ISSMO

NEWSLETTER

International Society for Structural

and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Editors

Dr. Hesaneh Kazemi

Postdoctoral Scholar

University of California at

San Diego

Professor X. Shelly Zheng

Assistant Professor

University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign

This issue

Message from the President, Dr. Wei Chen

P.2

Obituary: Dr. Raphael T. Haftka

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WCSMO 13 Beijing, China, May 20-24, 2019

P.4

2019 ISSMO Award

P.5

Haftka Young Investigator Award Announcement

P.5

WCSMO 14 Announcement

P.6

SMO Journal Summary

P.7

SMO Special Issue for WCSMO 13

P.8

TOP Webinar

P.9

Upcoming ISSMO Endorsed Events

P.10

Call For Volunteers

P.10

Current Society Status

P.11

Executive and Special Committees

P.12

ISSUE

October

2020

International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO), since 1991.

https://www.issmo.net/

behind SMO research has

accelerated the discovery of new

applications and opportunities in

these fields.

As the SMO technical field advances,

the primary mission of ISSMO

remains bringing together

international

researchers and

practitioners in this field. Last year,

ISSMO’s flagship event, the biennial

WCSMO (World Congress on

Structural and Multidisciplinary

Optimization), held in Beijing, China

(

WCSMO-13)

, successfully brought

together 623 registrants from 33

countries. Selected WCSMO-13

papers were collected and published

as a special issue in ISSMO’s journal,

Structural and Multidisciplinary

Optimization (Springer Verlag) (Vol.

61, Issue 6, 2020).

The next

conference, WCSMO-14, will be held

as an all-virtual conference from June

13-

18, 2021, chaired by Professor

Kurt Maute from the University of

Colorado, Boulder. We will identify

innovative and effective means to

bring the community together for this

important technical exchange. In

addition to WCSMO, ISSMO has

endorsed a wide range of

international scientific meetings this

year.

Another important mission

of ISSMO

is to recognize the outstanding

research, education, and engineering

accomplishments of its members

through an awards program. In

addition to the ISSMO/Springer Prize

associated with WCSMO papers, the

“

Haftka Young Investigator Award”

was named after Professor Raphael

T. Haftka to recognize young

researchers early in their careers for

groundbreaking achievements and

promising developments in the field.

To nominate an outstandi

ng junior

colleague please contact the awards

committee before January 31, 2021.

I hope everyone is staying well

during this challenging time. In spite

of the COVID-

19 pandemic, our

community has remained strong and

continues to work together to

produce outstanding research. It is,

therefore, my honor to present this

inaugural newsletter of the

International Society for Structural

and Multidisciplinary Optimization

(ISSMO), both to recognize the

dedicated work of its members and

champion the initiatives underway

that continue to make our society

stronger.

Since its establishment in 1991 by

founding President George

Rozvany, ISSM

O has grown from a

close-

knit technical community with

focused expertise on structural and

multidisciplinary optimization (SMO)

to a far-

reaching international

organization with more than 1,100

members from 45 different countries

around the world. It is particularly

exciting to see the strong impact that

core technical topics of ISSMO, such

as topology optimization, surrogate

modeling, optimization under

uncertainty, and multidisciplinary

and multiphysics optimization, have

had on the technological

advanc

ements in multiple

engineering disciplines, such as

mechanical, civil, aerospace, and

materials, to name a few. Together

with recent advances in advanced

manufacturing, computational

mechanics, nanotechnology, and

artificial intelligence, the momentum

While recognizing and attracting young

researchers to this field, it has also

been our goal to broaden the

participation of women and minorities

to this field. In both WCSMO-

12 and

WCSMO-13, we organized well-

received women researchers’

networking events, which will return to

future WCSMO conferences. To

further broaden participation, WCSMO

has also offered reduced fees for

students and retired ISSMO members.

The success of any technical division

is largely based on the scholarly

contributions of its members, collected

in the form of journal papers.

Therefore, I would especially like to

thank Professor Raphael T. Haftka, for

serving as the Editor-in-

Chief of

Structural and Multidisciplinary

Optimization since 2015.

Under his

leadership, together with the dedicated

service of 40+ review editors, the

impact factor of the journal has been

increasing steadily in recent years

(3.925 in 2018 and 3.377 in 2019).

