Congress Minisymposia

Below is a list of the APCOM2019 minisymposia. Click on the title for a description.

100 Honorary Minisymposia

101 Symposium to Professor Kazuo Kashiyama on his 60th Birthday, Shigenobu Okazawa, Kenjiro Terada, Seizo Tanaka, Shinsuke Takase


200 Advanced Discretization Techniques

201 Recent Advances in Meshfree Methods: Theories and Applications, Judy Yang, Jiun-Shyan (J.S.) Chen, Chia-Ming Fan, Hsin-Yun Hu, Pai-Chen Guan

202 Smoothed Finite Element Methods and Other Advanced FEMs, Yuki Onishi, Gui-Rong Liu, Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Foek Tjong (F.T.) Wong, Wichain Sommanawat​

203 Advances in Polygonal and Polyhedral Finite Element Methods, Hyun-Gyu Kim, Chongmin Song, Hung Nguyen-Xuan

204 Kriging-Based Computational Mechanics, Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Foek Tjong (F.T.) Wong, Wichain Sommanawat​ (Merged with MS202 Smoothed Finite Element Methods and Other Advanced FEMs, Yuki Onishi, Gui-Rong Liu)


300 Materials Modeling and Design

301 Multiscale/Multiphysics Approaches on Complex Materials and Structures, Maenghyo Cho, Seunghwa Yang, Yuichi Tadano, Kazumi Matsui, Akiyuki Takahashi

302 Multi-Physics Modelling, Optimization and Design for Novel Materials and Structures, Eric Li

303 Multiscale Modeling for Materials, Yu-Chieh Lo, I-Ling Chang, Chang-Wei Huang

304 Single- and Multi-Scale Analysis and Design for Materials and Structures, Michael Kaliske, Kenjiro Terada, Junji Kato, Robert Fleischhauer, Gunjin Yun, Vincent Tan, Leong Hien Poh, Gunjin Yun

305 Multiscale Modeling of Natural and Synthetic Materials, Denvid Lau, Ao Zhou, Zechuan Yu

306 Computational Approaches for Biological and Bio-inspired Materials Design, Do-Nyun Kim

307 Architected and Functional Materials, Anastasiia O. Krushynska, Stephan Rudykh

308 Artificial Intelligence and Multiscale Modeling for Computational Materials Design, Shu-Wei Chang, Chi-Hua YU, Li-Wei Liu, Zhao Qin

309 Probability-Based Performance Evaluation of Materials and Structures with Uncertainties, Tong-Seok Han, Shuji Moriguchi, Kenjiro Terada

310 Modeling of Metamaterials and Related Structures or Systems, Yunche Wang, Sergey Alexandrov

311 Multiscale Materials Design by Soft Computing and Data-Driven Computational Mechanics, Gunjin Yun (Merged with MS304 Single- and Multi-Scale Analysis and Design for Materials and Structures, Michael Kaliske, Kenjiro Terada, Junji Kato, Robert Fleischhauer)

312 Computational Modeling and Design of Heterogeneous Materials, Vincent Tan, Leong Hien Poh (Merged with MS304 Single- and Multi-Scale Analysis and Design for Materials and Structures, Michael Kaliske, Kenjiro Terada, Junji Kato, Robert Fleischhauer)



400 Composite Materials

401 Composite Materials and Nanocomposites, Jia-Lin Tsai

402 Multiphysics Modeling of Multifunctional Composite Materials, Chien-hong Lin, Xinrui Niu, Yan Li


500 Fracture, Damage and Failure Mechanics

501 Advances on Computational Modeling for Fracture and Failure of Solids and Structures, Quoc Tinh Bui, Cheng-Tang Wu, Satoyuki Tanaka, C.W. Lim, Sohichi Hirose

502 Multi-Stage Failure Simulations, Mao Kurumatani, Kenjiro Terada, Norio Takeuchi, Kyoungsoo Park

503 Computational Damage and Fracture Simulation Methods for Pressure Vessels and Pipelines, Toshio Nagashima, Naoki Miura, Yun-Jae Kim, Nam-Su Huh, Yoshitaka Wada, Akiyuki Takahashi

505 Advancement of Computational Fracture Mechanics Applications, Yoshitaka Wada, Hiroshi Okada, Toshio Nagashima, Xueling Fan

