Current Status of Special Sessions
The following special sessions are being organized for the Conference. If you are interested in contributing to one of these sessions, please contact the Organizer(s).
Recent Advances in BEM
Organized by: D. E. Beskos, University of Patras, Greece
Email: D.E.Beskos@upatras.gr
Differential Quadrature and the Related Discrete Element Analysis Methods
Organized by: Chang-New Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Email: cchen@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Dynamic Instabilities and Nonlinear Oscillations of Structures in Convecting Fluid Flows
Organized by: Earl H. Dowell and Kenneth Hall, Duke University, U.S.A.
Email: Dowell@ee.duke.edu and kah7@acpub.duke.edu
Advanced Combustion Simulations
Organized by: Ahmed Ghoniem, M.I.T., U.S.A., and William Kirchhoff, Department of Energy, U.S.A.
Email: Ghoniem@MIT.EDU and William.Kirchhoff@science.doe.gov
Future Simulation and Learning Environments
Organized by: Ahmed Noor, NASA, U.S.A.
Email: a.k.noor@larc.nasa.go
p-Version FEA for Non-Linear Problems
Organized by: Barna Szabo, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A., and Ernst Rank, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Email: szabo@me.wustl.edu and rank@bv.tum.de
Multi-Body Dynamics
Organized by: K.C. Park, University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A., and Marco Borri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Email: kcpark@titan.colorado.edu and Marco.Borri@polimi.it
Finite Element Human Modeling for Car Occupant Safety Studies
Organized by: Hyung-Yun Choi, Hong-Ik University, Republic of Korea
Email: hychoi@wow.hongik.ac.kr
Computational Methods in Vehicular Traffic Modelling
Organized by: Nicola Bellomo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Email: Bellomo@polito.it
Advances in Boundary Element Methods
Organized by: Jan Sladek, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic
Email: usarslad@savba.sk
The Method of Forces of Solid Mechanics
Organized by: Surya N. Patnaik, NASA, U.S.A.
Email: Surya.N.Patnaik@lerc.nasa.gov
Computational Micromechanics
Organized by: Tarek Zohdi and Peter Wriggers, University of Hannover, Germany
Email: zohdi@ibnm.uni-hannover.de and wriggers@ibnm.uni-hannover.de
Multi-Functional Optimization
Organized by: Rodney Dreisbach, The Boeing Company, U.S.A.
Email: Rodney.Dreisbach@PSS.Boeing.com
Geometry for CFD Analysis
Organized by: David Ferguson, The Boeing Company, U.S.A.
Email: David.R.Ferguson@Boeing.com
Integral Equations and Fast Solvers
Organized by: Jacob White, M.I.T., U.S.A.
Email: White@mit.edu
Fluid Flows and Pollutant Transports in Porous Media
Organized by: R.-A. Dietrich, GKSS Forschungszentrum, Germany
Email : Rudolf-Adolf.Dietrich@gkss.de
Uncertainty Management in CFD Predictions
Organized by: Raymond Cosner, The Boeing Company, U.S.A.
Email : Raymond.R.Cosner@Boeing.com
Finite Element Formulations for Metal Forming Analysis
Organized by: Eduardo N. Dvorkin, SIDERCA, Argentina
Email: dvk@siderca.com
Finite Element Analysis of Sheet Metal Forming
Organized by: Jean-Loup Chenot and Elisabeth Massoni, Ecole des Mines à Sophia Antipolis, France
Email: Jean-Loup.Chenot@cemef.cma.fr and Elisabeth.Massoni@cemef.cma.fr
Metal Forming and Design for Formability
Organized by: Chung-Yeh Sa, General Motors, U.S.A.
Email: Chung-Yeh.Sa@gm.com
Finite Element Applications in the Steel Industry
Organized by: Eduardo N. Dvorkin, SIDERCA, Argentina
Email: dvk@siderca.com
FEM and CFD as the Modeling Tool for the Tire: Tire Contact Modeling, Tire Material Modeling and Tire Hydroplaning Modeling
Organized by: Jean-Michel Vacherand and Ali Rezgui, Michelin, France, and Isam Janajreh, Michelin, U.S.A.
Email: Jean-Michel.Vacherand@fr.michelin.com, Ali.Rezgui@fr.michelin.com and isam.janajreh@fr.michelin.com
Finite Element Modeling of Civil Engineering Structures
Organized by: Hany J. Farran, California State University, Pomona, U.S.A.
Email: hjfarran@csupomona.edu
State-of-the-Art Analyses in Civil Engineering
Organized by: Alex Krimotat, SC Solutions, Inc., U.S.A.
Email: alex@scsolutions.com
Multiplicity and Stability: Continuation Schemes and Bifurcation Algorithms
Organized by: L. Wang, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Email: lqwang@hkucc.hku.hk
Unified Constitutive Models and Computer Implementation
Organized by: Chandra Desai, University of Arizona, U.S.A.