Just as we are preparing this

newsletter, we were deeply saddened

by the news that Professor Rafi Haftka

left us on August 16, 2020. In addition

to serving the SMO journal, Professor

Haftka served as the President of

ISSMO from 1995 to 1999 and made

fundamental contributions to the

creation and growth

of this community.

Many of the colleagues in ISSMO had

personal interactions with him and

admire him as a leading scholar,

mentor, forerunner, role model, trusted

colleague and friend

, and a loving

husband. We include an obituary and

mourn the loss of our society by

carrying on Professor Haftka’s legacy.

Here, I would like to thank Dr. Ming

Zhou and Professor Helder C.

Rodrigues for agreeing to serve as the

co Editor-in-Chief for the SMO journal.

Message from the President, Dr. Wei Chen

We expect the SMO journal will

continue to grow under their

leadership.

The ISSMO community is resilient and

creative. During the COVID-19

pandemic, our technical exchange

continues.

Here, I would like to thank

the colleagues from Technical

University of Denmark (DTU) and TU

Delft who have organized the monthly

TOP (topology optimization) Webinar

via Zoom since May 2020.

Led by

facilitators from around the w

orld, the

webinar has featured talks from

recently published papers in the area of

topology optimization and attracted

interest from a wide range of scholars,

both inside and outside the ISSMO

community.

Finally, I would like to thank the current

members of the

ISSMO Executive

Committee (EC)

for their invaluable

leadership. I have enjoyed working

with everyone on the EC and greatly

appreciate their wisdom, dedicated

service, and innovative thinking -- all of

which have significantly improved

ISSMO’s service to its members while

advancing the technical field of SMO.

Last, but not the least, I would like to

thank several

young volunteers, Drs.

Shelly Zhang and Hesaneh Kazemi, for

their service as the editors of this

inaugural newsletter of our society.

Together, we intend to continue to

foster technical exchange, stimulate

new research directions, and make

ISSMO as strong as possible. Toward

that end, we encourage all of our

members to attend our conferences,

contribute new ideas, and help

organize new initiatives. For more

information on membership, events,

and volunteer opportunities please visit

our web site

https://www.issmo.net/.

Obituary: Dr. Raphael (Rafi) T. Haftka 1944 – 2020

We are deeply saddened by the

sudden passing of Dr. Rafi Haftka on

August 16, 2020. Beyond his

tremendous impact as a researcher

during his remarkable 50-

year

career, he is

foremost remembered

by many as a dear friend. The most

consistent impressions people have

been sharing about Rafi are his

kindness, generosity, humility, and

unique sense of humor, as well as his

impact as a mentor and role model.

Rafi was born February 22

, 1944, in

Tel-

Aviv, Israel. His professional

journey started as an aerodynamicist

at Israeli Aircraft Industries from

1965 to 1968. After postdoctoral

research fellowships at NASA and

other US organizations,

he was a

Senior Lecturer at Technion-

Israel

nstitute of Technology from 1973 to

1975.

12 book chapters, and 2 textbooks, in

total having over 34,000 Google

citations at the time of this writing.

Another trademark of Rafi’s career is

his amazing outreach in collaborative

research: he supervised 6

5 Ph.D.

students, cooperated with peers

worldwide broadly, and was especially

fond of nurturing aspiring young

researchers. He co-

authored papers

with over 180 peers excluding his

students.

We also want to extend our deepest

condolences to Rafi’s family, foremost

his beloved wife, Rose Haftka. Rose is

a dear friend to many of us, with a deep

connection to ISSMO having

accompanied Rafi to all WCSMO

conferences. Many might not know that

Rose ha

s her personal imprint on

ISSMO as the artist behind the ISSMO

ogo. As we mourn the loss of a dear

friend and a giant in our field, let us

remind ourselves to seize the moment

to reflect upon and celebrate the

exemplary life Rafi had lived. In this

spirit

, the ISSMO Executive Committee

has unanimously voted to name a

planned new award the ‘Haftka Young

Investigator Award’ to be inaugurated

at WCSMO-

14 to be held in Boulder,

Colorado, in 2021.

