Plenary Speakers
Mary Baker
President and Founder
ATA Engineering, Inc.
Abstract: Hybrid Time- and Frequency-Domain Methods for Simulation of Dynamic Environments with the Goal of Understanding the Statistics and Uncertainty of the Result
Zdenek Bazant
McCormick Institute Professor and
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering and Material Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
Abstract: Probabilistic Mechanics of Quasibrittle Structures:
Strength, Lifetime and Scaling
Lori Graham-Brady
Professor of Civil Engineering & Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Abstract: Uncertainty in the context of materials by design: key roles for stochastic mechanics
Thomas J.R. Hughes
Peter O’Donnell Jr. Chair in Computational and Applied Mathematics
Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
The University of Texas at Austin
Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES)
Abstract: Isogeometric Analysis: Past, Present, Future
Wing Kam Liu
Walter P. Murphy Professor
Mechanical Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering
Northwestern University
Abstract: Self-consistent Clustering Analysis for Fast Microstructure-based Modeling of
Elastoplastic Strain Softening Materials
Tayfun E. Tezduyar
James F. Barbour Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Rice University
Abstract: Space-Time Computational Analysis: It Adds Another Dimension