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Plenary & Semi-Plenary Lecturers

The persons listed below, in recognition of their outstanding contributions in the field of computational mechanics, were invited to deliver a plenary or semi-plenary lecture at the WCCM VIII - ECCOMAS V world congress. Click the name for more information about the lecturer, and the title of his or her lecture to access the abstract.

Plenary Lecturers
Ted Belytschko
Northwestern University, United States
Multiscale Computational Methods for Failure
Pierre Ladevčze
LMT-Cachan, Paris 6 University, France
The Latin Method: A Paradigm for Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Methods
Herbert Mang
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Computational Multi-Scale Analysis in Civil Engineering 
Kazuhiro Nakahashi
Tohoku University, Japan
Building-Cube Method: A CFD Approach for Near-Future PetaFlops Computers
Michael Ortiz
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Electronic-Structure Calculations at Macroscopic Scales
Roger Owen
University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom
Multi-Field Coupling Strategies for Large Scale Problems Involving Multi-Fracturing Rock and Particulate Media
Olivier Pironneau
Université Paris VI, France
Numerical Challenge for Option Pricing
Alfio Quarteroni
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Mathematical Modeling for Medicine, Sports, and the Environment
Robert Taylor
University of California at Berkeley, United States
My Fifty Years with Finite Elements!
Barbara Wohlmuth
University of Stuttgart, Germany
Stable Hybridization Techniques in Computational Mechanics




Semi-Plenary Lecturers
Ferdinando Auricchio
Universitŕ di Pavia, Italy
On the Stability of Finite Element Schemes for Finite Strain Incompressible Elasticity
Zdenek Bazant
Northwestern University, United States
Computing Quasibrittle Failure Probability: from Nano to Macro
Javier Bonet
University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom
Two Step Taylor-Galerkin Solution of Lagrangian Explicit Dynamic Solid Mechanics
Gengdong Cheng
Dalian University of Technology, China
Multi-Scale Design Optimization
Charbel Farhat
Stanford University, United States
Reduced-Order Modeling, Differential Geometry and Physics-Based Near-Real-Time Predictions
Axel Flaig
Aerodynamics, Airbus, Germany
Eco-efficient by Design - Challenges for Aerodynamics Engineers for Future Aircraft Design
Tom Hughes
The University of Texas at Austin, United States
Isogeometric Analysis: Progress and Challenges
Sergio Idelsohn
CIMNE, Spain
Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina
Fluid-Structure-Interaction Problems Including "Added-Mass Effects"
Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai
Asian Institute Of Technology, Thailand
Advances in Kriging-Based Finite Element Method
Wing Kam Liu
Northwestern University, United States
Multiresolution Mechanics: Linking Material Properties to Evolving Microstructure
Rainald Löhner
George Mason University, United States
Combination of Body-Fitted and Embedded/Immersed Methods for Complex CFD Applications
Nicolas Moës
Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
The eXtended Finite Element Method: State of the Art and Challenges Ahead
Ernst Rank
Technical University München, Germany
Computational Steering: Towards Advanced Interactive High Performance Computing in Engineering Sciences
Scott Sloan
University of Newcastle, Australia
Limit Analysis with Adaptive Mesh Refinement
Wolfgang Wall
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Computational modeling of the respiratory system
Takashi Yabe
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Robust Multi-Phase Flow Solvers with Mesh-Free Adaptive Grid CIP Method



 

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