506 Computational Methods in Creep Life Prediction of Power Plant Materials, Moon Ki Kim, Seung Tae Choi


600 Biomechanics and Mechanobiology

601 Advances on Computational Modeling and Simulation of Biomolecules, Moon Ki Kim, Kilho Eom

602 Application of Computational Mechanics in Implantable Medical Devices, Fangsen Cui, Hwa Liang Leo, Gongfa Chen

603 Multiscale Modeling in Bio-Mechanical Systems, Ying Li, Xianqiao Wang


700 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Transport Phenomena

701 Numerical Modeling of Granular and Multiphase Flows, Mikio Sakai, Chiharu Tokoro, Zongyan Zhou, Shunying Ji, Shuiqing Li

702 Rheology of Complex Fluids, Fu-Ling Yang, Yeng-Long Chen

703 Recent advances in Application of CFD Tools to Complex Flow Problems, Yi-Ju Chou, Yang-Yao Niu, Chien-Chou Tseng

704 Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation: Flow Prediction and Flow control, Hiroya Mamori, Koji Fukudome, Yusuke Kuwata, Naoya Fukushima

705 Computational Methods for Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Kazuo Kashiyama, Ethan Kubatko

706 Recent Progress in Complex Flow Simulations in Moving Meshes, Tony Wen Hann Sheu, Kao Neo Shih Chao, Solovchuk Maxim

707 Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Fluid Dynamics, Kuang C. Lin, Chao-An Lin

709 Advances and Applications of Computational Astrodynamics, Loren Chang, Feng-Tai Hwang

710 Computational Mechanics in Ocean Engineering, Tae Hee Lee, Su-gil Cho, Minuk Lee

711 Hypercomplex Disaster Simulations, Mitsuteru ASAI, Daigoro Isobe, Satoru Ushijima, Seizo Tanaka, Naoto Mitsume


800 Fluid-structure Interaction

801 Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction: Methods and Applications, Ming-Chen Hsu, Yue Yu, Jinhui Yan, Meng-Hsuan Chung, Wei Bai

802 Novel Algorithms of Fluid Structure Interaction and Applications, Ming-Jyh Chern, Tzyy-Leng Horng, Chin-Cheng Wang, Chao-An Lin

803 Cartesian Grid Method for Fluid Flow Embedded with Moving/Deforming Interfaces, Meng-Hsuan Chung, Wei Bai (Merged with MS801 Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction: Methods and Applications, Ming-Chen Hsu, Kenji Takizawa, Yue Yu, Jinhui Yan)


900 Energy Applications

901 Recent Advancement of Computational Mechanics for Energy Systems (In the Celebration of 60th Birthday of Professor Shinobu Yoshimura), Tomonori Yamada, Naoto Mitsume

902 Wind Turbine and Wind Farm Modeling, Shiu-Wu Chau, Yu-Ting Wu


1000 Computational Methods

1001 Domain Decomposition and Large-Scale Computation, Shin-Ichiro Sugimoto, Amane Takei, Qinghe Yao, Masao Ogino

1002 Recent Progress in Phase-field Modeling and Simulation, Akinori Yamanaka, Tomohiro Takaki
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1003 Advanced Particle Methods for Theory and Applications, Seiya Hagihara, Seiichi Koshizuka, Mikio Sakai, Mitsuteru Asai

1004 Computational Methods in Image Analysis, Joao Manuel R.S. Tavares, Renato Natal, Yongjie Zhang

1005 Verification and Assessment of Numerical Procedures in Solid mechanics, Takahiro Yamada


1100 Structural Mechanics, Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

1101 Advanced Seismic Response Analysis and Design, Tomoshi Miyamura, Takuzo Yamashita, Daigoro Isobe, Makoto Ohsaki

1102 Computational Structural Dynamics for Bridges, Yu-Chi Sung, Hsiao-Hui Hung

1103 Advanced Beam Analysis, Gang-Won Jang, Yoon Young Kim

1104 Structural Optimization, Liang-Jenq Leu, Chang-Wei Huang​

1105 Recent Advances of Moving Load Problems, JD Yau, YJ Wang, J Shi

1106 Advanced Modelling, Design and Experiments of Noise and Vibration, Eric Li (Merged with MS302 Multi-Physics Modelling, Optimization and Design for Novel Materials and Structures, Eric Li)

