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	MS-0: Theory of computational methods
	
																		Directors
				
								- G.R. Liu, University of Cincinnati
 
																																																																																																																																																																																																										
	
		
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	MS-1: Computational Mechanics for Solids and Structures
	
																					Directors
				
								- Zheng-Ming Huang, Tongji University
 
																																																																																																																																																																																																							
	
		
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	MS-2: Optimization Design of Complex Structure Systems
	
																								Directors
				
								- Weihong Zhang, Northwestern Polytechnical University
 
											- Jihong Zhu, Northwestern Polytechnical University
 
																																																																																																																																																																																																				
	
		
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	MS-3: Particle Based Methods
	
																											Directors
				
								- Zhen Chen, Dalian University of Technology / University of Missouri
 
											- Yuntian Feng, College of Engineering,
Swansea University
 
											- Moubin Liu, Peking University
 
											- Xiong Zhang, Tsinghua University
 
																																																																																																																																																																																																	
	
		
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	MS-4: Structural Integrity – Fracture Mechanics
	
																														Directors
				
								- Hiroshi Kawai, Tokyo University of Science-Suwa
 
											- Hiroshi Okada, Tokyo University of Science
 
																																																																																																																																																																																														
	
		
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	MS-5: Numerical Methods for Fractional Order Differential Equations and their Optimal by Control
	
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								- Nasser Sweilam, Cairo University
 
																																																																																																																																																																																											
	
		
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	MS-6: Numerical methods for two-phase flow and fluid-structure interaction
	
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								- San-Yih Lin, National Cheng Kung University
 
											- Yang-Yao Niu, Tamkang University
 
																																																																																																																																																																																								
	
		
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	MS-7: Modeling and simulation of functional materials and structures
	
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								- Weiqiu Chen, Zhejiang University
 
											- Jie Wang, Zhejiang University
 
																																																																																																																																																																																					
	
		
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	MS-8: Smart and multifunctional composites
	
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								- Jinsong Leng, Harbin Institute of Technology
 
																																																																																																																																																																																		
	
		
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	MS-9: Metaheuristic algorithms and engineering
	
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								- Y. Cengiz Toklu, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University
 
																																																																																																																																																																															
	
		
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	MS-10: Numerical Methods for Damage and Fracture Analyses in Composites
	
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								- Toshio Nagashima, Sophia University
 
																																																																																																																																																																												
	
		
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	MS-11: Large Scale Coupled Problems and Related Topics
	
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								- Hiroshi Kanayama, Japan Women's University
 
											- Masao Ogino, Nagoya University
 
											- Ryuji Shioya, Toyo University
 
																																																																																																																																																																									
	
		
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	MS-12: Stochastic Modelling and Probabilistic Engineering
	
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								- Chenfeng Li, Swansea University
 
																																																																																																																																																																						
	
		
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	MS-13: Atomistic and Continuum Simulations on Materials Strength and Properties
	
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								- Tomohiro Takaki, Kyoto Institute of Technology
 
											- Kisaragi Yashiro, Kobe University
 
																																																																																																																																																																			
	
		
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	MS-14: Structural and material optimization
	
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								- Xu Guo, Dalian University of Technology
 
																																																																																																																																																																
	
		
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	MS-15: Regularization Algorithms in BEM
	
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								- Huanlin Zhou, Hefei University of Technology
 
																																																																																																																																																													
	
		
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	MS-16: Orthopaedic biomechanics and mechano- biology
	
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								- Lihai Zhang, University of Melbourne
 
																																																																																																																																																										
	
		
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	MS-17: Analytical and numerical analysis of electro- and magnetomechanical systems
	
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								- Zheng Zhong, School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University
 
																																																																																																																																																							
	
		
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	MS-18: Computational and Theoretical Biomechanics
	
																																																																								Directors
				
								- Moon Ki Kim, Sungkyunkwan University
 
																																																																																																																																																				
	
		
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	MS-19: Modelling and simulating multifield coupling behaviour of smart materials and structures
	
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								- Qingsheng Yang, Beijing University of Technology
 
																																																																																																																																																	
	
		
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	MS-20: Engineering Inverse Problems
	
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	MS-21: Modelling and Simulation of Fiber-Reinforced Composites,
	
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								- Xiongqi Peng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
 