Prepared by Ming Zhou

His career moved to the United States

when he became an Assistant

Professor at Illinois Institute of

Technology in 1975. He subsequently

held positions as

Professor/Christopher Kraft Professor

at Virginia Tech from 1981 to 1994,

and Professor/Distinguished

Professor

at University of Florida from 1995 until

retirement in 2019.

Rafi has had a tremendous impact on

ISSMO. He was among the founding

EC members of the society in 1991. He

also served as the second ISSMO

President between 1995 and 1999,

and Editor-in-

Chief of the Springer

SMO journal since 2015, both following

George Rozvany, who was the

Founder President and founding

Editor-in-

Chief, respectively. He has

received many distinctions throughout

his career, including the Virginia Tech

Alumni Award for

Excellence in

Research, AIAA Fellow, and the AIAA

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

Award. His impact on our research

field is immeasurable and highlighted

by early pioneering contributions to

approximation concepts (including the

far-reaching convex/c

onservative

approximation), sensitivity analysis,

surrogate modeling, and non-

deterministic methods, as well as his

leadership in creating/promoting MDO.

His work includes 330 journal papers,

530 conference proceedings papers,

Women Researchers’ Event (WCSMO-13)

The 13th World Congress of Structural

and Multidisciplinary Optimization

(WCSMO-

13) has been successfully

held at the National Conference Centre

in Beijing, China, on May 20-

24, 2019.

Under the guidance from the

International Society for Structural and

Mul

tidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO),

WCSMO-13 was co-

organized by

Dalian University of Technology (DUT)

and Beihang University, with Professor

Xu Guo from DUT and Professor Hai

Huang from Beihang being the co-

chairs. The aim of the conference is to

provide a platform for academic

researchers and industrial practitioners

to exchange their latest developments

in the field of structural

and

multidisciplinary optimization. On the

morning of May 20, the opening

ceremony of the Conference was held

in the N

ational Convention Center. The

executive Chairman of ISSMO

then,

Professor Gengdong Cheng,

delivered

an opening speech. Then Professor

Haiyan Hu from Beijing Institute of

Technology, a member of Chinese

Academy of Science, gave a

presentation on "Deployab

le Space

Structures: Challenges to

Computational Dynamics". WCSMO-

attracted more than 600 academic

abstract submissions, and nearly 700

participants from more than 40

countries including China, Denmark,

Sweden, the United States, Germany,

Japan and Sout

h Korea attended the

conference.

The content of the scientific program

covered many cutting-edge research

areas

such as shape and topology

optimization, uncertainty optimization,

topics on optimization methods,

structural optimization engineering

applications

and other structural

optimization fields.

The oral presentations we

re classified in

25 minisymposia in eight parallel

sessions. On the afternoon of 23 May,

Professor Gengdong Cheng from DUT,

then ISSMO Presi

dent, Professor James

Guest from Johns Hopkins University

then ISSMO Secretary-

General, and

Professor Eric Lund from Aalborg

University, the ISSMO treasurer

delivered a report over ISSMO activities

in the past two years. This wa

s followed

by a panel discussion with

Professor

Niels Aage from Technical University of

Denmark (DTU), Professor Wei Chen

from Northwestern University, Professor

Hai Huang from Beihang U

niversity, and

Professor Yoshihiro Kanno from

University of Tokyo.

The following research topics we

among the topics that received

the most

number of submissions:

topology optimization motivated

by additive

manufacturing (nearly 70 submissions),

the explicit topology optimization methods

(nearly 30), topology optimization

problems related to stress control (nearly

30), and machine-learning-

based methods

(nearly 20).

The year 2019 also held the ele

ction of the

ISSMO Executive Committee (EC).

Professor Wei Chen from Northwestern

University became the new ISSMO

presid

ent, and Professor Qing Li from

University of Sydney and Dr. Ming Zhou

from Altair became

vice presidents.

Professor Alicia Kim from UCSD

and

Professor Eric Lund from Aalborg became

the Secretary-

General and the treasurer,

respectively. Other EC members include

Professor Gengdong Cheng from DUT,

Professor James Guest from Johns

Hopkins, Pierre Duysinx from Liege

University, Professor Xu Guo

from DUT,

and Professor Ole Sigmund from DTU.

