Organized Sessions (Mini-Symposia)
Invited contributions for presentation at the Conference (Invited Abstracts) have already been accepted for inclusion in an Organized Session or Mini-symposium arranged by a Session Organizer. A listing of Organized Sessions (Mini-Symposia) alphabetical by the twenty-one Session Organizers is below. Virtually all of the collected 1-page Invited Abstracts for the Organized Sessions have already been received by the Organizing/Scientific Committee. (The deadline was 10 January 2008.)
All contributors to Organized Sessions were asked to submit an extended abstract of up to 4 pages (in addition to the one-page abstract) by 11 April 2008. Revisions to the one-page abstracts were also accepted until this date. See authors for downloadable templates and complete information.
A book of one-page abstracts and a CD of extended (up to four-page) abstracts will be available at the time of the Conference. No full papers will be requested, although authors are encouraged to submit full papers to international journals. Selected papers may also be published in special issues of international journals after the conference.
Session Organizers with Topics
Note: This list is alphabetical by the surname of the session organizer. The sessions are listed chronologically in the program and schedule.
| Session Organizer | Co-Organizer | Session Topic | Session |
| Wilkins Aquino, Cornell University |
Numerical Simulation of Biological Structures | W-2-B W-3-B | |
| Manfred Bischoff, Universitaet Stuttgart |
Ekkehard Ramm, Universitaet Stuttgart |
3D Modeling of Thin-Walled Structures | T-2-C |
| Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, TU Munich |
Fehmi Cirak, Cambridge University |
Geometry and Mechanics | T-4-D |
| Andrew Borgart, TU Delft |
Edgar Stach, University of Tennessee |
New Optimization Techniques | T-3-F |
| Fehmi Cirak, Cambridge University |
Ekkehard Ramm, Universitaet Stuttgart |
Multiphysics Simulation Environments for Shell and Spatial Structures | F-2-C F-3-C |
| Christopher Earls, Cornell University |
Advances in Shell Finite Elements | W-3-C W-4-C | |
| Hiroshi Furuya, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Osaka University |
Deployable Structures and Biological Morphology | F-3-D |
| Maria Garlock, Princeton University |
Alex Scordelis Memorial Session: Thin Shell Concrete Structures | T-2-A T-3-A | |
| Robert Haber, University of Illinois |
Anthony Ingraffea, Cornell University |
Fracture in Natural and Engineered Systems: Methods and Applications | W-2-D W-3-D |
| Shang Hsien Hsieh, National Taiwan University |
Modeling and Simulation of Discontinua | W-2-C | |
| Bassam Izzuddin, Imperial College |
Design-Oriented Modeling of Nonlinear Structures | W-4-B | |
| Seungdeog Kim, Semyung Univesity, Korea |
Computational Methods for Tension Structures | W-2-E W-4-E | |
| Slava Krylov, Tel Aviv University |
Alan Zehnder, Cornell Univesity |
Nano- and Micro-scale Structures | W-2-A W-3-A |
| Carlos Lazaro, TU Valencia |
Developments and Applications of Beam and Rod Models | T-3-E T-4-E | |
| Herbert Mang, TU Vienna |
Structural Stability | F-2-A F-3-A | |
| Guenther Meschke, Ruhr University Bochum |
Jan Rots, TU Delft |
Computational Models for Fracture and Degradation of Structures | W-4-D T-3-D |
| Makoto Ohsaki, Kyoto Univesity |
Hiroshi Ohmori, Nagoya University |
Computational Morphogenesis | F-2-B F-3-B |
| Glaucio Paulino, University of Illinois |
Emilio C. N. Silva, University of Sao Paulo |
New Advances in Topology Optimization | T-2-F T-4-F |
| Hiroki Tamai, Illinois Institute of Technology |
Spanning Between Theory and Practice | T-3-C T-4-C | |
| Gunnar Tibert, KTH Sweden |
Advances in the Optimization and Form-finding of Tensegrity Structures | F-3-E | |
| Su-Duo Xue, Beijing University of Technology |
Dynamic Analysis of Spatial Structures | T-2-B T-3-B T-4-B |
[Last updated on 21 May 2008]