EngOpt 2008

Conference Themes

Design Optimization and Inverse Problems

Design Optimization and Inverse Problems papers in all branches of Engineering are invited. The disciplines listed below give a guideline for possible contributions:

• Acoustics
• Aerodynamics
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry and combustion
• Civil Engineering
• Design of Experiments
• Electrical Systems
• Electromagnetism
• Fluid Mechanics
• Geophysics
• Heat and Mass Integration
• Heat and Mass Transfer
• Imaging
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials processing
• Mechanical Engineering
• Meteorology
• Nuclear Engineering
• Optimal Control
• Planning
• Process Synthesis Design
• Robotics
• Solid Mechanics
• Scheduling
• Structural Optimization
• System Identification
• Tomography
• Vibrations and Structural Dynamics

Basic Numerical Optimization Techniques

• Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks
• Concurrent Engineering
• Decomposition Methods
• Disjunctive Optimization
• Dynamic Optimization
• Evolutionary Techniques
• Fuzzy Optimization
• Genetic Algorithms
• Global Optimization
• Mathematical Programming Algorithms
• MDO - Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
• Mixed-Integer Optimization
• Multi-objective Optimization
• Multi-scale Optimization
• Optimality Criteria Methods
• Optimization with Approximate Models
  • Response Surface Methods
  • Metamodels and Surrogates in Optimization
• Real-Time Optimization
• Reliability-Based Design Optimization
• Robust Design
• Shape Optimization
• Size Optimization
• Topology Optimization

Efficient Analysis and Reanalysis Techniques with

• Boundary Elements Method
• Finite Differences Method
• Finite Elements Method
• Finite Volume Method
• Meshless Methods
• Others techniques

Sensitivity Analysis

• Analytic and Semi-analytic Formulations
• Variational Formulation
• Automatic Differentiation
• Topological Derivatives
• Others Basic Engineering Optimization Techniques

Industrial Applications

• Aeronautical Industry
• Automotive Industry
• Bio - Mechanics Applications
• Chemical Processing Equipments
• Energy Generation and Transmission
• Enterprise-Wide Optimization
• Machinery Optimization
• Micro-Mechanics Systems - MEMS
• Micro and Nano - Technologies
• Oil and Gas Industries
• Space Industry
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Other Industrial Applications