1107 Advanced Computational Methods for Wave Analysis and their Application, Takahiro Saitoh, Sohichi Hirose, Akira Furukawa, Taizo Maruyama

1108 Multi-performance Structural Systems with Variable Mechanical Properties for Vibration Mitigation, Lyan-Ywan Lu


1200 Advanced Manufacturing

1201 Applications of Thin Film and Micro Structure for Advanced Manufacturing, Chang-Chun Lee, Bor-Jiunn Wen

1202 Advanced Techniques on the Applications, Material Design, and Process of Additive Manufacturing, Nien-Ti Tsou, Shao-Ju Shih, Wing Kam Liu

1203  Progresses and Advanced Technologies of Computational Mechanics for Polymer Manufacturing Industry, Li-Hsuan Shen, Chieng-Ting Wu, Der-Liang Young, Rong-Yu Chang, Chia-Hsiung Hsu


1300 Nano- and Micro- Mechanics of Materials

1301 Multiscale Modeling of Physics and Mechanics of Micro-/Nano-structured Materials, Chun-Wei Pao, Jun Song

1302 Computational Mechanics for Nano-/Bio-Structures and Materials in Engineering Applications, Shu-Wei Chang, Zhiping Xu, Seunghwa Ryu, Denvid Lau


1400 Modeling and Analysis of Civil and Social Infrastructures

1401 Computational Mechanics and Dynamics in Transport and Rail Infrastructures, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Akira Aikawa, Alex Remennikov (Merged with MS1403 Advances in Computational Methods in Infrastructure Systems and Engineering, Yuan-Sen Yang, Tong-Seok Han)

1402 Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence for Social, Traffic and Economic Problems, Hideki Fujii, Eisuke Kita, Tomoaki Tatsukawa, Shinobu Yoshimura

1403 Advances in Computational Methods in Infrastructure Systems and Engineering, Yuan-Sen Yang, Tong-Seok Han, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Akira Aikawa, Alex Remennikov


1500 Inverse Problems, Optimization and Design

1501 New Trends in Topology Optimization, Shinji Nishiwaki, Takayuki Yamada

1502 Optimization Method and Application, Eisuke Kita, Kazuhiro Izui, Masatoshi Shimoda, Satoshi Kitayama, Masayuki Nakamura

1503 Optimization and AI Technologies for Computational Mechanics and Innovative Applications, Po Ting Lin, Ikjin Lee, Ching-Yuan Chang, Yu-Wei Wu


1600 Software, High Performance Computing

1601 Problem Solving Environment (PSE) in Scientific Computing, Shigeo Kawata, Soonwook Hwang, Dong Soo Han, Shinji Hioki, Kazuo Kashiyama, Yukio Umetani, Masami Matsumoto

1602 High Performance Algorithms for Computational Mechanics, Feng-Nan Hwang, Xiao-Chuan Cai

1603 Parallel Programming Models, Algorithms and Frameworks for Extreme Computing & Big Data, Kengo Nakajima, Takahiro Katagiri, Weichung Wang, Feng-Nan Hwang


1700 Geomechanics and Natural Materials

1701 Computational Geomechanics, Poromechanics, and Granular Mechanics, Jinhyun Choo, Jidong Zhao, Louis Ge, Meng-Chia Weng, Ching Hung, Fuchen Teng

1702 Constitutive Models for Soil and Rock in Numerical Analysis, Louis Ge, Meng-Chia Weng, Ching Hung, Fuchen Teng (Merged with MS1701 Computational Geomechanics, Poromechanics, and Granular Mechanics, Jinhyun Choo, Jidong Zhao)


1800 Data Driven Analysis and Machine Learning

1801 Advances and Applications of Mechanistic Machine Learning, Reduced-order and Data-driven Analyses, C.T. Wu, Chuin-Shan (David) Chen, Wen-Jay Lee, Nan-yow Chen, Masataka Koishi, Shaoqiang Tang, Wing-Kam Liu

1802 Deep and Machine Learning Methodology in the Context of Application to Computational Mechanics (In the Celebration of 77th Birthday of Professor Genki Yagawa), Yoshitaka Wada, Yasushi Nakabayashi, Masao Ogino, Akio Miyoshi

1803 Soft Computing, Artificial Intelligence and its Neighborhood, Toshihiro Irie, Kiyoshi Shingu
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