Email: csdesai@engr.arizona.edu
Computational FSI & Multiphysics
Organized by: Carlos Felippa, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A., Hermann Matthies, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, and Roger Ohayon, CNAM, France
Email: Carlos@titan.colorado.edu, H.Matthies@tu-bs.de and Ohayon@cnam.cnam.fr
Large Scale, Multi-Physics Engineering Simulations Using Massively Parallel Computer Architectures
Organized by: Samuel Key, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S.A.
Email: swkey@sandia.gov
Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization for Industry
Organized by: Jacques Periaux, Dassault Aviation, France
Email: Periaux@rascasse.inria.fr
Numerical Approximation of Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems
Organized by: Lucia Gastaldi and Daniele Boffi, University of Pavia, Italy
Email: Gastaldi@dragon.ian.pv.cnr.it and Boffi@dimat.unipv.it
Numerical Simulation of Liquid/Solid Particulate Flow
Organized by: Roland Glowinski, University of Houston, U.S.A.
Email: Roland@math.uh.edu
Incompressible Flow Simulations
Organized by: Mohamed Hafez, University of California, Davis, U.S.A., and Tayfun Tezduyar, Rice University, U.S.A.
Email: mhafez@ucdavis.edu and Tezduyar@rice.edu
Advances in Compressible Flow Simulations
Organized by: Antony Jameson, Stanford University, U.S.A., and Luigi Martinelli, Princeton University, U.S.A.
Email: Jameson@baboon.stanford.edu and gigi@phantom2.princeton.edu
Fictitious Domain Method
Organized by: Olivier Pironneau, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France, and Yuri Kuznetsov, University of Houston, U.S.A.
Email: Olivier.Pironneau@ann.jussieu.fr and kuz@math.uh.edu
Meshless Methods I
Organized by: Sergio Idelsohn, INTEC, Argentina
Email: Sergio@cimne.upc.es
Meshless Methods II
Organized by: Suvranu De, M.I.T., U.S.A., and John Dolbow, Duke University, U.S.A.
Email: Suvranu@mit.edu and jdolbow@duke.edu
Computational Methods in Biological Modeling
Organized by: Roger D. Kamm, M.I.T., U.S.A.
Email: rdkamm@mit.edu
Computational Biomechanics
Organized by: Guoan Li, Harvard Medical School, U.S.A.
Email: gli@exchange.caregroup.harvard.edu
Numerical Simulation for Biomedical Applications
Organized by: Svenn Borgersen, BIOSIMulations Inc., U.S.A.
Email: sebcorp@earthlink.net
Computational Modeling for Automotive Crash Safety Analysis
Organized by: Yih-Charng Deng, General Motors, U.S.A.
Email: Yih-Charng.Deng@gm.com
Leading Edge CFD Applications in Automotive Design
Organized by: Keith Meintjes, General Motors, U.S.A.
Email: Keith.Meintjes@gm.com
Multidisciplinary Optimization and Stochastic Analysis
Organized by: Simon Xu, General Motors, U.S.A.
Email: Simon.Xu@gm.com
Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability
Organized by: Dan M. Frangopol, University of Colorado, U.S.A.
Email: Dan.Frangopol@Colorado.EDU
Computational Mechanics of Material Failure
Organized by: Thomas Siegmund, Purdue University, U.S.A.
Email: Siegmund@ecn.purdue.edu
Geotechnical Modeling
Organized by: Scott Sloan, University of Newcastle, Australia
Email: Scott.Sloan@newcastle.edu.au
Instability Analysis of Fluid-Solid Systems
Organized by: Xiaodong Wang, Polytechnic University of New York, U.S.A.
Email: xwang@poly.edu
Design Optimization
Organized by: Grant Steven, University of Sydney, Australia (University of Durham until
August 1, 2000, email: grant.steven@durham.ac.uk)
Email: Grant@aero.usyd.edu.au
Impact Dynamics
Organized by: Joseph Tedesco, University of Florida, U.S.A.
Email: jtede@ce.ufl.edu
Computational Durability Mechanics
Organized by: Franz-Josef Ulm, M.I.T., U.S.A.
Email: Ulm@mit.edu
Latency-Tolerant Algorithms
Organized by: Greg Astfalk, Hewlett-Packard, U.S.A.
Email: Greg_Astfalk@hp.com
Adaptive Laminated Shell Modeling
Organized by: Paolo Gaudenzi, University of Rome, Italy
Email: Paolo@gaudenzi.ing.uniroma1.it
Molecular Methods in Computational Engineering
Organized by: N. Hadjiconstantinou, M.I.T., U.S.A.
Email: ngh@mit.edu
Computational Fracture Mechanics of Concrete
Organized by: Christian Meyer, Columbia University, U.S.A.
