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1. Computational aspects of thin microstructures (Cancelled)
2. Minisymposia on variational principles and Clebsch formulation in computational fluid dynamics
Organizers: Asher Yahalom
3. Discontinuous Galerkin methods for PDEs
Organizers: Slimane Adjerid, Bernardo Cockburn, Krishnan Garikipati,
Adrian Lew and Chi-Wang Shu
4. Computational Geomechanics Minisymposium
Organizers: Boris Jeremic, Richard Regueiro, Ronaldo Borja and Stein Sture
5. Failure Mechanisms Under Dynamic Loading
Organizers: David Benson and Rebecca Brannon
6. Symposium on Multiscale Methods and Applications to
Nano- and Bio- Mechanics and Materials
Organizers: Wing Kam Liu, Jacob Fish and Dong Qian
7. Recent trends in decomposition methods for Multi-physical and Multi-scaling Problems (Cancelled)
8. Multiscale Damage and Failure Mechanics
Organizers: J. Woody Ju, Lizhi Sun, Pierre Ladeveze and Olivier Allix
9. Computational methods in biological growth and remodeling
Organizers: Krishna Garikipati and Ellen Kuhl
10. Accomplishments and challenges in verification and validation
Organizers: Len Schwer, Bill Oberkampf and Wayne Chen
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #57 and #84: You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
11. Numerical methods in bioengineering analysis and design (Cancelled)
12. Computational acoustics and computational ultrasonics
Organizers: Nico F. Declercq
13. Numerical modelling of contact problems in dynamics
Organizers: Patrick Le Tallec, J. Martins and T. Laursen
14. Stabilized, Multiscale and Multiphysics Methods
Organizers: Arif Masud, Tayfun Tezduyar and Thomas Hughes
15. Multiphysics behaviors of materials at the nanoscale
Organizers: Vikas Tomar and Min Zhou
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #41: You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
16. Advances and Applications of Meshfree and Extended Finite
Element Methods
Organizers: Cheng-Tang Wu, Yong Guo, Hui-Ping Wang and Pablo Zavattieri
17. Non-Invasive Sensing of Subsurface Properties
Organizers: David Pardo and Carlos Torres-Verdin
18. Clinical Biomechanics of the Spine: Computational
Mechanics Challenges
Organizers: Jenni M. Buckley
19. Computational Biomechanics: From Biomolecules to Organisms
Organizers: Mohammad Mofrad, Gerhard A. Holzapfel and Abdul Barakat
20. Computational Methods in Impact Engineering
Organizers: Ashkan Vaziri, Zhenyu Xue, Vikram S. Deshpande, Horacio D. Espinosa and John W. Hutchinson
21. Contact and interface mechanics: developments and applications
Organizers: Reese Jones, Mike Puso and Jerome Solberg
22. Computational Geometry and Analysis
Organizers: T.J.R. Hughes, Chandrajit Bajaj, Y. Bazilevs, and V.M. Calo
23. Multidisciplinary Design Optimization - Theory,
Methodology, and Application
Organizers: Hongbing (Howie) Fang and Ming Zhou
24. Computational formulations involving shell and other thin-walled
structures
Organizers: Loc Vu-Quoc and Ekkehard Ramm
25. Modeling and computation of active small (nano) systems
issues for small systems
Organizers: Loc Vu-Quoc, Narayan Aluru and Deepak Srivastava
26. Computational Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction
Organizers: Trond Kvamsdal, Roger Ohayon and Harald van Brummelen
27. Collapse of Deepwater Pipelines
Organizers: Eduardo N. Dvorkin and Rita G. Toscano
28. Uncertainty Modeling and Quantification in Computational Mechanics
Organizers: Roger Ghanem, John Red-Horse, Gerhart Schueller and
Christian Soize
29. Computational Methods in Bioengineering
Organizers: Suvranu De, Mohammad Mofrad and Ashkan Vaziri
30. Numerical Modeling and Simulation on Nanoscale Materials and Devices
Organizers: Ted Belytschko, Shaoping Xiao and Harold Park
