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
Nano- and Micromechanics of Particulate Materials
Turbulence Modeling for Industrial CFD
Advanced Applications in Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics with Established Software
Discrete and Kinetic Methods for Modeling Gas, Fluid and Ionized Media Flows
Multi-physics Coupling in Material Processing
Advances and Applications of Computational Methods in Aerospace
Response of Structures to the Effects of Explosions
Localized Drug Delivery
Modeling of Damage and Fracture in Pavement and Geomaterials
Numerical Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction Systems
Computational Aspects for the Design and the Analysis of the Messina Strait Bridge
Hierarchical Modeling of Structures
Analysis of Tall Buildings
Modeling of the Cardiovascular System
Differential Quadrature, Generalized Methods and Related Discrete
Element Analysis Methods for Static and Transient Problems
Reliability and Robust Design
Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for PDEs
Advances in Algorithms and Applications for Incompressible and Low-Mach Number Flows
Advances in Computational Structural Dynamics
Meshfree and Generalized Finite Element Methods
Shape Optimization – Research and Applications
Fast Boundary Element Methods and Applications
Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability
Static and dynamics of cellular solids: modelling aspects and numerical strategies
Advanced Analysis for Practical Design
Modeling of Smart Structures
Discretization Methods with Finite Volumes, Discontinuous Galerkin Methods and the Application in Porous Media
Error Control and Mesh Adaptation in FEA
Pre-Conditioned Methods, Applications and Software Environment
3-D Combustion Simulations
Molecular Methods in Mechanics
Nonlinear Dynamics of Fluids
Computational Mechanics in the Textile Industry
Nonlinear Dynamics – Spanning the Scales: Algorithms and Applications
Computational Fluid and Solid Geodynamics: Methods and Challenges
Random Composites: From Theory to Computations
Advances in Computational Mechanics of Polymer and Metal
Matrix Composites
Statically Admissible Stress Recovery Techniques
New Optimization Methods for CFD
Multi-Domain and Meshless Boundary Methods
Vortex Dominated Flows - Computational, Analytical and Experimental
Studies of Viscous or Inviscid Vortical Flows and Applications
Computational Fluid-Structure-Interaction
Modeling of Penetration and Pore Pressures in Particulate Media
Computational Multiscale Modeling
Modeling Coupled and Transport Phenomena in Nanotechnology
Optimization of Expensive Black-box Cost Functions
Reliable Multifield Approximation Techniques
Uncertainty in Civil Engineering and Computational Mechanics
Computational Plasticity
Computational Modeling of Reacting Flow
Finite/Discrete Element Methods and Applications
Probabilistic Geomechanics
Multi-scale Modeling of Material Behavior - Solids
Computational Modeling of Ionized Gas Flows
Computational Mechanics Applications in Vehicle Crash Safety
Electro-Magneto-Mechanics of Smart Structures
Computational Stochastic Mechanics
Uncertainties in Structural Mechanics/Analysis
Modeling Variable Density Flows
Mechanics of Woven Fabrics and Woven-Reinforced Composites
Training Suitable, Qualified and Experienced People as Professionals in the Area of Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics
Genetic Algorithms for Computational Mechanics
Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics
Biomechanics of Hard and Soft Tissues
Advances in the Analysis of Shells
Modeling and Solutions for Ductile Fracture
Interface Capturing and Multi-Fluid Dynamics
Optimal Design of Bolted Joints
Advances in Wave Propagation Analyses
Multiscale, Multiphysics Computational Fluid Dynamics
Neural Networks and Soft Methods in Computational Mechanics
(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
S. J. Antony, Leeds Univ., United Kingdom
S.J.Antony@leeds.ac.uk
B. Basara, AVL List GmbH, Austria
branislav.basara@avl.com
K. J. Bathe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
kjb@mit.edu
O. Batishchev, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
batish@mit.edu
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
J. Bayandor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
javid.bayandor@rmit.edu.au
J. T. Baylot, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
James.T.Baylot@erdc.usace.army.mil
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
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
D. Boffi, Univ. of Pavia, Italy, and
L. Gastaldi, Univ. of Brescia, Italy
boffi@dimat.unipv.it and
gastaldi@ing.unibs.it
F. Bontempi, Univ. of Rome, Italy
franco.bontempi@uniroma1.it
M. L. Bucalem, Univ. of São Paulo, Brazil
mlbucale@usp.br
J. Bull, The Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
john.bull@ncl.ac.uk
D. Chapelle, INRIA-Rocquencourt, France, and
J.-F. Gerbeau, INRIA-Rocquencourt, France
Dominique.Chapelle@inria.fr and Jean-Frederic.Gerbeau@inria.fr
C.-N. Chen, National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan
cchen@mail.ncku.edu.tw
K.-K. Choi, Univ. of Iowa, U.S.A.