Email: Meyer@civil.columbia.edu
Computational Predictability of Natural Convection Flows in Enclosures
Organized by: Mark A. Christon, Livermore Software Technology Corporation, U.S.A., Phil Gresho and Steve Sutton, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, U.S.A.
Email: Christon@lstc.com, pgresho@llnl.gov and sutton4@llnl.gov
Webpage location: www.me.unm.edu/~christon/mit_convection/mit_convection.html
Aero-Acoustics for the Automotive Design – Current Problems and Potential Solutions
Organized by: Mark A. Christon, Livermore Software Technology Corporation, U.S.A., and Richard Sun, DaimlerChrysler, U.S.A.
Email: Christon@lstc.com and rls37@daimlerchrysler.com
Webpage location: www.me.unm.edu/~christon/nvh/nvh.html
Computational Stochastic Structural Analysis
Organized by: Gerhart Schuëller, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Email: G.I.Schueller@uibk.ac.at
Confessions of Computational Modelers
Organized by: Mark A. Bradford, University of New South Wales, Australia
Email: M.Bradford@unsw.edu.au
Decision Making Techniques in Engineering
Organized by: Luis Simoes, Coimbra University, Portugal
Email: lcsimoes@dec.uc.pt
Higher Order Finite Difference Methods in CFD
Organized by: José Carlos Pereira, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal
Email: jose@navier.ist.utl.pt
Adaptive Finite Element Analysis
Organized by: C. S. Krishnamoorthy, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Email: moorthy@cfead.iitm.ernet.in
High Performance Computing for Engineering Design Optimization
Organized by: C. S. Krishnamoorthy, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Email: moorthy@cfead.iitm.ernet.in
Reliability-Based Structural Optimization
Organized by: C. S. Krishnamoorthy, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Email: moorthy@cfead.iitm.ernet.in
Analysis of Shells
Organized by: Wilfried B. Krätzig, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Email: Wilfried.B.Kraetzig@sd.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Reliable Finite Element Methods for Shells
Organized by: Dominique Chapelle, INRIA, France, and Miguel Luiz Bucalem, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Email: Dominique.Chapelle@inria.fr and mlbucale@usp.br
Nonlinear Analysis of Shells: Formulation, Implementation and Engineering Applications
Organized by: Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, ENS-Cachan, France
Email: Adnan.Ibrahimbegovic@lmt.ens-cachan.fr
Structural Topology Optimization
Organized by: Gengdong Cheng, Dalian University of Technology, P. R. China
Email: chenggd@dlut.edu.cn
Teaching of FEM
Organized by: John L. Meek, University of Queensland, Australia
Email: e2meek@brolga.cc.uq.edu.au
High Performance Computing in Structural Mechanics
Organized by: Manolis Papadrakakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Email: mpapadra@central.ntua.gr
Mesh Generation and Adaptive Analysis
Organized by: Soo-Won Chae, Korea University, South Korea
Email: swchae@korea.ac.kr
Key Issues in Mesh Generation
Organized by: N. Weatherill and O. Hassan, University of Wales, U.K.
Email: n.p.weatherill@swansea.ac.uk and o.hassan@swansea.ac.uk
Structural Optimization
Organized by: John Bull, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, and Grant Steven, University of Sydney, Australia (University of Durham until August 1, 2000, email: grant.steven@durham.ac.uk)
Email: John.Bull@ncl.ac.uk and grant@aero.usyd.edu.au
Techniques for Developing Low Order Models
Organized by: J. Peraire and A. T. Patera, M.I.T., U.S.A.
Email: Peraire@mit.edu and Patera@mit.edu
Graphs, Matroids and Combinatorics in Structural Mechanics
Organized by: Ali Kaveh, Iran University of Science & Technology, Iran
Email: alikaveh@iust.ac.ir
Advances in Distributed Computing Using PC Clusters
Organized by: Z. Bittnar, Prague Technical University, Czech Republic, and B.H.V. Topping, Heriot-Watt University, U.K.
Email: zdenek@adela.fsv.cvut.cz and barryt@sect.mce.hw.ac.uk
Advances in Contact Mechanics: Theory, Implementation & Applications
Organized by: S. A. Meguid, University of Toronto, Canada, and N. El-Abbasi, M.I.T., U.S.A.
Email: Meguid@mie.utoronto.ca and Elabbasi@mit.edu
Webpage location: www.mie.utoronto.ca/labs/emdl/contactmit
The First M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics incorporates the 12th Annual HP Technology Trends in Computational Engineering Symposium. This symposium consists of --
Software Program Vendor Sessions
Session 1: Nonlinear Structural Analysis & Fluid-Structure Interaction
Session 2: Crash, Crush & Metal Forming
Session 3: Computational Fluid Dynamics
Session 4: Noise, Vibration and Harshness
Organized by: Knute Christensen, Hewlett-Packard Company, U.S.A.
Email: Knute@rsn.hp.com