Below is a list of the USNCCM15 minisymposia. Click on the title for a description.
100 Honorary Minisymposia
101 Computational Poro- and Geo-mechanics (in honor of Professor Mary F. Wheeler), Guglielmo Scovazzi, Thomas Wick, Andro Mikelik
102 Advances in Computational Methods for Subsurface Modeling: In Honor of Professor Mary F. Wheeler, Todd Arbogast, Shuyu Sun, Ivan Yotov
103 Computational Methods for Fracture in Porous Media, in honor of Prof. Mary Wheeler, Pania Newell
104 Innovative Higher Order Discretization Methods in Computational Science and Engineering, in honor of Professor Mary Wheeler, Tan Bui-thanh, Leszek Demkowicz
105 Computational Geomechanics, in honor of Prof. Mary F. Wheeler, WaiChing Sun, Jiun-Shyan Chen, Qiushi Chen, Ronaldo Borja
200 Uncertainty Quantification and Data-Driven Modeling
201 Accelerating Uncertainty Quantification for High-Fidelity Simulations, Geoffrey Bomarito, James Warner, Jacob Hochhalter, John Emery
202 Dakota Software for Optimization, Uncertainty Quantification and Model Calibration, Gianluca Geraci, John Stephens, Brian Adams
203 Data-driven Modeling Using Uncertainty Quantification, Machine Learning and Optimizaiton, James Stewart, Roger Ghanem, Miguel Bessa, Krishna Garikipati, C. Alberto Figueroa
204 Advances in Design Optimization under Uncertainty, Alireza Doostan, Subhayan De, Kurt Maute
205 Multilevel/Multifidelity Strategies for Uncertainty Quantification, John Jakeman, Alex Gorodetsky, Gianluca Geraci, Michael Eldred
207 Model Construction, Uncertainty Quantification, and Data Driven Modeling in Computational Mechanics, Tiernan Casey
208 Data Assimilation in Model Order Reduction Techniques for Computational Mechanics, Nissrine Akkari, Fabien Casenave, David Ryckelynck
209 Stochastic Methods and Data-Driven Approaches in Computational Mechanics, Johann Guilleminot, Michael Shields, Kirubel Teferra, Lori Graham-Brady
300 Meshfree Methods and Peridynamics
301 Advances and Applications in Meshfree and Particle Methods, C.T. Wu, Mike Hillman, Zhen Chen, Dongdong Wang, Marc Schweitzer, Jiun-Shyan Chen, Sheng-Wei Chi
302 Particle-Based Methods (DEM; PFEM; SPH; MPM; MPSI and others), Sergio Idelsohn, Eugenio Onate, Tarek Zohdi
303 Peridynamics and its Applications, Erdogan Madenci, Erkan Oterkus, Selda Oterkus
304 Computing Growth, Dissolution, and Fracture, Florin Bobaru, Ziguang Chen
305 Local-Nonlocal Coupling Methods for Nonlocal Models, Mart D'elia, Pablo Seleson
400 Computational Biology, Biomechanics, and Medicine
401 Advances in Computational Biomechanics, David Pierce, Corey Neu
402 Computational Biomechanics of Impact and Injury, Kirubel Teferra, Jingwen Hu, Matthew Panzer
403 Computational Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics, Yusheng Feng, Suvranu De, David Fuentes
404 Computational Modeling of Cardiac Valve Function and Intervention. Michael Sacks, Wei Sun, Prasad Dasi, Manuel Rausch
406 Computational Multiphysics Modeling of Cardiovascular Systems, Debanjan Mukherjee, Ming-Chen Hsu, Adarsh Krishnamurthy
407 Maturation and Remodeling in Native and Engineeered Soft Collagenous Tissues, Michael Sacks, Manuel Rausch, Reza Avaz
408 Mechanobiology of Cells, Vesicles and Biomembranes, Roger Sauer, Elisa Budyn, Shaofan Li, Marino Arroyo
409 Imaging-based Modeling in Biomechanics, Maria Holland, Johannes Weickenmeier, Adrian Buganza Tepole
