ANNOUNCEMENT and  CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

      MINISYMPOSIUM ON OPTIMIZATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

To be held at the Fifth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics
Wednesday-Friday, August 4-6, 1999, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA

Symposium Organizers:

Michael J. Saran, Case Western Reserve University
(mjs7@po.cwru.edu)
Michal Kleiber, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research
(mkleiber@ippt.gov.pl)
Daniel A. Tortorelli, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
(dtort@acm6.me.uiuc.edu)

During last years, there have been important advances in the development of the
next generation of numerical methods for optimization and sensitivity analysis.

While progress in the fundamentals and applications has been rapid, many
challenges remain and application to industrial large-scale nonlinear problems
is still an open question.

Thus, the symposium is intended to provide a forum for discussion on recent
progress and future directions in the area of sensitivity and optimization.
Papers dealing with theoretical developments, numerical methods, implementation
issues, and practical applications to optimal design of structures, parts,
tools, and manufacturing processes are all welcome.  Sample topics of interest
include topology, material, and shape optimization, multi-disciplinary
optimization, nonlinear sensitivity analysis, and methods geared for large
optimization problems.

If you are interested in contributing to this Symposium, please submit a one-
page abstract of up to 400 words by e-mail.  Notification of acceptance will be
given by e-mail to the corresponding author. If the abstract is co-authored it
must identify the e-mail of the corresponding author.  All correspondence will
take place by e-mail. Abstracts selected for the symposium will be sent to the
Congress organizers. A final version of the Abstract for inclusion in the
printed book of Abstracts may be submitted before May 15, 1999.  This final form
is to be sent directly to the Congress e-mail address following the instructions
posted on the Web site.

Abstracts may be submitted in one of three forms:  (1) plain ASCII text, (2) TeX
source compatible with the Plain TeX format, or (3) Word 6 or 7 document in Rich
Text Format (RTF).  Please do not include figures or graphics.  For samples
click links in: http://civil.colorado.edu/usnccm99/Abstracts.d/Information.html.

Congress Program and Registration Information:

http://civil.colorado.edu/usnccm99