Plenary Lectures will be delivered by colleagues of international prestige in the field of the conference.


Confirmed Plenary Lecturers:

Francisco Armero
University of California at Berkeley, USA
Finite Element Analysis of Failure in Solids and Structures

Zdenek P. Bazant
Northwestern University, USA
Black Holes in Probability Tails: Challenge for Safety Analysis of Quasibrittle Structures

Ronaldo Borja
Stanford University, USA
Framework for Localized Deformation in Crystalline Rocks Accounting for Plastic Slip 
and Microstructure
 
Jiun-Shyan Chen
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Stabilized Galerkin and Collocation Meshfree Methods
 
Jean-Loup Chenot
Mines Paristech – CNRS - ARMINES, France
Optimization of Metal Forming Processes for Improving Final Mechanical Strength

Antonio Gens
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Generalized Plasticity for Geomaterials with Double Structure

Gerhard A. Holzapfel
Graz University of Technology, Austria
Structurally-based Computation of the Biomechanical Response of
Cardiovascular Tissues

Thomas J.R. Hughes
The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Isogeometric Crack Propagation:  Discrete and Phase-field Descriptions

Michael Kleiber
Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Elasto-plastic Fractal Model of Rough Surfaces for Finite Element Contact Analysis

Pierre Ladevèze
LMT Cachan, France
PGD Approximations for Time Dependent Nonlinear Problems: Basic Features and Validation

Wing-Kam Liu
Northwestern University, USA
Holonomic Manifolds for Multiscale Deformation and Fracture Via Nonlocal Blending of 
Sub-mesoscale Archetypes in Anholonomic Conformations
 
Herbert Mang
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Holistic Analysis of Underground Infrastructure Subjected to Fire

Christian Miehe
University of Stuttgart, Germany
Variational Modeling and Scale Bridging of Dissipative Functional Materials with Length Scales
 
Eiji Nakamachi
Doshisha University, Japan
Development of Crystallographic Process Technology for Bio-compatible
Piezoelectric Actuator of Bio-MEMS Device

Xavier Oliver
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Strain Localization, Strong Discontinuities and Material Failure: A Strain Injection Procedure

Michael Ortiz
California Institute of Technology, USA
Model-Based Rigorous Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Systems
 
Ekkehard Ramm
Stuttgart, Germany
Multiscale Solution Strategy beyond Scale Separation 
 
Bernard Schrefler
University of Padova, Italy
Mechanics of Porous Media: from Geomaterial to Tumor Growth Modelling

Erwin Stein
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Error Estimation and Adaptivity in Space and Time of Finite Element Methods for Elastoplastic and 
Viscoelastic Deformations

Kenjiro Terada
Tohoku University, Japan
Characterization of Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Deterioration of Cermets under SOFC Operation

Peter Wriggers
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Modelling of Inelastic Response by Two-Scale Approaches