410 Trends in Patient Specific Modeling of Cardiovascular Systems, Mitchel Colebank, M. Umar Qureshi, Mette Olufsen
411 Multiscale Modeling in Bio-Mechanical Systems, Ying Li, Xianqiao Wang, Lucy Zhang, Zi Chen
412 Direct and Inverse Methods for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Biomechanics, Marek Behr, C. Alberto Figueroa, Wolfgang Wall
500 Computational Fluid Mechanics
501 Computational Fluid Mechanics with Free and Moving Boundaries: Methods and Applications, Rekha Rao, Scott Roberts, Jeremy Lechman
502 Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Moving Boundaries and Interfaces, Artem Korobenko, Yuri Bazilevs, Ming-Chen Hsu, Kenji Takizawa, Tayfun Tezduyar
503 Variational Stabilization, Structure- and Positivity-Preserving Techniques for Complex Flows, Victor Calo, Guglielmo Scovazzi, Albert Romkes, Arif Masud, Santiago Badia, John Evans, Gabriel Barrenechea, Javier Principe, Luis Espath
504 Computational Methods for Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Ethan Kubatko, Kazuo Kashiyama, Clint Dawson
505 Fluid-Structure Interaction Algorithms and Applications, Jonathan Pitt, Justin Kauffman, Scott Miller
506 Immersed Methods for CFD and Fluid-Structure Interaction, David Kamensky, Hugo Casquero, Ming-Chen Hsu, Jessica Zhang
600 Computational Fracture, Damage, and Impact Mechanics
601 Computational Mechanics for Performance and Damage of Materials, Varun Gupta, Timothy Truster, Mark Messner
602 Numerical Modeling of Extreme Loading Environments, Kent Danielson, David Littlefield
603 Computational Methods and Design for Impact and Blast Problems, Jun Xu, Howie Fang, David Weggel, Qing Li, Qian Wang
604 Advances in Numerical Methods for Linear and Non-linear Dynamics and Wave Propagation, Alexander Idesman
605 Recent Advances in Computational Fracture Mechanics, John Dolbow, N. Sukumar, Christian Linder
700 Isogeometric Methods
701 Isogeometric Methods, Alessandro Reali, David Benson, Rene de Borst, Yuri Baziilevs, Clemens Verhoosel, Giancarlo Sangalli, Trond Kvamsdal, Thomas JR Hughes
702 Non-standard Formulations and Discretizations for Thin-walled Structures, Manfred Bischoff, Bastian Oesterle, Ekkehard Ramm, Fehmi Cirak
703 Unstructured Spline Techniques for Isogeometric Analysis with Applications, Jessica Zhang, Carla Manni, Hendrik Speleers, Jorg Peters, Xiaoping Qian, Annalisa Buffa
704 Leveraging Extended CAE Technology for the Implementatio of IoT, AI and 5G, Tohru Hirano
705 High Order Numerical Methods and High Order Mesh Generation, Bo Liu
800 Additive Manufacturing
801 Advances in Modeling of Additive Manufacturing: Process Modeling and Structural Performance Predictions, Michael Stender, Kyle Johnson
802 Modeling and Simulation of Additive Manufacturing, Albert To, Lars-Erik Lindgren, Wing Kam Liu, Andreas Lundback
803 Modeling and Simulation of Additive Manufacturing Processes, Robert Ferencz, John Michopoulos, Neil Hodge
804 Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization for Additive Manufacturing Emphasizing Nonlinear Problems, Junji Kato, Mingdong Zhou, Shikui Chen, Ekkehard Ramm, Bin Niu
900 Mathematical Modeling and Mechanics
901 Modeling at the Intersection of First Principles Methods, Mechanics and Mathematics, Vikram Gavini, Amartya Banerjee, Phanish Suryanarayana
