EngOpt 2010 is organized in General Topics and Minisymposiums.

When submitting an abstract you should select either a General Topic or a Minisymposium.

General Topics

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

Minisymposiums

• MS1 – Topology Optimization in Aeronautics and Aerospace Engineering
  Organized by Alexandra Aguiar Gomes, IDMEC/IST, Portugal

• MS2 – Recent Developments in Derivative-Free Methods for Engineering Optimization
  Organized by: J.F. Aguilar Madeira*, A. L. Custódio**, and H. Pina*
  * IDMEC/IST, Portugal
  ** CMA/FCT-UNL, Portugal

• MS3 – Surrogate-and Knowledge-Based Optimization Procedures for Computationally Expensive Engineering Design Problems
  Organized by: Slawomir Koziel and Leifur Leifsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland.

• MS4 – Continuous Optimization
  Organized by: Domingos M Cardoso*, Edite MGP Fernandes**, Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber***
  * University of Aveiro, Portugal
  ** University of Minho, Portugal
  *** Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• MS5 – Concepts for Accelerating Pareto Front Convergence
  Organized by: George S. Dulikravich, Florida International University, USA.

• MS6 - Free Material Optimization
  Organized by: Anca-Maria Toader and Cristian Barbarosie, University of Lisbon, Portugal

• MS7 - Recent Developments in Inverse Problems and Optimization with Applications in Petroleum Engineering
  Organized by: Andrew Conn, IBM T.J.Watson Research Centre, USA.

• MS8 - Inverse Problems in Heat Transfer
  Organized by: Jan Taler, Cracow University of Technology, Poland

• MS9 - Mathematical Methods for Solving MINLP's Arising from Engineering
  Organized by: Dennis Michaels, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Germany


• MS10 - Optimal approaches in electrical engineering
  Organized by: Nadia Maïzi (MINES ParisTech) and Vincent Mazauric (Schneider Electric)


• MS11 - Optimization in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
  Organized by: H. Rodrigues, P. Fernandes and J. Folgado, IDMEC - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal