua.gr

Modeling of Smart Structures
P. Gaudenzi, Univ. of Rome, Italy, and
E. Carrera, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Paolo.Gaudenzi@ uniroma1.it and carrera@polito.it

Discretization Methods with Finite Volumes, Discontinuous Galerkin Methods and the Application in Porous Media
J. Geiser, WIAS Institute, Berlin, Germany
geiser@wias-berlin.de

Error Control and Mesh Adaptation in FEA
T. Grätsch, DaimlerChrysler, Germany, and
F. Cirak, Caltech, U.S.A.
graetsch@alum.mit.edu and cirak@cacr.caltech.edu

Pre-Conditioned Methods, Applications and Software Environment
G. A. Gravvanis, Hellenic Open University, Greece
gravvanis@eap.gr

3-D Combustion Simulations
J. Grcar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S.A.
jfgrcar@lbl.gov

Molecular Methods in Mechanics
N. G. Hadjiconstantinou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
ngh@mit.edu

Nonlinear Dynamics of Fluids
G. Haller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
ghaller@mit.edu

Computational Mechanics in the Textile Industry
J.-H. He, Shanghai Donghua Univ., China
jhhe@dhu.edu.cn

Nonlinear Dynamics – Spanning the Scales: Algorithms and Applications
A. Ibrahimbegovic, ENS-Cachan, France, and
C. Bottasso, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Adnan.Ibrahimbegovic@lmt.ens-cachan.fr and carlo.bottasso@ae.gatech.edu

Computational Fluid and Solid Geodynamics: Methods and Challenges
A. Ismail-Zadeh, Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany,
P. Tackley, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.,
H. Muhlhaus, Univ. of Queensland, Australia, and
G. Glatzmaier, University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.A.
Alik.Ismail- Zadeh@gpi.uni-karlsruhe.de, ptackley@ess.ucla.edu, muhlhaus@quakes.uq.edu.au and glatz@es.ucsc.edu

Random Composites: From Theory to Computations
M. Kaminski, Technical Univ. of Lodz, Poland
marcinka@p.lodz.pl

Advances in Computational Mechanics of Polymer and Metal Matrix Composites
T. Kant, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
tkant@civil.iitb.ac.in

Statically Admissible Stress Recovery Techniques
B. Karihaloo, Univ. of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
KarihalooB@Cardiff.ac.uk

New Optimization Methods for CFD
F. R. Klimetzek, DaimlerChrysler, Germany, and
O. Moos, DaimlerChrysler, Germany
franz.klimetzek@daimlerchrysler.com and oliver.moos@daimlerchrysler.com

Multi-Domain and Meshless Boundary Methods
V. Kompis, Univ. of Zilina, Slovak Republic,
C. S. Chen, Univ. of Nevada, U.S.A.,
W. Chen, Inst. of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, China, and
E. Kansa, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
Vladimir_Kompis@kmpp. utc.sk, chen@unlv.nevada.edu, chen_wen@iapcm.accn, and kansa@IrisINTERNET.net

Vortex Dominated Flows - Computational, Analytical and Experimental Studies of Viscous or Inviscid Vortical Flows and Applications
E. Krause, RWTH Aachen, Germany,
L. Ting, New York Univ., U.S.A., and
D. Blackmore, New Jersey Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
ek.aia@t-online.de, ting@CIMS.nyu.edu and deblac@m.njit.edu

Computational Fluid-Structure-Interaction
(in honour of Prof. M. P. Païdoussis)
H. Matthies, Univ. of Braunschweig, Germany, and
R. Ohayon, CNAM, France
H.Matthies@tu-bs.de and ohayon@cnam.fr

Modeling of Penetration and Pore Pressures in Particulate Media
M. McVay and B. Birgisson, Univ. of Florida, U.S.A.
mmcva@ce.ufl.edu and bbirg@ce.ufl.edu

Computational Multiscale Modeling
S. A. Meguid, Univ. of Toronto, Canada,
K. M. Liew, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,
L. S. Ong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and
T. Y. Ng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
meguid@mie.utoronto.ca, mkmliew@ntu.edu.sg, mlsong@ntu.edu.sg, and mtyng@ntu.edu.sg

Modeling Coupled and Transport Phenomena in Nanotechnology
R. Melnik, Wilfrid Laurier Univ., Canada, and
A. Povitsky, Univ. of Akron, U.S.A.
rmelnik@wlu.ca and povitsky@uakron.edu