kkchoi@ccad.uiowa.edu
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
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
G. Consolazio and J. W. Tedesco, Univ. of Florida, U.S.A.
gcons@ce.ufl.edu and jtede@ce.ufl.edu
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
F. Duddeck, BMW, Germany, and
K.-U. Bletzinger, Technical Univ.
of Munich, Germany
Fabian.Duddeck@bmw.de and
kub@bv.tum.de
F. Duddeck, BMW, Germany, and
O. Steinbach, Univ. of Stuttgart, Germany
Fabian.Duddeck@bmw.de and
steinbach@mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de
D. M. Frangopol, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.
dan.frangopol@colorado.edu
J. F. Ganghoffer, LEMTA, Nancy, France
Jean-francois.Ganghoffer@ensem.inpl-nancy.fr
C. Gantes, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece
chgantes@central.ntua.gr
P. Gaudenzi, Univ. of Rome, Italy, and
E. Carrera, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Paolo.Gaudenzi@
uniroma1.it and carrera@polito.it
J. Geiser, WIAS Institute, Berlin, Germany
geiser@wias-berlin.de
T. Grätsch, DaimlerChrysler, Germany, and
F. Cirak, Caltech, U.S.A.
graetsch@alum.mit.edu and cirak@cacr.caltech.edu
G. A. Gravvanis, Hellenic Open University, Greece
gravvanis@eap.gr
J. Grcar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S.A.
jfgrcar@lbl.gov
N. G. Hadjiconstantinou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
ngh@mit.edu
G. Haller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
ghaller@mit.edu
J.-H. He, Shanghai Donghua Univ., China
jhhe@dhu.edu.cn
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
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
M. Kaminski, Technical Univ. of Lodz, Poland
marcinka@p.lodz.pl
T. Kant, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
tkant@civil.iitb.ac.in
B. Karihaloo, Univ. of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
KarihalooB@Cardiff.ac.uk
F. R. Klimetzek, DaimlerChrysler, Germany, and
O. Moos, DaimlerChrysler, Germany
franz.klimetzek@daimlerchrysler.com and oliver.moos@daimlerchrysler.com
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
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
(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
M. McVay and B. Birgisson, Univ. of Florida, U.S.A.
mmcva@ce.ufl.edu and bbirg@ce.ufl.edu
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
R. Melnik, Wilfrid Laurier Univ., Canada, and
A. Povitsky, Univ. of Akron, U.S.A.
rmelnik@wlu.ca and povitsky@uakron.edu
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
D. Mijuca, Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
dmijuca@matf.bg.ac.yu
B. Möller, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
moeller@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de
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
H. Najm, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S.A.
hnnajm@sandia.gov
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
K.-K. Phoon, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
cvepkk@nus.edu.sg
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
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
N. Saha, Ford Motor Company, U.S.A.
nsaha@ford.com
Y. Shindo, Tohoku Univ., Japan
shindo@material.tohoku.ac.jp
G. I. Schuëller, Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria
G.I.Schueller@uibk.ac.at
G. I. Schuëller, Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria
G.I.Schueller@uibk.ac.at
D. Slinn, Univ. of Florida, U.S.A.
slinn@coastal.ufl.edu
S. Socrate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
ssocrate@mit.edu
G. Steven, Univ. of Sydney, Australia
grant.steven@durham.ac.uk
B. H. V. Topping, Heriot-Watt Univ., United Kingdom
b.h.v.topping@hw.ac.uk
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
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
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
T. Wierzbicki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
wierz@mit.edu
T. Yabe and F. Xiao, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
yabe@mech.titech.ac.jp and
xiao@es.titech.ac.jp
J. Zarka, École Polytechnique, France
zarka@lms.polytechnique.fr
C. Zhang, Univ. of Applied Sciences, Germany
c.zhang@hs-zigr.de
Y. Zhang and J. Glimm, State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook,
U.S.A.
yzhang@ams.sunysb.edu and
glimm@ams.sunysb.edu
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