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Title:
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Computational Methods in Structural Health Monitoring and Mechanics of Active Material Systems 

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Organizers:
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Ajit Mal 
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department
University of California; Los Angeles
48-121 Engineering IV Bldg.
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597, USA
E-mail: ajit@seas.ucla.edu

Chengwen Liu
University of California, Los Angeles
Civil & Env. Engineering Department
5731F Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1593, USA
E-mail: chwenliu@seas.ucla.edu

Ertugrul Taciroglu
University of California, Los Angeles
Civil & Env. Engineering Department
5731E Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1593, USA
E-mail: etacir@ucla.edu 

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Minisymposium description:
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Recent developments in the areas of embedded sensor networks, sensor/actuator systems, and 
active materials are paving the way for ubiquitous use of these technologies for monitoring 
and controlling the response of structures and the built environment. Robust, efficient, and 
reliable computational techniques are co-requisites for successful and widespread utilization 
of these technological developments in practical applications. As such, this minisymposium 
aims to highlight recent advances in experimental/computational techniques as well as novel 
applications in the areas of

* Non-destructive testing and evaluation
* Structural health-monitoring and control
* Smart/active structures and material systems

Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, advances in:

* Stochastic aspects of inverse problems
* Parametric/non-parametric system identification algorithms
* Constitutive modeling of active/smart material systems
* Topology optimization of active material systems * Optimum placement of sensor/actuator networks
* Damage detection and quantification