Prepared by Xu Guo

WCSMO 13 Beijing,

China, May 20-24, 2019

The Executive Committee is delighted to

announce the two

receiving the

ISSMO/Springer Prize for

outstanding

papers by young researchers (under 35)

presented at WCSMO-13.

They are:

Mathilde Boissier, “Laser path

optimization for Additive Manufacturing”

with co-

authors Gregoire Allaire and

Christophe Tournier

Weiming Wang, “Space-Time

Topology

Optimization for Additive Manufacturing:

Concurrent Optimization of Structural

Layout and Fabrication Sequences” with

co-

authors Dirk Munro, Charlie Wang,

Fred van Keulen and Jun Wu.

ISSMO congratulates Mathilde Boissier

and Weiming Wang for their

outstanding

work. The award ceremony will be held

at WCSMO-14 in 2021.

The EC would also like to take this

opportunity to congratulate all young

researchers whose excellent work was

nominated for this prestigious award,

and additionally thank their nomina

tors

for highlighting their work.

Mathilde is a Ph.D. student at Ecole

Polytechnique and ENS Paris Saclay

(France) under the supervision of

Grégoire AL

LAIRE and Christophe

TOURNIER. This work

, funded by the

SOFIA project, aims at optimizing the

scanning paths for additive

manufacturing powder bed fusion

processes.

In a simplified physical

context, shape optimization and

optimal control techniques are adapted

to allow the generation of a path fully

adapted to the object to build. The

results generated are hoped to help

getting intuition on design constraints

easing an effective path generation.

Weiming is a postdoc supported by the

LEaDing fellowship programme

at the

Delft University of Technology, the

Netherlands.

The research is about the

design of optimal structures and the

planning of (

additive manufacturing)

fabrication sequences. They have been

considered typically as two separate

tasks that are performed consecutively. In

the light of recent advances in robot-

assisted (wire-

arc) additive

manufacturing which enable addition of

material

along curved surfaces, Weiming

presented a novel topology optimization

formulation which concurrently optimizes

the structure and the fabrication

sequence.

ISSMO/Springer Prize 2019

Announcing the Haftka Young Investigator Award

The Executive Committee is pleased to announce creation of a new award aimed at recognizing ISSMO

researchers early in their careers for groundbreaking achievements and promising developments in the field

of structural and multidisciplinary optimization. This new award has been named the Haftka Young

Investigator Award in honor of the foundational research contributions of Professor Raphael T. Haftka and

recognizes his passion for mentoring young researchers. Additional details regarding eligibility and the

nomination procedure can be found in the Announcements section of the ISSMO website. This new award

will be inaugurated during WCSMO-14 in 2021, with the nomination period closing on January 31, 2021.

Weiming Wang,

“Space-Time Topology Optimization for

Additive Manufacturing: Concurrent

Optimization of Structural Layout and

Fabrication Sequences”

Mathilde Boissier,

“Laser path optimization for Additive

Manufacturing”

WCSMO 14

AnnOunCeMent

UC Boulder campus

On behalf of the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO), it is our pleasure to invite

you to attend the 14th World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO 14) from June 13th-

18th,

2021.

The main objectives of the conference are to stimulate and promote research on all aspects of structural

and

multidisciplinary optimization and related topics. This includes optimization theory, algorithm and method development,

and science and engineering applications involving structures, fluids, and other physical phenomena, as well as their

interactions.

Contributions to practical applications of optimization methods and software development in all branches of

technology are encouraged. Please visit the WCSMO-14 conference website http://wcsmo14.org

for more information

about the topics of interest as well as the conference schedule.

Originally, we planned to hold the conference on the beautiful campus of the University of Colorado Boulder in the US.

Unfortunately, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continu

es to be a global issue and travel restrictions and general health

concerns will likely impede international participation in WCSMO-

14. Therefore, in consensus with the ISSMO leadership,

we decided to host WCSMO-14 in an all-online, virtual format.

This

decision was made just a few days ago and we are currently developing an innovative and inclusive virtual conference

format that reflects the traditions and values of previous WCSMO conferences.

We are looking forward to your participation. Should you hav

e any questions, please, feel free to contact us at

wcsmo14@colorado.edu.