31. Computational methods for micro and nano systems
Organizers: Alberto Corigliano, Horacio Espinosa and Joost Vlassak
32. Inverse problems
Organizers: Assad Oberai, Gonzalo Feijoo and Paul Barbone
33. Computational mechanics of random media
Organizers: Martin Ostoja-Starzewski and Marcin Kaminski
34. Turbulence Simulation: Methods and Applications
Organizers: Kenneth E. Jansen, Thomas J.R. Hughes, Yuri Bazilevs
and Victor M Calo
35. Geometric Time Integrators
Organizers: Eva Kanso
36. Recent Advances in Modeling Functionally Graded Materials
Organizers: Jeong-Ho Kim
37. Computational structural damage and failure (Cancelled)
38. Computational mechanics of the human musculoskeletal system (Cancelled)
39. Structural optimization at micro- and macroscopic length scales (Cancelled)
40. Computational Mechanics in Geoscience Applications
In honor of Prof. J. Tinsley Oden's 70th birthday
Organizers: Clint Dawson, Mary F. Wheeler and Ivan Yotov
41. Advances in Computational Nanomechanics of Fracture and Plasticity
Organizers: Sulin Zhang, Douglas Spearot, and Ting Zhu
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #15: You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
42. Computational Methods for Solid-Solid Phase Transformations
Organizers: Erwin Stein and Alexander Idesman
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #69: "Computational Modeling of Phase Transitions". You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
43. Discrete and Finite Element Methods and Applications
Organizers: Scott Johnson, Joseph Morris and John Williams
44. Spatial and/or Temporal Multi-scale Computational Modeling of Materials
Organizers: Somnath Ghosh and Peter Wriggers
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #48. You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
45. Scalable Solution Algorithms for Computational Mechanics
Organizers: Saikat Dey and Charbel Farhat
46. Computational Nanomechanics (Cancelled)
47. Recent Advances in Modeling of Engineering Materials/Systems
Organizers: S.K. Youn, H.G. Kwak and H.K. Lee
48. Multiscale computations for practical applications
Organizers: Kenjiro Terada, Somnath Ghosh and Peter Wriggers
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #44. You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
49. Computational Dynamics
Organizers: Greg Hulbert and Kumar Tamma
50. Meshfree and Generalized/Extended Finite Element Methods
Organizers: J. S. Chen, Ivo Babuska, Ted Belytschko, Wing Kam Liu, Hirohisa Noguchi and Sang-Ho Lee
51. Mathematical and Computational Aspects of Multi-scale and Multi-physics
Organizers: Dongbin Xiu, Hirohisa Noguchi, J. S. Chen, Tom Hou and Nasr Ghoniem
52. Recent Developments in Nanoscale Simulations: From Quantum to Coarse-Grained Modeling
Organizers: Shaofan Li, Ju Li and Sukky Jun
53. Computational Methods in Image Analysis
Organizers: Joao Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge, Yongjie Zhang and Dinggang Shen
54. Advances in Commercial Finite Element Software
Organizers: Sanjay Choudhry
55. Coupling Problems in modeling of concrete structure behavior (Cancelled)
56. Meshfree methods and their applications in biology, medicine and geometry (Cancelled)
57. Code and Solution Verification
Organizers: François Hemez, James Kamm and Ryan Maupin
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #10 and #84: You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
58. Advances in Solver Technology for Industrial Finite Element Analysis
Organizers: Vladimir Belsky and Harun Bayraktar
59. Shape and Topology Optimization in Computational Mechanics
Organizers: Krishnan Suresh
60. Frontal Phenomena
Organizers: Dmitry Golovaty, Laura Gross and Stephen Margolis
61. Trends in Unstructured Mesh Generation
