MiniSymposium:  Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis

Organizers:

Professor Michael J. Saran, Case Western Reserve University
(mjs7@po.cwru.edu)

Professor Michal Kleiber, Institute of Fundamental Technological
Research (mkleiber@ippt.gov.pl)

Professor Daniel A. Tortorelli, University of Illinois-Urbana-
Champaign (dtort@acm6.me.uiuc.edu)

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Recommended Session Organization:

Session I, Chair: tba
B.N. Zabaras, A.Srikanth, and Y. Bao
M. J. Saran and M. Kleiber
B. Mohammadi
S. M. Rajadhyaksha and P. Michaleris
D. E. Smith
C. A. de Carvalho Silva and M. L. Bittencourt

Session II, Chair: tba
E. Ramm,  S. Schwarz and R. Kemmler (keynote)
M. Papadrakakis, N. Lagaros and G. Kokossalakis
Huang, Sobh, Yin, Haber, Hyland, Tortorelli
G. Laschet, D. Ma and M. Schallmo

Session III, Chair: tba
J. Yoo and N. Kikuchi
E. C. Nelli Silva, S. Nishiwaki, and N. Kikuchi
D. Natekar and G. Subbarayan
T. J. Liszka, C. A. Duarte, O. Hamzeh
A. Coronado M. , F. A. Rochinha  and R. Sampaio
Y.-H. Lim, G.V. Senthil, V. V. Varadan and V. K. Varadan

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List of Accepted Abstracts:

Keynote Lecture:  E. Ramm*,  S. Schwarz and R. Kemmler
Structural Optimization Including Nonlinear Structural Response
*Corresponding author, e-mail: eramm@statik.uni-stuttgart.de

Contributed Abstracts (ordered by first author's last name)

de Carvalho Silva C. A., and Bittencourt M. L.*
Structural Optimization Using Adaptive Finite Element Analysis
and Design Sensitivity Error Control
*Corresponding author, e-mail: mlb@fem.unicamp.br

Coronado A. M. *, Rochinha F. A. and Sampaio, R.,
Sensitivity Analysis in a Passive Vibration Isolation System
*Corresponding author, e-mail: betocm@mec.puc-rio.br

Huang, Sobh, Yin, Haber, Hyland, Tortorelli*
Optimization of Precipitate Evolution in Quench Processes
*Corresponding author, e-mail: dtort@acm6.me.uiuc.edu

Laschet G.*, Ma, D., and Schallmo, M.,
Optimization of the Material Quality During  the Brigdman Casting
Process
*Corresponding author, e-mail: g.laschet@access.rwth-aachen.de

Lim,Y.-H.,Senthil, G.V., Varadan, V.V.,* and Varadan, V.K.,
Finite Element Simulation of Smart Structures Using an Optimal
Output Feedback Controller for Vibration and Noise Control
* Corresponding e-mail: vvvesm@engr.psu.edu

Liszka, T.J.*, Duarte, C. A., and Hamzeh, O.,
An Hp-adaptive Topology Optimization Using Fem and Meshless
Methods
*Corresponding author, e-mail: liszka@comco.com

Mohammadi, B.,
3d Shape Optimization for Industrial Configurations
Using Incomplete Sensitivities
e-mail:  Bijan.Mohammadi@Inria.fr

Natekar, D., and Subbarayan, N.*,
An evaluation of Partition Based Solution Approach for Topology
Optimization Problems.
*Corresponding author, e-mail: [ ganesh@colorado.edu ]

Nelli Silva, E.C.*, Nishiwaki,S., and Kikuchi, N.,
Homogenization Design Method Applied to the Design of Flextensional
Transducers
*Corresponding author, e-mail:  ecnsilva@usp.br

Papadrakakis, M.*, Lagaros N., and Kokossalakis, G.,
Evolutionary Algorithms Applied to Structural Optimization Problems
*Corresponding author, e-mail:mpapadra@central.ntua.gr

Rajadhyaksha S.M.*, Michaleris, P.*,
Optimization of Thermo-mechanical Processes Using an Eulerian
Formulation and Application in Welding
*Corresponding author, e-mail: pxm32@psu.edu

Saran, M.J.*, and Kleiber, M.,
Sensitivity Analysis for Large Deformation Plasticity-Contact-
Friction Problems: Formulation and Metal Forming Applications
*Corresponding author, e-mail: [mjs7@po.cwru.edu]

Smith, D.E.,
A Gate Parameterization Scheme for Sensitivity Analysis and
Optimization of the Polymer Injection Molding Process
email: dsmith@mines.edu

Yoo, J.*, Kikuchi, N.,
Structural Optimization in Magnetic Fields Using the Homogenization
Design Method: Maximizing Magnetic Mean Compliance
* Corresponding author, e-mail:yoojh@engin.umich.edu

Zabaras B.N.*, Srikanth, A., and Bao, Y.,
A Lagrangian Sensitivity Analysis For Finite Inelastic Deformations
And Metal Forming Processes
*Corresponding author: E-mail: zabaras@cornell.edu