											- Woong Ryeol Yu, Seoul National University
 
																																																																																																																																											
	
		
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	MS-22: Uncertainty Modeling & Reliability Analysis
	
																																																																																				Directors
				
								- Wei Gao, University of New South Wales
 
											- Chao Jiang, Hunan University
 
																																																																																																																																								
	
		
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	MS-23: Computational Mechanics 0f Cells and Biomaterials
	
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								- Xi-Qiao Feng, Tsinghua University
 
											- Yuantong Gu, Queensland University of Technology
 
																																																																																																																																					
	
		
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	MS-24: Atomic and Multiscale Modelling and Simulation
	
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								- Yuantong Gu, Queensland University of Technology
 
											- Yonggang Zheng, Dalian University of Technology
 
																																																																																																																																		
	
		
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	MS-25: Recent Advances In Meshfree and Particle Methods
	
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								- Seiya Hagihara, Saga University
 
											- Seiichi Koshizuka, University of Tokyo
 
											- Minoru Shirazaki, Yokohama National University
 
																																																																																																																															
	
		
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	MS-26: Soft Matter Mechanics
	
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								- Mao Wu, Nanyang Technological University
 
																																																																																																																												
	
		
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	MS-27: Computational Fracture Mechanics for Quasi-Brittle Materials
	
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								- Rena C. Yu, University of Castilla-La Mancha
 
																																																																																																																									
	
		
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	MS-28: Computational Materials Design
	
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								- George S Dulikravich, Florida International University
 
																																																																																																																						
	
		
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	MS-29: Computational Biomedical Engineering
	
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								- Denis Doorly, Imperial College London
 
											- Heow-Pueh LEE, National University of Singapore
 
																																																																																																																			
	
		
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	MS-30: Numerical Methods for Engineering Problems with Strong Nonlinearity
	
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								- Jizeng Wang, Lanzhou University
 
																																																																																																																
	
		
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	MS-31: Development and Application of High-order Methods for Compressible and Incompressible Flows
	
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								- Ping Lu, American Bureau of Shipping
 
																																																																																																													
	
		
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	MS-32: Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Nanomechanics
	
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								- Hengan Wu, University of Science and Technology of China
 
																																																																																																										
	
		
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	MS-33: Computational Modelling and Simulation in the Development of Medical Devices
	
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								- Fangsen Cui, Institute of high performance computing, A*STAR
 
																																																																																																							
	
		
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	MS-34: Weakened-Weak (W2) Form Based Methods and the Applications
	
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								- Zhi-Qian Zhang, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
 
																																																																																																				
	
		
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	MS-35: Residual Stresses and Eigenstrains
	
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								- Alexander Korsunsky, University of Oxford
 
																																																																																																	
	
		
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	MS-36: Advanced Computational Methods in Limit and Shakedown Analysis of Structures
	
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								- Nguyen-Xuan Hung, Vietnamese-German University
 
																																																																																														
	
		
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	MS-37: Computational Methods for Tensegrity and Tension Structures
	
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								- Makoto Ohsaki, Hiroshima University
 
											- Jingyao Zhang, Nagoya City University
 
																																																																																											
	
		
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	MS-38: Mechanics and biomimetics of surface and interface
	
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								- Shaohua Chen, LNM, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
 
																																																																																								
	
		
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	MS-39: Advances in Multi-Physics Modelling and its Applications
	
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								- Lei Chen, Mississippi State University
 
																																																																																					
	
		
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	MS-40: Advances in Topology and Shape Optimisation
	
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								- Qing Li, The University of Sydney
 
																																																																																		
	
		
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	MS-41: Development and application of smoothed finite element method
	
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								- Lei Chen, Mississippi State University
 
											- Quan Bing Eric Li, Jilin University
 
																																																																															
	
		
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	MS-42: Advanced Computational Methods in Underwater Acoustics
	
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								- Wei Li, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
 
																																																																												
	
		
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	MS-43: Hybrid Analytical-Numerical Methods
	
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								- Leonardo Alves, Universidade Federal Fluminense
 
											- Leandro Sphaier, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Universidade Federal Fluminense
 
																																																																									
	
		
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	MS-44: Multiscale Modeling of Mechanical Property
	
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								- Ning Hu, Chiba University
 