Organizers: Steven Owen and Mark Shephard
62. Advances in Multi-Modelling, Transmissions and Associated Numerical Methodologies
Organizers: Hachmi Ben Dhia, François-Xavier Roux, Francisco Chinesta and Eduard Karpov
63. Pavement Mechanics and Simulation
Organizers: William Buttlar and John Bolander
64. Numerical Methods in Shaping of Spatial Structures (Cancelled)
65. Advances in Boundary Element Methods
Organizers: Ernie Pan, Yijun Liu, Martin Schanz and Mitsunori Denda
66. Modeling and Simulation of Nano Materials and Mechanics
Organizers: Peter Chung, Eliot Fang, Nasr Ghoniem and Hanchen Huang
67. Asymptotic and Numerical Approaches to Electron and Phonon Transport in Nanowires
Organizers: Lev Baskin, Pekka Neittaanmäki and Boris Plamenevsky
68. The Foundation: The Teaching of Finite Elements at Undergraduate Level
Organizers: Jat du Toit, Mike Gosz and Göran Sandberg
69. Computational Modeling of Phase Transitions
Organizers: Stefanie Reese and Bob Svendsen
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #42: "Computational Modeling of Solid-State Phase Transitions". You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
70. Computational Dental Mechanics (Cancelled)
71. Computational Methods in Composite Materials Research
Organizers: Abbas Milani and Christine El-Lahham
72. Computational Aspects of Fibrous Materials (Cancelled)
73. Structural Stability
Organizers: Herbert Mang and Yeon-Bin Yang
74. Cohesive Models of Fracture, Branching, and Fragmentation
Organizers: Glaucio Paulino, Robert Dodds Jr. and Seong Hyeok Song
75. Mechanics of Living Materials: Experimentation, Modeling and Simulation
Organizers: Antonio DiCarlo and Jay Humphrey
76. Statistical Learning and Classification for Mechanics and Materials (Cancelled)
77. New Actuators and Mechanisms
Organizers: Ramiro Velazquez and Ernesto Martinez
78. Intelligent Computing in Mechanics
Organizers: Tadeusz Burczynski and Jacques Periaux
79. Simulation of non-Gaussian Random Fields: Theory and Applications
Organizers: George Stefanou and Manolis Papadrakakis
80. Computational aspects of the Stochastic Finite Element Method
Organizers: Manolis Papadrakakis, Vissarion Papadopoulos and Dimos C. Charmpis
81. Algorithms and Implementations in Coupled Engineering Simulation
Organizers: Dennis Parsons, Robert Ferencz and James Stewart
82. Structural Reliability Analysis
Organizers: Seifedine kadry
83. Particle Methods in Continua and Discontinua Mechanics
Organizers: Sergio Idelsohn and Eugenio Oñate
84. Parameter Identification and Experimental Validation
Organizers: Rolf Mahnken
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #10 and #57: You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
85. Domain Decomposition Techniques for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering
Organizers: Eugenio Aulisa, Padmanabhan Seshaiyer and Sandro Manservisi
86. Advances in Computational Modeling in Earth Sciences and Engineering (Cancelled)
87. Mathematical Developments in Modern Topics in Composite Mechanics
Organizers: Peter Schiavone, Stanislav Potapenko and Christian Constanda
88. Air/Water Flow in Near Surface Environments
Organizers: Matthew Farthing, and Chris Kees
89. Nanoscale modeling and simulation in mechanics of materials
Organizers: Akihiro Nakatani and Seyoung Im
90. Modeling and Simulations of Multifunctional Nanomaterials
Organizers: Hanqing Jiang, Harold Park and Gang Li
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #91: You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
91. Multiscale Modeling and Simulations of Nanocomposites
Organizers: Hanqing Jiang, Harold Park and Gang Li
(Cross-listed and Co-organized with Minisymposium #90: You may register for either since they will be run as one minisymposium during the conference.)