The local organizing committee:

Kurt Maute

(chair), Alireza Doostan

, John Evans

, James Guest

, Julian Norato

a University of Colorado, b Johns Hopkins University, c University of Connecticut

WCSMO 14 Announcement

Upcoming Female Researchers Event

The next Women Researchers Networking Event will be held during the WCSMO 14, June 13th-18th, 2021. The

tentative events include a mentoring session featuring several female panelists and a roundtable discussion.

Figure: Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes

Prepared by Rafi Haftka and Ming Zhou

1. Brief history: Founded by George

Rozvany in 1989, who also founded ISSMO

in 1991. Name changed from Structural

Optimization, to Structural and

Multidisciplinary Optimization in 2000.

Rozvany started and ended his career in

Hungary, but his main contributi

ons were

made in Australia and Germany in structural

optimization and topology optimization. He

was Editor in Chief, until his death in 2015,

with Rafi Haftka acting as Co-editor. In 2015,

Rafi became Editor in Chief, with Helder

Rodrigues, Vassili Toropov

, and Ming Zhou

as Co-

Editors. Papers are not assigned to

the 40 or so active Review Editors but they

volunteer to handle papers.

Scope of the journal from its web page:

The journal’s scope ranges from

mathematical foundations of the field to

algorithm

and software development, and

from benchmark examples to case studies of

practical applications in structural, aero-

space, mechanical, civil, chemical, naval

and bio-

engineering. Fields such as

computer-

aided design and manufacturing,

uncertainty quantific

ation, artificial

intelligence, system identification and

modeling, inverse processes, computer

simulation, bio-mechanics, bio-

medical

applications, nano-

technology, MEMS,

optics, chemical processes, computational

biology, meta-

modeling, DOE and active

con

trol of structures are covered when the

topic is closely related to the optimization of

structures or fluids.

Journal started as mostly European and

American, now more Asian. See F

igure 1.

Current challenge is to stay international

rather than split into factions.

Therefore,

authors are encouraged to propose

reviewers from other countries. Ideally, the

editors and reviewers are not from the same

country and are also from countries d

ifferent

from those of the authors.

4. Most popular papers: Two measures of the

popularity of a paper is the number of

downloads (see Fig. 2)

and the number of

citations (see Fig. 3)

Analysis of the figures shows that the journal

is focused on topology optimization and

additive manufacturing, with reliability

analysis also being a strong focus. Many of

the applications mentioned in the scope, such

as bio-

medical engineering and artificial

intelligence may be left out. The editors are

looking into ways of reestablishing the full

scope. The publisher is looking into

accelerating the production process to make

the journal more attractive. Also review

papers draw high citations, and so the journal

has a fast review and production track for

such papers.

5. Replication of Results: Our journal is mostly

about developing new algorithms or assessing

the performance of existing algorithms for

applicat

ions of interest. The impact of such

algorithms is enhanced if readers can

reproduce the results reported in the paper.

This is greatly helped by the readiness of the

authors to share data and computer codes

with readers. This is not always possible, but

he journal now demands a clear statement

about the readiness of the authors to share

computer codes and data.

SMO Journal Summary

Figure 3 Top Ranking Highest Cited 2017-

2018 Articles for IF (Impact Factor) Year 2019

Figure 2 Top 10 Full-Text Article Request 2019 (published years 2017-2019)

Figure 1 Author Country of Origin and

Manuscripts Submitted and Accepted

Figure 2: Reliability-based multi-scale design optimization of composite frames [3]

The purpose of this special issue of the Journal of Structural and

Multidisciplinary Optimization (Springer Verlag) (Vol. 61, Issue 6, 2020) is

to publish selected works presented at the 13th World Congress on

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO13) in May 20–24,

2019, in Beijing, China. WCSMO conferences, held biennially in different

continents, aim to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners

from all over the world to present and discuss the latest findings and

developments in all areas of structural and multidisciplinary optimization.

WCSMO13 was organized jointly by the Chinese Society of Theoretical

and Applied Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, and Beihang

University under the auspices of the Asian Society of Structural and

Multidisciplinary Optimization (ASSMO) and the International Society for

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO).