											- SHAN TANG, Chongqing University
 
																																																																						
	
		
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	MS-45: Visualization of Large-Scale CAD Model
	
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								- Gang Zhao, Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics
 
																																																																			
	
		
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	MS-46: Bioacoustics
	
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								- Yufeng Zhou, Nanyang Technological University
 
																																																																
	
		
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	MS-47: FE/DE Method and Applications
	
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								- Mengyan Zang, South China University of Technology
 
																																																													
	
		
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	MS-48: Numerical Simulations in Flow Control
	
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								- Hui Tang, Nanyang Technological University
 
																																																										
	
		
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	MS-49: Computational Studies of Heart Functions
	
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								- Hwa Liang Leo, National University of Singapore
 
																																																							
	
		
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	MS-50: Advances in Nanomechanics and Multiscale Mechanics in Complex Materials
	
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								- Maenghyo Cho, Seoul National University
 
																																																				
	
		
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	MS-51: Computational Modelling of Materials with Uncertainty
	
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								- Michael Beer, University of Liverpool
 
											- Francisco Alejandro Diaz De la O, University of Liverpool
 
											- Ioannis Kougioumtzoglou, University of Liverpool
 
											- Erick Saavedra Flores, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
 
											- Paulina Gonzalez Soto, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
 
																																																	
	
		
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	MS-52: Efficient Methods for Uncertainty Quantification
	
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								- Siu-Kui Au, University of Liverpool
 
											- Michael Beer, University of Liverpool
 
											- Francisco Alejandro Diaz De la O, University of Liverpool
 
											- Ioannis Kougioumtzoglou, University of Liverpool
 
											- Edoardo Patelli, University of Liverpool
 
											- Konstantin Zuev, University of Liverpool
 
																																														
	
		
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	MS-53: Synergy of Computational and Experimental Mechanics for Materials Characterization
	
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								- Roberto Contro, POLITECNICO DI MILANO
 
											- Giulio Maier, Politecnico di Milano
 
																																											
	
		
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	MS-54: Inverse Problems, Design and Optimisation under Uncertainties
	
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								- Zbigniew Buliński, Silesian University of Technology
 
											- Marcelo Colaço, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
 
											- George S Dulikravich, Florida International University
 
											- Helcio Orlande, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
 
																																								
	
		
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	MS-55: Atomistic Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical and Thermal Behaviour of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures
	
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								- Qing Xiang Pei, Institute of High Performance Computing,
A*STAR
 
																																					
	
		
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	MS-56: Recent Advances in Multiscale Numerical Methods for Solid Mechanics
	
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								- Lars Beex, Cardiff University
 
											- Stephane Bordas, Luxembourg University, Cardiff University
 
											- Pierre Kerfriden, Cardiff University, School of Engineering
 
																																		
	
		
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	MS-57: Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics
	
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								- Elvio Bonisoli, Politecnico di Torino
 
											- John Mottershead, University of Liverpool
 
																															
	
		
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	MS-58: Theoretical and Computational Analyses for Inverse Problems
	
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								- Leevan Ling, Hong Kong Baptist University
 
											- Jijun Liu, Southeast University
 
																												
	
		
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	MS-59: Computational Methods and Analysis of Dynamic Phenomena with Contact and Friction Interfaces
	
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								- Alexander Fidlin, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
 
																									
	
		
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	MS-60: Computational Methods for Extra Degrees of Freedom and Higher Gradients
	
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								- Carlo Sansour, University of Nottingham
 
											- Sebastian Skatulla, University of Cape Town
 
																						
	
		
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	MS-61: Advanced Computational Methods for Modelling of Fracture and Damage
	
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								- Raj Das, University of Auckland
 
																			
	
		
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	MS-62: Advanced Computational Methods and Data Analysis in offshore industry
	
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								- Yanling Wu, Lloyd's Register Global Technology Center
 
																
	
		
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	MS-63: Numerical Modelling of Fracture Growth
	
																																																																																																																																																																																																																	
	
		
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	MS-64: Novel Computational Methods for Soft Matters
	
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								- Hua Li, Nanyang Technological University
 
										
	
		
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	MS-65: Micromechanics
	
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								- Qihong Fang, Hunan University
 
											- Kun Zhou, Nanyang Technological University
 
							
	
		
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