92. Modeling and simulation of multi-phase and multi-material flows
Organizers: Hyung Ahn, Raphael Loubere and Sam Schofield
93. Similarities and Distinctions in Mechanical Properties of Multilayered and Functionally Graded Materials (Cancelled)
94. Finite Elements for Large Strain Problems
Organizers: Manfred Bischoff and Ferdinando Auricchio
95. Computational Methods for Large Structures and Materials
Organizers: Robert Xiao
96. Models and Methods in Computational Vascular and Cardiovascular Mechanics
Organizers: Y. Bazilevs, V.M. Calo, C.A. Taylor and T.J.R. Hughes
97. Biofluids and Coupled Problems in Biomechanics
Organizers: Wolfgang Wall, Marek Behr and Alberto Figueroa
98. Computational Methods in Structural Health Monitoring and Mechanics of Active Material Systems
Organizers: Ajit Mal, Chengwen Liu and Ertugrul Taciroglu
99. Finite Element Methods in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Organizers: Kazuo Kashiyama and Joannes Westerink
100. Advances in Computational Mechanics for Defense and Security Applications (Cancelled)
The following minisymposia are in honor of Prof. Kaspar J. Willam's 65th birthday
101. Computational Mechanics of Masonry Structures
Organizers: P. Benson Shing, Sashi Kunnath and Elio Sacco
102. Nonlocal and Generalized Continuum Modeling of Solids
Organizers: Stein Sture and Richard Regueiro
103. Computational Issues Related to Concrete and other Quasi-Brittle Materials
Organizers: Howard L. Schreyer, Daniela Ciancio and Ignacio Carol
104. Computational Techniques Related to Configurational Mechanics
Organizers: Paul Steinmann and Kenneth Runesson
105. Numerical Techniques for the Modeling of Failure in Solids
Organizers: Francisco Armero and Javier Oliver
106. Multiscale Modeling of Materials
Organizers: Ellen Kuhl and Ekkehard Ramm
107.
Modeling and Solution Methods for Coupled Problem Simulation
Organizers: Carlos A. Felippa, K.C. Park and Wolfgang A. Wall
The following minisymposia are in honor of Prof. J. Tinsley Oden's 70th birthday
108. Large Scale and Distributed Computing:
Application Development Towards Petascale Platforms
Organizers: S. J. Kim and A. K. Patra
109. Partition of unity finite element and meshless methods:
Advances and engineering applications
Organizers: C.A. Duarte, A. Simone, T. Strouboulis, J. Dolbow
110. Discontinuous approximation methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics and Beyond (Cancelled)
111. Computational Solid Mechanics: Recent Advances
Organizers: J. N. Reddy, Jon Bass, and Jin-Rae Cho
112. Minisymposium on Adaptive Modeling in Computational
Mechanics
Organizers: Kumar Vemaganti, Serge Prudhomme
113. Higher Order and hp Methods with Applications to Elliptic and
Maxwell Problems
Organizers: Leszek Demkowicz,Philippe Devloo,Waldek Rachowicz
114. Multiple scaling and homogenization for mechanics and
design optimization
Organizers: N. Kikuchi, L. Trabucho de Campos, T. I. Zohdi
115. Contact, Impact and Crashworthiness
Organizers: Shen R. Wu, Jin-Rae Cho and Kingshuk Bose
116. Computational Biology, Biomechanics and Biomedicine
Organizers: Yusheng Feng, M. Nichole Rylander,Suvranu De
117. Recent Progress in A Posteriori Error Estimation
Organizers: M. Ainsworth and Theofanis Strouboulis
118. Mathematics of Finite Elements (Cancelled)
119. Computational Wave Propagation: Hierarchical modeling and adaptivity
Organizers:Frank Ihlenburg, Murthy Guddati, Dan Givoli
120. The k-Version of the Finite Element Method and h-p-k Adaptive
Processes
Organizers: Albert Romkes, Karan S. Surana and J. N. Reddy
Special symposium of guest speakers. (This is a closed session. The invited speakers
should send abstracts directly to Jacob Fish.)
121. Funding Opportunities in Computational Mechanics
Organizers: Jacob Fish