Optimization of Expensive Black-box Cost Functions
M. Meyer, DaimlerChrysler, Germany, and
M. Krosche, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, and
C. Othmer, Volkswagen AG, Germany
ma.meyer@tu-bs.de, m.krosche@tu-bs.de and c.othmer@tu-bs.de

Reliable Multifield Approximation Techniques
D. Mijuca, Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
dmijuca@matf.bg.ac.yu

Uncertainty in Civil Engineering and Computational Mechanics
B. Möller, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
moeller@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de

Computational Plasticity
F. J. Montáns, Univ. de Castilla - La Mancha, Spain, and
R. I. Borja, Stanford Univ., U.S.A.
Fco.Montans@uclm.es and borja@stanford.edu

Computational Modeling of Reacting Flow
H. Najm, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S.A.
hnnajm@sandia.gov

Finite/Discrete Element Methods and Applications
D. R. J. Owen, Univ. of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom,
J. R. Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., and
G. Mustoe, Colorado School of Mines, U.S.A.
D.R.J.Owen@Swansea.ac.uk, jrw@mit.edu and gmustoe@mines.edu

Probabilistic Geomechanics
K.-K. Phoon, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
cvepkk@nus.edu.sg

Multi-scale Modeling of Material Behavior - Solids
R. Radovitzky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., and
A. Cuitino, Rutgers Univ., U.S.A.
rapa@mit.edu and cuitino@jove.rutgers.edu

Computational Modeling of Ionized Gas Flows
S. Roy, Kettering Univ., U.S.A., and
D. Gaitonde, Air Force Research Laboratory, U.S.A.
sroy@kettering.edu and datta.gaitonde@wpafb.af.mil

Computational Mechanics Applications in Vehicle Crash Safety
N. Saha, Ford Motor Company, U.S.A.
nsaha@ford.com

Electro-Magneto-Mechanics of Smart Structures
Y. Shindo, Tohoku Univ., Japan
shindo@material.tohoku.ac.jp

Computational Stochastic Mechanics
G. I. Schuëller, Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria
G.I.Schueller@uibk.ac.at

Uncertainties in Structural Mechanics/Analysis
G. I. Schuëller, Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria
G.I.Schueller@uibk.ac.at

Modeling Variable Density Flows
D. Slinn, Univ. of Florida, U.S.A.
slinn@coastal.ufl.edu

Mechanics of Woven Fabrics and Woven-Reinforced Composites
S. Socrate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
ssocrate@mit.edu

Training Suitable, Qualified and Experienced People as Professionals in the Area of Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics
G. Steven, Univ. of Sydney, Australia
grant.steven@durham.ac.uk

Genetic Algorithms for Computational Mechanics
B. H. V. Topping, Heriot-Watt Univ., United Kingdom
b.h.v.topping@hw.ac.uk

Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics
S. Ubertini, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy, and
S. Succi, Institute for Computing Applications, Italy
stefano.ubertini@uniroma2.it and succi@iac.rm.cnr.it

Biomechanics of Hard and Soft Tissues
In honor of Prof. Sidney Lees
F.-J. Ulm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., and
C. Hellmich, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria
ulm@mit.edu and christian.hellmich@tuwien.ac.at

Advances in the Analysis of Shells
W. Wagner, Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany, and
W. B. Krätzig, Ruhr-Universität, Germany
ww@bs.uni-karlsruhe.de and Wilfred.B.Kraetzig@sd.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Modeling and Solutions for Ductile Fracture
T. Wierzbicki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
wierz@mit.edu

Interface Capturing and Multi-Fluid Dynamics
T. Yabe and F. Xiao, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
yabe@mech.titech.ac.jp and xiao@es.titech.ac.jp

Optimal Design of Bolted Joints
J. Zarka, École Polytechnique, France
zarka@lms.polytechnique.fr

Advances in Wave Propagation Analyses
C. Zhang, Univ. of Applied Sciences, Germany
c.zhang@hs-zigr.de

Multiscale, Multiphysics Computational Fluid Dynamics
Y. Zhang and J. Glimm, State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, U.S.A.
yzhang@ams.sunysb.edu and glimm@ams.sunysb.edu

Neural Networks and Soft Methods in Computational Mechanics
L. Ziemianski, Rzeszow Univ. of Technology, Poland, and
Z. Waszczyszyn, Cracow Univ. of Technology, Poland
ziele@prz.edu.pl and zenwa@twins.pk.edu.pl