Figure 1: Coupled support locations and structure

optimization [2]

Based on nominations by WCSMO participants and own screenings, the guest editors selected the special issue papers

through a selection process based on quality of the work and diversity of the topics concerning the analysis of solids, fluids,

manufacturing and other fields. Subsequently, all manuscripts went through a regular review process. The issue includes a

wide variety of contributions, ranging from theoretical developments to industrial applications, with topics related to topology

optimization, surrogate based optimization, design optimization under uncertainty and others.

The complete list of contributions in this issue are listed in the Editorial Note [1]. Examples of

contributions include the coupled

optimization of the structure and the location of rigid supports of an engine accessories bracket (see Fig. 1), and the reliability-

based multi-

scale design optimization of composite frames considering structural compliance and manufacturing constraints

(see Fig. 2).

References:

1. E Acar, J Du, YY Kim, MP Saka, O Sigmund, and ECN Silva. Special issue for the 13th world congress on structural and

multidisciplinary optimization—editorial note, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 61(6), 2225-2226 (2020).

2. L Rakotondrainibe, G Allaire, and P Orval. Topology optimization of connections in mechanical systems. Structural and

Multidisciplinary Optimization, 61(6), 2253–2269 (2020).

3. Z Duan, T Jung, J Yan, and I Lee. Reliability-based multi-scale design optimization of composite frames considering structural

compliance and manufacturing constraints. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 61(6), 2401–2421 (2020).

Special Issue for WCSMO 13

Editors: Erdem Acar, Jianbin Du, Yoon Young Kim, Mehmet Polat Saka, Ole Sigmund, Emilio Carlos N. Silva

Communicated by Helder C. Rodrigues

Organizers:

Jun Wu,

Matthijs Langelaar, Fred van

Keulen, and Niels Aage, Ole Sigmund

We are in a challenging time for

knowledge exchange, and this situation

may last for an extended period. Usual

academic exchange at conferences and

workshops are

cancelled or postponed

but research goes on. A way for the

community to stay connected and

ensure research exchange is Webinars.

The Topology Optimization Webinar, or

TOP Webinar, is a newly initiated series

of webinars, serving the broad structural

and mu

ltidisciplinary optimization

community, with a focus on topology

optimization. Our intention is to share

the latest research and development in

this field, and by doing so, to keep our

community connected.

The TOP Webinar is initiated by

colleagues at TU

Delft and DTU

Denmark. It is endorsed by the

International Society for Structural and

Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO).

We take this opportunity to thank our

hosts, speakers and participants around

the world to join this event and share your

knowledge.

The webinar takes place online, on the

basis of

roughly every four weeks, for a

duration of 1.5 hours. Each webinar

features a keynote and 4 invited

presentations of recently

published/accepted articles in SMO

(Structural and Multidisciplinary

Optimization) or other relevant journals.

Kicked off on June 2, 2020, the TOP

Webinar series is receiving a pleasantly

overwhelming reaction from our

community and bey

ond. The first three

sessions were hosted by Fred van

Keulen (TU Delft), Ole Sigmund and Niels

Aage (DTU Denmark), and Gengdong

Cheng and Xu Guo (Dalian University of

Technology). The forthcoming session

will be hosted by James Guest (JHU) on

August 27, 20

20. This reflects the

geographic diversity, in line with the

ISSMO Constitution. Similar to the

distribution of hosts, we have speakers

reflecting the distribution of ISSMO

researchers over the world.

For more information and future schedule, please visit www.top-webinar.org

. Here you also find links to recorded videos on

YouTube and Bilibili. If you would like to receive announcement emails, please register via this form,

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8ahNvQ1o6lVqr3IeRKN-78l5uTYFa-REmnl-JS6SPy46ZxA/viewform?usp=sf_link

or send a message to topwebinar.org@gmail.com

TOP Webinar

We are starting a few new initiatives to improve our communication and support to our ISSMO members.

Thus, we are looking for young and enthusiastic volunteers to serve our community. If interested, please send

Alicia Kim a one page CV together with one paragraph description on what you would like to achieve by

serving the ISSMO community.

AIAA AVIATION Forum: 7-11 June 2021, Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C..

25th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics: postponed to 22-27 August 2021, MiCo Congress

Centre, Milano.

14th WCCM ECCOMAS Congress 2020: alternative options are currently being explored by the organizers.

