International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
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The International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization is a learned society in the field of multidisciplinary design optimization that was founded in October 1991. It has more than 1000 members in 45 countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.issmo.net/about/welcome|title=ISSMO welcome|date=2 January 2013 |publisher=International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|accessdate=2013-06-11}} The current president is Wei Chen (Northwestern University).{{cite web|url=https://www.issmo.net/about/executive-committee|title=Executive Committee|date=2 January 2013 |publisher=International nongovernmental organizations|accessdate=2019-12-30}} The society is an affiliated organization of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM).{{cite web |url=http://iutam.org/?page_id=1049 |title=Affiliated Organizations |publisher=International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |date=2013 |accessdate=2013-06-11}}
Objectives
- to stimulate and promote research into all aspects of the optimal design of structures and related topics, including engineering systems consisting partially of structures and/or fluids;
- to encourage practical applications of optimization methods and the corresponding software development in all branches of technology;
- to foster the interchange of ideas amongst various fields contributing to structural and multidisciplinary optimization;
- to support the role of optimization in multidisciplinary design;
- to provide a framework for the organization of meetings and other means for the dissemination of knowledge on structural optimization; and
- to promote teaching of structural optimization in tertiary institutions.
The society works towards these objectives by organizing a biennial "World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization" and publishing an official journal, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, in collaboration with Springer Science+Business Media.{{cite web |url=https://www.springer.com/materials/mechanics/journal/158 |title=Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |date= |accessdate=2013-06-11}}
Past Presidents
- 1991-1995: George Rozvany (Founder President) {{cite journal |title=Special issue dedicated to Founding Editor George Rozvany|doi=10.1007/s00158-016-1591-2|year=2016|last1=Zhou|first1=Ming|last2=Allaire|first2=Gregoire|last3=Cheng|first3=Gengdong|last4=Du|first4=Jianbin|last5=Gilbert|first5=Matthew|last6=Guo|first6=Xu|last7=Guest|first7=James|last8=Haftka|first8=Raphael|last9=Kim|first9=Alicia|last10=Lewinski|first10=Thomas|author11-link=Kurt Maute|last11=Maute|first11=Kurt|last12=Norato|first12=Julian|last13=Olhoff|first13=Niels|last14=Paulino|first14=Glaucio H.|last15=Sokol|first15=Tomasz|last16=Wang|first16=Michael|last17=Yang|first17=Ren-Jye|last18=Youn|first18=Byeng Dong|journal=Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|volume=54|issue=5|pages=1107–1111|doi-access=free}}
- 1995-1999: Raphael Haftka
- 1999-2003: Niels Olhoff {{cite web |url=https://vbn.aau.dk/en/persons/niels-olhoff|title=Niels Olhoff}}
- 2003-2007: Martin P. Bendsøe {{cite web |url=https://www.dtu.dk/english/service/phonebook/person?id=165&tab=1|title=Martin P. Bendsøe}}
- 2007-2011: KK Choi {{cite web |url=https://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/faculty-staff/kyung-choi|title=KK Choi}}
- 2011-2015: Ole Sigmund {{cite web |url=https://www.dtu.dk/english/service/phonebook/person?id=2278&tab=1|title=Ole Sigmund}}
- 2015-2019: Cheng Gengdong
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.issmo.net}}
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Category:Organizations established in 1991
Category:International learned societies
Category:Mathematical optimization
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