902 Mathematical Models and Computations in Strucural Mechanics in Conjunction with Classical and Non-Classical Continuum Mechanics, Karan Surana, Albert Romkes, J.N. Reddy, Aaron Joy Michael Powell
903 The Summation-by-Parts Framework: Analysis and Design of Modern Numerical Methods, David C. Del Rey Fernández, Matteo Parsani, Andrew Winters, Jesse Chan
904 Enabling Technologies and Simulation Practices for Advanced Scientific and Engineering Computation, Alvaro Coutinho, William Barth, Guillaume Houzeaux
1000 Continuum and Contact Mechanics
1001 Model Order Reduction for Computational Continuum Mechanics, Youngsoo Choi, Masayuki Yano, Matthew Zahr
1002 Computational Modeling of Embedded or Contact Interfaces, Michael Puso, Rolf Krause, Tod Laursen, Jerome Solberg
1100 Computational Material Science and Design
1101 Modeling Interface Driven Microstructure Evolution in Materials, Vinamra Agrawal, Brandon Runnels, Charles Wojnar
1102 Multi-scale and Multi-physics Computations in Fluids and Solids, Yozo Mikata, Glaucio Paulino
1103 Multiscale Models, Algorithms, and Analysis for Materials Science, Xingjie Li, Derek Olson
1104 Atomistic and Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Nano- and Micro-structures of Materials and Their Failure Mechanisms, Shaofan Li, Shingo Urata, Dong Qian, Kun Zhou, Luwen Zhang
1105 Process-induced Deformation and Defects Control Method for Structures, Hui Cheng, Yingjie Xu, Pinar Acar
1106 Computational Mechanics for Smart Materials: Modeling, Simulation and Experimental Validation, Stephen Lange, Bjoern Kiefer, Andreas Ricoeur
1107 Soft, Multi-Functional and Architected Materails, Phil Buskohl, Abigail Juhl, Stephan Rudykh
1109 Towards Optimization and Real-Time Simulation of Multiscale Material Behavior: Methods and Applications, Karen Veroy-Grepl, Karen Willcox
1111 Multiscale/Multiphysics Approaches on Complex Materials and Structures, Maenghyo Cho, TS Han, Sung Youb Kim
1200 Advanced Discretizations and Topology Optimization
1201 Polygonal and Polyhedral Discretizations in Computational Mechanics, Gianmarco Manzini, N. Sukumar, Joseph Bishop
1202 Sympoisum on Trends in Unstructured Mesh Generation, Steven Owen, Mark Shephard, Franck Ledoux, Matt Staten
1203 Unfitted Discretization Methods, Guglelmo Scovazzi, Gianluigi Rozza, Santiago Badia, Mario Ricchiuto
1204 Unstructured Mesh Adaptation for Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aravind Balan, Ajay Rangarajan
1205 New Trends in Topology Optimization, Emilio Silva, Xiaojia Shelly Zhang, Lucia Mirabella, Miguel Aguilo, Glaucio Paulino
1206 Emerging Topology and Shape Optimization Techniques in Computational Materials Design, Ahmad R. Najafi, Julian Norato, Kai James, Masoud Safdari
1300 Image Analysis and Simulation
1301 Imaged-Based Simulation, Scott Roberts, Joseph Bishop, Karel Matous, John Korbin, Nagi Mansour
1302 Computational Methods in Image Analysis, Joao Tavares, Renato Natal, Yongjie Zhang
1500 High Performance Computing
1501 Optimization of High BPF Applications for Hierarchical Parallel Architectures, Hiroshi Okuda, Henry Tufo
1600 Generalized Finite Element Methods
1601 Enriched Finite Element Methods and Non-Intrusive Coupling Algorithms, Alejandro Aragon, Armando Duarte, Angelo Simone, Olivier Allix, Patrick O'Hara