ASMO-UK12 / ASMO-Europe 1 / ISSMO Conference on Engineering Design Optimization: 23-24 July 2021, University of

Leeds, Leeds.

ACSMO 2020 (Asian Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 2020): postpones to 22-26 November

2020 as an online conference.

AIAA SciTech Forum 2021: 11–15 January 2021, Music City Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Upcoming ISSMO Endorsed Events

Call For Volunteers

The EC conducted a major membership study in 2019

to confirm active

members and interest, and remove duplicate and outdated accounts.

• Voting Members were emailed with an option to opt-out

•

3 Memberships deleted at user request (All respondents were sent

confirmation email by SG with opportunity to remain member)

• Non-

voting Members and Associate Members were emailed with an

option to maintain membership

• 245 responded to maintain membership

• 383 New Voting Members registering with WCSMO-13

• No registrants opted-out of membership during registration

Following this comprehensive study, the ISSMO Membership database

now stands at:

• 1128 Members with Voting Rights (WCSMO-11,-12,-13)

• 226 Members without Voting Rights

• 19 Associate Members

WCSMO-13 Statistics - Participation

• 619 papers/abstracts were submitted from 30 countries

• 596 papers accepted (518 lectures and 78 posters)

• 553 papers (475 lectures and 78 posters) are presented

• 623 registrations are completed from 33 countries

WCSMO-1 (Goslar), 232 papers were submitted

WCSMO-2 (Zakopane), 188 papers were submitted

WCSMO-4 (Dalian) , 222 papers were submitted

WCSMO-5 (Lido di Jesolo), 286 papers were submitted

WCSMO-6 (Rio de Janeiro), 564 papers were submitted

WCSMO-7 (Seoul), 419 papers were submitted

WCSMO-8 (Lisbon), 647 papers were submitted

WCSMO-9 (Shizuoka), 407 papers were submitted

WCSMO-10 (Orlando), 470 papers were submitted

WCSMO-11 (Sydney), 447 papers were submitted

WCSMO-12 (Braunschweig), 557 papers were submitted

Current Society Status

Table 1 WCSMO-13 Statistics – Presentations (553)

Table 3 ISSMO Membership Distribution* – With Voting Rights

*Does not include on-site registrations

Table 2 Budget June 2017 – May 2019

Professor X.

Shelly Zheng

Assistant Professor,

University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign,

USA

Professor

Zunyi Duan

Associate Professor

Northwestern

Polytechnical

University, China

Dr. Hesaneh

Kazemi

Postdoctoral Scholar,

University of California

at San Diego, USA

President

Professor Wei Chen

Wilson-Cook Professor

in Engineering Design,

Department of

Mechanical Engineering

Northwestern University

Vice President

Professor Qing Li

School of Aerospace

Mechanical and Mechatronics

Engineering

The University of Sydney

Vice President

Dr. Ming Zhou

Senior Vice President

Structural Analysis

and Optimization,

Altair Engineering

Secretary General

Professor H. Alicia Kim

Jacobs Scholar Chair Professor

Structural Engineering

Department

University of California, San

Diego

EC Member

Professor Xu Guo

Professor Dean

Department of Engineering

Mechanics

Dalian University of Technology.

EC Member

Professor Ole Sigmund

Department of Mechanical

Engineering, Section for Solid

Mechanics

Technical University of

Denmark

Past President

Professor Gengdong Cheng

State Key Laboratory for

Structural Analysis of Industrial

Equipment

Dalian University of Technology

Past Secretary General

Professor James K. Guest

Department of Civil and

Systems Engineering

Johns Hopkins University

Treasurer

Professor Erik Lund

Department of Materials and

Production

Aalborg University

EC Member

Professor Pierre Duysinx

LTAS – Automotive

Engineering

University of Liège

For membership listing and approval, please visit

https://www.issmo.net/membership/join-issmo/

and submit your

information. If you have any difficulty, please email a resume with

a list of publications to Secretary General. Associate membership

is granted upon recommendation of one of the members of the

executive committee based on record of activity in the field of

Structural or Multidisciplinary Optimization. Full membership

requires attendance

of at least one of the World Congresses of

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization.

Early Career Special Committee

Executive Committee

Becoming A Member

Founder-President

Professor George Rozvany